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Feb 2003
En el último cuarto del siglo pasado, producto de los ajustes estructurales en las naciones en desarrollo y luego por el abandono de las economías de dirección y control, se ha producido una…
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Feb 2003
A key issue addressed at the February 2003 meeting was the management of solid wastes, focusing on the use of economic instruments as management tools to minimize wastes at their sources, produce the…
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Feb 2003
This presentation was commissioned by the Environment Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the 2nd Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on February 25th and 26th, 2003. This presentation discusses…
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Feb 2003
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This is the last version available of this study, in which we will review the water charge experiences in France, Mexico and Brazil. However, prior to country cases, the next chapter sets the…
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Feb 2003
This presentation discusses conclusions of the policy phase and shows a new approach to plan and decentralize water management to accommodate multiple conflicting uses and excess use of water above…
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Feb 2003
This presentation discusses water management policy in France and the water charge design process. The discussion includes institutional and legal barriers and the three different periods of…
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Feb 2003
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This work presents a case study of Rio de Janeiro's improvement of its urban trash and garbage services by bringing in private operators to collect the "extraordinary wastes" produced…
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Feb 2003
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The economic literature commonly identifies economic instruments (EIs) as a "better" way to achieve environmental goals than specified quantity and technological standards commonly known as…
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Feb 2003
There is a strong relationship between economic instruments and the polluter-pays principle. That principle involves allocating costs of waste management services, resource consumption, and pollution…
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Feb 2003
The use of economic instruments has drawn increased attention as a tool for both lessening the size of the solid waste management problem and improving upon the delivery of solid waste collection and…
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Feb 2003
This presentation was commissioned by the Environment Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the II Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on February 25th and 26th, 2003. Three distinct criteria:…
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Feb 2003
This is a summary of a report prepared for the II Meeting of the Regional Policy Dialogue on Environmental Management, to be held the 25th and 26th February 2003 in Washington D.C. The report…
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Feb 2003
El presente es el resumen de un informe elaborado para el Diálogo Regional de Política de Medio Ambiente, que tuvo lugar los días 25 y 26 de febrero de 2003 en Washington D.C. Este informe incluye…
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Feb 2003
The central issue of the II Meeting of the Environment Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue, held on February 25 and 26, 2003, is "the application of economic instruments in water and solid…
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Feb 2003
El tema central es de la II Reunión de la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Políticas que tuvo lugar el 25 y 26 de febrero del 2003, es "la aplicación de instrumentos económicos en…
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Feb 2003
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Política para la 3ra Reunión La Aplicación de Instrumentos Económicos para la Gestión del Agua y Residuos…
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Feb 2003
Esta presentación discute industria del reciclaje, incluye el caso de botellas PET en Río de Janeiro y el caso de sistema reciclaje de la Municipalidad de La Reina, Santiago; mercado de servicios,…
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Feb 2003
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Política para la 2a Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 25 y 26 de febrero de 2003. El documento expone las…
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Feb 2003
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Esta es la última versión disponible de este documento de trabajo. Sobre las deliberaciones de la primera reunión de la Red de Medio Ambiente, en abril de 2002, se decidió que en la segunda,…
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Feb 2003
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Política para la II Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 25 y 26 de febrero de 2003. Brinda información acerca…
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Feb 2003
El objetivo de la presentación de este estudio de caso es difundir la exitosa experiencia realizada por la municipalidad de Río de Janeiro en su búsqueda por perfeccionar los servicios de aseo urbano…
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Feb 2003
Los textos económicos habitualmente identifican a los instrumentos económicos (IE) como una forma mejor de alcanzar metas ambientales que las normas cuantitativas y tecnológicas conocidas como…
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Feb 2003
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Política para la II Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 25 y 26 de febrero de 2003. Tres criterios distintos…
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Feb 2003
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Política para la II Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 25 y 26 de febrero de 2003. Ausencia de enfoque…
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Feb 2003
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Política para la II Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 25 y 26 de febrero de 2003. Las tarifas del agua se…
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Feb 2003
Ausencia de relación entre los aspectos cuantitativos y cualitativos del manejo del agua. Carencia de integración entre el agua de superficie y la subterránea. Política orientada por sectores, con…
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Feb 2003
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Política para la II Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 25 y 26 de febrero de 2003. Distribución geográfica…
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Feb 2003
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This work presents a case study on solid waste management in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This privately-owned initiative involves the application of market instruments to boost the recycling of used…
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Feb 2003
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Este trabajo presenta un estudio de caso exitoso implementado en la ciudad de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, evidenciando la utilización de un instrumento basado en el mercado con el propósito de…
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Feb 2003
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The purpose of this document is to present a brief summary of the economic instruments in use for solid waste management in the region and to present two case studies of such use in Chile. These case…
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Feb 2003
An exhibition of technological art from Italy, featuring the seminal piece ROMA II by Venetian contemporary master Fabrizio Plessi, with digitally designed architectural projects by Celestino Soddu,…
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Feb 2003
Maria Grazia Mattei (1950-), Italian expert in new communications technology, founder of MGM Digital Communication, with remarks by artist Fabrizio Plessi.
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Feb 2003
This paper focuses on a rather unexplored dimension to date of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: the resulting stigma and discrimination and its impact on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS programs. It presents a…
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Feb 2003
IDB Group involvement and support in the reform, modernization and deepening of financial markets in Latin America and the Caribbean targets banking intermediation, capital markets, insurance markets…
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Feb 2003
Las ineficiencias en el mercado de remesas, la falta de información relevante y el incipiente desarrollo de los sistemas financieros de la Región, llevan a FOMIN a estudiar las particularidades del…
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Feb 2003
This paper discusses the importance and applicability of economic instruments in the context of water management. The paper presents a typology and associated examples of implementation from European…
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Feb 2003
Este informe incluye una reseña de la literatura y la información internacional disponible sobre la aplicación de instrumentos económicos en la gestión del agua, basada especialmente en la…
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Feb 2003
This report details remittance flows, their costs, and their impact throughout Latin America based on the comprehensive survey and analysis of reports from 19 Central Banks in the region.
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Feb 2003
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This paper fills a void in the issue of determinants of privatization prices by concentrating in one industry across many countries. This has not been done before, as the literature has only focused…
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Feb 2003
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Should state-owned enterprises change chief executive officer before privatizing? We test competing views on this question by complementing a recently released database with newly collected data. We…
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Feb 2003
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According to recent research, external factors and political governance considerations are key determinants of capital flows in Latin America. We postulate that corporate governance is a crucial…
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Feb 2003
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This paper tests the efficiency of different structures of bank ownership in terms of its ability to target manufacturing sectors in need of credit. We find that state- owned banks do not play a…
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Feb 2003
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Critics of privatization argue that poor labor force restructuring is a key concern and that governments should establish better retrenchment programs. Using new data from a random sample of 400…
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Jan 2003
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En este estudio se presenta un diagnóstico del sistema tributario argentino, con sus principales defectos y una serie de propuestas de reforma a implementar a medio y largo plazo para mejorar la…
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Jan 2003
This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2002. In addition, this Report contains a…
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Jan 2003
Ce rapport annuel contient un bref résumé de la situation économique en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes, ainsi qu'un examen des activités de l'institution en 2002. Il comporte aussi…
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Jan 2003
This paper analyzes the evolution and structure of taxation in the Mercosur countries. Specifically, it covers taxes on goods and services, including general excise taxes and excises taxes, and…
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Jan 2003
Este documento analiza la evolución y estructura de la tributación en los países del Mercosur. Para evaluar la importancia del nivel de los tributos en los países del Mercosur, se calculó la presión…
