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Date issued: jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Wiesner Durán, Eduardo

The aim of this book is to provide policymakers in Latin America with the stylized facts of what works and what does not in decentralization policies and schemes, based on analysis of the recent…

Date issued: jan 2003
Author(s): Artana, Daniel;Naranjo, Fernando

This paper analyzes budgetary institutions, the tax system and public debt management in Jamaica. It explores the nature of budget institutions and design, beyond formal administrative or budgetary…

Date issued: jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique;Birdsall, Nancy;Castañeda, Tarsicio;Brundtland, Gro Harlem;Sen, Amartya;Urrutia, Miguel;Myers, Robert G.;Morán, Ricardo

Escaping the Poverty Trap proposes early childhood investment policies that could decisively change the prospects for the next generation of the region's poor. Contributors include Nobel…

Date issued: jan 2003
Author(s): Ramírez, Juan Carlos;Ventura-Dias, Vivianne;Bárcena, Alicia;Lahera, Eugenio

In this book, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean draws upon the Latin American and Caribbean region's experience in order to formulate a historical and…

Date issued: jan 2003
Author(s): Castro, Claudio de Moura;Bernasconi, Andrés;Verdisco, Aimee;Levy, Daniel C.;Gomes, Candido;García, Norma M.;Regnier, Karla;Caruso, Luiz Antonio Cruz;Tigre, Paulo Bastos

This IDB book includes presentations from the international policy dialogue seminar entitled "New Options for Higher Education in Latin America: Lessons from the Community College Experience.…

Date issued: jan 2003
Author(s): Castro, Claudio de Moura;Bernasconi, Andrés;Verdisco, Aimee;Levy, Daniel C.;Gomes, Candido;García, Norma M.;Regnier, Karla;Caruso, Luiz Antonio Cruz;Tigre, Paulo Bastos

Los institutos técnicos superiores son instituciones educativas que ofrecen capacitación postsecundaria por medio de programas más cortos que los de las universidades. Este libro analiza las…

Date issued: jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Calderón, César;Chong, Alberto E.;Stein, Ernesto H.

Some key criteria in the optimal currency area literature are that countries should join a currency union if they have closer international trade links and more symmetric business cycles. However,…

Date issued: dec 2002 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En esta presentación se hacen algunas observaciones sobre las principales características de los ingresos municipales en Centroamérica, y se discuten los desafíos que habría que encarar para su…

Date issued: dec 2002
Author(s): Avi-Yonah, Reuven S.;Tittle, Martin B.

This paper gives an overview and current status of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Latin America. It discusses the competition among the countries for FDI based on tax considerations and how this…

Date issued: dec 2002
Author(s): Sáenz-Arce, Pedro

This document advocates better mechanisms for ongoing learning and better access to knowledge in small economies. Its objective is to raise awareness about two issues related to science and…