The Demographic Transition in Closed and Open Economies: A Tale of Two Regions
Feb 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Violante, Giovanni L.;Attanasio, Orazio P.
This paper constructs a general equilibrium overlapping generation model to evaluate quantitatively how demographic transition (falling mortality and fertility rates) affects aggregate variables (…
Microenterprises and Poverty: Evidence from Latin America
Feb 2000
Author(s): Orlando, María Beatriz;Pollack, Molly
This study assesses poverty in the microenterprise sector in Latin America, presenting stylized facts on potential poverty risk factors at the household and individual levels. The goal of the paper…
Equalizing Opportunities for Human Development (in One Country)
Feb 2000
Author(s): Roemer, John E.
This study develops a framework to investigate the optimal allocation of a country's fiscal resources to help equalize opportunities for human development. The author argues that the proper role…
Dams, Development, and the Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Some Experiences of the Inter-American Development Bank
Feb 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): García, Luis E.;Rodríguez, Diego J.;Rossi, Lorena
This paper begins with a summary of the Bank's involvement with large infrastructure projects, including dams, since the 1960s. In the energy sector, the IDB has provided financing for the…
Cross Subsidies in Public Services: Some Issues
Jan 2000
Author(s): Beato, Paulina
Pricing policy recommendations infrastructure services are based on two principles. One is that prices should cover the total cost of the service. The other is that cross subsidy schemes should be…
Secondary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Challenge of Growth and Reform
Jan 2000
Author(s): Wolff, Laurence;Castro, Claudio de Moura
This paper examines the current status of secondary education in Latin America in the context of world-wide economic changes and identifies a wide variety of policy options for ensuring that…
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Health Sector Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities
Jan 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Nigenda, Gustavo;Langer, Ana
The report explores the convergence of the health sector reform processes and the improvement of sexual and reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean. It includes the results of three…
Safe Money: Building Effective Credit Unions in Latin America
Jan 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Marulanda, Beatriz;Trigo Loubière, Jacques;Cifuentes, Síncrito;Peck Christen, Robert;Westley, Glenn D.;Poyo, Jeffrey;Arbuckle, Lee;Heller, Carlos;Baker, Christopher;Vargas Durán, Alejandro;Adams, Dale W.;Branch, Brian;Pabst, Helmut;Shaffer, Sherrill;O'Donnell, Michael;Richardson, David C.;Cuevas, Carlos E.
Policymakers in Latin America increasingly are turning to policies that have high economic rates of return and a favorable impact on income distribution. By providing financial services to small…
Forest Resource Policy in Latin America
Jan 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): De Camino, Ronnie;Tresierra, Julio C.;López, Ramón;Kelly, Thomas;Simula, Markku;Keipi, Kari;Jaramillo, Carlos Felipe;Haltia, Olli;Hardner, Jared J.;Dourojeanni, Marc J.;Laarman, Jan G.;Rice, Richard
"Forest Resource Policy in Latin America" gathers the thinking of a score of experts on sustainable use and management of forests, including incentives for investment. The authors tackle…
Social Protection for Equity and Growth
Jan 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Regalia, Ferdinando;Connors, Ellen;Oliva, Carlos;Legovini, Arianna;Duryea, Suzanne;Stein, Ernesto H.;Álvarez, Carola;Mcphail, Heather;Deutsch, Ruthanne;Chakraborty, Shanka;Lustig, Nora;Echeverría, Ruben G.;Márquez, Gustavo;Bouillon, César P.;Charvériat, Céline;Morrison, Andrew;Kazan, Alexander;Salazar, Héctor
The objective of this book is to provide policy recommendations to reduce the economic vulnerability of the poor to adverse shocks and help them cope with income downturns. The authors suggest that,…
Microenterprise Development Review: Volume 2 : No. 2 : January, 2000
Jan 2000
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The first article of this issue of the Microenterprise Development Review highlights four key issues that credit unions in Latin America must grapple with today to become effective financial…
The Role of the Primary Mortgage Market in the Development of a Successful Secondary Mortgage Market
Jan 2000
Author(s): Lea, Michael J.
This report is one of a series of best practice papers that stem from a regional conference on the development of mortgage securitization held at the IDB. Using Mexico as an example, this paper…
Myth, Reality, and Reform: Higher Education Policy in Latin America
Jan 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castro, Claudio de Moura;Levy, Daniel C.
"Myth, Reality, and Reform: Higher Education Policy in Latin America" analyzes Latin American higher education in terms of four major functions: academic leadership, professional…
Wealth from Health: Linking Social Investments to Earnings in Latin America
Jan 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Knaul, Felicia Marie;Murrugarra, Edmundo;Hernández Alvarez, Carlos;Cortez, Rafael;Savedoff, William D.;Espinosa Ferrando, Jaime;Ribero Medina, Rocío;Valdivia, Martín;Schultz, T. Paul;Núñez, Jairo;Parker, Susan W.
Common sense suggests that healthier people are more productive and wealthier people can obtain things that make them healthier. This book asks whether investments in health also affect productivity…
Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean: Latin American and the Caribbean Foreign-Born Population 14.47 million (Part 4 of 5)
Jan 2000
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
One-page 2000 census map detailing by region the Latin American and Caribbean populations living in the US.
Sustainability of Reform in Central America: Market Convergence and Regional Integration
Jan 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Tomiak, Richard;Millán, Jaime
The objective of this paper is to assesses the Central American power sector reforms and suggest an integrated framework for promoting sustainability of electricity sector reform in the six countries…
IDB Investments in Brazilian Protected Areas during the 1990s
Jan 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dourojeanni, Marc J.
This essay attempts to document the funds invested by the IDB and its counterparts and how the resources were used in the restricted field of protected areas in Brazil, during the period 1990-1999.…
Women in "Japan Incorporated": Outsiders or Catalysts for Change? 
Jan 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Goto, Junichi
Although Japan is much richer than Latin America and income distribution in Japan generally is much more equitable than in Latin America, the Japanese gender gap is one of the worst in the world,…
Integration & Trade Journal: Volume 3 : No. 9 : September-December, 1999
Jan 2000
Author(s): Roland-Holst, David;McCleery, Robert K.;González, Flavio Floreal;Giambiagi, Fabio;Stephenson, Sherry;Bussolo, Maurizio;Ivascanu, Daniela;Hinojosa Ojeda, Raúl
The Integration & Trade Journal includes articles on the different aspects of integration in Latin America and the Caribbean, on hemispheric integration and, furthermore, on similar processes in…
Annual Report on the Environment and Natural Resources 1999
Jan 2000
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This Annual Report details the Bank's activities in environment and natural resources during 1999. Overall in 1999, the Bank's environmental and natural resource activities were focused in…