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Date issued: Feb 1998
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

IDB America reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the IDB. It is published 10 times annually in Spanish and English.

Date issued: Feb 1998
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

BID América cubre las tendencias del desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y las actividades del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. Se publica 10 veces al año en castellano e…

Date issued: Feb 1998
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Twenty-seven paintings, sculptures and graphics by Colombian masters Alejandro Obregón (1920-1992), Enrique Grau (1920), Edgar Negret (1920), and Eduardo Ramírez Villamizar (1923), complemented with…

Date issued: Feb 1998
Author(s): Rojas, Eduardo

The Bank is leading the involvement of development banks in financing urban heritage conservation projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. This is a new area of work for the Bank and emerged in…

Date issued: Feb 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Márquez, Gustavo;Pagés, Carmen

This paper reviews the regulations governing hiring, firing, overtime work, social security contributions, minimum wages, and collective bargaining in the region, examining their impact on labor…

Date issued: Feb 1998
Author(s): Kent, Rollin

This paper examines the institutional reform conducted at three public universities in Mexico: the University of Sonora, the University of Guadalajara, and the University of Puebla. In the…

Date issued: Feb 1998
Author(s): Solanes, Miguel;Getches, David

Este informe (ENV-127) analiza y esclarece la experiencia de los países de América Latina y el Caribe que han iniciado reformas en la gestión de los recursos hídricos en los últimos años. El…

Date issued: Feb 1998
Author(s): Vives, Antonio;Rivas, Jorge

This report provides a review of IDB Group activities supporting private participation in infrastructure between 1990 and 1997. It is intended to serve as a reference in the development of its…

Date issued: Feb 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stein, Ernesto H.;Talvi, Ernesto;Grisanti, Alejandro

This paper considers whether institutional factors, in this instance electoral systems and procedures, affect Latin American countries' fiscal performance as measured by the size of the public…

Date issued: Jan 1998
Author(s): Lovelace, Earl

Earl Lovelace (1935-), Trinidadian poet and playwright, Pegasus Literary Award (1966), Chaconia Gold Medal (1989), Carifesta Award (1995), Commonwealth Prize (1997).