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Aug 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…
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Aug 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…
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Jul 2000
Patricia Glinton Meicholas, Bahamian writer, founding president of the Bahamas Association for Cultural Studies, Silver Jubilee of Independence Medal for Literature.
Date issued:
Jul 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.
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Jul 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…
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Jul 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…
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Jul 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…
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Jul 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…
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Jul 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:
Jul 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…
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Jul 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…
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Jul 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…
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Jul 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…
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Jul 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…
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Jul 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.…
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Jul 2000
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Según el pensamiento convencional, la salud y la educación son factores esenciales para el desarrollo económico y social: permiten mejorar la distribución del ingreso y la productividad, y además,…
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Jun 2000
Ian Gregory Strachan (1969-), Bahamian writer, Chair of English Studies at College of the Bahamas, author of God's Angry Babies (1997) and Paradise and Plantation (2002).
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Jun 2000
Ian Gregory Strachan (1969-), escritor de Bahamas, encargado del departamento de Inglés en el Instituto de Bahamas, autor de la novela God's Angry Babies (1997) y Paradise and Plantation (2002).
Date issued:
Jun 2000
IDB America reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the IDB. It is published 10 times annually in Spanish and English.
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Jun 2000
BID América cubre las tendencias del desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y las actividades del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. Se publica 10 veces al año en castellano e…
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Jun 2000
Fifty paintings, drawings, sculptures, and popular objects used in the celebration of Junkanoo, from private collections. The exhibition illustrated the development of Bahamian art since…
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Jun 2000
Financing the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity has been called one of the greatest challenges. At the heart of this challenge lies the low financial and political value which is often…
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Jun 2000
This paper discusses the Colombian Health Reform, a reform seeking to equalize access to health services for the poor by giving them insurance that can purchase care from public or private providers…
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Jun 2000
This paper is devoted to examining the scope, outcomes and shortcomings of reforms aimed at introducing competition in the production, transport, distribution and retail segments of the gas industry…