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9월 2000
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Uruguay ha asistido a una disminución de las tasas de fecundidad y a un aumento de la actividad femenina y de los niveles educativos de la población, al igual que la gran mayoría de los países en el…
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8월 2000
The Jurisprudence of Equality project (JEP) trains judges and other judicial actors on the applicability of international women's rights law in domestic courts, thus enhancing their ability to…
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8월 2000
On average, teachers' qualifications in Latin America fall short of what is needed to implement and sustain the education reforms under way in most countries. Large investments in teacher…
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8월 2000
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This paper provides an overview and assessment of reform initiatives, both those currently on the table and those that are not but should be. The intent is to clarify the logic behind these proposals…
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8월 2000
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Tradicionalmente Colombia se ha considerado como el país más estable de la región, no habiendo experimentado las crisis de balanza de pagos ni corridas contra el peso, al menos en las proporciones…
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8월 2000
Hoy en día existe un gran consenso internacional en cuanto a la urgente necesidad de fortalecer los regímenes democráticos, estimulando el desarrollo económico y social de los pueblos y promoviendo…
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8월 2000
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This paper exploits a rich collection of household surveys to investigate the wage differential between the public and private sectors in 17 Latin American countries during the 1980s and 1990s. The…
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8월 2000
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After decades of trial, error, and occasional regress, the pieces of a successful Latin American economic model can be seen scattered among the leading economies of the region. The most traditional…
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8월 2000
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This paper identifies Chile's economic weaknesses and offers policy recommendations for increasing stability. Current problems include weak international financial links, a Central Bank mandate…
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8월 2000
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The author identifies sources of volatility in Argentina that include weak international financial links, a recurrent credit crunch and financial underdevelopment problem, a fragile fiscal situation…
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8월 2000
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Recent financial crises and contagion call into question the wisdom of capital account liberalization. There is consensus that something is terribly wrong in the way international financial markets…
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8월 2000
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This paper documents the high level of job security protection in Latin American labor markets and analyzes its impacts on employment. The authors show that job security policies have a substantial…
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7월 2000
Patricia Glinton Meicholas, Bahamian writer, founding president of the Bahamas Association for Cultural Studies, Silver Jubilee of Independence Medal for Literature.
Date issued:
7월 2000
Patricia Glinton-Meicholas, escritora de Bahamas, Presidenta fundadora de la Asociación de Estudios Culturales de las Bahamas, y ganadora de la Medalla Independence de Bodas de Plata en Literatura.
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7월 2000
Más allá de la reiterada profesión de fe integradora explicitada en diferentes oportunidades por las máximas autoridades de los cuatro países socios, la modificación de la política cambiaria…
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7월 2000
Las cuestiones referidas a la adhesión de los países de menor dimensión a los programas de integración han sido objeto de discusión, análisis y acuerdos, desde sus inicios en diversas partes del…
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7월 2000
Although the leaders of the four member countries repeatedly affirmed their complete faith in the integration process, the outlook for MERCOSUR has been uncertain and gloomy as a result of Brazil¿s…
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7월 2000
This technical paper argues that Monte Carlo risk analysis offers a more comprehensive and informative way to look at project risk ex-ante than the traditional (and often arbitrary), one-influence-at…
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7월 2000
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La reforma educacional que Chile está implementando requiere para su éxito que los maestros se pongan a la cabeza de la reforma, y para ello es necesario fortalecer la profesión docente y la carrera…
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7월 2000
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Con el fin de apoyar acciones encaminadas a fomentar la convivencia y seguridad ciudadana, elemento indispensable del desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe, el BID organizó el…
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7월 2000
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East Asia and Latin America have diverged in several dimensions in the past three decades. This paper compares household saving behavior in two countries in each region (Mexico, Peru, Thailand and…
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7월 2000
En los años noventa se llevaron a cabo dos reformas importantes en los países de América Latina: la participación del sector privado en la administración de los fondos de pensiones y en las…
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7월 2000
This issue of Microenterprise Development Review examines the steps needed for microentrepreneurs who want to register his or her own business. In addition, another article addresses a recent study…
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7월 2000
La presente edición de Microempresa incluye dos artículos principales. En el primero, se examinan los pasos que se exigen para registrar una microempresa en América Latina. El otro artículo refiere a…
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7월 2000
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According to conventional wisdom, health and education are important factors for economic and social development: they improve productivity and income distribution, and the poor gain the most.…
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7월 2000
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Según el pensamiento convencional, la salud y la educación son factores esenciales para el desarrollo económico y social: permiten mejorar la distribución del ingreso y la productividad, y además,…
Date issued:
6월 2000
Ian Gregory Strachan (1969-), Bahamian writer, Chair of English Studies at College of the Bahamas, author of God's Angry Babies (1997) and Paradise and Plantation (2002).
