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Date issued: 1月 2005
Author(s): Vives, Antonio

Este breve ensayo describe las características que debe tener el entorno macro y macroeconómico en el que se desenvuelve la banca de desarrollo para mejorar su efectividad y eficiencia. Para que se…

Date issued: 1月 2005
Author(s): Alza Barco, Carlos

Este trabajo estudia una experiencia de gerencia social que nos ayuda a identificar y entender una serie de procesos que permitieron a un grupo de ciudadanos "aprender" e "innovar…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Clavijo, Sergio;Janna, Michel;Muñoz, Santiago

This document provides an overview of the housing system in Colombia, exploring its socioeconomic and financial determinants and offering recommendations to improve the collection of basic data on…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Venables, Anthony J.

The objectives of this paper are to explore the forces that may create disparities within a regional bloc and to assess their implications for policy. The thesis we will argue is that it is quite…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.

Deeper integration of MERCOSUR aims at reducing the barriers to the international mobility of goods, factors and ideas as well as at promoting effective policy coordination among member countries.…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Laens, Silvia;Terra, María Inés

The enforcement of the MERCOSUR as an imperfect customs union is determined by the existence of a Common External Tariff (CET) which has not been fully applied up to this moment. The smallest…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vaillant, Marcel

This article has two objectives. The first one is to analyze the possible changes that should be carried out in MERCOSUR in order to enhance its functionality. These changes should involve…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rezende, Fernando

The issue of tax harmonization may come to the fore as part of newer proposals to deepen the economic integration. Under this more favorable assumption, this paper aims at appraising alternative…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Flôres Jr., Renato G.

In this paper, the authors discuss the deepening of MERCOSUL's integration in the context of enhancing regional competitiveness. The paper focuses on regional policies related to the trade flows…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Heymann, Daniel;Ramos, Adrián

As the region has entered a phase of recovery leaving behind the episodes of extreme turbulence, and the decision horizons have been somewhat extended, it seems appropriate to reconsider the medium…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Moccero, Diego;Winograd, Carlos

This paper was prepared within the framework of "Deeper Integration of MERCOSUR: Dealing with Disparities", a joint initiative between the Integration and Regional Programs Department and…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bouzas, Roberto

Según se desprende de los objetivos establecidos en el Tratado de Asunción (1991) el Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR) fue concebido como un proceso de integración profunda. Después de una etapa…

Date issued: 1月 2005
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report is comprised of both an Annual Report reviewing activities and projects supported between April 2004 and April 2005 and a cumulative review of the advances made and challenges being faced…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cowan, Kevin;Hansen, Erwin;Herrera, Luis Oscar

Using a new database on the currency composition of assets and liabilities, this paper explores the determinants and consequences of currency mismatches in Chilean non-financial firms. As in previous…

Date issued: 1月 2005
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report summarizes the activities of the IDB Cultural Center in 2004. In May 2004, the IDB Cultural Center (CCN) celebrated its 12th anniversary and expanded outreach and visibility of its…

Date issued: 1月 2005
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe es un resumen de las actividades del Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en 2004. En mayo de 2004 el Centro Cultural del BID (CCN) celebró su décimo segundo…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Patten, Christopher;Whitehead, Laurence;Del Álamo, Óscar;Bodemer, Klaus;Fleury, Sonia;Prats Cabrera, Joan Oriol;Macías-Aymar, Íñigo;Carrillo-Flórez, Fernando

"An Unequal Democracy?: Seeing Latin America through European Eyes" is the result of a conference organized by the International Institute for Governance of Catalonia in November 2003, with…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo;Blyde, Juan S.;Gill, Indermit S.;Monge Naranjo, Alexander;Neumeyer, Pablo A.;Fernández Valdovinos, Carlos G.;Pinheiro, Armando Castelar;Fuentes, J. Rodrigo;Hopenhayn, Hugo A.;Thomas, Mark Roland;Manuelli, Rodolfo E.;Chumacero, Rómulo A.;Servén, Luis

