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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910955423403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, : Inter-American Development Bank, : Baltimore, : Distributed by Johns Hopkins University Press, c2003
• Descrizione fisica: xi, 383 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): MillanJaime; FehrNils-Henrik M. von der
• Disciplina: 333.793/2/098
• Soggetti: Electric utilities - Latin America; Energy policy - Latin America
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.