Aug 1995
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High inflation economies often do not exhibit smooth inflationary processes, but rather stop-go cycles. This paper relates these stop-go episodes of inflation to a political cycle. The government can…
Aug 1995
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This paper reviews modern techniques for estimating the benefits of goods which are not bought and sold in markets, paying special attention to the kinds of empirical studies that applied economists…
Jun 1995
Photographic panels and archaeological artifacts depicting the diversity of the dry forests of Brazil's Serra da Capivara National Park, in the northeastern State of Piauí.
May 1995
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The evidence shows that government spending for health in many developing countries benefits the well-to-do more than the poor. However, a combination of favorable political forces and sound public…
Apr 1995
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This paper considers whether reserve requirements have been effective in controlling excessive liquidity growth. It also discusses the adequacy of bank supervisory standards, such as capital to risk-…
Mar 1995
The Annual Report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 1994.
Mar 1995
Ann Yonemura (1947-), North American Senior Associate Curator of Japanese Art at the Freer and Sackler Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Mar 1995
Thirty-two art objects representing the period from 1573-1867, from the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, including lacquerware, ceramics, armor, furniture, calligraphy, prints, textiles and screens.
Mar 1995
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This paper evaluates the use of subsidies to achieve efficient resource utilization, beginning with a discussion of the nature of erosion and methods of estimating rates of erosion. The second…
Feb 1995
This document reviews the activities of the IDB to deal with the lack of fully serviced dwellings for the entire region's population. The document considers this a case of market and government…
Jan 1995
This document presents the proceedings of a workshop on financial incentives for industrial forest plantations, held at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on January 19, 1995. The main…
Jan 1995
One hundred-eighteen vessels, grooming instruments and sculptures in glass, alabaster, bronze, marble and stone from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem representing the ancient cultures of the East.…
Jan 1995
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This paper identifies policy issues that affect the extent, distribution, and condition of forests in Latin America. Forest management policies are only one element in the framework; policies related…
Jan 1995
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Inequality between men and women in Latin America persists in everything from wages to health care, education, and access to credit. Based on studies for an IDB-sponsored forum in Guadalajara, Mexico…
Nov 1994
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This paper discusses the changing pattern of capital flows to developing countries. The analysis is heavily colored by recent events. It concentrates on the principal facts, developments, and…
Nov 1994
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Conventional wisdom claims that fixed exchange rates provide more fiscal discipline than do flexible rates, but the recent experiences in Europe, the record of Sub-Saharan countries in the 1980s, and…
Oct 1994
Twenty-two colonial religious wooden sculptures from the Museum of the Central Bank of Ecuador, and the Museum of Colonial Art - House of Ecuadorian Culture in Quito, Ecuador
Oct 1994
Magdalena Gallegos de Donoso, Ecuadorian anthropologist and art historian, author of over fifty exhibition catalogues, Director of the Central Bank of Ecuador Museums.
Sep 1994
Zee Edgell (1940-), Belizean journalist, activist and author of four novels including Beka Lamb, Associate Professor of English at Kent State University in Ohio.
Aug 1994
Edward Villella (1936-), North American Principal Dancer in George Balanchine's New York City Ballet (1960), later founder and Artistic Director of the Miami City Ballet. No. 7, August 1994.