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Date issued:
Feb 2003
This paper focuses on a rather unexplored dimension to date of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: the resulting stigma and discrimination and its impact on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS programs. It presents a…
Date issued:
Feb 2003
IDB Group involvement and support in the reform, modernization and deepening of financial markets in Latin America and the Caribbean targets banking intermediation, capital markets, insurance markets…
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Feb 2003
Las ineficiencias en el mercado de remesas, la falta de información relevante y el incipiente desarrollo de los sistemas financieros de la Región, llevan a FOMIN a estudiar las particularidades del…
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Feb 2003
This paper discusses the importance and applicability of economic instruments in the context of water management. The paper presents a typology and associated examples of implementation from European…
Date issued:
Feb 2003
Este informe incluye una reseña de la literatura y la información internacional disponible sobre la aplicación de instrumentos económicos en la gestión del agua, basada especialmente en la…
Date issued:
Feb 2003
This report details remittance flows, their costs, and their impact throughout Latin America based on the comprehensive survey and analysis of reports from 19 Central Banks in the region.
Date issued:
Feb 2003
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This paper fills a void in the issue of determinants of privatization prices by concentrating in one industry across many countries. This has not been done before, as the literature has only focused…
Date issued:
Feb 2003
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Should state-owned enterprises change chief executive officer before privatizing? We test competing views on this question by complementing a recently released database with newly collected data. We…
Date issued:
Feb 2003
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According to recent research, external factors and political governance considerations are key determinants of capital flows in Latin America. We postulate that corporate governance is a crucial…
Date issued:
Feb 2003
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This paper tests the efficiency of different structures of bank ownership in terms of its ability to target manufacturing sectors in need of credit. We find that state- owned banks do not play a…