Promoting Growth with Equity: The Inter-American Development Bank and Microenterprise
Apr 1998
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Today over 80 percent of the businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean have 10 employees or less and, depending on the country, they provide between 30 and 80 percent of employment. Yet, in spite…
The Path Out of Poverty: The Inter-American Development Bank's Approach to Reducing Poverty
Apr 1998
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This report seeks to put the issue of poverty in practical terms of what we know about poverty and what can be done to eliminate it. The authors suggest that knowledge of the social condition of the…
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Report 1997
Mar 1998
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The Annual Report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 1997.
IDB America: Vol. 25, no. 3, March 1998
Mar 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.
Peacemaking and the Prevention of Violence in Situations of Internal Strife and Intrastate Conflict: The Role of Governments and NGOs
Mar 1998
Author(s): Egeland, Jan
The author stimulates a discussion on new partnerships where inter-governmental organizations, individual governments and non-governmental organizations collectively should meet the challenges posed…
Macro Policy and Employment Problems in Latin America
Mar 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo;Olivera, Mauricio
This paper was prepared for the 1998 IDB/IIC Annual Meeting entitled: "The Employment in Latin America: What is the Problem and Should it be Addressed?" held in Cartagena, Colombia in March…
The Employment Problem in Latin America: Perceptions and Stylized Facts
Mar 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo;Márquez, Gustavo
This article, which serves as an introduction to a group of studies prepared by the IDB Office of the Chief Economist, presents the perceptions of Latin American citizens and employers concerning the…
Labor Markets in Latin America: A Supply-Side Story
Mar 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Duryea, Suzanne;Székely, Miguel
This paper shows that the factors affecting labor supply have been key determinants of the changes in employment, unemployment, and income differentials in Latin America in the 1990s. The two main…
Private External Overborrowing in Undistorted Economies: Market Failure and Optimal Policy
Mar 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo;Lombardo, Davide
An undistorted free market economy endowed with perfectly rational and informed agents overborrows, i.e., borrows beyond the efficient level, because of the agents' failure to internalize credit…
IDB America: Vol. 25, no. 1-2, January-February 1998
Feb 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.
Points of Departure in Contemporary Colombian Art
Feb 1998
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Twenty-seven paintings, sculptures and graphics by Colombian masters Alejandro Obregón (1920-1992), Enrique Grau (1920), Edgar Negret (1920), and Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar (1923), complemented with…
Heritage Conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Bank Experience
Feb 1998
Author(s): Rojas, Eduardo
The Bank is leading the involvement of development banks in financing urban heritage conservation projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. This is a new area of work for the Bank and emerged in…
Ties That Bind: Employment Protection and Labor Market Outcomes in Latin America
Feb 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Márquez, Gustavo;Pagés, Carmen
This paper reviews the regulations governing hiring, firing, overtime work, social security contributions, minimum wages, and collective bargaining in the region, examining their impact on labor…
Institutional Reform in Mexican Higher Education: Conflict and Renewal in Three Public Universities
Feb 1998
Author(s): Kent, Rollin
This paper examines the institutional reform conducted at three public universities in Mexico: the University of Sonora, the University of Guadalajara, and the University of Puebla. In the…
Institutional Arrangements and Fiscal Performance: The Latin American Experience
Feb 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stein, Ernesto H.;Talvi, Ernesto;Grisanti, Alejandro
This paper considers whether institutional factors, in this instance electoral systems and procedures, affect Latin American countries' fiscal performance as measured by the size of the public…
Private Infrastructure and the Inter-American Development Bank Group
Feb 1998
Author(s): Vives, Antonio;Rivas, Jorge
This report provides a review of IDB Group activities supporting private participation in infrastructure between 1990 and 1997. It is intended to serve as a reference in the development of its…
Welcoming Each Other: Cultural Transformation of the Caribbean in the 21st Century
Jan 1998
Author(s): Lovelace, Earl
Earl Lovelace (1935-), Trinidadian poet and playwright, Pegasus Literary Award (1966), Chaconia Gold Medal (1989), Carifesta Award (1995), Commonwealth Prize (1997).
Benefits and Beneficiaries: An Introduction to Estimating Distributional Effects in Cost-Benefit Analysis
Jan 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Londero, Elio
Professionals in the field of applied economic analysis and students interested in a more detailed approach to cost-benefit analysis than that offered in the most widely used textbooks will find…
Education Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jan 1998
Author(s): McMeekin, Robert W.
This report summarizes the results of a study of the education statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), financed by the Ford Foundation and implemented by UNESCO's Regional Office…
Indigenous Peoples and Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Guatemala
Jan 1998
Author(s): Plant, Roger
The present case study is part of a larger research project undertaken for the Inter-American Development Bank, concerning the issue of indigenous peoples and poverty reduction in Latin America. In…