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This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of the Infrastructure Committee. The report of the Infrastructure Committee contains this committee's recommendations. Although the report is structured along similar lines as the Infrastructure Study Research Team's Report #4--Summary of Findings and Activities of Other States, this is the report that contains the Committee's recommended actions to the Governor and State Legislature.

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- PART 1. INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT CHALLENGES IN MEXICO -- 1. Main Issues and Challenges -- Part 2. Sector Reviews -- 2. Telecommunications -- 3. Natural Gas -- 4. Urban Water Supply and Sanitation -- 5. Toll Roads -- 6. Railroads -- 7. Ports -- 8. Civil Aviation -- 9. Airports -- 10. Multimodality and Commercial Transport -- PART 3. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS -- 11. Proposed Action Program -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- BOXES.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- The Context for Reform -- Infrastructure Reform in Rwanda -- The Country Framework Report -- Summary of the Sector Reviews -- Cross-Cutting Issues -- Prioritized Recommendations -- 1. Introduction: Policies, Objectives, and the Role of the Private Sector -- Background -- Objectives and Scope of the Country Framework Report -- Principles of Private Sector Participation -- 2. The Transport Sector -- Roads -- Airports -- Rail -- Water Transport -- Notes -- 3. The Energy Sector -- Sector Structure, Roles, and Responsibilities -- Policymaking, Planning, and Regulation -- Electricity -- The Gas Sector -- Investment Needs and Priorities -- Potential Sources of Investment Financing -- Opportunities for Private Sector Participation -- Issues -- Recommendations -- Notes -- 4. The Water and Sanitation Sector -- Sector Structure, Roles, and Responsibilities -- Policymaking, Planning, and Regulation -- Sector Performance -- Opportunities for Private Sector Participation -- Issues -- Recommendations -- Note -- 5. Common Issues in the Electricity and Water Sectors -- Management and Human Resources -- Commercial and Financial Management -- Management Contract -- Recommendations -- 6. The Telecommunications Sector -- Sector Structure, Roles, and Responsibilities -- Policymaking, Planning, and Regulation -- Sector Performance -- Opportunities for Private Sector Participation -- Issues -- Recommendations -- Note -- 7. Cross-Cutting Issues -- Institutional Capacity -- Local Financial Markets -- Regulation -- Accounting System -- Taxation System -- Legal System -- Bid Evaluation Process -- Project Selection, Prioritization, and Planning -- Government Policy Communication with the General Public -- Environmental Issues -- Other Cross-Cutting Issues.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- The Report Team -- Executive Summary -- State-owned Monopolies Often Exhibited Poor Performance ... -- . . .Leading to a New Model for Financing and Providing Infrastructure -- The New Model Poses Risks-But Also Holds Considerable Promise -- What Effects Have Reforms Had? -- Developing Good Regulation Remains a Major Challenge -- Many Prices and Subsidies Still Require Reform -- An Agenda for Action-From Institution Building to Policymaking -- 1. The New Paradigm for Network Utilities -- Why Are Network Utilities So Important? -- From State to Market-Changing Views on Utilities -- The Dawn of a New Utility Model -- Framework for Assessing Reforms and Regulations -- Recent Experiences with Privatization and Reform-Promises and Perils -- Second Generation Reforms-Choices and Challenges -- 2. Crafting Regulation for Privatized Infrastructure -- The Emergence of Post-Privatization Regulation -- The Evolution and Elements of Effective Regulation -- The Structure of Regulatory Institutions -- The Importance of Regulatory Commitment -- Getting the Economics Right -- Mechanisms to Regulate Prices -- Moving toward More Practical Regulation -- 3. Restructuring Electricity Supply -- Background to Electricity Reform -- Addressing the Problems of State Ownership -- Regulatory Challenges -- Reform Experiences and Lessons -- 4. Managing Private Participation in Transportation -- Railroads: Restructuring Regulation for the Public Interest -- Ports: Alternatives for Organizing a Multiproduct Activity -- 5. Reforming the Water Sector -- Economics of Water Supply -- Options for Competition and Market Structure -- Choosing Regulation -- Reform Experiences and Lessons -- 6. An Agenda for Action -- Assessing Reform's Effects on Performance and Distribution -- Pricing Reform-Balancing Efficiency and Equity.

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Business Environment -- The Legal Environment -- Build-Own-Transfer and Other Mechanisms -- Financial Institutions -- Decentralization and Institutional Capacity -- Power -- Water and Sanitation -- Telecommunications -- Transportation -- Ports -- Airports -- Heavy Rail -- Light Rail -- Roads -- Proposed Action Program.

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