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Wage Inequality in Latin America
Understanding the Past to Prepare for the Future
Av Joana Silva, Julian Messina
Häftad, 2017
458 kr
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This report seeks to explain the over-time trends in wage inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) since the mid-1990s. It explains how wage inequality has been associated with household-income inequality in LAC in the past decades, and discusses how labor-supply and labour-demand trends …
Is Geography Destiny?
Lessons from Latin America
Av John Luke Gallup, Alejandro Gaviria m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
286 kr
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Challenging the premise that geography is destiny, this book joins a growing body of literature studying the links between geography and development. Focusing on Latin America, the book argues that based on a better understanding of geography, public policy can help control or channel its influence …
Poverty Reduction Strategy Initiative
An Independent Evaluation of the World Bank's Support Through 2003
Häftad, 2004
180 kr
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The Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) Initiative was introduced in 1999, by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, with the aim of making development aid more effective in reducing poverty in low-income countries. This publication gives an independent assessment of the PRS Initiative, …
Remittances and Development
Lessons from Latin America
Av Pablo Fajnzylber, J. Humberto Lopez
Häftad, 2008
352 kr
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Workers' remittances have become a major source of financing for developing countries and are especially important in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which is at the top of the ranking of remittances receiving regions in the world. While there has been a recent surge in analytical work on …
Impact of Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure
Lights, Shadows, and the Road Ahead
Av Luis Andres, J. Luis Guasch m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
409 kr
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Infrastructure plays a key role in fostering growth and productivity and has been linked to improved earnings, health, and education levels for the poor. Yet Latin America is currently faced with a dangerous combination of relatively low public and private infrastructure investment. Those …
Does the Investment Climate Matter?
Microeconomic Foundations of Growth in Latin America
Av Pablo Fajnzylber, J. Humberto Lopez m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
409 kr
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Although the Latin American region's growth rates are at a three decade high, they have been historically disappointing in relative terms, which cannot be dissociated from the microeconomic environment in which firms operate. Policy makers may need to complement their focus on macroeconomic …
Does the Investment Climate Matter?
Microeconomic Foundations of Growth in Latin America
Av Pablo Fajnzylber, J. Humberto Lopez m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
927 kr
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By providing empirical evidence linking actual firm performance to shortcomings in Latin America's investment climate, this book looks at macroeconomic stability and mircoeconomic reforms and discusses policies that could have a significant impact on firm productivity by improving the environment …
Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean
Recent Trends and Policy Challenges
Inbunden, 2009
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Throughout the Latin American and Caribbean region, unemployment and job creation have become central issues in public debates and governement policy. This book provides a thorough examination of the labour market trends over the past decades and assesses the role that labour demand and labor …
Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
Av Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Jose R Molinas Vega m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
352 kr
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Equality of opportunity is about levelling the playing field so that circumstances such as gender, ethnicity, place of birth, or family background do not influence a person's life chances. This book introduces various methods for measuring inequality of opportunities and makes an assessment of its …
Benchmarking Public Procurement 2016
Assessing Public Procurement Systems in 77 Economies
Häftad, 2015
342 kr
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This Report aims to develop actionable indicators to help countries identify and monitor policies and regulations that impact how private sector companies do business with the government. The project builds on the Doing Business methodology and was initiated at the request of the G20 …
