Feb 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Izquierdo, Alejandro
As the world confronts an oppressive credit crunch, it is useful to review the policy responses of countries to the systemic sudden stops of the 1990s. Countries have experimented widely, providing a…
Feb 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vallaeys, François;De la Cruz, Cristina;Sasia, Pedro M.
Este manual presenta un conjunto de instrumentos dirigidos a ayudar a las instituciones de educación superior a identificar más cabalmente su rol fuera de las aulas e incorporar medidas que permitan…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ávila, Ricardo
Although science has unlocked the secrets of the human genome, the causes of social and economic development remain stubbornly enigmatic. Why do some countries adopt new technologies more readily…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ávila, Ricardo
Escrito para conmemorar el quincuagésimo aniversario de la fundación del BID, este libro registra los avances más notables y los problemas más acuciantes de América Latina y el Caribe desde 1959. A…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Stein, Ernesto H.;Abuelafia, Emmanuel;Berensztein, Sergio;Braun, Miguel;Di Gresia, Luciano;Alston, Lee J.;Melo, Marcus André;Mueller, Bernardo;Pereira, Carlos;Cárdenas, Mauricio;Mejía, Carolina;Olivera, Mauricio;Mejía Acosta, Andrés;Albornoz, Vicente;Araujo, María Caridad;Molinas, José R.;Pérez-Liñán, Aníbal;Carranza, Luis;Chávez, Jorge F.;Valderrama, José;Moraes, Juan Andrés;Chasquetti, Daniel;Bergara, Mario;Puente, José Manuel;Daza, Abelardo;Ríos, Germán;Rodríguez, Alesia;Hallerberg, Mark
This book presents a new framework for analyzing the political economy of budget processes in Latin America that is based on the following premises: i) the budget process must be considered as part…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Stein, Ernesto H.;Abuelafia, Emmanuel;Berensztein, Sergio;Braun, Miguel;Di Gresia, Luciano;Alston, Lee J.;Melo, Marcus André;Mueller, Bernardo;Pereira, Carlos;Cárdenas, Mauricio;Mejía, Carolina;Olivera, Mauricio;Mejía Acosta, Andrés;Albornoz, Vicente;Araujo, María Caridad;Molinas, José R.;Pérez-Liñán, Aníbal;Carranza, Luis;Chávez, Jorge F.;Valderrama, José;Moraes, Juan Andrés;Chasquetti, Daniel;Bergara, Mario;Puente, José Manuel;Daza, Abelardo;Ríos, Germán;Rodríguez, Alesia;Hallerberg, Mark
Este libro presenta un nuevo marco para el análisis de la economía política de los procesos presupuestarios en América Latina, que se basa en las siguientes premisas: i) el proceso presupuestario…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Piazze, Ada Inés
Género y negocios se apoya en un fenómeno contundente del siglo XXI: las mujeres se han convertido en protagonistas del mercado laboral de todo el mundo. América Latina refrenda esta afirmación con…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo;Jaramillo, Fidel;Agosin, Manuel R.;Sánchez, Gabriel;Butler, Inés;Blyde, Juan S.;Pinheiro, Armando Castelar;Daude, Christian;Cueva Armijos, Simón;Albornoz, Vicente;Avellán, Leopoldo;Artana, Daniel;Auguste, Sebastián;Cuevas, Mario;Hausmann, Ricardo;Klinger, Bailey;Bolaños Zamora, Rodrigo;Delgado Quesada, Félix;Moya, Ramiro;Sookram, Sandra;Watson, Patrick
Why are growth rates in Latin America so disappointing? This book reviews the results of an ambitious research project to determine the binding constraints to growth, that is, the barrier whose…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Giuffrida, Antonio;Flórez, Carmen Elisa;Giedion, Úrsula;Cueto, Enriqueta;López, Juan Gonzalo;Glassman, Amanda;Castaño, Ramón A.;Pinto, Diana M.;Pardo, Renata;Tono, Teresa M.;Savedoff, William D.;Alfonso, Eduardo Andrés;Stone, Leslie F.;López, Álvaro;Díaz, Beatriz Yadira;Escobar, María Luisa;Arango, Carlos H.;Ruiz Gómez, Fernando;Acosta, Olga Lucía
