The impact of private sector participation in infrastructure [[electronic resource] ] : lights, shadows, and the road ahead / / Luis A. Andres ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454129603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2008
• ISBN: 1-281-78753-1; 9786611787530; 0-8213-7410-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Collana: Latin American development forum series
• Altri autori (Persone): AndrésLuis
• Disciplina: 363.6098
• Soggetti: Infrastructure (Economics) - Latin America; Public-private sector cooperation - Latin America; Public utilities - Finance; Public utilities - Latin America - Finance; Privatization - Latin America; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-328) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Table 1.1 Private Sector Participation in Electricity, Telecommunications, and Water; 2 Setting the Stage; Figure 2.1 Growth Improvement if Infrastructure Stocks and; Figure 2.2 Logistics Costs as a Percentage of Product Value, 2004; Figure 2.3 The Rise and Fall of Private Finance for Infrastructure; Figure 2.4 Investment in Infrastructure Projects with Private Participation by Region, 1990-2004; Figure 2.5a Evolution of Private Participation in Electricity Distribution; Figure 2.5b Evolution of Private Participation in Fixed Telecommunications Figure 2.5c Evolution of Private Participation in Water Distribution; Figure 2.6a Public Infrastructure Investment; Figure 2.6b Private Infrastructure Investment; Figure 2.6c Total Infrastructure Investment; Figure 2.7 Investment in LAC by Sector, 1990-2001; Figure 2.8 Sectoral Concentration of Private Participation; Figure 2.9 PPI in LAC by Country, 1990-2004; Table 2.1 Concentration of Investment with ; Private Participation by Country, 1990-2004; Figure 2.10 Types of Private Participation in Infrastructure; Table 2.2 Jurisdictions and Responsibilities under Different Types of Private Participation Figure 2.11 Modal Breakdown by Sector in Latin America, by Number of Projects, 1990-2004; Figure 2.12 Modal Breakdown of Private Participation; Figure 2.13 Modal Trends for Private Participation, 1990-2004; Figure 2.14 Cumulative Private Investment in LAC by Investor Type and Sector, 1998-2004; Figure 2.15 Private Investment in LAC by Investor Type; Table 2.3 Canceled or Distressed Investments in Private Infrastructure Projects in Latin America; Table 2.4 Renegotiation Incidence and Average Time until Renegotiation, 1988-2001 Table 2.5 Common Outcomes of the Renegotiation Process; Figure 2.16 Population Expressing Dissatisfaction with Privatization in Latin America; Table 2.6 Illustration of Fiscal Cost of Guarantees from Colombia; Figure 2.17 Survey Probing Public Opinion; Table 2.7 Civil Disturbances; Box 2.1 Hidden Failures and Perception Management: Explanations for Social Discontent about Privatization; Box 2.2 Public Perceptions of Infrastructure Privatization in Peru; Figure 2.2.1 Negative Results of Privatization in Peru; 3 Learning from Existing Literature Figure 3.1 Internal Rate of Return and Weighted Average Cost of Capital; Figure 3.2 Fiscal Capture of Benefits; Figure 3.3 Increase in Household Earnings from Access to Infrastructure Public Services; Figure 3.4 Increase in Household Earnings from Access to Markets through Rehabilitated Rural Roads; Figure 3.5 Joint Welfare Effect of Price and Access Changes on Consumers Expressed as a Percentage of per Capita Total Household Expenditure; Figure 3.6 Joint Welfare Effect of Price and Access Changes on Consumers Expressed as a Percentage of per Capita Total Household Expenditure
• Sommario/riassunto: Infrastructure plays a key role in fostering growth and productivity and has been linked to improved earnings, health, and education levels for the poor. Yet Latin America is currently faced with a dangerous combination of relatively low public and private infrastructure investment. Those investment levels must increase, and it can be done. If Latin American and Caribbean governments are to increase infrastructure investment in politically feasible ways, it is critical that they learn from experience and have an accurate idea of future impacts. This book contributes to this aim by producing

