Ronald Fischer
Ronald Fischer is a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, University of Chile.
Content by Ronald Fischer
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Project
Returns to Education
This report evaluates the returns to education for individuals and households for Uganda using microdata from two recent time periods, 2005/2006 and 2009/2010. The data sources we used in the analysis of the wage, productivity and profit returns to education come from the Uganda National Household Survey 2005/06 (UNHS) and the Uganda National Panel Survey 2009/10 (UNPS)....
17 Nov 2014 | Ronald Fischer, Steve Machin, Nuarpear Lekfuangfu
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Project
Mozambique Infrastructure, PPP Contracts and Appropriate Oversight and Regulation
This paper discusses Mozambique´s approach to PPPs and suggests a set of recommendations taking into account the main obstacles the country currently faces.
11 Nov 2014 | Ronald Fischer, Vasco Nhabinde
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Project
Review of the PPP law
The purpose of this note is to highlight the main issues that a government should address at the outset of its public private partnerships (PPP) reform programme. The following can be viewed as the essential building blocks of a sound PPP reform agenda: Enabling legislation Supporting Institutions Regulatory framework that facilitates proper planning Good fiscal...
4 Sep 2014 | Ronald Fischer, Marguerite Duponchel
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Publication - Working Paper
Assessment of Public-Private Partnerships in Mozambique (Working Paper)
1 Sep 2012 | Ronald Fischer, Vasco Nhabinde
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Publication - Working Paper
Assessment of Public-Private Partnerships in Mozambique (Working Paper)
1 Sep 2012 | Ronald Fischer, Vasco Nhabinde
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Project
Comment on proposed PPP law
This paper uses the experience of Chile and other developing countries to examine the benefits and pitfalls facing a country that embarks on a wide-ranging PPP program. This paper describes a series of recommendations in order to reduce the problems observed in Chile, as well as, even more so, in other developing and developed countries. These include: Clear rules of...
1 May 2012 | Ronald Fischer
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Publication - Working Paper
Report on Uganda’s Returns to Schooling (Working Paper)
1 Mar 2012 | Ronald Fischer, Steve Machin, Nuarpear Lekfuangfu
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Project
Macroeconomic Analysis of the Construction Industry in Mozambique
The government of Mozambique was and continues to be attracted to the idea of using PPPs to rehabilitate its infrastructure, given the significant capital requirement of infrastructure investment and the lack of technical capacity in the government to manage investments. Yet the results have not been as expected. While some PPPs were carried out (TRAC, the ports of Maputo,...
1 Jan 2012 | Ronald Fischer, Vasco Nhabinde, Constantino Marrengula
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Publication - Policy Brief
The Promise and Peril of Public Private Partnerships: Lessons from the Chilean Experience (Policy Brief)
1 Jun 2011 | Ronald Fischer
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Publication - Working Paper
The Promise and Peril of Public-Private Partnerships: Lessons from the Chilean Experience (Working Paper)
1 Jun 2011 | Ronald Fischer