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Jan 2006
The Guaraní have an aesthetic view of Earth. For the Guaraní, the Earth is a beautiful body on which trees are like long hair, the skin is sometimes shining, sparkling, and manifestations of soil…
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Jan 2006
The general objective of this project was to improve the quality of education at the Ticuna indigenous schools in the Amazonas state in Brazil through the implementation of a four-course Bilingual…
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Jan 2006
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Existing work in growth empirics either assumes linearity of the growth function or attempts to capture non-linearities by the addition of a small number of quadratic or multiplicative interaction…
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Jan 2006
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Approximately 14 percent of births are unregistered in Latin America according to estimates by UNICEF (2001). Children who lack an official birth certificate can be denied access to social services…
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Jan 2006
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This paper sketches the outline of "Theory of Fiscal Policy" in its most essential elements and outlines the assumptions implicit in it. It then argues that the reality can be far removed…
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Jan 2006
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During much of the previous era of globalization, from the 1860s until the First World War, U.S. tariffs were surprisingly high. Present-day economic historians have suggested that U.S. protection as…
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Jan 2006
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This paper's main concern is to assess which "industrial policies" would be meaningful for Latin America nowadays. The first section introduces the theme while the second section…
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Jan 2006
The period between the second half of 2004 and the first half of 2005 can be characterized as a timeof convergence in regional macroeconomic trends. The countries of the Southern Common Market(…
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Jan 2006
Raúl Prebisch was one of the great figures in Latin America, a dominant regional and international personality since the 1930s, and it is therefore fitting to honor the centenary of his birth in…
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Jan 2006
Raúl Prebisch fue una de las grandes figuras de América Latina que trascendió desde los años treinta como personalidad regional e internacional preponderante. Por ello cabe honrar el centenario de su…
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Jan 2006
The present document seeks to set forth the IDB's commitment to the objectives contained in the Declaration of Guadalajara and the parallel Memorandum of Understanding, a commitment that has…
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Jan 2006
This report examines the problems of theft, nonpayment and political opportunism in the aftermath of privatization by considering the recent experiences of four private utilities in Latin America…
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Jan 2006
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Drawing on previously unused objective institutional data, we provide evidence for the causal link between rent-seeking behavior and democracy in Uruguay, a country where both rent-seeking behavior…
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Jan 2006
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Desde la independencia, una de las obsesiones más persistentes de América fue depender de recetas milagrosas. Del estructuralismo al monetarismo, del marxismo al liberalismo, todo el continente bailó…
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Jan 2006
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Durante ya varios años, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) ha centrado sus esfuerzos en asegurar que los programas e iniciativas ligadas al desarrollo, promovidas por el Banco, logren…
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Jan 2006
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Este libro ha sido generado a partir de un seminario que bajo el mismo nombre y con auspicio de la Comisión Presidencial Coordinadora de la Política del Ejecutivo en Materia de Derechos Humanos (…
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Jan 2006
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El libro reseña el camino recorrido por el BID durante la presidencia de Enrique V. Iglesias. Desde la consolidación de su situación financiera y su apoyo a las necedidades de los países de la región…
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Jan 2006
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Creación de espacio fiscal para reducir la pobreza provee un diagnóstico de la política fiscal de Ecuador y analiza la estructura y el funcionamiento del gasto público a fin de identificar reformas…
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Jan 2006
This study deals with the appropriate macroeconomic policies toward international capital flows. It argues that countries in a position to integrate themselves into world capital markets should…
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Jan 2006
Liberalizing measures have been outnumbering by far the introduction of greater restrictions. However, the reports are silent on how liberal the policy regimes of individual countries really are and…
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Jan 2006
Este estudio es un gran logro para La Red de Métodos Alternativos de Resolución de Conflictos (La Red ADR) del FOMIN. El reporte es innovador por varias razones: i) es el primer estudio comparativo…
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Jan 2006
En 2005, se tomaron medidas de gran trascendencia para armonizar criterios entre los bancos multilaterales de desarrollo y la comunidad de organizaciones internacionales en la lucha contra el fraude…
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Jan 2006
Este estudio ha sido realizado en el marco de una cooperación con Transparencia Paraguay. En los primeros meses del 2003 entró en vigencia en Paraguay la Ley 2.051 De Contrataciones Públicas, cuyo…
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Jan 2006
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This case study of Venezuela's democratic institution and policymaking processes is part of the broader regional project based on the theoretical framework developed by Spiller, Stein and…
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Jan 2006
In 2005, major steps were taken to create a harmonized approach to combat fraud and corruption within the multilateral development banks and the community of international organizations. The Office…