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Date issued: nov 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Payne, J. Mark;Boix, Carles;Adserà, Alícia

This paper explores, both formally and empirically, the political accountability mechanisms that lie behind the varying levels of public corruption and of effective governance taking place across…

Date issued: nov 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Székely, Miguel;Hilgert, Marianne

This paper presents microeconomic simulation techniques to examine what drives differences in inequality across countries. The simulation decomposes cross-country inequality differences into the…

Date issued: nov 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rodrik, Dani

Economists are trained to think about trade policy reform in terms of changes in the levels of tariffs and quantitative restrictions and the shifts in relative prices brought about by these…

Date issued: oct 2000
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The present document sets forth the basic concepts and guidelines that would be incorporated into the Strategic Framework on Participation. It is based on the preliminary study done in the…

Date issued: oct 2000
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este documento examina la manera en que incide la participación ciudadana en el cumplimiento de los objetivos institucionales del Banco, lo cual exige cumplir con los mandatos que se le han confiado…

Date issued: oct 2000
Author(s): Prebisch, Raúl;Perroux, François;Aragão, José María;Orrego Vicuña, Francisco;Ffrench-Davis, Ricardo;Cohen, Isaac;Lizano Fait, Eduardo;Herrera, Felipe;Iturriza, Jorge;Demas, William G.;Massad, Carlos;FitzGerald, E.V.;Grabbe, Heather;Nagarajan, Nigel;Feinberg, Richard

La Revista Integración & Comercio del BID incluye artículos referidos a las distintas manifestaciones del proceso de integración en América Latina y el Caribe, a la integración hemisférica y,…

Date issued: oct 2000
Author(s): Subbarao, K.

This presentation discusses universal food subsidies and cash transfers as a tool to reduce poverty in the communities of Uzbekistan and Mexico. In addition, the relation between public works…

Date issued: oct 2000
Author(s): Cárdenas, Mauricio

Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Reducción de la Pobreza y Protección Social del Diálogo Regional de Política para la Reunión Preparatoria celebrada los días 19 y 20 de octubre de 2000…

Date issued: oct 2000
Author(s): Burtless, Gary

Protection for all citizens or residents (universal protection) Protection for people with low incomes (means-tested assistance) Protection for workers who have contributed to insurance fund (social…

Date issued: oct 2000
Author(s): Subbarao, K.

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the Preparatory Meeting celebrated on October 19th and 20th, 2000 in…

Date issued: oct 2000
Author(s): Subbarao, K.

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the Preparatory Meeting celebrated on October 19th and 20th, 2000 in…

Date issued: oct 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Piras, Claudia;Behrman, Jere R.;Payne, J. Mark;Duryea, Suzanne;Gallup, John Luke;Lora, Eduardo;Attanasio, Orazio P.;Savedoff, William D.;Gaviria, Alejandro;Márquez, Gustavo;Olivera, Mauricio;Charvériat, Céline;Cortés, Patricia;Morrison, Andrew;Székely, Miguel;Violante, Giovanni L.

This report moves beyond the conventional scope of economics to examine three entrenched structural factors -demography, geography and institutions- that are closely connected to economic and social…

Date issued: oct 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Piras, Claudia;Behrman, Jere R.;Payne, J. Mark;Duryea, Suzanne;Gallup, John Luke;Lora, Eduardo;Attanasio, Orazio P.;Savedoff, William D.;Gaviria, Alejandro;Márquez, Gustavo;Olivera, Mauricio;Charvériat, Céline;Cortés, Patricia;Morrison, Andrew;Székely, Miguel;Violante, Giovanni L.

Este informe trasciende el alcance de la economía convencional para incorporar al análisis del desarrollo tres factores estructurales que no han recibido la debida atención en América Latina: la…

Date issued: oct 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.

The main purpose of this paper is to measure the contributions of the changes in the labor market to the increase in inequality experienced by Mexico after the 1985 trade and financial liberalization…

Date issued: oct 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.

This paper examines Mexico's increase in wage inequality using data from household surveys (Encuesta Nacional de Ingreso Gasto de los Hogares de México) produced by the Mexican Institute for…

Date issued: oct 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo;Pagés, Carmen

Durante los años noventa, siete países de América Latina reformaron sus sistemas pensionales para introducir sistemas de capitalización individual basados total o parcialmente en el modelo de…

Date issued: oct 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Charvériat, Céline

This paper integrates information from both economics and the physical sciences to survey the effects of natural disasters in the region. A first section surveys the human and economic impact of…

Date issued: oct 2000
Author(s): Savedoff, William D.

