Economics

The Paraguay-Parana Waterway

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

The governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay proposed in 1996 a US $85 million program of dredging and navigational aids to allow year-round barge operations on the upper reaches of the Paraguay-Parana river system. The...

Hidrocapital: The Caracas Water Company

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

The public water company serving Caracas, Hidrocapital, must ration water because demand far exceeds supply. A major part of the problem is that many customers are illegally connected or simply ignore their water bills.Learning Objective:The...

Bridge over the Tempisque River

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

The Ministry of Public Works and Transport of Costa Rica proposed to build a bridge over the Tempisque River that will cut travel times to the Nicoya Peninsula. Most residents are pleased with the proposal but environmentalists argue that it...

Black Wednesday: The Bundesbank Connection

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

Throughout the 1980s, the lead of Germany's central bank, the Bundesbank, in helping to align the currencies of the European Economic Union members appeared to serve a variety of potentially difficult-to-reconcile causes: political union in...

Black Wednesday in Britain: The Politics of ERM Crisis (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

The withdrawal of Britain from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, designed as a precursor to a European political and currency union, has been described as a "seminal moment in European politics...on a rank with the first oil shock." This...

Black Wednesday in Britain: The Politics of ERM Crisis

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

The withdrawal of Britain from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism, designed as a precursor to a European political and currency union, has been described as a "seminal moment in European politics...on a rank with the first oil shock." This...

Marketing Indonesia's Cloves

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

Much of Indonesia's clove crop is used to flavor Kretek cigarettes, which are extremely popular in the country. Clove farmers are poor, however, and a group of Indonesian businessmen proposed that the government require that Kretek cigarettes...

Gainesville Regional Utilities

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

In 1993 the municipally owned utility serving Gainesville, Florida was threatening to build a 23-mile rail spur to connect its coal-fired power plant with the tracks of the Norfolk/Southern Railway. The railroad currently delivering the coal,...

Mayor Stephen Goldsmith: Organizing Competition in Indianapolis (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

During his successful 1991 bid for the Indianapolis mayoralty, Stephen Goldsmith is clear about his preference for privatizing city services. Once in office, however, Goldsmith decides on a different, more complex approach. The inefficiency of...

Mayor Stephen Goldsmith: Organizing Competition in Indianapolis (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

During his successful 1991 bid for the Indianapolis mayoralty, Stephen Goldsmith is clear about his preference for privatizing city services. Once in office, however, Goldsmith decides on a different, more complex approach. The inefficiency of...

Organizing Competition in Indianapolis: Mayor Stephen Goldsmith and the Quest for Lower Costs (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

During his successful 1991 bid for the Indianapolis mayoralty, Stephen Goldsmith is clear about his preference for privatizing city services. Once in office, however, Goldsmith decides on a different, more complex approach. The inefficiency of...

Affordable Homeownership in New York City: Nehemiah Plan Homes and the New York City Housing Partnership (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1994

These cases, designed specifically for students of housing by Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies, follow the development of two trend-setting new low-income housing initiatives in New York City. Although different in key ways, both...