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Private investment in Latin American Infrastructure grows in the energy sector and in Brazil PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 18 January 2014 15:37

Overview

In 2011, 89 new infrastructure projects reached financial or contractual closure in 12 low and middle income countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region: Argentina (3), Brazil (53), Chile (5), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (2), Dominican Republic (2), Honduras (2), Mexico (9), Nicaragua (1), Panama (2), Peru (8), St. Kitts and Nevis (1).


Total investment commitments (hereafter, investment) in all infrastructure projects reached US$55.4 billion, of which US$26 billion were investments in new projects and US$29.4 billion were investments in existing projects (Figure 2). Compared with 2010 investment levels, total investment increased by 46%, while the number of projects increased by 37%.

 

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Fuente: Banco Mundial