Can privatization deliver? : infrastructure for Latin America / edited by Federico Basañes, Evamaría Uribe, Robert Willig.g.

Includes bibliographical references.

Foreword / Enrique V. Iglesias -- Pt. I. Can Privatization Deliver? Legal and Institutional Issues. Ch. 1. Sustainable Privatization in Infrastructure: The Role of Legal and Regulatory Institutions / Janusz A. Ordover and Evamaria Uribe. Ch. 2. Legal Obstacles and Incentives to Private Investment in Infrastructure Concessions / Alejandro P. Radzyminski. Ch. 3. Effective, Low-Cost Systems to Enforce Infrastructure Contracts / Hugo Palacios Mejia. Ch. 4. Regulation by Contract: A Lender's Perspective on Concession Regimes / Jacques Cook. Ch. 5. Renegotiation of Concessions in the Latin American Context / Fred Aarons. Ch. 6. Obstacles and Incentives to Private Infrastructure Investment and Financing / Gustavo Ramirez and Maria Angela Parra. Ch. 7. Commitment and Governance in Infrastructure / Pablo T. Spiller and William Savedoff. Ch. 8. Economic Principles to Guide Post-Privatization Governance / Robert Willig --

Pt. II. Infrastructure for Latin America: Experiences in Water and Sewerage and Energy. Ch. 9. Water and Sewerage Privatization and Reform / Sylvia Wenyon and Charles Jenne. Ch. 10. Private Participation at the Subnational Level: Water and Sewerage Services in Colombia / Ruben Avendano and Federico Basanes. Ch. 11. Private Participation in Water and Wastewater Services in Trinidad and Tobago / David Stiggers. Ch. 12. Energy Reform and Privatization: Distilling the Signal from the Noise / Paul Hennemeyer. Ch. 13. Incentives and Implications for Competition in Power Purchase Agreements in Central America / Richard Tomiak.

While privatization of water, electricity, transportation and communications infrastructure continues to gain momentum in Latin America, its success often depends on whether countries implement the reforms essential to attract private investment.