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Dec 2005
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We suggest that foreign banks may represent a trade-off for their developing country hosts. A portfolio model is developed to show that a more diversified international bank may be one of lower,…
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Dec 2005
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This paper takes advantage of a quasi-natural experiment in Peru by which the privatized telecommunications company was required by government to randomly install and operate public pay phones in…
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Dec 2005
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There is a common perception that low productivity or low growth is due to what can be called an innovation shortfall, usually identified as a low rate of investment in research and development (R…
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Dec 2005
III Inter American Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility Proceedings,Santiago Chile.
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Dec 2005
Socially and environmentally responsible business practices contribute to poverty relief and business success. This report presents some examples and lessons from private initiatives to solve…
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Dec 2005
This paper addresses forest policies concerned with the adequate provision of forest related externalities. Despite the use of the forest vocation land (FVL) in the legislation of many Latin American…
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Nov 2005
This presentation aims at analyzing the impact of institutional and systemic effects of clustering and its consequences on upgrading and differentiation and division of labor in the electronics…
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Nov 2005
This presentation summarizes Singapore's economic performance, and examines the evolving industrial strategy, major policies and performances. Singapore has achieved substantial economic and…
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Nov 2005
This presentation discusses Singapore's economic performance and industrial strategy of the past and the future. Their changing industrial strategy and structure includes the promotion of…
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Nov 2005
The following presentation briefly outlines a history of Brazilian industrial policy from 1950-present and current structural issues and challenges in modern-day industrial policy. It was presented…
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Nov 2005
This presentation comments on John Weiss' Export Growth and Industrial Policy: Lesson from the East Asian Miracle Experience. The presentation took place at the 2005 LAEBA Second Annual…
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Nov 2005
This presentation comments on Thee Kian Wie "Technology and Indonesia's Industrial Competitiveness." It includes an overview of the paper and an analysis of policy recommendations,…
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The meaning of clusters has evolved considerably over several decades. This presentation seeks to use a synthesis of the concept from the time of Mill and Marshall (industrial districts), and Smith…
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Nov 2005
This presentation discusses a series of measures and actions to help explain the impact of governance on the behavior of global value chains. The topics include: 1) Supplier-led industrial upgrading…
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Nov 2005
This presentation discusses developing economies in Latin America as compared to the Toyota Production System (TPS), an integrated socio-technical system, developed by Toyota, that comprises its…
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Nov 2005
This presentation discusses trade and production in Latin America and the Caribbean. Included is a discussion of export dynamics and patterns of integration as well as productive development policies…
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Nov 2005
This presentation comments on Rajah Rasiah's paper Fostering Clusters in the Malaysian Electronics Industry. The document covers a brief summary of the paper's main findings, a series of…
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Nov 2005
Industrial policy was for many years associated in policy discourse with failed interventionist import substitution strategies despite its apparent success in East Asia. Further despite the obvious…
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Nov 2005
This presentation comments on Charles Sabel's "Long Term Strategic Policies for Global Competition." The document points out a series of insights, methodologies, and suggestions on…
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This paper discusses the major factors which affect Indonesia's industrial competitiveness, specifically the determinants of its industrial technology development. The work first gives an…
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Nov 2005
This presentation on innovation policy development broadens the notion of innovation to include all sorts of "process innovations" and organizational changes. Then it describes innovation…
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Nov 2005
This presentation comments on Manuel Trajtenberg¿s paper Innovation Policy for Development. The purpose of that paper includes discussing innovation policy guidelines for developing countries and…
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Nov 2005
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Durante los años noventa las economías de América Latina y el Caribe fueron escenario de un conjunto de reformas estructurales y de nuevas orientaciones de política económica. En ese periodo, las…
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Nov 2005
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This presentation gives an overview of industrial policy in Indonesia during the past few decades. It also discusses industrial policy, reliance on FDI, and improvement in the ITC sector. This…
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Nov 2005
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This essay explores the governance mechanisms by which an industrial policy based on Toyota Production System (TPS) principles can learn from, collaborate with and ultimately help transform the…
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Nov 2005
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This paper discusses the series of far-reaching structural reforms that took place in the economies of Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1990's. This set of reforms generated increases…
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Nov 2005
Este comentario (en español) sobre "Singapore Model of Industrial Policy: Past Evolution and Current Thinking" de Chia Siow Yue presenta algunas críticas al artículo, luego comenta sobre…
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Nov 2005
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The presentation discusses the East Asian Miracle Experience regarding industrial policy and export growth. It commences reviewing the strategic policies for global competition that were implemented…
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Nov 2005
Presentación sobre las perspectivas de la producción más limpia en el sector privado. Ofrece cuadros estadísticos de promoción, difusión y sensibilización, fortalecimiento de la oferta de PmL,…
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Nov 2005
Presentación que da a conocer la estructura del proyecto sobre el Programa de expansión de centros de apoyo de producción más limpia, los resultados y las lecciones aprendidas.
