Análisis estratégico sobre institucionalidad, economía y desarrollo publicados en medios especializados.
Today, with 20 generating units, Yacyretá produces approximately 20,000 GWh annually, meeting 15–20% of Argentina’s electricity demand and a significant portion of Paraguay’s. From a hydrological standpoint, the Paraná River has an average flow of 14,000 m³/s, with peaks of 50,000 m³/s during floods.
Let’s imagine a company that is considering a $500 million lithium project in northern Chile. The geology looks promising. Global demand for batteries is on the rise. The technology exists. However, the project may never come to fruition.
Rational Selection of Risk Profiles in Multi-Fund Portfolios
The project to build a hydroelectric dam emerged in the 1970s in response to growing energy demand in the Southern Cone. The Yacyretá Treaty, signed in 1973 by Paraguayan President Alfredo Stroessner and Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón, established EBY as an autonomous entity to build and operate the dam.
Productivity and innovation are not the only factors that determine economic performance in Latin America. The price that governments and companies pay to borrow is just as important. That price—the cost of debt—has become one of the region’s most significant structural constraints.
Architect of Latin American economic development.
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