The State of State Reform in Latin America
Jan 2007
Author(s): Galindo, Arturo;Scartascini, Carlos;Payne, J. Mark;Daughters, Robert;Melo, Alberto;Echebarría, Koldo;Lora, Eduardo;Filc, Gabriel;Micco, Alejandro;Chong, Alberto E.;Panizza, Ugo;Benavides, Juan;Magaldi de Sousa, Mariana;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Márquez, Gustavo;Cortázar Velarde, Juan Carlos;Mesa-Lago, Carmelo;Harper, Leslie;Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés;Perusia, Juan Cruz
Latin America suffered a profound state crisis in the 1980s, which prompted not only the wave of macroeconomic and deregulation reforms known as the Washington Consensus, but also a wide variety of…
Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction in Ecuador: A Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review
May 2005
Author(s): López-Cálix, José R.;Melo, Alberto;Tinsley, Elaine;Calvo, Sara
The last Public Expenditure Review for Ecuador (PER) was produced in 1993. More than a decade later, the purpose of this report is to provide the Ecuadorian authorities with the World Bank's and…
Competitiveness: The Business of Growth
Oct 2001
Author(s): Kapsoli, Javier;Galindo, Arturo;Márquez, Gustavo;Daude, Christian;Melo, Alberto;Miller, Margaret;Jansson, Tor;Pagés, Carmen;Micco, Alejandro;Chong, Alberto E.;Székely, Miguel;Millán, Jaime;Lora, Eduardo;Stein, Ernesto H.;Pérez, Natalia
Competing in the world economy does not automatically boost a nation's productivity and restructure its economy. Such progress requires mobilizing capital, employment, technology and knowledge.…
Competitividad: el motor del crecimiento
Oct 2001
Author(s): Kapsoli, Javier;Galindo, Arturo;Márquez, Gustavo;Daude, Christian;Melo, Alberto;Miller, Margaret;Jansson, Tor;Pagés, Carmen;Micco, Alejandro;Chong, Alberto E.;Székely, Miguel;Millán, Jaime;Lora, Eduardo;Stein, Ernesto H.;Pérez, Natalia
Participar en la economía mundial no lleva necesariamente a elevar la productividad de una nación ni a reestructurar su economía. Estos cambios requieren movilizar capital, empleo, tecnología y…