Billions in Motion: Latino Immigrants, Remittances, and Banking: Discussion Paper
Jul 2002
Author(s): Suro, Roberto;Bendixen, Sergio;Lowell, B. Lindsay;Benavides, Dulce C.
This report explores the dynamic between financial institutions and remittance senders, identifying both opportunities and obstacles that could determine whether or not it will achieve its promises…
Comparative Analysis of Labor Relations in the Latin American Civil Service: Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Peru: Working Paper
Jul 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bonifacio, José Alberto;Falivene, Graciela
This document is a summary of the study entitled, Comparative Analysis of Labor Relations in the Latin American Civil Service: Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Peru. The report includes the…
Why Should Emerging Economies Give Up National Currencies?: A Case for "Institutions Substitution"
Jul 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mendoza, Enrique G.
Financial contagion and Sudden Stops of capital inflows experienced in emerging-markets crises may originate in an explosive mix of lack of policy credibility and world capital market imperfections…
The Outlier Sectors: Areas of Non-Free Trade in the North American Free Trade Agreement
Jul 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Miller, Eric T.
Since its entry into force, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been enormously influential as a model for trade liberalization. While trade in goods among Canada, the United States…
The Japanese Tax Administration
Jun 2002
Author(s): Okada, Yoshiyasu
This document gives an overview of organizational structure of the National Tax Agency (NTA) in Japan, which administers assessment and collection of all national taxes (except for customs duty,…
The Impact of Tax Compliance Policies on Foreign Investment Decisions
Jun 2002
Author(s): McLees, John
This document identifies tax compliance issues that have the potential to create significant barriers to foreign investment in Latin America and suggests some steps that local tax authorities and the…
Tax Incentives for FDI in Seven Latin American Countries
Jun 2002
Author(s): Byrne, Peter D.
This paper compares the history of tax incentives in seven Latin American countries. It is an attempt to understand why countries enact tax incentive legislation; how countries measure the costs and…
Self-Assessment, Filing, Payment, and the Examination Process in the United States
Jun 2002
Author(s): Pearlman, Ronald A.
This paper discusses the organization of the Internal Revenue Service, which is responsible for administering of the federal tax system in the United States. It also provides information on the…
Penetration of the Self-Assessment System for Income Tax: Half-a-Century's Experience in Postwar Japan
Jun 2002
Author(s): Usui, Nobuaki
This paper analyzes why Japan introduced the self-assessment system for "income tax" in such adverse circumstances, what problems it faced as a result of its implementation, and how the…
Agricultural Biotechnology and Rural Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Implications for IDB Lending
Jun 2002
Author(s): Trigo, Eduardo;Traxler, Greg;Pray, Carlos E.;Echeverría, Ruben G.
This report concentrates on the potential for biotechnology research to benefit consumers and producers of food in Latin America and the Caribbean. Its objective is to provide general guidance to IDB…
Common Problems of Back Door Neighbors: Social Security and Informal Employment in Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela (Executive Summary)
Jun 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Monteferrante, Patricia;Freije, Samuel
The causes of informality are many and range from imperfections in existing legislation and segmentation of the labor markets to macroeconomic adjustment programs and globalization. Some see in…
Definitions of Selected Financial Terms Ratios and Adjustments for Microfinance
Jun 2002
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The primary objective of this document is to put forward standard definitions for the selected financial terms, and suggest a standard method of calculating certain financial ratios. This section…
Implicit IDB Strategy for Regional Integration: Its Evaluation
May 2002
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This report (RE-265) is the first stage of an evaluation of the Bank's strategy for regional integration, being conducted by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight. It attempts to identify the…
Summary of Evaluation Findings of 10 Projects that Include Indigenous People as Beneficiaries
May 2002
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
For this Bank study (RE-261) a set of projects in five countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru were chosen. This document presents a summary of the 10 evaluation findings of these…
Country Program Evaluation: Peru (1990-2000)
May 2002
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This Country Program Evaluation (RE-262) covers the period 1990-2000. During the decade, Peru was the focal point for development assistance from both multilateral and bilateral institutions. This…
Microcredit in the Caribbean: Experiences & Best Practices
May 2002
Author(s): Lashley, Jonathan
This presentation has the objectives to identify the main experiences of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in the Caribbean and to recommend best practices. In addition, this presentation aims to…
Microcredit in the Caribbean: Experiences & Best Practices
May 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lashley, Jonathan;Lord, Karen
The central objectives of this study were to establish the main experiences of microfinance institutions (MFIs), and their clients, in the Caribbean islands of Barbados and Dominica. Implicit in…
Microcredit: Brazilian and Chilean Cases
May 2002
Author(s): Aroca, Patricio A.
This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the 3rd Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on May 23rd and 24th, 2002. This…
High Inequality, Low Revenue: Redistributive Efficiency on Latin American Fiscal Policy in Comparative Perspective
May 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scott, John
There are three principal redistributive fiscal instruments available to governments in modern mixed economies: a) progressive taxes on income or assets, b) monetary transfers (social security and…
Crime Victimization and Income Distribution
May 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Di Tella, Rafael;Galiani, Sebastián;Schargrodsky, Ernesto
Crime levels have risen significantly in Argentina during recent years. In this study, we analyze the relationship between crime victimization and income distribution.