Economics

Which Way to Go? Jamaica's Economic Stabilization Policy

Publication Date: November 01, 2000

Jamaica's relationship with the International Monetary Fund had often been tense. Currently, the country had no agreements with the IMF, and Prime Minister P.J. Patterson had sworn that his country would never again borrow from the Fund. Still,...

Cancún, Mexico: Water and Wastewater Privatization (Sequel)

Publication Date: August 01, 2000

The sequel describes the ensuing changes to the concession contract and regulatory oversight structure, and the return of operational control to the private concession company, Aguakán. It briefly discusses the financial and political...

Cancún, Mexico: Water System Privatization

Publication Date: August 01, 2000

This case focuses on the privatization of water and sanitation services in the city of Cancún, Mexico. Cancún's growth from a small fishing village in the 1970s to a major international tourist destination by the 1990s overwhelmed...

Higher Education Harvest

Publication Date: April 03, 2000

Rebecca Wilson, a recent policy school graduate, has started an unexpectedly successful small nonprofit to help urban high school students tap the many sources of financial aid for post-secondary education and thus boost their odds of attending...

Costa Rica's Forests and the Market for Carbon Emissions Reduction Credits

Publication Date: February 01, 2000

In 1999, Costa Rica's Vice President and Minister of Environment and Energy, Elizabeth Odio, had to decide whether to sell additional credits for greenhouse gas emissions reductions and, if so, at what price. Over the previous decade, the...

Politics of a Covert Action: The U.S., the Mujahideen, and the Stinger Missile

Publication Date: November 09, 1999

This case tells the inside story of one of the most controversial episodes in the history of the US intelligence services. Its focus: whether to break the time-honored rules of CIA covert actions in order to supply Afghan rebels (fighting in the...

Don Williams' Effort to Empower South Dallas: A Commitment to Empowerment (Epilogue)

Publication Date: October 01, 1999

When Don Williams, the president and chief executive officer of the Dallas real estate and services giant Trammel Crow, decides, in 1994, to leave the position, he does so with big plans for his post-corporate life. Williams, much-influenced by...

Corruption in La Paz: A Mayor Fights City Hall (Sequel)

Publication Date: September 01, 1999

When a young, former mining executive with no previous elective office experience is elected Mayor of La Paz, Bolivia in 1985, he expects to attack notorious inefficiency and overstaffing aggressively. But, within weeks, Mayor Ronald MacLean...

Corruption in La Paz: A Mayor Fights City Hall

Publication Date: September 01, 1999

When a young, former mining executive with no previous elective office experience is elected Mayor of La Paz, Bolivia in 1985, he expects to attack notorious inefficiency and overstaffing aggressively. But, within weeks, Mayor Ronald MacLean...

Implementing Electronic Road Pricing in Singapore (Epilogue)

Publication Date: August 01, 1999

The case describes the internationally known Singapore initiative to implement electronically deducted charges for road use, varying by route, type of vehicle, and time of day. The case highlights the widespread public acceptance of the...

Implementing Electronic Road Pricing in Singapore

Publication Date: August 01, 1999

The case describes the internationally known Singapore initiative to implement electronically deducted charges for road use, varying by route, type of vehicle, and time of day. The case highlights the widespread public acceptance of the...

The Melbourne City Link

Publication Date: June 01, 1999

The Melbourne City Link, a $2 billion privately-funded highway project, was one of the first fully electronic toll roads in the world. While the government of the State of Victoria specified this innovative tolling system in the tender for the...