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| Timothy Irwin is an economist in the Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) group of the World Bank. Michael Klein is chief economist of Shell International in London and was formerly the manger of the World Bank's Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) group. Guillermo E. Perry is chief economist of the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region of the World Bank and Director for LAC of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM). Mateen Thobani is principal economist in the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit (PREM) in the Latin America and Caribbean region of the World Bank. |
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dealing with public risk in private infrastructure / edited by Timothy Irwin [et al.].
p. cm. (World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies)
Viewpoints
ISBN 0-8213-4030-1
1. Infrastructure (Economics)Developing countriesFinanceCongresses.
2. Investments, ForeignDeveloping countriesFinanceCongresses.
3. Risk managementDeveloping countriesFinanceCongresses.
I. Perry, Guillermo, 1945- . II. Series.
HC59.72.C3M37 1997 97-30555
336.3'6'091724dc21 CIP |
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