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Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Westley, Glenn D.;Rodríguez, Ennio;Sapoznikow, Jorge;Bartels, Sandra;McGaughey, Stephen;Espinoza, Guillermo;Berger, Marguerite;Rufatt, Adolfo;Flaming, Mark;Pisani, Pablo;Birnbaum, Philip;Large, William R.

Los albores del decenio de 1990 fueron un período de gran trascendencia para los países centroamericanos, que emergían de la llamada "década perdida" de los años ochenta. Fue una época en…

Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Patten, Christopher;Whitehead, Laurence;Del Álamo, Óscar;Bodemer, Klaus;Fleury, Sonia;Prats Cabrera, Joan Oriol;Macías-Aymar, Íñigo;Carrillo-Flórez, Fernando

"An Unequal Democracy?: Seeing Latin America through European Eyes" is the result of a conference organized by the International Institute for Governance of Catalonia in November 2003, with…

Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Masci, Pietro;Crabbe, Carolin A.;Larraín Ríos, Guillermo;Vidal-Aragón de Olives, Agustín;Principal Financial Group;Arenas de Mesa, Alberto;Dowers, Kenroy;Thompson, Lawrence H.;Rofman, Rafael;Díaz Cassou, Javier;Giral, Juan;Bolok Portnoy, Isaac Volin;Mesa-Lago, Carmelo;Pettinato, Stefano;Taguas Coejo, David;Pinheiro, Vinicius C.

This book focuses on experiences with and lessons learned from the sweeping reforms to the pension systems of Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1990s and early 2000s, which shifted the…

Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Murillo, Maria Victoria;Urízar H., Carmen;Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime;Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino;Ravina, Renato;Fachola, Gabriela;Sanguinetti, Juan;Pazello, Elaine;Kuhn, Peter;Lée, Sigfrido;Cassoni, Adriana;Torero, Máximo;Zegarra, Eduardo;Márquez, Gustavo;Ronconi, Lucas;Zylberstajn, Helio;Tommasi, Mariano;Labadie, Gastón J.;Chahad, Jose Paulo;Johnson, Susan

The subject of labor unions in Latin America provokes a variety of diverse and strongly held views. While some see unions as a way to protect workers' rights and ensure an equitable…

Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Williams, Marion;Rudden, Kyle;Medici, André;Mitchell, Olivia S.;Masci, Pietro;Brunton, P. Desmond;Osborne, Derek M.;Bobb, Euric Allan;Dowers, Kenroy;Thompson, Lawrence H.;Díaz Cassou, Javier;Pennisi, Giuseppe;Fassina, Stefano;Palacios, Robert;Herbert, A. Charles;Pettinato, Stefano

The retired population can be expected to make a substantial claim on the economic resources of virtually every nation. This book is geared to helping planners devise workable and efficient pension…

Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Guzman, José Luiz;Thomas, Anne;Reimer, J. Kila;Van Thanh, Duong;Vargas-Barón, Emily;Estrada Armas, Hugo;Iskandar-Dharmawan, Livia;De los Angeles-Bautista, Feny;Phomsavanh, Khamla;Erisandy, Sondang Irene;López Herrán, Leonidas;Lachanthaboun, Sengdeuane;Mujica, Rosa María;Tualeka, Baihajar;Guzmán de Luna, Eduvigis Auxiliadora;Bernal Alarcón, Hernando;Shimizu, Ikuko

In areas torn by war and violence, effective education can prepare the next generation for a productive life, heal psychological wounds, prevent cyclical violence, and achieve peace. "From…

Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Lanzafame, Francesco;Meyer-Stamer, Jörg;Bustillo, Inés;Ocampo, José Antonio;Hinojosa Ojeda, Raúl;Bouzas, Roberto;Markusen, Ann;Campolina Diniz, Clélio;Albistur Marin, Francisco Xabier;Clark, Greg

This volume discusses frameworks for policies that can help offset the polarizing effects that may be generated by the asymmetrical distribution of the costs and benefits of integration into the…

Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo;Blyde, Juan S.;Gill, Indermit S.;Monge Naranjo, Alexander;Neumeyer, Pablo A.;Fernández Valdovinos, Carlos G.;Pinheiro, Armando Castelar;Fuentes, J. Rodrigo;Hopenhayn, Hugo A.;Thomas, Mark Roland;Manuelli, Rodolfo E.;Chumacero, Rómulo A.;Servén, Luis

The country studies and their background papers included in this book were prepared for the Latin America and the Caribbean section of the "Global Research Project: Explaining Growth" of…

Date issued: jan 2005
Author(s): Vos, Rob;Frenkel, Roberto;Ocampo, José Antonio;Palma, José Gabriel;Marfán, Manuel;Ros, Jaime;Taylor, Lance;Correa, Nelson;Cimoli, Mario

Beyond Reforms presents the contributions of some United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analysts as well as research articles prepared for the Commission. It…

Date issued: jan 2005
Author(s): López-de-Silanes, Florencio;Serra, Pablo;Gertler, Paul;Schargrodsky, Ernesto;Anuatti, Francisco;Galiani, Sebastián;Chong, Alberto E.;Pombo, Carlos;Sturzenegger, Federico;Torero, Máximo;Machicado, Carlos Gustavo;Fischer, Ronald;Garrón, Mauricio;Macedo, Roberto;Capra, Katherina;Gutiérrez, Rodrigo;Ramírez, Manuel;Barossi-Filho, Milton;De Carvalho, Antonio Gledson

'Privatization in Latin America' evaluates the empirical evidence on privatization in a region that has witnessed an extensive decline in the state's share of production over the past…