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Date issued: Sep 1999
Author(s): Encalada, Eduardo;García, Fernando;Ivarsdotter, Kristine

El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) está definiendo estrategias para preparar country papers y actividades de programas con el objetivo de reducir la pobreza en América Latina. Los estudios…

Date issued: Sep 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gavin, Michael;Hausmann, Ricardo;Lora, Eduardo;Pagés, Carmen;Savedoff, William D.;Székely, Miguel;Westley, Glenn D.

Latin America in the 1990s remains the most unequal region in the world in terms of income distribution. Yet because of its changing demographics -declining fertility rates and large number of young…

Date issued: Sep 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Montenegro, Claudio E.

This paper develops a simple model to analyze the impact of tenure-based severance payments on firms' hiring and firing decisions. The findings are that under certain conditions, this feature…

Date issued: Aug 1999
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

IDB America reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the IDB. It is published 10 times annually in Spanish and English.

Date issued: Aug 1999
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

BID América cubre las tendencias del desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y las actividades del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. Se publica 10 veces al año en castellano e…

Date issued: Aug 1999
Author(s): Pinto, Conceição

Por casos específicos, se evalúan el éxito de los programas que apoyan las Bolsas Agropecuarias y la competitividad agrícola en la región. Se evalúan problemas en el diseño e la implantación, el…

Date issued: Aug 1999
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Garay, Luis Jorge;Devlin, Robert

The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) process was launched during the Miami Summit of Heads of State in December 1994. It was the centerpiece of a broader hemispheric initiative of political and…

Date issued: Aug 1999
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Forty-nine sculptures, paintings, drawings and graphics from the IDB Art Collection, representative of several periods, with emphasis on the 20th century. This was the third exhibition of works from…

Date issued: Aug 1999
Author(s): Eichler, Rena

This study assesses the health sector in Suriname, with the goal of assisting policy makers to develop a better understanding of problems and to propose a range of solutions. This study presents the…

Date issued: Aug 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Granados, Jaime

Uno de los temas más interesantes del debate económico internacional es la interrelación entre el multilateralismo y los procesos de regionalización alrededor del mundo. La proliferación de esquemas…