economic reforms inequality and growth in latin america and the caribbean

... countries in the region, on the one hand, and the experience of integration into the global economy, on the other There are 13 chapters in this collection linked in varying ways to the series of economic ... Perrotini-Hernández and Humberto Ríos-Bolívar The principal themes pursued in this book emerge from the great transformation that the Latin American and the Caribbean economies experienced in the ... Lensink Liberalization in the Developing World Institutional and economic changes in Latin America, Africa and Asia Edited by Alex E Fernández Jilberto and André Mommen Financial Development and...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 15:20

... countries in the region, on the one hand, and the experience of integration into the global economy, on the other There are 13 chapters in this collection linked in varying ways to the series of economic ... Perrotini-Hernández and Humberto Ríos-Bolívar The principal themes pursued in this book emerge from the great transformation that the Latin American and the Caribbean economies experienced in the ... Lensink Liberalization in the Developing World Institutional and economic changes in Latin America, Africa and Asia Edited by Alex E Fernández Jilberto and André Mommen Financial Development and...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 17:20

... “lean against the wind”: (i) raising RRs during the upswing phase of the cycle to contain excessive credit growth and the associated build up of vulnerabilities and (ii) lowering them during the downswing ... contain credit growth and manage liquidity conditions in the economy, while managing in tandem policy interest rates These dynamics are evident prior, during, and following the 2008–2009 financial ... Literature on the Latin America Experience In general, there are only a handful of studies examining the recent experience effectiveness of RRs in the region.20 The analysis is hindered by the heterogeneity...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 04:21

... into a sort of laboratory testing the hypothesis Once the Berlin Wall fell down, the Cold War was over and the processes of democratization started in Latin America and some other countries in ... Freedom and Economic Development in Latin America 2008 Discrimination in the Media that seemed to aim at pointing out media coverage not appreciated by the executive power On the other hand, the ... and TV will also be important for the country´s evaluation next year Economic liberty For Latin America, as well as for the rest of the world, the Index of Economic Freedom in Latin America Economic...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 05:20

... surprising that there has been such a resurgence of interest in analyzing the dynamics and determinants of poverty and inequality, and the relationship of policies affecting them in Latin America Introduction ... debate and awareness about the well-being costs of high inequality in Latin America Given inequality aversion, for which there is convincing evidence from Latin America (World Bank 2003), high inequality ... of Poverty and Inequality in Latin America 17 The Colonial Origins of Inequality: Exploring the Causes and Consequences of Land Distribution 19 Ewout Frankema Earnings Inequality and Educational...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 13:48

... Katz Broadband demand and economic impact in Latin America AN ESTIMATION OF THE BROADBAND DEMAND How much additional broadband capacity is needed in Latin America to close the broadband gap that ... Broadband demand and economic impact in Latin America Expanding on these findings, Koutroumpis (2009) analyzes data between 2002 and 2007 for 22 OECD countries The author found that an increase in ... impact in Latin America Based on the estimates of the Argentine model, we have estimated the impact on job creation if the Latin American nations were to increase the installation of broadband lines...

Ngày tải lên: 21/08/2014, 15:25

... are improving (2) Growth in the size and influence of civil society in Brazil since the 1980s has facilitated the positive change Increasingly democratic processes have lengthened the policy ... sector salud en America Latina y el Caribe: desafõos y opportunidades   [Sexual and reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean: challenges and opportunities] Mexico, Inter American Development ... assessment of existing capacity for these functions and to help in strengthening such capacity when necessary (7) Continue building on the important role of NGOs Changes in financing and decentralization...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 16:20

... guarantees and interest subsidies The study focused on three assistance clusters in Northern Ireland (training, marketing and upgrading machinery and equipment), and two in the Republic of Ireland (marketing ... whether they were currently participating in the program; (iii) whether they had participated in it in the past and, if so, in what year; (iv) the monetary value of the incentive; and (v) how they ... treatment increased R&D spending and R&D intensity (of about 3%) in both the full sample of firms and in the sub-sample of innovative firms, and they rejected the hypothesis of subsidies crowding out...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 21:20

... prevention and preparedness are Multisector and Other; banking and financial services, and business and other services are Financing and Business; and government and civil society - general and conflict, ... to Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (a) To Latin America (US$ billion) (b) To Central America and Caribbean (US$ million) CDB = Caribbean Development Bank, IDB = Inter-American Development ... flows in the wake of financial crises the debt crisis in the mid1980s, the United States rescue after the Mexican Tesobonos crisis in 1995, the Asian and dot.com crises, and the beginning of the...