En toda América Latina y el Caribe, de hecho en todo el mundo, los países están realizando debates sobre sus sistemas de salud. Con frecuencia, las características de las reformas en un país se…

Date issued: oct 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stern, Nicholas;Lustig, Nora

Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, on top of promoting economic growth, addresses ingrained inequalities, institutional failures, social barriers, and risks.

Date issued: oct 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stern, Nicholas;Lustig, Nora

Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Reducción de la Pobreza y la Protección Social del Diálogo Regional de Política para la Reunión Preparatória celebrada los días 19 y 20 de Octubre de 2000…

Date issued: oct 2000
Author(s): Lachman Varela, Rubén

El objetivo de este estudio es iniciar una evaluación de aspectos básicos para el análisis económico de los costos directos de la violencia intrafamiliar en Panamá, para poder comparar el costo…

Date issued: oct 2000
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;York College of Pennsylvania

43 lithographs, etchings, linocuts, woodcuts, silkscreens and other works in various graphic techniques by 40 artists from the Americas were united in this exhibition presented at the art gallery of…

Date issued: oct 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Shinkai, Naoko

It has been shown that the social security system and other sorts of government transfers have helped poor elderly people, such as widows, to live alone in the U.S. This paper investigates whether…

Date issued: oct 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Székely, Miguel;Birdsall, Nancy;Behrman, Jere R.

This paper develops and applies a new approach to the estimation of the impact of economy-wide reforms on wage differentials, using a new high-quality data set on wage differentials by schooling…

Date issued: oct 2000
Author(s): Savedoff, William D.

Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, countries are in the midst of debates about their health systems. Frequently, the characteristics of reforms in one country are used to promote or…

Date issued: Sep 2000
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

29 paintings and 1 sculpture by artists (including two women) from the early to late modern period of the 20th century, and 36 contemporary folk objects form this exhibition which juxtaposes the art…

Date issued: Sep 2000
Author(s): Damiani, Octavio

This report presents the results of case studies on nontraditional agricultural exports in Petrolina-Juazeiro (northeastern Brazil), Ecuador, and Guatemala, analyzing the role of public policy in…

Date issued: Sep 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barrios Ross, Armando;Daza, Abelardo

El propósito básico de este estudio es contribuir a la comprensión de los factores favorables y los elementos de potencial amenaza para que los bancos centrales ejerzan su autonomía institucional.…

Date issued: Sep 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bucheli, Marisa;Vigorito, Andrea;Miles, Daniel

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: Sep 2000
Author(s): Iglesias, Enrique V.

Da a conocer las palabras ofrecidas por el Presidente del BID, Enrique V. Iglesias, sobre la conferencia que abarca temas de la importancia macroeconómica de las remesas, mecanismos que contribuyan…

Date issued: Aoû 2000
Author(s): Orrego Larraín, Claudio

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: Aoû 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Herrera, Santiago

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: Aoû 2000
Author(s): Navarro, Juan Carlos;Verdisco, Aimee

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: Aoû 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo;Hausmann, Ricardo

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: Aoû 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Heckman, James J.

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: Aoû 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Caballero, Ricardo J.

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: Aoû 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Caballero, Ricardo J.

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: Aoû 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo;Hausmann, Ricardo

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: Aoû 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Caballero, Ricardo J.

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: Aoû 2000
Author(s): Pfund, Alicia

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: Aoû 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Panizza, Ugo

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: Juil 2000
Author(s): Glinton-Meicholas, Patricia

Patricia Glinton Meicholas, Bahamian writer, founding president of the Bahamas Association for Cultural Studies, Silver Jubilee of Independence Medal for Literature.

Date issued: Juil 2000
Author(s): Glinton-Meicholas, Patricia

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: Juil 2000
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

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: Juil 2000
Author(s): Abreu, Sergio;Bizzozero, Lincoln

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: Juil 2000
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

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: Juil 2000
Author(s): Vaughan, William J.;Darling, Arthur H.;Rodríguez, Diego J.

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: Juil 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mizala, Alejandra;González, Pablo;Romaguera, Pilar;Guzmán, Andrea

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: Juil 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Carrillo-Flórez, Fernando;Guerrero, Rodrigo;Buvinic, Mayra;Santamaría, Ricardo;Rubio, Mauricio;Sanjuán, Ana María;Vinicio Fournier, Marco;Andersen, Martin Edwin;Real de Azúa, Santiago;Aitkenhead Castillo, Richard;Moro, Bruno;Spehar, Elizabeth;Sepúlveda Arroyave, Juan Guillermo;Ramos, Carlos Guillermo;Aguirre de Calderón Sol, Elizabeth;Frühling, Hugo;Serrano, Rosso José;Ureña, Nubia Esperanza;Hernández Valiente, René

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: Juil 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Attanasio, Orazio P.;Székely, Miguel

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…