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Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lianos, Theodore P.;Bump, Micah N.;Iglesias, Enrique V.;Kirton, Claremont D.;Solimano, Andrés;Glytsos, Nicholas P.;Hugo, Graeme;Pozo, Susan;Weiss Fagen, Patricia;Jaramillo, María;Wilson, Steven R.;Suro, Roberto;Orozco, Manuel;Bendixen, Sergio;Zárate-Hoyos, Germán A.;Bair, Sheila C.;Terry, Donald F.;St. Onge, Erin;El-Sakka, Mohammed

Beyond Small Change examines the phenomenon of migrant remittances in hopes of contributing to international understanding of remittances, promoting better policies and practices in this area, and…

Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lianos, Theodore P.;Bump, Micah N.;Iglesias, Enrique V.;Kirton, Claremont D.;Solimano, Andrés;Glytsos, Nicholas P.;Hugo, Graeme;Pozo, Susan;Weiss Fagen, Patricia;Jaramillo, María;Wilson, Steven R.;Suro, Roberto;Orozco, Manuel;Bendixen, Sergio;Zárate-Hoyos, Germán A.;Bair, Sheila C.;Terry, Donald F.;St. Onge, Erin;El-Sakka, Mohammed

Las remesas se han vuelto cruciales para la supervivencia de millones de familias y para la situación de muchas economías nacionales, y sin embargo, este canal todavía no llega a ofrecer a los pobres…

Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Slack, Enid;Cuadrado-Roura, Juan R.;Fernández Güell, José Miguel;Rojas, Eduardo;Bird, Richard;Klink, Jeroen;Lefévre, Christian;Subirats, Joan;Brugué, Quim;Monzón, Andrés;Etchegaray, Alberto

Throughout the twentieth century, there was a notable population shift in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, from rural living situations to urban centers. In 2000 there were 49 cities…

Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Slack, Enid;Cuadrado-Roura, Juan R.;Fernández Güell, José Miguel;Rojas, Eduardo;Bird, Richard;Klink, Jeroen;Lefévre, Christian;Subirats, Joan;Brugué, Quim;Monzón, Andrés;Etchegaray, Alberto

Una de las características más destacadas del desarrollo reciente de América Latina es el alto grado de urbanización de su población y la emergencia de un gran número de ciudades con características…

Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kiguel, Miguel A.;Levy Yeyati, Eduardo;Galindo, Arturo;Panizza, Ugo;Miller, Margaret;Rojas-Suárez, Liliana;Bebczuk, Ricardo N.;López-de-Silanes, Florencio;Bernal, Olver;Auerbach, Paula;Chong, Alberto E.;Mandalaoui, Carolina;Izquierdo, Alejandro;Kamil, Herman;Demaestri, Edgardo C.;Loboguerrero, Ana María;Cowan, Kevin;Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés;Fergusson, Leopoldo;Micco, Alejandro;Powell, Andrew;Suárez, Gustavo;Lora, Eduardo;Stein, Ernesto H.;Studart, Rogerio

Credit supplied by the banking sector is the most important funding source for firms and households in Latin America and the Caribbean. Unfortunately, credit is scarce, costly and volatile. Without…

Date issued: jan 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kiguel, Miguel A.;Levy Yeyati, Eduardo;Galindo, Arturo;Panizza, Ugo;Miller, Margaret;Rojas-Suárez, Liliana;Bebczuk, Ricardo N.;López-de-Silanes, Florencio;Bernal, Olver;Auerbach, Paula;Chong, Alberto E.;Mandalaoui, Carolina;Izquierdo, Alejandro;Kamil, Herman;Demaestri, Edgardo C.;Loboguerrero, Ana María;Cowan, Kevin;Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés;Fergusson, Leopoldo;Micco, Alejandro;Powell, Andrew;Suárez, Gustavo;Lora, Eduardo;Stein, Ernesto H.;Studart, Rogerio

El crédito suministrado por el sector bancario es la fuente de financiamiento más importante para las firmas y los hogares en América Latina y el Caribe. Desafortunadamente, el crédito es escaso,…

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.

This book describes the leading role the IDB played in Central America's development in the 1990s, which was a time of redefining the role of the State, building new relationships with the…

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…