International Development

India: The Dabhol Power Corporation (B)

Publication Date: April 27, 2001

In the wake of the fraud conspiracy convictions of its former executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, the name Enron will likely long be synonymous with corporate corruption. But how did it rise, to the point of being the sixth...

India: The Dabhol Power Corporation (A)

Publication Date: April 27, 2001

In the wake of the fraud conspiracy convictions of its former executives Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling, the name Enron will likely long be synonymous with corporate corruption. But how did it rise, to the point of being the sixth...

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...

Implementing Education Reform in India: The Primary School Textbook Debate and Resistance to Change in Kerala

Publication Date: August 01, 2000

As the 1998-99 school year began in the state of Kerala, India, state education officials were setting out to bring radical change to government schools. A new approach designed to be child-friendly and to de-emphasize rote learning and...

Bangkok's Skytrain (B)

Publication Date: July 01, 2000

In December 1999 Skytrain, the first rail mass transit line to be financed, built and operated by a private company in at least 50 years, opened in Bangkok, Thailand. Skytrain's owners had a concession from the Bangkok metropolitan government to...

Bangkok's Skytrain (A): Opening the System

Publication Date: July 01, 2000

In December 1999 Skytrain, the first rail mass transit line to be financed, built and operated by a private company in at least 50 years, opened in Bangkok, Thailand. Skytrain's owners had a concession from the Bangkok metropolitan government to...

Ethics in International Research: the Debate over Clinical Trials of AZT to Prevent Mother-to-Infant Transmission of HIV in Developing Nations

Publication Date: September 01, 1999

Breakthroughs in the early 1990s in the treatment of AIDS in the US and other developed countries were bleakly complemented by continued increases in the incidence of AIDS and persistently high mortality rates in poor countries, especially those...

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...

Dealing with Unexpected Opposition: The Singapore Tourism Board and the Chinatown Enhancement Plan (Sequel)

Publication Date: August 01, 1999

When a powerful government agency, the Singapore Tourism Board, explores the idea of publicly-supported renewal of the city-state's so-called Chinatown district, it goes through an elaborate process of community consultation. Yet when the plan...

Dealing with Unexpected Opposition: The Singapore Tourism Board and the Chinatown Enhancement Plan

Publication Date: August 01, 1999

When a powerful government agency, the Singapore Tourism Board, explores the idea of publicly-supported renewal of the city-state's so-called Chinatown district, it goes through an elaborate process of community consultation. Yet when the plan...