TY - BOOK AU - Birch,Melissa H. AU - Haar,Jerry TI - The impact of privatization in the Americas SN - 1574540548 AV - HD 4010.5 I34 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - Coral Gables, Fl PB - University of Miami. North-South Center, KW - Privatización KW - América Latina KW - Condiciones económicas KW - 1982- N1 - Privatization in the Americas : The challenge of adjustment / Melissa H. Birch and Jerry Haar, 1. -- Early, massive, broad, and successful privatizations : The case of Chile / Rolf J. Lüders, 13. -- The evolution, rationale, and impact of Mexico's privatization program : A critical assessment / Miguel D. Ramirez, 51. -- The Argentine privatization process and its aftermath : Some preliminary conclusions / Sebastián Galiani and Diego Petrcolla, 77. -- The impact of privatization in Peru / Pedro-Pablo Kuczynski, 99. -- The experience of privatization in the Caribbean / Richard L. Bernal and Winsome J. Leslie, 115. -- The tortuos road to privatization in Venezuela / Gerver Torres, 141. -- Privatization in Brazil : Toward and evaluation / Juarez de Souza, 177. -- Privatization in Colombia : Competition and labor adjustment in the electric power and telecommunications industries / Mauricio Cárdenas, 203. -- Comparative analysis of the privatization experience / Melissa H. Birch and Jerry Haar, 217 N2 - Privatization reflects the pre-eminent role of market forces and the diminished role of the state in Latin America's political economy. This volume assesses its initial effects and suggests directions for future change ER -