Democracia estable ¿alcanza?: Análisis de la gobernabilidad en Costa Rica
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gutiérrez Saxe, Miguel;Straface, Fernando;Cerdas Cruz, Rodolfo;Payne, J. Mark;Vargas Cullell, Jorge;Cordovez, Carlos;Jurado Fernández, Julio;Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes;Lehoucq, Fabrice
En la segunda mitad del siglo XX, Costa Rica experimentó un rápido crecimiento económico y social combinado con un sostenido desarrollo democrático y una base de equidad social. Sin embargo, en los…
Beyond Facts: Understanding Quality of Life
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Scartascini, Carlos;Funaro, Rita;Madrigal, Lucía;Duryea, Suzanne;Chaparro, Juan Camilo;Rodríguez-Pombo, María Victoria;Lora, Eduardo;Sanguinetti, Pablo;Savedoff, William D.;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Verdisco, Aimee;Alfonso, Mariana;Powell, Andrew
Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin…
Calidad de vida: Más allá de los hechos
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Scartascini, Carlos;Funaro, Rita;Madrigal, Lucía;Duryea, Suzanne;Chaparro, Juan Camilo;Rodríguez-Pombo, María Victoria;Lora, Eduardo;Sanguinetti, Pablo;Savedoff, William D.;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Verdisco, Aimee;Alfonso, Mariana;Powell, Andrew
Tradicionalmente, la calidad de vida se ha medido en relación con indicadores objetivos. En Más allá de los hechos se visualiza a través de una nueva lente: la percepción de la gente. Con base en una…
Privatization for the Public Good?: Welfare Effects of Private Intervention in Latin America
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barrera-Osorio, Felipe;Galdo, Virgilio;Schargrodsky, Ernesto;Galiani, Sebastián;González Rozada, Martín;Nakasone, Eduardo;Chong, Alberto E.;Coombs, Elizabeth;Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín;Torero, Máximo;Alcázar, Lorena;Olivera, Mauricio;Carrillo, Paul E.;Rossi, Martín;Bellettini Cedeño, Orazio J.
This book provides a detailed microeconomic analysis of the impact of various privatizations in different countries in the region. Its central message is that in many cases, contrary to popular…
Policymaking in Latin America: How Politics Shapes Policies
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Spiller, Pablo T.;Stein, Ernesto H.;Tommasi, Mariano;Scartascini, Carlos;Alston, Lee J.;Melo, Marcus André;Mueller, Bernardo;Pereira, Carlos;Aninat, Cristóbal;Londregan, John;Navia, Patricio;Vial, Joaquín;Cárdenas, Mauricio;Junguito, Roberto;Pachón, Mónica;Mejía Acosta, Andrés;Araujo, María Caridad;Pérez-Liñán, Aníbal;Saiegh, Sebastián;Lehoucq, Fabrice;Negretto, Gabriel;Aparicio, Francisco Javier;Nacif, Benito;Benton, Allyson Lucinda;Molinas, José R.;Montero, Marcela;Monaldi, Francisco;González de Pacheco, Rosa Amelia;Obuchi, Richard;Penfold, Michael
What determines the capacity of countries to design, approve and implement effective public policies? To address this question, this book builds on the results of case studies of political…
Un gasto que valga: Los fondos públicos en Centroamérica y República Dominicana
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Machado, Roberto;Vergara, Rodrigo;Petrei, Humberto;Ratner, Gabriel;Iacoviello, Mercedes;Zuvanic, Laura;Claro de la Maza, Jorge;Letelier, Leonardo S.
A partir de un enfoque esencialmente comparativo, Un gasto que valga: los fondos públicos en Centroamérica y República Dominicana ayuda a comprender la problemática del gasto público en la región,…
Deepening integration in MERCOSUR: Dealing with Disparities
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Quevedo, Fernando;Blyde, Juan S.;Fernández-Arias, Eduardo;Venables, Anthony J.;Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.;Laens, Silvia;Terra, María Inés;Vaillant, Marcel;Baruj, Gustavo;Kosacoff, Bernardo;Porta, Fernando;Rezende, Fernando;Flôres Jr., Renato G.;Heymann, Daniel;Ramos, Adrián;Moccero, Diego;Winograd, Carlos;Bouzas, Roberto;Ventura, Deisy
Regional integration among asymmetric countries is a hot and burning policy topic worldwide. Deepening Integration in MERCOSUR analyzes the most important issues of economic integration and policy…
Más crecimiento, más equidad: Prioridades de desarrollo en Guatemala
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stein, Ernesto H.;Bos, María Soledad;Duarte, Jesús;Cuevas, Mario;Alvarado, Nathalie;Beliz, Gustavo;Barreix, Alberto Daniel;Roca, Jerónimo;Auguste, Sebastián;Jones, Mark P.;Straface, Fernando;Sánchez, Mario;Behrman, Jere R.;Duryea, Suzanne;Maluccio, John A.;Kugler, Adriana;Gonzales, Alberto;Ñopo, Hugo R.;Carreño, Liliana;Espitia Aviléz, Gonzalo;Pineda Mannheim, Carlos R.;Vodusek, Ziga;Granados, Jaime;Zeballos, Erick;Gutiérrez Rocha, Mario
La estructura y selección de temas de la presente publicación responde, en su mayor parte, a un diagnóstico de crecimiento para Guatemala realizado en 2007, donde se identificaron un conjunto de…
Unclogging the Arteries: The Impact of Transport Costs on Latin American and Caribbean Trade
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Volpe Martincus, Christian;Blyde, Juan S.
