Social Security Issues in Developing Countries: The Latin American Experience

1988 ◽  
Vol 88 (21) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
International Monetary Fund
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
American Experience

The Transfer of Vaccine Technology to Developing Countries: The Latin American Experience

1994 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Homma ◽  
Robert F. Knouss
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Immunization Programs ◽  
Vaccine Production ◽  
American Experience ◽  
The Past ◽  
Technological Advances

AbstractTechnological advances by developed countries are producing safer, more potent vaccines. In addition, the transfer of the technology of vaccine production to some developing countries has been taking place during the past five decades, thereby making possible the participation of developing countries in the production and supply of the essential biologicals that are required for immunization programs. Examples of successful transfers of technology, the decisive elements and factors that contribute to the transfers, and the major obstacles to such transfers are presented.

Modernization of the water utility company of Bogotá (Colombia): an example of public and private participation for solving management problems of water companies in developing countries

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-113
Author(s):  
F. Zuleta ◽  
A. Merlano ◽  
A. Alvarez ◽  
M. Montoya ◽  
E. Restrepo
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Practical Case ◽  
Water Utility ◽  
Comparative Efficiency ◽  
Utility Company ◽  
Private Participation ◽  
Management Problems ◽  
Water Companies

A common characteristic of water utility and wastewater companies in developing countries is management problems and limited commercial vocation. In the biggest Latin American cities there is a level of infrastructure enough for providing a substantially better service than the one currently supplied to their badly served customers. For years decisions have moved between two extremes: public management – usually corrupted with playing politics and inefficiency problems, and privatization – sharply criticized by many, and which has shown tendencies to inequality that leave it far away from earning panacea status. This paper is intended to expose the advantages of a novel model in which a state-run company with commercial management problems, the EAAB, solves its limitations by keeping the ownership of its assets and successfully incorporating the participation of better practices from other specialized operators, one of which is a state-owned player, EEPPM. This scheme demonstrates how the service indicators of a system serving eight million inhabitants in the Colombian capital improved significantly with state-owned assets and private participation, without giving in to privatization pressures or stagnating in the usual inefficiency typical of public management in developing countries. This is proposed as a replicable experience that can be used in medium and large cities in other countries with similar management problems, with certain adjustments to fit the solution to the specific cases. This is also a practical case for conducting a comparison of competitiveness within a city, of interest for regulatory entities and investigators on the potential of comparative efficiency in a traditionally monopolistic industry.

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Author(s):  
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Abayuba Perna ◽  
Alberto Dubrovsky ◽  
Marcondes C. Franca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Next Generation Sequencing ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Pompe Disease ◽  
Muscular Weakness ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
American Experience ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Latin American ◽  
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