From Few to Many is the first comprehensive look at Colombia's 1993 health system reforms. It describes the implementation of universal health insurance, including a subsidized system for the…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Giuffrida, Antonio;Flórez, Carmen Elisa;Giedion, Úrsula;Cueto, Enriqueta;López, Juan Gonzalo;Glassman, Amanda;Castaño, Ramón A.;Pinto, Diana M.;Pardo, Renata;Tono, Teresa M.;Savedoff, William D.;Alfonso, Eduardo Andrés;Stone, Leslie F.;López, Álvaro;Díaz, Beatriz Yadira;Escobar, María Luisa;Arango, Carlos H.;Ruiz Gómez, Fernando;Acosta, Olga Lucía
Salud al alcance de todos es el primer análisis exhaustivo de las reformas del sistema de salud que se llevaron a cabo en Colombia en 1993. Describe la creación del seguro médico, que incluye un plan…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Casanova, Lourdes;Golstein, Andrea;Almeida, André;Fraser, Matthew;Molina, Ramón;Hoeber, Henning;Arruda, Carlos
The goal of this document is to provide a comparative analysis of the motivating drivers and strategies behind the internationalization strategies of Global Latinas operating in a diverse range of…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schejtman, Alexander;Berry, Albert;Sala-i-Martin, Xavier;Berdegué, Julio A.;Florez, Victoria;Bardhan, Pranab;Giordano, Paolo
Understanding the complex relations between trade integration and poverty reduction is now a priority for Latin American policymakers. The chapters of this book, penned by eminent authors with a long…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Suominen, Kati;Harris, Jeremy;Shearer, Matthew
This book assesses the impact and design of optimal strategies to implement existing agreements. It deals with issues such as removing the remaining barriers to trade, improving the institutional,…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Mesalles, Luis;Granados, Jaime;Ocampo, Fernando;Santamaría, Viviana;Miranda, Silvia;Echandi, Roberto;Trejos, Alberto;Barraza, Rafael;Rosenthal, Gert;Cosenza Jiménez, Luis;Sequeira, Carlos Guillermo;Ardito-Barletta, Nicolás;Lizano Fait, Eduardo
El Acuerdo de Asociación entre la Unión Europea, los cinco países centroamericanos (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) y Panamá es una iniciativa de gran impacto que puede…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Calderón, César;Casacuberta, Carlos;Castro, Lucio;Cravino, Javier;Feenstra, Robert C.;Freund, Caroline;Gandelman, Néstor;Hanson, Gordon H.;Kee, Hiau Looi;Lederman, Daniel;Olarreaga, Marcelo;Özden, Çaglar;Perry, Guillermo;Robertson, Raymond;Saslavsky, Daniel;Soloaga, Isidro
The economic successes of China and India are viewed with admiration but also with concern because of the effects that the growth of these Asian economies may have on the Latin American and Caribbean…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime;Molinas, José R.;De Barros, Ricardo Paes;Ferreira, Francisco H. G.
Equality of opportunity is about leveling the playing field so that circumstances such as gender, ethnicity, place of birth, or family background do not influence a person's life chances.…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Scarpetta, Stefano;Pierre, Gaëlle
More than a decade has passed since the introduction of comprehensive macroeconomic stabilization packages and trade, fiscal, and financial market reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean. However…
Jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gandelman, Néstor;Alaimo, Veronica;Olarreaga, Marcelo;Guasch, José Luis;Lederman, Daniel;Casacuberta, Carlos;Oviedo, Ana María;López, J. Humberto;Love, Inessa;Porto, Guido;Fajnzylber, Pablo;Rubiano, Eliana
Although the Latin American region's growth rates are at a three decade high, they have been historically disappointing in relative terms, which cannot be dissociated from the microeconomic…
Jun 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Tokman, Víctor E.
El presente trabajo analiza el acceso a la protección social de los migrantes internacionales latinoamericanos desde una doble perspectiva. Por un lado, la de no discriminación en relación a los…
May 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pardinas, Juan E.
El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo aportar una perspectiva sustentada en datos para el análisis del fenómeno de la inmigración mexicana y de las políticas adecuadas para atender este reto. En…