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Feb 2006
The protection of intellectual property has been a subject of great contention between developed and developing countries in recent years. Although the Agreement on TRIPs was signed by the members of…
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Feb 2006
El objetivo de este trabajo es estudiar la gestión pública social para formular propuestas a fin de mejorar la administración, focalización y el orden de prioridades de los gastos sociales. Con ello…
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Feb 2006
El presente trabajo se enmarca en el contexto de la ratificación de Nicaragua del tratado de libre comercio DR-CAFTA en 2005. El objetivo del estudio es desarrollar un modelo que permita analizar los…
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Feb 2006
O período transcorrido entre o segundo semestre de 2004 e os primeiros seis meses de 2005 pode sercaracterizado como de convergência na evolução macroeconômica regional. Os países do Mercado Comumdo…
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Feb 2006
Este estudio busca aportar a la generación y desarrollo de estrategias de transversalización en el Estado a través de mecanismos aparentemente neutros, como son los sistemas de control de gestión. Se…
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Feb 2006
El presente estudio se propone ayudar a entender cómo se toman decisiones políticas-con su correspondiente correlato gerencial-en materia de políticas públicas, tomando como ejemplo concreto un…
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Feb 2006
El presente estudio pretende aportar a la mejor comprensión de los procesos de diseño e incorporación en la agenda de política sectorial de propuestas de participación ciudadana en la administración…
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Feb 2006
Este estudio analiza las oportunidades y desafíos que presentan los nuevos instrumentos de seguro agropecuario para fortalecer el sector financiero en áreas rurales de una manera sustentable. Se…
Collaborating with the Private Sector: A Case Study of an entra21 Project in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Jan 2006
Collaborating with the Private Sector: A Case Study of an entra 21 project in Brazil, which presents the factors that enabled an NGO in Salvador, Brazil, the Instituto de ospitalidade, to…
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Jan 2006
É um prazer compartilhar com vocês a edição de ¿Colaborando com o Setor Privado: o caso de um projeto entra 21 em Salvador, Bahia, Brasil¿. Esta publicação mostra como o nstituto de Hospitalidade…
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Jan 2006
The Guaraní have an aesthetic view of Earth. For the Guaraní, the Earth is a beautiful body on which trees are like long hair, the skin is sometimes shining, sparkling, and manifestations of soil…
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Jan 2006
The general objective of this project was to improve the quality of education at the Ticuna indigenous schools in the Amazonas state in Brazil through the implementation of a four-course Bilingual…
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Jan 2006
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Existing work in growth empirics either assumes linearity of the growth function or attempts to capture non-linearities by the addition of a small number of quadratic or multiplicative interaction…
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Jan 2006
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Approximately 14 percent of births are unregistered in Latin America according to estimates by UNICEF (2001). Children who lack an official birth certificate can be denied access to social services…
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Jan 2006
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This paper sketches the outline of "Theory of Fiscal Policy" in its most essential elements and outlines the assumptions implicit in it. It then argues that the reality can be far removed…
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Jan 2006
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During much of the previous era of globalization, from the 1860s until the First World War, U.S. tariffs were surprisingly high. Present-day economic historians have suggested that U.S. protection as…
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Jan 2006
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This paper's main concern is to assess which "industrial policies" would be meaningful for Latin America nowadays. The first section introduces the theme while the second section…
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Jan 2006
The period between the second half of 2004 and the first half of 2005 can be characterized as a timeof convergence in regional macroeconomic trends. The countries of the Southern Common Market(…
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Jan 2006
Raúl Prebisch was one of the great figures in Latin America, a dominant regional and international personality since the 1930s, and it is therefore fitting to honor the centenary of his birth in…
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Jan 2006
Raúl Prebisch fue una de las grandes figuras de América Latina que trascendió desde los años treinta como personalidad regional e internacional preponderante. Por ello cabe honrar el centenario de su…
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Jan 2006
The present document seeks to set forth the IDB's commitment to the objectives contained in the Declaration of Guadalajara and the parallel Memorandum of Understanding, a commitment that has…
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Jan 2006
This report examines the problems of theft, nonpayment and political opportunism in the aftermath of privatization by considering the recent experiences of four private utilities in Latin America…
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Jan 2006
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Drawing on previously unused objective institutional data, we provide evidence for the causal link between rent-seeking behavior and democracy in Uruguay, a country where both rent-seeking behavior…
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Jan 2006
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Desde la independencia, una de las obsesiones más persistentes de América fue depender de recetas milagrosas. Del estructuralismo al monetarismo, del marxismo al liberalismo, todo el continente bailó…
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Jan 2006
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Durante ya varios años, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) ha centrado sus esfuerzos en asegurar que los programas e iniciativas ligadas al desarrollo, promovidas por el Banco, logren…