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Date issued:
Oct 2000
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This paper develops and applies a new approach to the estimation of the impact of economy-wide reforms on wage differentials, using a new high-quality data set on wage differentials by schooling…
Date issued:
Oct 2000
Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, countries are in the midst of debates about their health systems. Frequently, the characteristics of reforms in one country are used to promote or…
Date issued:
Sep 2000
29 paintings and 1 sculpture by artists (including two women) from the early to late modern period of the 20th century, and 36 contemporary folk objects form this exhibition which juxtaposes the art…
Date issued:
Sep 2000
This report presents the results of case studies on nontraditional agricultural exports in Petrolina-Juazeiro (northeastern Brazil), Ecuador, and Guatemala, analyzing the role of public policy in…
Date issued:
Sep 2000
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El propósito básico de este estudio es contribuir a la comprensión de los factores favorables y los elementos de potencial amenaza para que los bancos centrales ejerzan su autonomía institucional.…
Date issued:
Sep 2000
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Uruguay ha asistido a una disminución de las tasas de fecundidad y a un aumento de la actividad femenina y de los niveles educativos de la población, al igual que la gran mayoría de los países en el…
Date issued:
Sep 2000
Da a conocer las palabras ofrecidas por el Presidente del BID, Enrique V. Iglesias, sobre la conferencia que abarca temas de la importancia macroeconómica de las remesas, mecanismos que contribuyan…
Date issued:
Aug 2000
Hoy en día existe un gran consenso internacional en cuanto a la urgente necesidad de fortalecer los regímenes democráticos, estimulando el desarrollo económico y social de los pueblos y promoviendo…
Date issued:
Aug 2000
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Tradicionalmente Colombia se ha considerado como el país más estable de la región, no habiendo experimentado las crisis de balanza de pagos ni corridas contra el peso, al menos en las proporciones…
Date issued:
Aug 2000
On average, teachers' qualifications in Latin America fall short of what is needed to implement and sustain the education reforms under way in most countries. Large investments in teacher…
Date issued:
Aug 2000
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This paper provides an overview and assessment of reform initiatives, both those currently on the table and those that are not but should be. The intent is to clarify the logic behind these proposals…
Date issued:
Aug 2000
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This paper documents the high level of job security protection in Latin American labor markets and analyzes its impacts on employment. The authors show that job security policies have a substantial…
Date issued:
Aug 2000
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This paper identifies Chile's economic weaknesses and offers policy recommendations for increasing stability. Current problems include weak international financial links, a Central Bank mandate…
Date issued:
Aug 2000
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The author identifies sources of volatility in Argentina that include weak international financial links, a recurrent credit crunch and financial underdevelopment problem, a fragile fiscal situation…
Date issued:
Aug 2000
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Recent financial crises and contagion call into question the wisdom of capital account liberalization. There is consensus that something is terribly wrong in the way international financial markets…
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Aug 2000
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After decades of trial, error, and occasional regress, the pieces of a successful Latin American economic model can be seen scattered among the leading economies of the region. The most traditional…
Date issued:
Aug 2000
The Jurisprudence of Equality project (JEP) trains judges and other judicial actors on the applicability of international women's rights law in domestic courts, thus enhancing their ability to…
Date issued:
Aug 2000
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This paper exploits a rich collection of household surveys to investigate the wage differential between the public and private sectors in 17 Latin American countries during the 1980s and 1990s. The…
Date issued:
Jul 2000
Patricia Glinton Meicholas, Bahamian writer, founding president of the Bahamas Association for Cultural Studies, Silver Jubilee of Independence Medal for Literature.
Date issued:
Jul 2000
Patricia Glinton-Meicholas, escritora de Bahamas, Presidenta fundadora de la Asociación de Estudios Culturales de las Bahamas, y ganadora de la Medalla Independence de Bodas de Plata en Literatura.
Date issued:
Jul 2000
Más allá de la reiterada profesión de fe integradora explicitada en diferentes oportunidades por las máximas autoridades de los cuatro países socios, la modificación de la política cambiaria…
Date issued:
Jul 2000
Las cuestiones referidas a la adhesión de los países de menor dimensión a los programas de integración han sido objeto de discusión, análisis y acuerdos, desde sus inicios en diversas partes del…
Date issued:
Jul 2000
Although the leaders of the four member countries repeatedly affirmed their complete faith in the integration process, the outlook for MERCOSUR has been uncertain and gloomy as a result of Brazil¿s…
Date issued:
Jul 2000
This technical paper argues that Monte Carlo risk analysis offers a more comprehensive and informative way to look at project risk ex-ante than the traditional (and often arbitrary), one-influence-at…
Date issued:
Jul 2000
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La reforma educacional que Chile está implementando requiere para su éxito que los maestros se pongan a la cabeza de la reforma, y para ello es necesario fortalecer la profesión docente y la carrera…