Buzz buzz! : playwrights, actors, and directors at the National Theatre / / interviewed by Jonathan Croall

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463897103321
• Autore: Croall Jonathan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, , 2008; ©2008
• ISBN: 1-4081-0519-5; 1-4081-4942-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Collana: Plays and Playwrights
• Disciplina: 792.092241
• Soggetti: Theatrical producers and directors - Great Britain; Dramatists - Great Britain; Actors - Great Britain; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part One: Playwrights on Their Plays; Alan Bennett, The History Boys; Tom Stoppard, The Coast of Utopia; Tony Kushner, Angels in America; Pam Gems, Stanley; Michael Frayn, Democracy; Joe Penhall, Landscape with Weapon; Bryony Lavery, Frozen; Christopher Hampton, The Talking Cure; Martin McDonagh, The Cripple of lnishmaan; Rebecca Lenkiewicz, The Night Season; David Hare, The Permanent Way; April De Angelis, A Laughing Matter; Kwame Kwei-Armah, Fix Up; Michael Frayn, Copenhagen; Nick Darke, The Riot; Charlotte Jones, Humble Boy; Martin Crimp, Attempts on her Life; Alan Ayckbourn, Mr A's Amazing Maze PlaysDavid Hare, Racing Demon, Murmuring Judges, The Absence of War; Hanif Kureishi, Sleep With Me; Matthew Bourne, Play Without Words; Jim Cartwright, The Rise and Fall of Little Voice; Winsome Pinnock, Leave Taking; Sebastian Barry, Our Lady of Sligo; David Eldridge, Market Boy; Nick Stafford, Battle Royal; Patrick Marber, Dealer's Choice and Paul Godfrey, The Blue Ball; Part Two: Adaptations and Musicals; Remembrance of Things Past Harold Pinter; Coram Boy Helen Edmundson, Melly Still; The Canterbury Tales ; Prunella Scales; My Fair Lady Jonathan Pryce; War Horse Michael MorpurgoWaves Katie Mitchell; The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Phyllida Lloyd, Fiona Shaw; Out of a House Walked a Man Simon McBurney; Rafta, Rafta . . . Ayub Khan-Din; The UN Inspector David Farr; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Desmond Barrit; Tristan & Yseult Emma Rice; Theatre of Blood Phelim McDermott; War and Peace Helen Edmundson; Jerry Springer - The Opera Richard Thomas, Stewart Lee; Bitty Liar Willis Hall, Keith Waterhouse, Tim Supple; Dragon Ultz; Part Three: Actors and Directors at Work; THE GREEKS AND SHAKESPEARE; Euripides, Bacchai Peter Hall; Aristophanes, Frogs Fiona LairdAeschylus, The Oresteia Katie Mitchell; Hamlet Simon Russell Beale; Othello David Harewood; Antony and Cleopatra Sean Mathias, Helen Mirren; The Winter's Tale Nicholas Hytner; Henry IV Matthew Macfadyen; Henry V Adrian Lester; Measure for Measure Simon McBurney, Paul Rhys, Naomi Frederick; ENGLISH AND IRISH CLASSICS; Benjonson, Volpone Matthew Warchus; George Etherege, The Man of Mode Nicholas Hytner; William Congreve, The Way of the World Phyllida Lloyd; Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer Max Stafford-Clark; Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Money John Caird; Bernard Shaw, Widowers'Houses Fiona ShawHarley Granville Barker, The Voysey Inheritance Peter Gill, Dominic West, Nancy Carroll; J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan Ian McKellen; Bernard Shaw, Saint Joan Marianne Elliott, Anne-Marie Duff; EUROPEAN DRAMA; Pierre Marivaux, The False Servant Charlotte Rampling; Emile Zola, Thérèse Raquin Marianne Elliott; Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People Ian McKellen; Henrik Ibsen, Pillars of the Community Marianne Elliott, Lesley Manville; Anton Chekhov, The Seagull Ben Whishaw; Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac Stephen Rea; Anton Chekhov, Three Sisters Eve Best; August Strindberg, A Dream Play Katie Mitchell, Angus Wright
• Sommario/riassunto: Containing over a hundred interviews conducted over the last fifteen years with leading directors, actors and writers at the National Theatre, <i>Buzz Buzz!</i> is a fantastic compendium that offers unrivalled insight into the work and practice of the best theatre talent.