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Date issued: jan 1999
Author(s): Miller, Eric T.

In the winter of 1996, Canada's third largest financial institution, the Bank of Montreal, launched a now infamous advertising campaign in which it asked the question: Can a bank change? While…

Date issued: jan 1999
Author(s): Claro de la Maza, Jorge;Camblor, Roberto

Governments in many countries -at all levels of development- struggle with increasing budget deficits and soaring national debts. Over the last century, government spending, as a percentage of gross…

Date issued: jan 1999
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe anual sobre medio ambiente y recursos naturales examina la acción del Banco durante 1998. Durante dicho año, el Banco continuó ejecutando el mandato establecido en el Octavo Aumento…

Date issued: jan 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Parker, Susan W.

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of elderly health in the context of Mexico as a developing country and the relationship between health indicators and earnings in the…

Date issued: jan 1999
Author(s): Rodríguez, Ennio;Jessen, Anneke

On 4 July 1998, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. CARICOM is one of the oldest integration schemes in the Western Hemisphere, the largest in terms of…

Date issued: jan 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jacobs, Michael;Savedoff, William D.

This paper uses household data from two cities in Panama to evaluate the determinants of the tenure decision in the context of two models. The key factors explaining the decision to rent or own are…

Date issued: jan 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gold, Philip Anthony

The book gives traffic engineers, planners, and managers a methodology to identify, analyze, and correct factors that cause traffic accidents. The procedures and materials required are of low cost…

Date issued: jan 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gold, Philip Anthony

La publicación de esta obra pone a la disposición del público de habla hispana un documento de gran utilidad para reducir los accidentes de tránsito, que ya constituyen una de las principales causas…

Date issued: jan 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gold, Philip Anthony

A Praz-nos publicar em língua Portuguesa uma obra que já demonstrou ser de grande utilidade para reduzir os acidentes de trânsito, uma das principais causas de morte no Brasil. Proporciona aos…

Date issued: jan 1999
Author(s): Perafán, Carlos César

La presente publicación es el resumen de un estudio sobre el impacto de los cultivos ilícitos entre las comunidades indígenas de Colombia. El trabajo analiza la realidad de los indígenas de Colombia…