Meeting the infrastructure challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) stand at a point of transition. During the 1980s in the face of the unavoidable need to correct macroeconomic imbalances, economic growth largely came to a halt, some of the poor became poorer, and not only new investment but even routine mainte...

• Main Author: Ringskog, Klas
• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1995
• Series: Directions in development
• Subjects: 1970-1992; INFRAESTRUCTURA; SERVICIOS PUBLICOS; INVERSIONES; BANCO MUNDIAL; AMERICA LATINA; CARIBE; BIRF

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Sumary
• Introduction
• regional needs for investment in infrastructure
• Lessons learned
• Applying the lessons to Latin America and the Caribbean
• World Bank assistance for infrastructure
• Selected components of the LAC infrastructure report
• Coordination among multilateral agencies
• Boxes
• Figures
• Table.