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Who Decides the Budget? A Political Economy Analysis of the Budget Process in Latin America
Who Decides the Budget? A Political Economy Analysis of the Budget Process in Latin America

Date issued: Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Stein, Ernesto H.;Abuelafia, Emmanuel;Berensztein, Sergio;Braun, Miguel;Di Gresia, Luciano;Alston, Lee J.;Melo, Marcus André;Mueller, Bernardo;Pereira, Carlos;Cárdenas, Mauricio;Mejía, Carolina;Olivera, Mauricio;Mejía Acosta, Andrés;Albornoz, Vicente;Araujo, María Caridad;Molinas, José R.;Pérez-Liñán, Aníbal;Carranza, Luis;Chávez, Jorge F.;Valderrama, José;Moraes, Juan Andrés;Chasquetti, Daniel;Bergara, Mario;Puente, José Manuel;Daza, Abelardo;Ríos, Germán;Rodríguez, Alesia;Hallerberg, Mark

This book presents a new framework for analyzing the political economy of budget processes in Latin America that is based on the following premises: i) the budget process must be considered as part…
¿Quiénes deciden el presupuesto? La economía política del proceso presupuestario en América Latina
¿Quiénes deciden el presupuesto? La economía política del proceso presupuestario en América Latina

Date issued: Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Stein, Ernesto H.;Abuelafia, Emmanuel;Berensztein, Sergio;Braun, Miguel;Di Gresia, Luciano;Alston, Lee J.;Melo, Marcus André;Mueller, Bernardo;Pereira, Carlos;Cárdenas, Mauricio;Mejía, Carolina;Olivera, Mauricio;Mejía Acosta, Andrés;Albornoz, Vicente;Araujo, María Caridad;Molinas, José R.;Pérez-Liñán, Aníbal;Carranza, Luis;Chávez, Jorge F.;Valderrama, José;Moraes, Juan Andrés;Chasquetti, Daniel;Bergara, Mario;Puente, José Manuel;Daza, Abelardo;Ríos, Germán;Rodríguez, Alesia;Hallerberg, Mark

Este libro presenta un nuevo marco para el análisis de la economía política de los procesos presupuestarios en América Latina, que se basa en las siguientes premisas: i) el proceso presupuestario…
Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center Annual Report 2008
Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center Annual Report 2008

Date issued: Jan 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report summarizes the activities of the IDB Cultural Center in 2008. During 2008, the IDB Cultural Center supported cultural programs that increased the potential for development and reduction…
Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo informe anual de 2008
Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo informe anual de 2008

Date issued: Jan 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe es un resumen de las actividades del Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en 2008. Durante este año, el Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo apoyó…
Trade and Poverty in Latin America
Trade and Poverty in Latin America

Date issued: Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schejtman, Alexander;Berry, Albert;Sala-i-Martin, Xavier;Berdegué, Julio A.;Florez, Victoria;Bardhan, Pranab;Giordano, Paolo

Understanding the complex relations between trade integration and poverty reduction is now a priority for Latin American policymakers. The chapters of this book, penned by eminent authors with a long…
Bridging Regional Trade Agreements in the Americas: Special Report on Integration and Trade
Bridging Regional Trade Agreements in the Americas: Special Report on Integration and Trade

Date issued: Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Suominen, Kati;Harris, Jeremy;Shearer, Matthew

This book assesses the impact and design of optimal strategies to implement existing agreements. It deals with issues such as removing the remaining barriers to trade, improving the institutional,…
Growing Pains: Binding Constraints to Productive Investment in Latin America
Growing Pains: Binding Constraints to Productive Investment in Latin America

Date issued: Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo;Jaramillo, Fidel;Agosin, Manuel R.;Sánchez, Gabriel;Butler, Inés;Blyde, Juan S.;Pinheiro, Armando Castelar;Daude, Christian;Cueva Armijos, Simón;Albornoz, Vicente;Avellán, Leopoldo;Artana, Daniel;Auguste, Sebastián;Cuevas, Mario;Hausmann, Ricardo;Klinger, Bailey;Bolaños Zamora, Rodrigo;Delgado Quesada, Félix;Moya, Ramiro;Sookram, Sandra;Watson, Patrick

Why are growth rates in Latin America so disappointing? This book reviews the results of an ambitious research project to determine the binding constraints to growth, that is, the barrier whose…
From Multilatinas to Global Latinas: The New Latin American Multinationals (Compilation Case Studies)
From Multilatinas to Global Latinas: The New Latin American Multinationals (Compilation Case Studies)

Date issued: Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Casanova, Lourdes;Golstein, Andrea;Almeida, André;Fraser, Matthew;Molina, Ramón;Hoeber, Henning;Arruda, Carlos

The goal of this document is to provide a comparative analysis of the motivating drivers and strategies behind the internationalization strategies of Global Latinas operating in a diverse range of…
China's and India's Challenge to Latin America: Opportunity or Threat?
China's and India's Challenge to Latin America: Opportunity or Threat?

Date issued: Jan 2009
Author(s): Calderón, César;Casacuberta, Carlos;Castro, Lucio;Cravino, Javier;Feenstra, Robert C.;Freund, Caroline;Gandelman, Néstor;Hanson, Gordon H.;Kee, Hiau Looi;Lederman, Daniel;Olarreaga, Marcelo;Özden, Çaglar;Perry, Guillermo;Robertson, Raymond;Saslavsky, Daniel;Soloaga, Isidro

The economic successes of China and India are viewed with admiration but also with concern because of the effects that the growth of these Asian economies may have on the Latin American and Caribbean…
Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Date issued: Jan 2009
Author(s): Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime;Molinas, José R.;De Barros, Ricardo Paes;Ferreira, Francisco H. G.

Equality of opportunity is about leveling the playing field so that circumstances such as gender, ethnicity, place of birth, or family background do not influence a person's life chances.…