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Date issued:
Σεπ 2000
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Uruguay ha asistido a una disminución de las tasas de fecundidad y a un aumento de la actividad femenina y de los niveles educativos de la población, al igual que la gran mayoría de los países en el…
Date issued:
Αυγ 2000
The Jurisprudence of Equality project (JEP) trains judges and other judicial actors on the applicability of international women's rights law in domestic courts, thus enhancing their ability to…
Date issued:
Αυγ 2000
On average, teachers' qualifications in Latin America fall short of what is needed to implement and sustain the education reforms under way in most countries. Large investments in teacher…
Date issued:
Αυγ 2000
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This paper provides an overview and assessment of reform initiatives, both those currently on the table and those that are not but should be. The intent is to clarify the logic behind these proposals…
Date issued:
Αυγ 2000
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Tradicionalmente Colombia se ha considerado como el país más estable de la región, no habiendo experimentado las crisis de balanza de pagos ni corridas contra el peso, al menos en las proporciones…
Date issued:
Αυγ 2000
Hoy en día existe un gran consenso internacional en cuanto a la urgente necesidad de fortalecer los regímenes democráticos, estimulando el desarrollo económico y social de los pueblos y promoviendo…
Date issued:
Αυγ 2000
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This paper exploits a rich collection of household surveys to investigate the wage differential between the public and private sectors in 17 Latin American countries during the 1980s and 1990s. The…
Date issued:
Αυγ 2000
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After decades of trial, error, and occasional regress, the pieces of a successful Latin American economic model can be seen scattered among the leading economies of the region. The most traditional…
Date issued:
Αυγ 2000
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This paper identifies Chile's economic weaknesses and offers policy recommendations for increasing stability. Current problems include weak international financial links, a Central Bank mandate…
Date issued:
Αυγ 2000
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The author identifies sources of volatility in Argentina that include weak international financial links, a recurrent credit crunch and financial underdevelopment problem, a fragile fiscal situation…
Date issued:
Αυγ 2000
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Recent financial crises and contagion call into question the wisdom of capital account liberalization. There is consensus that something is terribly wrong in the way international financial markets…
Date issued:
Αυγ 2000
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This paper documents the high level of job security protection in Latin American labor markets and analyzes its impacts on employment. The authors show that job security policies have a substantial…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
Patricia Glinton Meicholas, Bahamian writer, founding president of the Bahamas Association for Cultural Studies, Silver Jubilee of Independence Medal for Literature.
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
Patricia Glinton-Meicholas, escritora de Bahamas, Presidenta fundadora de la Asociación de Estudios Culturales de las Bahamas, y ganadora de la Medalla Independence de Bodas de Plata en Literatura.
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
Más allá de la reiterada profesión de fe integradora explicitada en diferentes oportunidades por las máximas autoridades de los cuatro países socios, la modificación de la política cambiaria…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
Las cuestiones referidas a la adhesión de los países de menor dimensión a los programas de integración han sido objeto de discusión, análisis y acuerdos, desde sus inicios en diversas partes del…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
Although the leaders of the four member countries repeatedly affirmed their complete faith in the integration process, the outlook for MERCOSUR has been uncertain and gloomy as a result of Brazil¿s…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
This technical paper argues that Monte Carlo risk analysis offers a more comprehensive and informative way to look at project risk ex-ante than the traditional (and often arbitrary), one-influence-at…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
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La reforma educacional que Chile está implementando requiere para su éxito que los maestros se pongan a la cabeza de la reforma, y para ello es necesario fortalecer la profesión docente y la carrera…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
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Con el fin de apoyar acciones encaminadas a fomentar la convivencia y seguridad ciudadana, elemento indispensable del desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe, el BID organizó el…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
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East Asia and Latin America have diverged in several dimensions in the past three decades. This paper compares household saving behavior in two countries in each region (Mexico, Peru, Thailand and…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
En los años noventa se llevaron a cabo dos reformas importantes en los países de América Latina: la participación del sector privado en la administración de los fondos de pensiones y en las…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
This issue of Microenterprise Development Review examines the steps needed for microentrepreneurs who want to register his or her own business. In addition, another article addresses a recent study…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
La presente edición de Microempresa incluye dos artículos principales. En el primero, se examinan los pasos que se exigen para registrar una microempresa en América Latina. El otro artículo refiere a…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2000
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According to conventional wisdom, health and education are important factors for economic and social development: they improve productivity and income distribution, and the poor gain the most.…