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Date issued:
Aug 1998
Cynthia McLeod (1936-), novelista surinamesa condecorada como autora best-seller de El caro precio del azúcar y Farewell Merodia, especialista en Suriname del siglo XVIII.
Date issued:
Aug 1998
Few commercial banks have engaged in profitable microfinance lending despite repeated attempts by donor agencies to entice their entry. The case of Banco de la Empresa, a Latin American private bank…
Date issued:
Aug 1998
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El desempleo es uno de los fenómenos más temidos de nuestros tiempos. Pocos fenómenos económicos son reportados tan amplia y sistemáticamente por la prensa, y menos aún generan tal nivel de debate en…
Date issued:
Aug 1998
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Entre 1980 y la primera mitad de los noventas, la intermediación financiera en Bolivia se ha desenvuelto en dos ambientes de política económica completamente opuestos: el primero correspondió a una…
Date issued:
Aug 1998
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En este estudio se analizan los efectos de la discriminación residencial por motivos étnicos sobre los resultados de ingreso y formación en ciudades de Bolivia. Del análisis se destacan tres…
Date issued:
Aug 1998
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This study is designed to help practitioners prepare and evaluate institutional reforms for education and health programs. It provides an analytic framework for use by public officials and…
Date issued:
Aug 1998
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Many Latin American nations have recently implemented liberal trade regimes, often as part of a larger set of market-oriented reforms, and have abandoned their industrialization policies based on…
Date issued:
Aug 1998
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Unemployment is regarded as one of the most challenging economic problems facing the governments of the Caribbean. Although there are variations in the measurement of unemployment, official estimates…
Date issued:
Aug 1998
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This study undertakes an econometric analysis of data on the use of child care services and labor force participation drawn from a survey of 1,720 households in 15 'favelas' or slums, in…
Date issued:
Aug 1998
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Latin America's enormous endowment of natural resources impacts many countries of the region. Economic liberalization in several countries was followed by rapid growth of foreign investment and…