Chapter 14

Latin America Energy Integration

An Outstanding Dilemma

Ricardo Raineria, Isaac Dynerb, José Goñic, Nivalde Castrod, Yris Olayae and Carlos Francoe,    aThe World Bank and Engineering School, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, bCEIBA, CIIEN Universidad Nacional de Colombia, cGraduate School, Universidad de Concepción, dGESEL–Instituto de Economia–UFRJ, eComplexity Centre Universidad Nacional de Colombia

1 Introduction

Latin America (Latam) is a region with a wide disparity in living standards, where poverty continues to be the region’s main challenge. In some countries, per capita income reaches US$15,000 while in others it is barely above US$1000. Paradoxically, the region is rich in natural and energy resources that are not ...

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