The country studies and their background papers included in this book were prepared for the Latin America and the Caribbean section of the "Global Research Project: Explaining Growth" of…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Lanzafame, Francesco;Meyer-Stamer, Jörg;Bustillo, Inés;Ocampo, José Antonio;Hinojosa Ojeda, Raúl;Bouzas, Roberto;Markusen, Ann;Campolina Diniz, Clélio;Albistur Marin, Francisco Xabier;Clark, Greg

This volume discusses frameworks for policies that can help offset the polarizing effects that may be generated by the asymmetrical distribution of the costs and benefits of integration into the…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Masci, Pietro;Crabbe, Carolin A.;Larraín Ríos, Guillermo;Vidal-Aragón de Olives, Agustín;Principal Financial Group;Arenas de Mesa, Alberto;Dowers, Kenroy;Thompson, Lawrence H.;Rofman, Rafael;Díaz Cassou, Javier;Giral, Juan;Bolok Portnoy, Isaac Volin;Mesa-Lago, Carmelo;Pettinato, Stefano;Taguas Coejo, David;Pinheiro, Vinicius C.

This book focuses on experiences with and lessons learned from the sweeping reforms to the pension systems of Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1990s and early 2000s, which shifted the…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Williams, Marion;Rudden, Kyle;Medici, André;Mitchell, Olivia S.;Masci, Pietro;Brunton, P. Desmond;Osborne, Derek M.;Bobb, Euric Allan;Dowers, Kenroy;Thompson, Lawrence H.;Díaz Cassou, Javier;Pennisi, Giuseppe;Fassina, Stefano;Palacios, Robert;Herbert, A. Charles;Pettinato, Stefano

The retired population can be expected to make a substantial claim on the economic resources of virtually every nation. This book is geared to helping planners devise workable and efficient pension…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Guzman, José Luiz;Thomas, Anne;Reimer, J. Kila;Van Thanh, Duong;Vargas-Barón, Emily;Estrada Armas, Hugo;Iskandar-Dharmawan, Livia;De los Angeles-Bautista, Feny;Phomsavanh, Khamla;Erisandy, Sondang Irene;López Herrán, Leonidas;Lachanthaboun, Sengdeuane;Mujica, Rosa María;Tualeka, Baihajar;Guzmán de Luna, Eduvigis Auxiliadora;Bernal Alarcón, Hernando;Shimizu, Ikuko

In areas torn by war and violence, effective education can prepare the next generation for a productive life, heal psychological wounds, prevent cyclical violence, and achieve peace. "From…

Date issued: 1月 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Murillo, Maria Victoria;Urízar H., Carmen;Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime;Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino;Ravina, Renato;Fachola, Gabriela;Sanguinetti, Juan;Pazello, Elaine;Kuhn, Peter;Lée, Sigfrido;Cassoni, Adriana;Torero, Máximo;Zegarra, Eduardo;Márquez, Gustavo;Ronconi, Lucas;Zylberstajn, Helio;Tommasi, Mariano;Labadie, Gastón J.;Chahad, Jose Paulo;Johnson, Susan

The subject of labor unions in Latin America provokes a variety of diverse and strongly held views. While some see unions as a way to protect workers' rights and ensure an equitable…

Date issued: 1月 2005
Author(s): Vos, Rob;Frenkel, Roberto;Ocampo, José Antonio;Palma, José Gabriel;Marfán, Manuel;Ros, Jaime;Taylor, Lance;Correa, Nelson;Cimoli, Mario

Beyond Reforms presents the contributions of some United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analysts as well as research articles prepared for the Commission. It…

Date issued: 1月 2005
Author(s): López-de-Silanes, Florencio;Serra, Pablo;Gertler, Paul;Schargrodsky, Ernesto;Anuatti, Francisco;Galiani, Sebastián;Chong, Alberto E.;Pombo, Carlos;Sturzenegger, Federico;Torero, Máximo;Machicado, Carlos Gustavo;Fischer, Ronald;Garrón, Mauricio;Macedo, Roberto;Capra, Katherina;Gutiérrez, Rodrigo;Ramírez, Manuel;Barossi-Filho, Milton;De Carvalho, Antonio Gledson

'Privatization in Latin America' evaluates the empirical evidence on privatization in a region that has witnessed an extensive decline in the state's share of production over the past…