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Date issued:
Jan 1999
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This paper uses household data from two cities in Panama to evaluate the determinants of the tenure decision in the context of two models. The key factors explaining the decision to rent or own are…
Date issued:
Jan 1999
Governments in many countries -at all levels of development- struggle with increasing budget deficits and soaring national debts. Over the last century, government spending, as a percentage of gross…
Date issued:
Jan 1999
In the winter of 1996, Canada's third largest financial institution, the Bank of Montreal, launched a now infamous advertising campaign in which it asked the question: Can a bank change? While…
Date issued:
Jan 1999
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The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of elderly health in the context of Mexico as a developing country and the relationship between health indicators and earnings in the…
Date issued:
Jan 1999
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The book gives traffic engineers, planners, and managers a methodology to identify, analyze, and correct factors that cause traffic accidents. The procedures and materials required are of low cost…
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Jan 1999
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La publicación de esta obra pone a la disposición del público de habla hispana un documento de gran utilidad para reducir los accidentes de tránsito, que ya constituyen una de las principales causas…
Date issued:
Jan 1999
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A Praz-nos publicar em língua Portuguesa uma obra que já demonstrou ser de grande utilidade para reduzir os acidentes de trânsito, uma das principais causas de morte no Brasil. Proporciona aos…
Date issued:
Jan 1999
While privatization of water, electricity, transport and communications infrastructure continues to gain momentum in Latin America, its success often depends on whether countries implement the…
Date issued:
Jan 1999
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Financial turmoil is becoming a fact of life in Latin America. The 1990s have been characterized by enormous volatility in the magnitude and cost of capital flows. The correlation of capital swings…
Date issued:
Jan 1999
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Latin America loses about nine trillion cubic meters of water each year, or some 30 percent of the water collected and treated for public consumption. While it is impossible for water systems to…