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Date issued: Jan 2001
Author(s): Morrison and Foerster LLP;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En el presente informe se analizan diversos aspectos de los marcos legales y regulatorios vigentes en Argentina, Brasil, Chile, El Salvador y México que afectan el flujo de capitales privados y de…

Date issued: Jan 2001
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This document provides an overview of the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), its strategy, history, strategic orientation and project characteristics, core activities such as small enterprise…

Date issued: Jan 2001
Author(s): Guzmán, Eduardo Alonso

The Central American Common Market (CACM) comprises Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, the signatories of the General Treaty on Economic Integration in 1960. The basic…

Date issued: Jan 2001
Author(s): Slack, Katherine;Savedoff, William D.

The report presents examples to illustrate many of the key issues regarding health care contracting. This study discusses 27 examples of contracting with the private sector in Latin America and the…

Date issued: Jan 2001 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Russell, Clifford S.;Vaughan, William J.;Clark, Christopher D.;Rodríguez, Diego J.;Darling, Arthur H.

Investing in Water Quality: Measuring Benefits, Costs and Risks, explores the methods and analytical tools available for making better investment decisions when our knowledge of the costs and…

Date issued: Jan 2001 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Phillips, Katherin Ross;Gertler, Paul;Smeeding, Timothy M.;Attanasio, Orazio P.;Zeller, Manfred;Hopenhayn, Hugo A.;James, Estelle;Ríos-Rull, José-Victor;Jørgensen, Steen Lau;Lustig, Nora;Sadoulet, Elisabeth;Márquez, Gustavo;Nicolini, Juan Pablo;Mesa-Lago, Carmelo;De Janvry, Alain;Van Domelan, Julie

Shielding the Poor presents a group of studies on social protection in the developing world from leading researchers. These studies address the issue of vulnerability of the poor to adverse shocks…

Date issued: Jan 2001 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Attanasio, Orazio P.;Székely, Miguel;Gray-Molina, George;Jiménez, Wilson;Pérez de Rada, Ernesto;Yáñez, Ernesto;Neri, Marcelo Côrtes;Amadeo, Edward Joaquim;Carvalho, Alexandre Pinto;Contreras, Dante;Larrañaga, Osvaldo;Leibovich, José;Núñez, Jairo;Trejos, Juan Diego;Montiel, Nancy;Escobal, Javier;Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime;Torero, Máximo

This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple question: Why do poor people earn less? Case studies in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile,…

Date issued: Jan 2001
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The IDB Cultural Center ended 2000 with a successful balance of diverse activities. Throughout the year, the IDB Cultural Center produced 32 events, including 5 art exhibitions, 13 concerts and music…

Date issued: Jan 2001 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stein, Ernesto H.;Salazar, Natalia;Steiner, Roberto;Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio;Bonomo, Marco;Jaramillo, Juan C.;Schamis, Hector E.;Pascó-Front, Alberto;Ghezzi, Piero;Terra, Maria Cristina;De Gregorio, José;Frieden, Jeffry

This book analyzes the political economy of exchange rate policy in Latin America. It brings together the work of economists and political scientists interested in the interaction of economic and…

Date issued: Jan 2001
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Source material and background information for an earlier remittances study by various multilateral organizations.