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Conference Second Generation Issues in the Reform of Public Services
Conference Proceedings
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October 4, 1999
9:00 - 9:15 Welcome/Opening Remarks
Enrique V. Iglesias, President, Inter-American Development Bank
9:15 - 9:30 Introduction: Second Generation Issues in the Reform of Public Services
C. Federico Basañes, IADB
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POST-PRIVATIZATION DISPUTES AND RENEGOTIATIONS
Morning Session
Moderator: Pietro Masci, IADB
9:30 - 11:00 Examples of Post-Privatization Disputes and Renegotiations in Latin America
- Regulation and Contractual Adaptation in Public Utilities: The Case of Argentina
Daniel Artana, FIEL
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- Renegotiations and Disputes in Public Utilities: The Case of Chile
Raimundo Soto, ILADES
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- Private Participation in Infrastructure in Colombia: Renegotiations and Disputes
Juan Benavides, Universidad de Los Andes; Israel Fainboim, Fedesarrollo
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11:00 - 11:15 Questions and Discussion
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee
11:30 - 12:30 Stakeholder Insights on Renegotiations and Disputes
- Disputes in the Provision of Electricity: The Case of Buenos Aires
Juan Legisa, President, Ente Nacional Regulador de la Electricidad, Argentina
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- Disputes in Transportation: The Case of Sao Paulo
Michael Paul Zeitlin, Secretary of State of Transportation, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Disputes in the Provision of Potable Water: The Case of Buenos Aires
Martin Lascano, Director, Ente Tripartito de Obras y Servicios Sanitarios, Argentina
12:30 - 12:45 Questions and Discussion
12:45 - 2:15 Lunch
Afternoon Session
Moderator: Paulina Beato, IADB
2:15 - 3:45 Emerging issues in the region
- Renegotiations of Power Purchase Agreements when Establishing Competitive Markets in Energy
Craig Roach, Boston Pacific Company
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- How to Avoid Disputes in the Provision of Potable Water
Silvia Wenyon, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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- Formal Dispute Resolution Options
Daniel M. Price, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP
3:45 - 4:00 Questions and Discussion
4:00 - 4:15 Coffee
4:15 - 5:00 Post-Privatization Governance
Robert Willig, Princeton University; Janusz Ordover, New York University
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5:00 - 5:30 Questions and Discussion
October 5, 1999
PROMOTING COMPETITION IN THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC SERVICES
ACCESS ARRANGEMENTS TO NETWORK INDUSTRIES
9:00 - 9:30 Issues on Access Arrangements
Robert Willig, Princeton University
Morning Session
Moderator: Jaime Fernandez, IADB
9:30 - 11:00 Examples of Access Arrangements to Networks in Latin America
- Access Arrangements in Chile's Public Utilities Networks: Telecommunications and Electricity
Carlos Antonio Diaz, Universidad de Los Andes, Chile
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- Access Arrangements in Argentina's Public Utilities Networks: Telecommunications, Natural Gas and Electricity
Santiago Urbiztondo, FIEL
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- Access Arrangements in the Natural Gas Sector in Central America
Fernando Cuevas, ECLAC
11:00 - 11:15 Questions and Discussion
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee
11:30 - 12:30 Regulator's view: "Easier Said than Done"
- Hector Formica, President of Ente Nacional Regulador del Gas, Argentina.
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- Eduardo H. Ellery Filho , Agencia Nacional de Energia Electrica, Brazil
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- Jorge Arreola Cavazos , Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones, Mexico
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12:30 - 12:45 Questions and Discussion
12:45 - 2:15 Lunch
Rodolfo Martin Villa, President and CEO, ENDESA, Spain
Afternoon Session
Moderator: Ezequiel Machado, IADB
2:15 - 2:45 Efficient Network Access Pricing Rules for the Developing and Transition Economies
Jean-Jacques Laffont, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, France; Ioannis Kessides, World Bank
2:45 - 4:15 Emerging Issues in the Region
- Retail Competition in Electricity
Paulina Beato, IADB; Carmen Fuentes, IADB.
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- Common Carriers in the Water Sector
PricewaterhouseCoopers
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- Access Arrangements to a Regional System: The Case of Electricity
Ricardo Rios, Executing Agency, SIEPAC Project
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4:15 - 4:30 Questions and Discussion
4:30 - 5:15 Conclusions
Janusz Ordover, New York University
Jean-Jacques Laffont, Institut d'Economie Industrielle
Robert Willig, Princeton University
5:15 - 5:30 Closing Remarks
K. Burke Dillon, Executive Vice-President, Inter-American Development Bank
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