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Date issued:
Oct 2002
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The 1990s witnessed the parallel forces of globalization and regionalization strongly at work. While seemingly contradictory, they are in fact complementary aspects of market development. This paper…
Date issued:
Oct 2002
This paper reviews the Bank's lending experience in rural finance and extracts the lessons learned from that experience. It is based on a review of project documents, evaluation reports, and…
Date issued:
Oct 2002
This document analyses the political economy of civil service reform in Brazil during the two Cardoso administrations. Its main purpose is to provide a detailed empirical account of the politics of…
Date issued:
Oct 2002
While the occurrence of natural events can not be prevented, there is a possibility to reduce the vulnerability of populations through risk management. The IDB Action Plan for natural disaster risk…
Date issued:
Oct 2002
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El presente estudio, que se enmarca dentro del Diálogo Regional de Políticas, sintetiza un conjunto de informes cuya finalidad era diagnosticar los sistemas de servicio civil de once países:…
Date issued:
Oct 2002
This report reviews MIF initiatives in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Barbados to build effective skills standards and certification systems, a key goal of its overall strategy for promoting…
Date issued:
Oct 2002
A pesar de que no es posible prevenir los desastres naturales, existe la posibilidad de reducir la vulnerabilidad de las poblaciones por medio de la gestión de riesgos. El Plan de Acción del BID para…
Date issued:
Sep 2002
Este documento analiza tres tipos de efectos de la política comercial sobre los ingresos tributarios: directo, es el que se asocia a las bajas en las tasas nominales del arancel de los productos que…
Date issued:
Sep 2002
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This study combines survey data with annual state data on pupil-teacher ratios covering broadly the period 1940-90 to investigate the role of race, family background and education (both the quantity…
Date issued:
Sep 2002
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Este estudio combina los datos de una encuesta de hogares con los datos anuales de la relación alumno-maestro al nivel de cada estado y en el período 1940-1990 con objeto de investigar la importancia…