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Date issued: Nov 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Miranda, Ernesto;Paredes Molina, Ricardo D.

El sistema de salud chileno presenta características únicas. En el país existe un mandato que obliga a los trabajadores activos y pasivos a cotizar un 7% de su ingreso para adscribirse junto a sus…

Date issued: Nov 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Doña, Juan E.;Morandé, Felipe

El sector sanitario en Chile ha tenido un importante desarrollo en los últimos 30 años, alcanzando en 1995 una cobertura urbana del 98% en agua potable y del 89% en evacuación de aguas servidas (…

Date issued: Nov 1997
Author(s): Haltia, Olli;Keipi, Kari

El presente documento examina la controversia en torno a la aplicación de incentivos a la silvicultura. Los autores afirman que si bien las reformas macroeconómicas, políticas e institucionales que…

Date issued: Nov 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Flores, Ramón

El presente trabajo recoge los resultados de una investigación sobre la organización industrial de la escuela básica en la zona pobre. Comenzando con un análisis apretado del impacto del proceso de…

Date issued: Nov 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Centrálogo, Oscar;Damill, Mario;Frenkel, Roberto;Jiménez, Juan P.

El objetivo principal de este trabajo es analizar la sensibilidad de las cuentas públicas argentinas en los años noventa respecto a las fluctuaciones del nivel de actividad y otros factores…

Date issued: Oct 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Westley, Glenn D.;Shaffer, Sherrill

This paper presents a conceptual framework for explaining Credit Unions (CUs) loan delinquency and profitability in developing countries. It also offers an empirical estimation for a unique sample of…

Date issued: Oct 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Londoño, Juan Luis;Székely, Miguel

The objective of this work is to assess the changes in poverty and inequality that have taken place in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1970 to 1995, with special emphasis on the 1990s. The main…

Date issued: Oct 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kletzer, Kenneth

This paper examines how the combination of indebtedness and exogenous shocks induce volatility for the countries of Latin America. A techique for simulating the impact of shocks on the costs of…

Date issued: Oct 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Levine, Ross

The value of equity market transactions in emerging economies soared from about 2 percent of the world total in 1986 to 12 percent in 1996. This boom was accompanied by an explosion of international…

Date issued: Oct 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Blommestein, Hans J.

This paper discusses the range of factors that can stimulate the further development of the domestic institutional sector through pension system reform measures. The development of the institutional…

Date issued: Oct 1997
Author(s): Deruyttere, Anne

This presentation focuses on the role of the Inter-American Development Bank in the socioeconomic development of the indigenous peoples of Latin America. Following a brief description of who the…

Date issued: Oct 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Iturbe de Blanco, Eglé

Venezuela y Colombia cuentan con una larga trayectoria histórica en sus relaciones económicas. Comercian entre ellas y sus nacionales a lo largo de la frontera desde su nacimiento como naciones e…

Date issued: Oct 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arias, Luis A.;Cuba Bustinza, Elmer;Salazar, Raúl

El presente estudio analiza la historia del déficit fiscal peruano en el período 1970-1996. El estudio tiene dos objetivos. El primero es construir un indicador de la situación fiscal libre de la…

Date issued: Oct 1997
Author(s): Inter American Development Bank

Seventy objects, including pre-Columbian Taino pieces, colonial silver, popular religious art, and contemporary paintings and photographs by Paul Giudicelli, Eligio Pichardo, Raúl Recio and Maritza…

Date issued: Oct 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chaloult, Ives;Hillcoat, Guillermo

A construção do Mercado Comum do Sul (MERCOSUL) é uma experiência inovadora no processo de integração latino-americana, ao se produzir num contexto de liberalização comercial e de abertura unilateral…

Date issued: Sep 1997
Author(s): McNeelly, Jeffrey A.;Southgate, Douglas;Smith, David C.;Dourojeanni, Marc J.;Newcombe, Ken

This document presents the proceedings of a one-day Workshop on Investing in Biodiversity Conservation held at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, D.C., on October 28, 1996. The first…

Date issued: Sep 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Talvi, Ernesto;Stein, Ernesto H.;Lora, Eduardo;Gavin, Michael;Lalchan, Rajindra;Hausmann, Ricardo

El Informe de 1997 examina las fuerzas complejas que le han dado forma al proceso de reformas y analiza los retos de mantener un crecimiento económico sostenible, de la prevención de inestabilidad,…

Date issued: Sep 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Artana, Daniel;Navajas, Fernando;Urbiztondo, Santiago

En Argentina, como en la mayoría de los países del mundo, el sector sanitario ha sido tradicionalmente manejado por empresas públicas. Sin embargo, la corriente privatizadora de los últimos 10 años…

Date issued: Sep 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Labadie, Gastón J.

Si bien las instituciones de salud de pre-pago no han sido tradicionalmente la modalidad predominante en América Latina, los casos de Uruguay y Argentina, con notables diferencias entre sí, se…

Date issued: Aug 1997
Author(s): Inter American Development Bank

The IDB reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the Bank. Published 10 times a year in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Date issued: Aug 1997
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

EL BID informa sobre el desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y sobre las actividades del Banco. Se publica 10 veces al año en inglés, español, portugués y francés.

Date issued: Aug 1997
Author(s): Catán, Daniel

Daniel Catán (1949-), neo-impressionist Mexican opera composer, works include Rappaccini's Daughter (1991), Florence in the Amazon (1996), Salsipuedes (2004).

Date issued: Aug 1997
Author(s): Catán, Daniel

Daniel Catán (1949-), compositor mexicano neo-impresionista de ópera, sus proyectos incluyen La hija de Rappaccini (1991), Florencia en el Amazonas (1996) y Salsipuedes (2004).

