Keeping the lights on : power sector reform in Latin America / Jaime Millan, Nils-Henrik M. von der Fehr, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Millán, Jaime.

Fehr, Nils-Henrik M. von der.

Inter-American Development Bank.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric utilities--Latin America.

Electric utilities.

Energy policy--Latin America.

Energy policy.

Physical Description:

xi, 383 p. : ill.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Inter-American Development Bank : Baltimore : Distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Power sector reforms across Latin America in the 1990s based on privatization, liberalization and market forces were largely unavoidable. This book argues that while there is no turning back from this process, many reforms may not prove sustainable without further efforts to build a stronger institutional platform to support them. The analytical framework presented in Keeping the Lights On: Power Sector Reform in Latin America establishes a baseline for the sustainability of reforms and identifies additional areas for exploration, analysis and inquiry. This analysis is critical to setting the stage for the next generation of reforms--or mid-course corrections--that will be necessary to enhance the sustainability of changes in progress. The book includes case studies of power sector reforms in Colombia, Honduras and Guatemala, as well as a timely section on the security of supply.

Contents:

Intro

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Introduction

1 Analytical Framework

2 Colombia: Coping with Reform Crisis

3 Honduras: The Road to Sustainable Reform

4 Guatemala: Reforms in the Balance

5 Supply Security Solutions: Principles and Practices

6 Power Sector Reform: Lessons Learned

Epilogue: A ReviewerÌs Insights.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

84691771