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Nov 2005
Presentación sobre el desarrollo de las nuevas oportunidades de PmL con empresas en el sector financiero. Detalla las barreras de las PyMEs para acceder al financiamiento y el análisis de la oferta…
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Nov 2005
Presentación que ofrece información sobre CESEM, el panorama Socio Económico del Sur del Perú, los programas a cargo del CESEM, por último, los pinirincipales proyectos en ejecución.
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Nov 2005
Presentación que da a conocer los procesos en el diseño de un plan P+L en encadenamientos productivos: P+L en encadenamiento productivo; desarrollo de una herramienta de auto evaluación en uso de…
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Nov 2005
Presentación que da a conocer las estrategias iniciales del proyecto y fortalecimiento de la legislación ambiental con la estrategia de P+L, así como las ventajas y desventajas del mismo.
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Nov 2005
Presentación sobre las estrategias que se han implementado para sector académico a partir del proyecto de PmL para que los empresarios utilicen herramientas de la P+L. Las estrategias desarrolladas…
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Nov 2005
Presentación que ofrece información sobre las claves de éxito de los proyectos FOMIN-BID. Señala la importancia de los resultados a corto plazo, la creatividad del consultor, así como la aplicación…
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Nov 2005
Presentación que da a conocer los instrumentos de gestón ambiental para la participación de las empresas en la producción más limpia. También señala las pérdidas en el programa.
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Nov 2005
Presentación sobre los componentes del proyecto de los instrumentos de gestión ambiental y participación empresarial en la producción más limpia, los cuales contienen documentación del: manual para…
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Nov 2005
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The purpose of this article is to describe a new dataset on trade integration agreements here, preferential trading arrangements (PTAs) and other international agreements that can be employed to…
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Nov 2005
This issue of IDEA looks at why similar policies and reforms produce very different results in a variety of countries. It draws from the 2006 IPES, The Politics of Policies, to examine the actors…
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Nov 2005
Esta edición de IDEA pregunta por qué países que han intentado adoptar políticas y reformas similares han tenido experiencias muy distintas. Se inspira en el IPES 2006, La política de las políticas…
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Nov 2005
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Este informe se basa en un estudio limitado, realizado a través de un cuestionario y de entrevistas con importantes funcionarios de los Ministerios de Educación en seis países del Caribe. El estudio…
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Nov 2005
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Educación del Diálogo Regional de Política para la VIII Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 7 y 8 de noviembre de 2005. Sistema de indicadores…
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Nov 2005
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Educación del Diálogo Regional de Política para la VIII Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 7 y 8 de noviembre de 2005.
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Nov 2005
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Educación del Diálogo Regional de Política para la VIII Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 7 y 8 de noviembre de 2005.
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Nov 2005
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Educación del Diálogo Regional de Política para la VIII Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 7 y 8 de noviembre de 2005.
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Nov 2005
The purpose of this study is to explore the various information networks that exist in Latin America and the Caribbean and to evaluate just how useful they have been in education policy design.
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Nov 2005
The objective of this effort is to produce a sub-regional exchange that can support the development of a frame of reference for the analysis that needs to be carried out on the topic. Rather than…
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Nov 2005
Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Educación del Diálogo Regional de Política para la VIII Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 7 y 8 de noviembre de 2005.