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Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Dymond, William A.

This presentation was commissioned by the Trade and Integration Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the IV Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on September 17th and 18th, 2002.

Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Insausti Muguruza, Mikel

The purpose of this document is to raise a debate among the Vice- Ministers of Trade of the hemispheric countries regarding the participation of civil society in the process of designing and…

Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Insausti Muguruza, Mikel

Este documento ha sido elaborado para la IV Reunión de la Red de Comercio e Integración del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID). Su propósito es suscitar un debate entre los vice-ministros de…

Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Dymond, William A.

Esta presentación fue encomendada por la Red de Integración y Comercio del Diálogo Regional de Política para la 4ta Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 17 y 18 de septiembre de 2002. Esta…

Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Pérez del Castillo, Carlos

Esta presentación fue comisionada por la red de Integración y Comercio del Diálogo Regional de Política para la 4ta Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 17 y 18 de septiembre de 2002. En ella se…

Date issued: Sep 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Huenemann, Jon E.

The constitution of the United States (U.S.) in effect proscribes both the authority and the responsibility to develop and carry out trade and investment (referred to as commerce in the constitution…

Date issued: Sep 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Huenemann, Jon E.

La constitución de los Estados Unidos (EE.UU.) en efecto atribuye la autoridad y la responsabilidad de desarrollar e implementar políticas de comercio e inversión, y la negociación de acuerdos…

Date issued: Sep 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jara, Alejandro

In the semester following the Doha Ministerial, WTO Members were able to set up the essential elements of the Work Program decided by Ministers at Doha (November 2001), including the negotiations…

Date issued: Sep 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jara, Alejandro

Lo anterior permitió que iniciaran negociaciones en diversas áreas (reglas, indicaciones geográficas de vinos y bebidas espirituosas, relación entre acuerdos ambientales multilaterales y la OMC,…

Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel


Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Bullock, Colin


Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): N'dombet-Assamba, Aloun


Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;California State University. Robert V. Fullerton Museum of Art

20 lithographs, etchings, linocuts, woodcuts, silkscreens and other works in various graphic techniques by artists from the Americas were presented at the Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, California…

Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Stephens, Malcom;Smallridge, Diana

Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) play a role of central importance in international trade and investment flows. ECAs are a vital part of the infrastructure supporting trade and have often been…

Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Bour, Juan Luis;Artana, Daniel;Navajas, Fernando

El propósito de este trabajo es analizar la situación fiscal de Ecuador y las perspectivas. Durante los años 2000 y 2001 el resultado del Sector Público No Financiero (SPNF) se convirtió en…

Date issued: Sep 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bonet, Antonio

Las metodologías de negociación comercial intentan predecir las consecuencias que tendrán estas negociaciones sobre un país; es decir, pretenden evaluar su impacto. En este trabajo el autor describe…

Date issued: Sep 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Murillo, Maria Victoria;Tommasi, Mariano;Ronconi, Lucas;Sanguinetti, Juan

This paper considers the effects of trade unions on the education sector in Argentina and the channels of union influence on the performance of this crucial sector. The authors find that those…

Date issued: Sep 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino;Zylberstajn, Helio;Chahad, Jose Paulo;Pazello, Elaine

Using a pooled sample, this paper indicates that unions seem to affect the economic performance of Brazilian establishments, especially in terms of profitability, employment and productivity. Unions…

Date issued: Sep 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime;Torero, Máximo

The paper documents the sharp reduction in union density in Peru between 1986 and 1998, in a context of large macroeconomic fluctuations, structural reforms and changes in the Collective Bargaining…

Date issued: Sep 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cassoni, Adriana;Labadie, Gastón J.;Fachola, Gabriela

This study examines the impact of unionization and the level of centralization in bargaining, at the level of the industry or the firm, on wages and on the economic performance of firms within the…

Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Trigo, Eduardo;Traxler, Greg;Pray, Carlos E.;Echeverría, Ruben G.

Este informe se enfoca en el potencial que tiene la investigación biotecnológica de beneficiar a los consumidores y productores de alimentos en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), con el objetivo de…

Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Angelelli, Pablo;Gligo, Nicolo

En el presente documento se evalúan los resultados de una reciente experiencia de apoyo a la innovación en Centroamérica, el Fondo para la Modernización Tecnológica y Empresarial de Panamá (FOMOTEC…

Date issued: Sep 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dymond, William A.;Ritchie Dawson, Laura

This paper attempts to address a number of questions about the dialogue between the public and private sector in the creation of Canadian trade policy.

Date issued: Sep 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dymond, William A.;Ritchie Dawson, Laura

El presente documento pretende abordar una serie de preguntas sobre el diálogo entre los sectores público y privado en relación con la formulación de la política comercial canadiense. Se inicia con…

Date issued: Sep 2002
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This paper presents the growing volume of remittances to the Caribbean countries (particularly to Jamaica) has increased the interest and the opportunity to study mechanisms that contribute towards…