Date issued: Aug 1997
Author(s): Inter American Development Bank

The IDB reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the Bank. Published 10 times a year in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Date issued: Aug 1997
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

EL BID informa sobre el desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y sobre las actividades del Banco. Se publica 10 veces al año en inglés, español, portugués y francés.

Date issued: Aug 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Benston, George J.

Banking authorities must resolve or otherwise deal with existing banks that are weak or insolvent without imposing costs on consumers or taxpayers. Two aspects of this concern should be delineated.…

Date issued: Aug 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kraemer, Moritz

This paper examines the effect of elections on fiscal policies in 21 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1983 to 1996. The budget surplus proves to be lower than normal in the…

Date issued: Aug 1997
Author(s): Carnoy, Martin;Castro, Claudio de Moura

En este documento de base se presenta un breve análisis de la situación concreta de la educación en América Latina en los años noventa, después de un decenio de ajuste estructural. Las entrevistas…

Date issued: Jul 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Márquez, Gustavo;Pagés, Carmen

This paper examines the impact of the recent wave of trade liberalization and economic reform on employment. Four alternative measures of openness and four measures of the real exchange rate are used…

Date issued: Jul 1997
Author(s): Cardinal, Douglas J.

Douglas Cardinal (1934-), Canadian architect, projects include Canadian Museum of Civilizations, and original proposal for U.S. National Museum of the American Indian.

Date issued: Jul 1997
Author(s): Cardinal, Douglas J.

Douglas Cardinal (1934-), arquitecto canadiense, sus proyectos incluyen el Museo Canadiense de las Civilizaciones, y la propuesta original para el Museo Nacional del Indio Americano en Washington, D.…

Date issued: Jul 1997
Author(s): Inter American Development Bank

Fifty-two sculptures in a variety of media, from the Pinacoteca of Sao Paulo, the Safra Bank, and private collections, represented 20 outstanding Brazilian sculptors, including Ernesto De Fiori,…

Date issued: Jul 1997
Author(s): Inter American Development Bank

The IDB reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the Bank. Published 10 times a year in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Date issued: Jul 1997
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

EL BID informa sobre el desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y sobre las actividades del Banco. Se publica 10 veces al año en inglés, español, portugués y francés.

Date issued: Jul 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Folkerts-Landau, David

The experience of a large number of countries since the mid-1970s has demonstrated the limited potential for activist monetary and fiscal policies to influence real macroeconomic performance on a…

Date issued: Jul 1997
Author(s): Inter American Development Bank

In the first half of 1997, MERCOSUR's macroeconomic situation was marked by two trends: first, improved performance in terms of output and inflation rates, in a context of relative fiscal…

Date issued: Jul 1997
Author(s): Christy, Francis T.

There is now a global and regional awareness that marine fisheries have been significantly mismanaged in all parts of the world, including the South Atlantic and South Pacific oceans. This paper…

Date issued: Jul 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): De Sebastián, Luis

Este trabajo propone un marco para analizar lógica y ordenadamente un sinnúmero de observaciones y experiencias recogidas en la ejecución de los programas y proyectos en que se plasman las políticas…

Date issued: Jul 1997
Author(s): Acurio, Guido;Rossin, Antonio;Teixeira, Paulo Fernando;Zepeda, Francisco

El capítulo 21 de la Agenda 21 establece las bases para un manejo integral de los residuos sólidos municipales como parte del desarrollo sostenible. Este diagnóstico de la situación del manejo de…

Date issued: Jul 1997
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En el primer semestre de 1997, la situación macroeconómica del MERCOSUR continua caracterizándose por dos tendencias: la mejora del desempeño en cuanto a niveles de actividad y tasas de inflación, en…

Date issued: Jul 1997
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

A série Informe MERCOSUL representa um esforço do INTAL destinado a fomentar o conhecimento e a difusão de informação relacionados com dinâmico processo de integração vigente na América Latina e no…

Date issued: Jun 1997
Author(s): Inter American Development Bank

The IDB reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the Bank. Published 10 times a year in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

Date issued: Jun 1997
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

EL BID informa sobre el desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y sobre las actividades del Banco. Se publica 10 veces al año en inglés, español, portugués y francés.

Date issued: Jun 1997
Author(s): Márquez, Gustavo

In 1995, the government of Uruguay undertook a first pillar-based reform of the pension system, as opposed to the second pillar-based Chilean-style reform. The paper's first section describes…

Date issued: Jun 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo

During the past decade, structural polices in the region have been aimed increasingly at improving economic efficiency and reducing government interference in economic decisions. The effects of this…

Date issued: Jun 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Montiel, Peter J.;Fernández-Arias, Eduardo

This paper addresses the adequacy of post-reform growth in Latin America in the 1990s on the basis of international comparison and other relevant standards. It analytically explores and empirically…

Date issued: Jun 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vives, Antonio;Staking, Kim B.

This paper discusses the conditions under which policy-based lending may further economic development within a Latin American and Caribbean context, given the current state of financial markets in…

Date issued: Jun 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Székely, Miguel;Londoño, Juan Luis

El desarrollo de América Latina en las últimas décadas no ha sido equitativo. La región ha tenido el grado de desigualdad mas alto del mundo. Ello permea la opinión pública, los círculos…

Date issued: May 1997
Author(s): Sosa, Roberto

Roberto Sosa (1930-), Honduran poet, editor and journalist, Casa de las Americas Award (1971), National Rosa Literary Award (1972), National Itzamna Literary Award (1980).

Date issued: May 1997
Author(s): Sosa, Roberto

Roberto Sosa (1930-), poeta hondureño, editor y periodista, ganador de los Premios Casa de las Américas (1971), Literatura Nacional Rosa (1972) y Nacional de Literatura Itzamna (1980).