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Date issued:
Jul 2003
Este Manual intenta promover la creación y fomentar la profesionalización de una industria local de capital riesgo, promover una nueva herramienta de financiación de empresas, y contribuir a mejorar…
Date issued:
Jul 2003
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Generative AI enabled
A pesar del innegable éxito de Tailandia para aumentar la producción agrícola y el volumen de las exportaciones, el país todavía está haciendo esfuerzos para reducir los altos niveles de desigualdad…
Date issued:
Jul 2003
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En el transcurso de un siglo de crecimiento económico moderno desde la Restauración Meiji, Japón se ha transformado de ser un país en vías de desarrollo de bajos ingresos a ser una de las naciones…
Date issued:
Jul 2003
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The benefits of the FTAA to Latin American countries will materialize through two channels: improved access to the region's markets, and enhanced growth prospects through the strengthening of…
Date issued:
Jul 2003
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This paper discusses the impacts of integration on productivity, specifically within regional agreements. The paper focuses on the economies of Brazil and Mexico and on their performance in the…
Date issued:
Jul 2003
This report analyzes the structure of family health spending in Brazil between 1987 and 1996, using a survey taken in 1996 survey of health spending by households. This report also tries to identify…
Date issued:
Jul 2003
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In this paper we estimate the early effect of the European Monetary Union (EMU) on trade. We use a panel data set that includes the most recent information on bilateral trade for 22 developed…
Date issued:
Jul 2003
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Generative AI enabled
Specific information on trade and financial markets across international borders is costly to acquire. Sellers and buyers rely instead on information obtained from partner behavior in other countries…
Towards Effective Social Insurance in Latin America: The Importance of Countercyclical Fiscal Policy
Date issued:
Jul 2003
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Latin America is a volatile, crisis-prone region, with limited and inadequate social insurance. Therefore, the long-term as well as the recent poor suffer significantly during crises. Furthermore,…
Date issued:
Jun 2003
This Annual Report details the activities of the Japanese Special Fund and the Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services for 2002. The Japan Special Fund (JSF), established in 1988, and Japan…