The book explores the impact of transport costs on trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, and argues that transport costs have assumed an unprecedented strategic importance to the region. The…
Outsiders?: The Changing Patterns of Exclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean. Economic and Social Progress in Latin America. 2008 Report
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berkman, Heather;Pagés, Carmen;Gandelman, Néstor;Gandelman, Eduardo;Calónico, Sebastián;Azevedo, Viviane;Payne, J. Mark;Cárdenas, Juan Camilo;Duryea, Suzanne;Chaparro, Juan Camilo;Lora, Eduardo;Ñopo, Hugo R.;Mazza, Jacqueline;Ripani, Laura;Chong, Alberto E.;Polanía, Sandra;Márquez, Gustavo;Bouillon, César P.;León, Gianmarco
This report raises a number of fundamental questions about the multidimensional and interrelated nature of social exclusion and moves beyond the traditional emphasis on outcomes and groups to view…
¿Los de afuera?: Patrones cambiantes de exclusión en América Latina y el Caribe. Progreso económico y social en América Latina. Informe 2008
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berkman, Heather;Pagés, Carmen;Gandelman, Néstor;Gandelman, Eduardo;Calónico, Sebastián;Azevedo, Viviane;Payne, J. Mark;Cárdenas, Juan Camilo;Duryea, Suzanne;Chaparro, Juan Camilo;Lora, Eduardo;Ñopo, Hugo R.;Mazza, Jacqueline;Ripani, Laura;Chong, Alberto E.;Polanía, Sandra;Márquez, Gustavo;Bouillon, César P.;León, Gianmarco
En ¿Los de afuera? se plantean varios interrogantes fundamentales acerca de la naturaleza multidimensional e interrelacionada de la exclusión social, y se trasciende el énfasis tradicional en los…
Remittances and Development: Lessons from Latin America
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bussolo, Maurizio;Martínez Peria, María Soledad;Calderón, César;Mascaró, Yira;Nielsen, Mette E.;Acosta, Pablo;López, J. Humberto;Özden, Çaglar;Niimi, Yoko;Molina, Luis;Moizeszowicz, Florencia;Salinas, Emanuel;Fajnzylber, Pablo;Guadamillas, Mario;Cirasino, Massimo;Olinto, Pedro
Workers' remittances have become a major source of financing for developing countries and are especially important in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is at the top of the ranking of…
Fiscal Policy, Stabilization, and Growth: Prudence or Abstinence?
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Werneck, Rogério L.F.;Irwin, Timothy;Sturzenegger, Federico;Perry, Guillermo;Servén, Luis;Mihov, Ilian;Giavazzi, Francesco;Blanchard, Olivier;Araújo, Carlos Hamilton Vasconcelos;Suescún, Rodrigo;Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti Gomes;Smart, Michael;Mintz, Jack M.;Fatás, Antonio
Fiscal policy in Latin America has been guided primarily by short-term liquidity targets whose observance was taken as the main exponent of fiscal prudence, with attention focused almost exclusively…
Raising Student Learning in Latin America: The Challenge for the 21st Century
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vegas, Emiliana;Petrow, Jenny
Understanding what and how students learn has emerged as a salient issue in Latin America, a region where the majority of children now have access to schools but few students learn the skills they…
Gatekeepers of Global Commerce: Rules of Origin and International Economic Integration
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Suominen, Kati;Harris, Jeremy;López Córdova, José Ernesto
Rules of origin are a crucial market access instrument in the rapidly proliferating network of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) around the world. In this volume, Estevadeordal and Suominen reveal…
The Impact of Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure: Lights, Shadows, and the Road Ahead
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Foster, Vivien;Guasch, José Luis;Andrés, Luis;Haven, Thomas
Infrastructure plays a key role in fostering growth and productivity and has been linked to improved earnings, health, and education levels for the poor. Yet Latin America and the Caribbean are…
El argumento empresarial de la RSE: 9 casos de América Latina y el Caribe
Nov 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ogliastri, Enrique;Leguizamón, Francisco A.;Guzmán, Julio;González, Connie J.;Ickis, John C.;Hernández Salazar, Mariella;Flores, Juliano;Cortés, Cristián;Caballero, Karina;Vives, Antonio;Pratt, Lawrence;Petry, Imre;Schroeder, Kira;Scharf, Regina;Peinado-Vara, Estrella
En los últimos años, el tema de la responsabilidad social de la empresa (RSE) ha adquirido gran relevancia en el mundo entero y en particular en los países de América Latina y del Caribe. Esta…
IDB in Guatemala
Apr 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Inter American Development Bank
This publication reviews IDB activities and operations in Guatemala, providing an individual section for each major development initiative.
Market or State?: Three Decades of Reform in the Latin American Electric Power Industry
Jan 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Millán, Jaime
The history of the electric power industry in Latin America has been a continuous search for a formula that would yield a reliable and efficient service, accessible to all. By recognizing the…
Entre el mercado y el Estado: Tres décadas de reformas en el sector eléctrico de América Latina
Jan 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Millán, Jaime
En este libro el autor nos explica por qué la confrontación del Estado y del mercado en el sector eléctrico es un dilema falso. Se ofrece un rico recuento de las experiencias de los modelos estatista…