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Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2014, 12:20

... 2008; in the V Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in April of 2009; in the VI CONCASIDA Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica in October, 2009; and in the Latin American and ... communities, including children, adolescents, youth, teachers, and parents Review, update and reinforce the training of educational personnel, from teaching colleges to inservice training for existing ... in adolescents and young people by the year 2015 Recommend the inclusion in these agreements for discussion in the XVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State in San Salvador, El Salvador in...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 21:20

... (such as mothers and children) They are administered by the The State of Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean Figure 1.6 21 The Share of the Formal and Informal Sectors in LAC Labor ... operate in parallel, duplicating service delivery infrastructure The absence of links between financing and productivity or quality and the The State of Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean ... Economist Latin America and the Caribbean Region The World Bank Acknowledgments This book highlights the main findings of a regional study by the World Bank, From Right to Reality: How Latin America and...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 16:21

... represented the past and the other the future In effect, the divergent politico -economic worldviews embodied in the two NRPB studies passed each other, one in ascendancy, the other in decline The Board ... expand Indeed, the industry had a long tradition of preferring stability over expansion; over the years, the large steelmakers had used the tariff, the basing-point system of pricing, and the international ... the 1950s coined the term “growthmanship” to describe the seemingly single-minded pursuit of exuberant economic growth that was then appearing to dominate the political agenda and the public dialogue...

Ngày tải lên: 03/06/2014, 00:47

... if directly linked to the increment in value of the land – Might be directly linked to the cost of providing the infrastructure (impact fee) – Require good development controls Land speculation, ... Distributional purposes – the right combination of low price elasticity and high income elasticity, promising income redistributor in developing world Advantages Exists – political, administrative ease ... fragmentation (service/infrastructure, public/private) 13 Public Transport Pricing and Financing Two Basic Needs “doing the right thing” – provide best range of services with the resources available...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 04:20

... capacity building; institutional improvement; strengthened role of local governments (Municipalities); improvement in regional planning instruments and processes; improvements in urban information ... Ring Road and the Pan American Highway Two Segregated Busways – km segment and ~10 km stretch Differentiated and (in city center) segregated bus stops Metro Lines: 40 kms, 51 stations, 68 trains, ... expansion, frequency increase 1978-1985: Bus and Minibus fleet grew 50% and 75% (respectively) – Negatives: Decline in occupancy rates (50%), cartel control of fares and entry (self-regulating “mafia”),...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 04:20

... efficiency (inputs and outpurs) in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2005-8 38 Table Indicators of health care expenditures in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2005 44 Table Financial indicators ... are ranked by the average of the arithmetic rankings in all the Latin America indicators; Cuba and Haiti have been added within Latin America; Argentina, Costa Rica and Cuba are in a virtual rie; ... Perkins and Emily Morrell for arrangements_ and Valerie Hall for the editing work The author hopes that this book will help Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as other emerging and developing...

Ngày tải lên: 03/11/2014, 13:33

... undertaken in understating the mechanics of MaPPs, including quantifying their impact on credit, the output gap, and thus NRIR, and investigating whether their effect is temporary or permanent The NRIR ... Garcia-Escibano, and M Vera Martin, 2012, “Credit Growth and the Effectiveness of Reserve Requirements and Other Macroprudential Instruments in Latin America, ” Working Paper No 12/142 (Washington: International ... of the policy rate by hindering the proper functioning of the transmission channel of monetary policy (see Medina Cas and others, 2011a,b) Indeed, muted inflationary pressures and tightening financial...

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Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 14:20

... brand); the Slovak Republic (under the O2 brand); Germany (under the O2 brand); the Republic of Ireland (under the O2 brand); and the UK (under the O2 brand) The MoviStar name has been in use in ... outlets and the communication infrastructure, they also become more capable of shaping and defining the news agenda They now have immense power and influence, since they are capable of imposing the ... project in the emerging Latin American market Their strategy consisted of creating local brands instead of trying to globalize their own mobile brand, so that by 2005 the individual brands were...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 13:30

... art HRH metrics in Latin America and the Caribbean, identifying metrics on specific HRH issues, promoting comparative studies and formulating new goals in the creation of feasible and concrete metrics ... SciELO, EBSCO, the WHO search engine, and the Virtual Health Library were searched In order to narrow the information we used the following keywords in Spanish (and the corresponding words in Portuguese): ... completed) The preliminary findings of the literature search were collectively discussed during two in- person meetings by the members of the network, this activity being described further in the third...

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