Managing Investment Climate Reforms: Colombian Ports Sector Reform Case Study

The case of the Colombian ports sector reform illustrates how a concrete and decisive action to remove inefficiencies in the provision of public services may render substantial benefits to the economy as a whole. In the Colombian case, reform was framed within a much broader set of structural change...

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Main Author: Navarrete, Camilo
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012
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spelling okr-10986-91592021-04-23T14:02:44Z Managing Investment Climate Reforms: Colombian Ports Sector Reform Case Study Navarrete, Camilo World Development Report 2005 The case of the Colombian ports sector reform illustrates how a concrete and decisive action to remove inefficiencies in the provision of public services may render substantial benefits to the economy as a whole. In the Colombian case, reform was framed within a much broader set of structural changes aimed at modernizing the economy and attaining a higher degree of international exposure. This paper describes the situation of Colombian ports before the reform including a discussion of the political and economic context at the time, critical aspects of reform formulation and implementation and the impacts of reform on transportation costs and on operational efficiency. 2012-06-26T15:40:05Z 2012-06-26T15:40:05Z 2004 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9159 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Latin America & Caribbean
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Managing Investment Climate Reforms: Colombian Ports Sector Reform Case Study
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description The case of the Colombian ports sector reform illustrates how a concrete and decisive action to remove inefficiencies in the provision of public services may render substantial benefits to the economy as a whole. In the Colombian case, reform was framed within a much broader set of structural changes aimed at modernizing the economy and attaining a higher degree of international exposure. This paper describes the situation of Colombian ports before the reform including a discussion of the political and economic context at the time, critical aspects of reform formulation and implementation and the impacts of reform on transportation costs and on operational efficiency.
author Navarrete, Camilo
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title Managing Investment Climate Reforms: Colombian Ports Sector Reform Case Study
title_short Managing Investment Climate Reforms: Colombian Ports Sector Reform Case Study
title_full Managing Investment Climate Reforms: Colombian Ports Sector Reform Case Study
title_fullStr Managing Investment Climate Reforms: Colombian Ports Sector Reform Case Study
title_full_unstemmed Managing Investment Climate Reforms: Colombian Ports Sector Reform Case Study
title_sort managing investment climate reforms: colombian ports sector reform case study
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