Date issued:
6월 2000
Ian Gregory Strachan (1969-), escritor de Bahamas, encargado del departamento de Inglés en el Instituto de Bahamas, autor de la novela God's Angry Babies (1997) y Paradise and Plantation (2002).
Date issued:
6월 2000
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:
6월 2000
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…
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6월 2000
Fifty paintings, drawings, sculptures, and popular objects used in the celebration of Junkanoo, from private collections. The exhibition illustrated the development of Bahamian art since…
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6월 2000
Financing the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity has been called one of the greatest challenges. At the heart of this challenge lies the low financial and political value which is often…
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6월 2000
This paper discusses the Colombian Health Reform, a reform seeking to equalize access to health services for the poor by giving them insurance that can purchase care from public or private providers…
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6월 2000
This paper is devoted to examining the scope, outcomes and shortcomings of reforms aimed at introducing competition in the production, transport, distribution and retail segments of the gas industry…
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6월 2000
Presentación que contiene información acerca del microcrédito. Asimismo, da a conocer aspectos importantes para desarrollar un marco legal y de supervisión del microcrédito.
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6월 2000
Presentación que brinda información sobre los desafíos del gobierno, de los órganos de supervisión y para las entidades financieras, en materia de microfinanzas.
Date issued:
6월 2000
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Abundant empirical evidence links well-functioning institutions and good governance to better economic and social outcomes. It is thus an important challenge to determine which conjunction of factors…
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6월 2000
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The wave of structural reforms in Latin America and elsewhere has stimulated the development of a wide body of theoretical literature on the political economy of reform, i.e., the study of the…
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6월 2000
"Capital social y cultura: claves olvidadas del desarrollo" refleja la preocupación de su autor por examinar y redefinir al desarrollo desde una perspectiva que se despega del pensamiento…
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6월 2000
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Este artículo examina algunas de las hipótesis sobre las estrategias de deuda que a priori parece haber seguido el gobierno mexicano, partiendo de un examen de la evolución y composición de la misma…
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6월 2000
El objetivo principal de este informe es presentar un panorama general de los distintos mecanismos de financiamiento probados y experimentales que pueden emplearse para alentar la conservación y el…
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6월 2000
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The adoption of emergency employment and short-term training programs to provide income support to the population affected by the episodes of economic volatility since 1995 reveals the failure of the…
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6월 2000
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Recent improvements in the Internet are revolutionizing the way companies market their services. This book examines the effectiveness of e-mail promotion as a complement to marketing strategies used…
Date issued:
5월 2000
María Susana Azzi (1952-), Argentine cultural anthropologist, Board Member of the Astor Piazzolla Foundation and the National Academy of Tango in Buenos Aires.
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5월 2000
María Susana Azzi (1952-), antropóloga cultural argentina, miembro del directorio de la Fundación Astor Piazzolla y de la Academia Nacional del Tango en Buenos Aires.
Date issued:
5월 2000
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Los seis casos de inversión privada en infraestructura muestran marcadas diferencias tanto en términos del desempeño empresarial como en relación al nivel de adecuación de las modalidades…
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5월 2000
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There are few Latin American countries that produced such a remarkable turnaround in policies and outcomes as Argentina did in the 1990s. The large number of reforms yielded surprisingly strong…
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5월 2000
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This study examines the impact of unions on wages and employment using data from Uruguay in a period when unions were banned (1973-1984), then legalized with tripartite bargaining (1984-1991)…
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5월 2000
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Utilizing differences-in-differences estimates, this paper reviews the impact of reduced firing costs on the dynamism of the Colombian labor market. The effects include raising exit rates into and…