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Sep 2002
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The paper documents the sharp reduction in union density in Peru between 1986 and 1998, in a context of large macroeconomic fluctuations, structural reforms and changes in the Collective Bargaining…
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Sep 2002
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This study examines the impact of unionization and the level of centralization in bargaining, at the level of the industry or the firm, on wages and on the economic performance of firms within the…
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Sep 2002
Este informe se enfoca en el potencial que tiene la investigación biotecnológica de beneficiar a los consumidores y productores de alimentos en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), con el objetivo de…
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Sep 2002
En el presente documento se evalúan los resultados de una reciente experiencia de apoyo a la innovación en Centroamérica, el Fondo para la Modernización Tecnológica y Empresarial de Panamá (FOMOTEC…
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Sep 2002
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This paper attempts to address a number of questions about the dialogue between the public and private sector in the creation of Canadian trade policy.
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Sep 2002
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El presente documento pretende abordar una serie de preguntas sobre el diálogo entre los sectores público y privado en relación con la formulación de la política comercial canadiense. Se inicia con…
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Sep 2002
This paper presents the growing volume of remittances to the Caribbean countries (particularly to Jamaica) has increased the interest and the opportunity to study mechanisms that contribute towards…
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Sep 2002
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This paper summarizes and discusses new evidence on the nature, extent, evolution and consequences of financing constraints in Latin America; this evidence is drawn from a recent series of papers.…
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Sep 2002
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Financial frictions are a central element of most of the models that the literature on emerging markets crises has proposed for explaining the Sudden Stop phenomenon. To date, few studies have aimed…
Date issued:
Sep 2002
This working paper focuses on four issues: (i) the rules of allocation of fiscal resources to different localities; (ii) the rules concerning how localities can spend fiscal transfers from the center…