From Structure to Services: The Path to Better Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean
Date of Publication
1-1-2020 12:00 AM
Security Theme
State Stability and Infrastructure
Keywords
Critical Infrastructure, infrastrucure gap, Latin America and theCaribbean, sustainability, technological advances, services
Description
To close its infrastructure gap, Latin America and the Caribbean needs more than investment in new structures. It needs to become more efficient at investing in infrastructure and regulating a new range of services that have the potential to disrupt the energy, transport, and water sectors. The technological revolution makes a future with quality services possible, but not inevitable. This year’s Development in the Americas (DIA) report offers policy options for countries to improve the access, quality, and affordability of services today, to ensure that they will be sustainable in the future, and to harness emerging technological advances for the benefit of all. This book aims to provoke discussion and further research on those many important issues and mark a path that helps the region move from structures to services and improve infrastructure for all.
From Structure to Services: The Path to Better Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean
To close its infrastructure gap, Latin America and the Caribbean needs more than investment in new structures. It needs to become more efficient at investing in infrastructure and regulating a new range of services that have the potential to disrupt the energy, transport, and water sectors. The technological revolution makes a future with quality services possible, but not inevitable. This year’s Development in the Americas (DIA) report offers policy options for countries to improve the access, quality, and affordability of services today, to ensure that they will be sustainable in the future, and to harness emerging technological advances for the benefit of all. This book aims to provoke discussion and further research on those many important issues and mark a path that helps the region move from structures to services and improve infrastructure for all.