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Date issued: feb 2003
Author(s): Leipprand, Anna;Pielen, Britta;Kraemer, R. Andreas

Este informe incluye una reseña de la literatura y la información internacional disponible sobre la aplicación de instrumentos económicos en la gestión del agua, basada especialmente en la…

Date issued: feb 2003
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report details remittance flows, their costs, and their impact throughout Latin America based on the comprehensive survey and analysis of reports from 19 Central Banks in the region.

Date issued: feb 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Galdo, Virgilio;Chong, Alberto E.

This paper fills a void in the issue of determinants of privatization prices by concentrating in one industry across many countries. This has not been done before, as the literature has only focused…

Date issued: feb 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Galdo, Virgilio;Chong, Alberto E.

Should state-owned enterprises change chief executive officer before privatizing? We test competing views on this question by complementing a recently released database with newly collected data. We…

Date issued: feb 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Izquierdo, Alejandro;Micco, Alejandro;Panizza, Ugo;Chong, Alberto E.

According to recent research, external factors and political governance considerations are key determinants of capital flows in Latin America. We postulate that corporate governance is a crucial…

Date issued: feb 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Galindo, Arturo;Micco, Alejandro

This paper tests the efficiency of different structures of bank ownership in terms of its ability to target manufacturing sectors in need of credit. We find that state- owned banks do not play a…

Date issued: feb 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chong, Alberto E.;López-de-Silanes, Florencio

Critics of privatization argue that poor labor force restructuring is a key concern and that governments should establish better retrenchment programs. Using new data from a random sample of 400…

Date issued: jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): González Cano, Hugo

En este estudio se presenta un diagnóstico del sistema tributario argentino, con sus principales defectos y una serie de propuestas de reforma a implementar a medio y largo plazo para mejorar la…

Date issued: jan 2003
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2002. In addition, this Report contains a…

Date issued: jan 2003
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Ce rapport annuel contient un bref résumé de la situation économique en Amérique latine et dans les Caraïbes, ainsi qu'un examen des activités de l'institution en 2002. Il comporte aussi…