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Date issued: Jan 2003
Author(s): Moncayo Gallegos, Paco

La presentación expone, por medio de datos estadísticos, los principales problemas de violencia y causas de muerte que sufre la ciudad de Quito. A continuación se plantean los factores de riesgos y…

Date issued: Jan 2003
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La presentación expone un diagnóstico de la seguridad ciudadana en Machala. Se presenta la composición demográfica de la ciudadanía, las principales actividades productivas y las características del…

Date issued: Jan 2003
Author(s): Devlin, Robert;Estevadeordal, Antoni;Taylor, Alan M.;Venables, Anthony J.;Adserà, Alícia;Boix, Carles;Laird, Sam;Messerlin, Patrick A.;Torrent, Ramón;Cremona, Marise;Mattli, Walter;Jordana, Jacint;Ramió, Carles;Narula, Rajneesh;Evenett, Simon J.

This book analyzes the role of trade as a central pillar of the structural reform process and a bridge to capturing the dynamic development forces of an increasingly globalized world economy.

Date issued: Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Adhikari, Ramesh;Negroni, Mirka J.;Leino, Jessica;Rana, P. B.;Nguyen, Tam Robert;Rey de Marulanda, Nohra;Kremer, Michael;Rodríguez, Ennio;Arce M., Daniel G.;Sandler, Todd;Bronfman, Mario;Devlin, Robert;Rufín, Carlos;Sakai, Kazu;Kanbur, Ravi;Kahn, Matthew E.;Weiss, John;Wyplosz, Charles;Jessen, Anneke;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Tungwarara, Ozias;Hunt, Joseph Michael;Estevadeordal, Antoni;Martínez Nogueira, Roberto;Taccone, Juan José;Carnoy, Martin;Kendall, Tamil;Frantz, Brian;Wescott, Clay

This book is based on a conference entitled "Regional Public Goods and Regional Development Assistance", held in Washington, D.C. on November 6-7, 2002. It examines how the IDB and the ADB…

Date issued: Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Wiesner Durán, Eduardo

The aim of this book is to provide policymakers in Latin America with the stylized facts of what works and what does not in decentralization policies and schemes, based on analysis of the recent…

Date issued: Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Millán, Jaime;von der Fehr, Nils-Henrik M.;Ayala, Ulpiano;Walker, Ian;Benavides, Juan;Fundación Solar;Rufín, Carlos;Brown, Ashley

Power sector reforms across Latin America in the 1990s based on privatization, liberalization, and market forces were largely unavoidable. This book argues that while there is no turning back from…

Date issued: Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Masci, Pietro;Utsumi, Makoto;Trigo Loubière, Jacques;Okubo, Yoshio;Sato, Takafumi;De Krivoy, Ruth;Fukao, Mitsuhiro;Martínez Peria, María Soledad;Schmukler, Sergio;Chicoma, José;Demaestri, Edgardo C.;Iannariello, María Pia;Barnhill Jr., Theodore M.;Papapanagiotou, Panagiotis;Rietti Souto, Marco;Posen, Adam S.;Zahler, Roberto

This book looks at the key issues and lessons that policymakers must consider in designing an adequate framework for dealing with financial crises. These include structural problems and their causes…

Date issued: Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Goldstein Rossotto, Karen;Peterson, Robert J.;Masci, Pietro;Giorgio, Luis Alberto;García, Valeriano F.;West, Derek;Lee, Ruben;Agatiello, Osvaldo R.;Hook, Andrew;Dowers, Kenroy;Sotomayor, Ivan;Gomez-Acebo, Felipe;Corcoran, Andrea M.;Chandler-Crichlow, Catherine;Lubrano, Mike;Kuserk, Gregory J.;Wittich, Georg;Korcsmaros, Kinga;Aggarwal, Reena;Wuertz, Karen K.;Takacs, Hannes;Vives, Antonio;Karmel, Roberta S.;Hobson, Ronald B.;Tafara, Ethiopis;Del Valle, Clemente

This book analyzes the status of the markets in Latin America and identifies the technical, political, and financial challenges to building vibrant capital markets and increasing the efficiency…

Date issued: Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique;Birdsall, Nancy;Castañeda, Tarsicio;Brundtland, Gro Harlem;Sen, Amartya;Urrutia, Miguel;Myers, Robert G.;Morán, Ricardo

Escaping the Poverty Trap proposes early childhood investment policies that could decisively change the prospects for the next generation of the region's poor. Contributors include Nobel…

Date issued: Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Sojo, Carlos;Behrman, Jere R.;Pérez de Rada, Ernesto;Jiménez, Wilson;Gaviria, Alejandro;Calderón Martínez, Lissette;Alves, Denisard;Teruel, Graciela;Funkhouser, Edward;Pérez Saínz, Juan Pablo;Gray-Molina, George;Székely, Miguel;Lardé de Palomo, Anabella;Rubalcava, Luis;Timmins, Christopher;Parker, Susan W.;Vides de Andrade, Ana Regina

Social exclusion is closely linked with many economic problems in Latin America, as it prevents people from reaching their full productive potential -in turn constraining growth and revenues- and…