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Date issued: Sep 1998
Author(s): Garmendia, Salvador

Salvador Garmendia (1928-2001), Venezuelan novelist, National Literature Prize (1970), Juan Rulfo Short Story Award (1989), literary magazine founder and editor.

Date issued: Sep 1998
Author(s): Garmendia, Salvador

Salvador Garmendia (1928-2001), escritor venezolano, ganador de los Premios Nacional de Literatura (1970) e Historias Cortas Juan Rulfo (1989), fundador y editor de la revista literaria Sardio.

Date issued: Sep 1998
Author(s): Ravallion, Martin

Workfare programs aim to reduce poverty by providing low-wage work to those who need it. They are often turned to in a crisis when there is no time for a rigorous evaluation. This paper offers some…

Date issued: Sep 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ocampos, Lorraine;Ortíz Trepowski, Emilio;Navarro A., Bernardo

En el Paraguay el mercado de seguros está todavía insuficientemente desarrollado, pese a la proliferación de compañías en especial a partir de la década del 90, coincidiendo con la desregulación del…

Date issued: Sep 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Piras, Claudia;Savedoff, William D.

In the continuing debate over how to improve education systems, many people argue that teachers' salaries need to be increased. This paper seeks to establish a reliable method for analyzing the…

Date issued: Sep 1998 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Behrman, Jere R.;Birdsall, Nancy;Székely, Miguel

The effects of market and policy reforms on poverty and inequality in Latin America have been of considerable concern. The region continues to have relatively great income inequalities. Two different…

Date issued: Sep 1998
Author(s): Ravallion, Martin

Los programas de empleo (conocidos en inglés con el nombre workfare) procuran disminuir la pobreza proporcionando trabajo con sueldos bajos a los que lo necesitan. Con frecuencia se recurre a tales…

Date issued: Aug 1998
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

IDB America reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the IDB. It is published 10 times annually in Spanish and English.

Date issued: Aug 1998
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

BID América cubre las tendencias del desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y las actividades del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. Se publica 10 veces al año en castellano e…

Date issued: Aug 1998
Author(s): McLeod, Cynthia

Cynthia McLeod (1936-), decorated Surinamese author of the best-selling The High Price of Sugar and Farewell Merodia, specialist in 18th century Suriname.