Roles for the Private Sector, Governments and Multilateral Creditors in Latin American Private Infrastructure

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Martin D. Chrisney

Inter-American Development Bank; IDAS Institute KPMG

Antonio Vives

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: June 1, 1996

Abstract

There is growing consensus in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean about the importance of the efficient management of infrastructure services, not only for economical but also for social reason. During the Eighties, most countries in the region were burdened by sizable fiscal deficits and triple-digit inflation, which crippled their capacity to investment and distorted the allocation of resources away from productive economic uses. Confronted with this situation, many governments saw private participation in infrastructure as a means to increase efficiency in the provision of services and support fundamental fiscal reform with privatization receipts and future tax income from privately run companies.

Keywords: Infrastructure, Private Sector, Multilateral organization, public private partnerships

JEL Classification: H4, H54

Suggested Citation

Chrisney, Martin D. and Chrisney, Martin D. and Vives, Antonio, Roles for the Private Sector, Governments and Multilateral Creditors in Latin American Private Infrastructure (June 1, 1996). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2004445 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2004445

Martin D. Chrisney (Contact Author)

Inter-American Development Bank ( email )

IDAS Institute KPMG

KPMG
1801 K. St.
Washington, D.C., 20006
United States

Antonio Vives

affiliation not provided to SSRN ( email )

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