Made in Guyana
Nov 1998
Author(s): D'Aguiar, Fred
Fred D'Aguiar (1960-), UK/Guyanese novelist and poet, Guyana Prize for Poetry (1986), Malcolm X Poetry Prize (1986), Whitbread First Novel Award (1994).
Income Distribution and the Public-Private Mix in Health Care Provision: The Latin American Case
Nov 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Maceira, Daniel
Recent literature on Latin American countries shows that private expenses as a share of the total expenditures in health tend to be higher the lower the nation's level of economic development.…
IDB America: Vol. 25, no. 9-10, September-October 1998
Oct 1998
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
IDB America reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the IDB. It is published 10 times annually in Spanish and English.
A Legacy of Gods: Textiles and Woodcarvings
Oct 1998
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Fifty-six 20th century Mayan objects in fabric and wood from private collections and the permanent collection of the IDB, including photo enlargements of watercolors of indigenous costume by Carmen…
Why Do Lazy People Make More Money?: The Strange Case of the Public Sector Wage Premium
Oct 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Panizza, Ugo
Empirical work suggests the presence of a public sector wage premium, the reasons for which are investigated in this paper. The results demonstrate a higher premium paid to women and premium…
Labour Market Reforms and Unemployment: Lessons from the Experience of the OECD Countries
Oct 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scarpetta, Stefano
The OECD labor market has undergone major changes over the past two decades. The most evident of these changes is the rise in the number of job-seekers. In 1997, there were more than 35 million…
Gender Issues in Technical Training and Vocational Education
Oct 1998
Author(s): Fawcett, Caroline S.;Howden, Sarah
The overall goal of the Bank's Women in Development (WID) Policy is to improve the socioeconomic situation of women in Latin America and the Caribbean and to improve the performance of Bank…
An Inventory of Poverty Lines for Latin America and the Caribbean: 1985-1997
Oct 1998
Author(s): Mejía-Guerra, José Antonio
The tables in this document present an inventory of some of the available poverty lines for all IDB member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. The listed poverty lines are expressed as per…
Aspects of Creation in the Central American Novel
Sep 1998
Author(s): Guardia, Gloria
Gloria Guardia (1940-), Panamanian writer, journalist and essayist, member of the Panamanian Academy of Language, National Short Story Prize (Bogotá, 1996).
A Country, A Decade
Sep 1998
Author(s): Garmendia, Salvador
Salvador Garmendia (1928-2001), Venezuelan novelist, National Literature Prize (1970), Juan Rulfo Short Story Award (1989), literary magazine founder and editor.
Appraising Workfare Programs
Sep 1998
Author(s): Ravallion, Martin
Workfare programs aim to reduce poverty by providing low-wage work to those who need it. They are often turned to in a crisis when there is no time for a rigorous evaluation. This paper offers some…
How Much do Teachers Earn?
Sep 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Piras, Claudia;Savedoff, William D.
In the continuing debate over how to improve education systems, many people argue that teachers' salaries need to be increased. This paper seeks to establish a reliable method for analyzing the…
Intergenerational Schooling Mobility and Macro Conditions and Schooling Policies in Latin America
Sep 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Behrman, Jere R.;Birdsall, Nancy;Székely, Miguel
The effects of market and policy reforms on poverty and inequality in Latin America have been of considerable concern. The region continues to have relatively great income inequalities. Two different…
IDB America: Vol. 25, no. 7-8, July-August 1998
Aug 1998
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
IDB America reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the IDB. It is published 10 times annually in Spanish and English.
Celebrating the Extraordinary Life of Elisabeth Samson
Aug 1998
Author(s): McLeod, Cynthia
Cynthia McLeod (1936-), decorated Surinamese author of the best-selling The High Price of Sugar and Farewell Merodia, specialist in 18th century Suriname.
Lessons in Microfinance Downscaling: The Case of Banco de la Empresa, S.A.
Aug 1998
Author(s): Wenner, Mark D.;Campos, Sergio
Few commercial banks have engaged in profitable microfinance lending despite repeated attempts by donor agencies to entice their entry. The case of Banco de la Empresa, a Latin American private bank…
Decentralization and Recentralization: Lessons from the Social Sectors in Mexico and Nicaragua
Aug 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gershberg, Alec Ian;Jacobs, Michael
This study is designed to help practitioners prepare and evaluate institutional reforms for education and health programs. It provides an analytic framework for use by public officials and…
An Economic Analysis of Unemployment in Trinidad and Tobago
Aug 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Downes, Andrew S.
Unemployment is regarded as one of the most challenging economic problems facing the governments of the Caribbean. Although there are variations in the measurement of unemployment, official estimates…
Nature, Development, and Distribution in Latin America: Evidence on the Role of Geography, Climate, and Natural Resources
Aug 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gavin, Michael;Hausmann, Ricardo
Latin America's enormous endowment of natural resources impacts many countries of the region. Economic liberalization in several countries was followed by rapid growth of foreign investment and…
Does Latin American and Caribbean Unemployment Depend on Asian Labor Standards?
Aug 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Belser, Patrick
Many Latin American nations have recently implemented liberal trade regimes, often as part of a larger set of market-oriented reforms, and have abandoned their industrialization policies based on…