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Investor Protection and Corporate Governance
Firm-Level Evidence Across Latin America
Av World Bank, Alberto Chong m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
691 kr
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Latin America has been surprisingly spared from a generalized wave of corporate governance scandals. One possible explanation is that the region's level of investor protection is adequate. The evidence from the papers in this book says otherwise. The still relatively low level of protection and …
Is Geography Destiny?
Lessons from Latin America
Av Eduardo Lora, John Luke Gallup m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
456 kr
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Geographic interpretations of development recently have become the subject of much renewed interest and debate within scholarly and public policy circles. Focusing on Latin America, this book examines how physical and human geography has influenced the region's potential for economic and social …
Limits of Stabilization
Infrastructure, Public Deficits, and Growth in Latin America
Av William Easterly, Luis Servén
Häftad, 2003
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
983 kr
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Latin America's macroeconomic crises of the 1980s and '90s forced a severe fiscal adjustment across the region. More often than not, fiscal stability was achieved at the cost of a drastic compression of public infrastructure spending, accompanied by the hope that the private sector would take the …
Keeping the Promise of Social Security in Latin America
Av Indermit S. Gill, Truman Packard m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
746 kr
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Empirical analysis of two decades of pioneering pension and social security reform in Latin America and the Caribbean shows that much has been achieved, but that critical challenges remain. In tackling the unfinished agenda, a great deal can be learned from the reform experience of countries in the …
Lessons from NAFTA
For Latin America and the Caribbean
Av Daniel Lederman, William F. Maloney m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
2783 kr
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Analyzing the experience of Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the authors draw lessons for other countries considering free trade agreements with the United States. The authors conclude that NAFTA raised external trade and foreign investment inflows and had a modest …
Lessons from NAFTA
for Latin America and the Caribbean
Av Daniel Lederman, William F. Maloney m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
560 kr
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Analyzing the experience of Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the authors draw lessons for other countries considering free trade agreements with the United States. The authors conclude that NAFTA raised external trade and foreign investment inflows and had a modest …
Privatization in Latin America
Myths and Reality
Av Alberto Chong, Florencio Lopez de Silanes
Häftad, 2005
746 kr
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Privatization in Latin America represents the first systemic economic analysis of the efficiency and distributive effect of privatization in Latin America. Examining the privatization experience of six Latin American countries-Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia-Privatization in …
Beyond Reforms
Structural Dynamics and Macroeconomic Vulnerability
Inbunden, 2005
2483 kr
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This collection presents the difficult challenges of the new economic era as well as a set of alternative economic policies for managing the open Latin American economies of the early twenty-first century. Ideas that were removed from the reform agenda over the past two decades are seen as critical …
Beyond Reforms
Structural Dynamics and Macroeconomic Vulnerability
Häftad, 2005
746 kr
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This collection presents the difficult challenges of the new economic era as well as a set of alternative economic policies for managing the open Latin American economies of the early twenty-first century. Ideas that were removed from the reform agenda over the past two decades are seen as critical …
State of State Reform
Av Eduardo Lora
Häftad, 2006
671 kr
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Latin America suffered a profound state crisis in the 1980s, which prompted not only the wave of macroeconomic and deregulation reforms known as the Washington Consensus, but also a wide variety of institutional or 'second generation' reforms. The State of State Reform in Latin America reviews and …
From Inside Brazil
Development in a Land of Contrasts
Av Vinod Thomas
Häftad, 2006
525 kr
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Brazil faces important issues as to whether and how socio-economic and political reforms will be pursued with urgency and persistence. This book presents a strong agenda and action plan to achieve for Brazil both economic growth and improved welfare for its citizens. The book begins by examining …
From Inside Brazil
Development in a Land of Contrasts
Av Vinod Thomas
Inbunden, 2006
2387 kr
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Brazil faces important issues as to whether and how socio-economic and political reforms will be pursued with urgency and persistence. This book presents a strong agenda and action plan to achieve for Brazil both economic growth and improved welfare for its citizens. The book begins by examining …
Beyond Survival
Protecting Households from Health Shocks in Latin America
Av Cristian C. Baeza, Truman G. Packard
Häftad, 2006
435 kr
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Beyond Survival: Protecting Households from Health Shocks in Latin America breaks new ground in the ongoing debate about health finance and financial protection from the costs of health care. The evidence and discussion support the need to consider financial protection, in addition to health …
Natural Resources
Neither Curse nor Destiny
Av Daniel Lederman, William F. Maloney
Inbunden, 2006
3284 kr
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For almost as long as economics has been a profession, the role of natural resources in the promotion of economic growth has been among the core issues of development theory. Some newer theories suggest that natural riches produce institutional weaknesses as various social groups attempt to capture …
Emerging Capital Markets and Globalization
The Latin American Experience
Av Augusto De La Torre, Sergio Schmukler
Häftad, 1960
580 kr
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Back in the early 1990s, economists and policy makers had high expectations about the prospects for domestic capital market development in emerging economies, particularly in Latin America. Unfortunately, they are now faced with disheartening results. Stock and bond markets remain illiquid and …
Emerging Capital Markets and Globalization
The Latin American Experience
Av Augusto de la Torre, Sergio Schmukler
Häftad, 2006
405 kr
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This book sheds light on the analytical, empirical, and policy dimensions of a basic stylized fact - that the development of local capital markets in most of Latin America has been quite poor relative to other emerging economies and to global trends. Importantly, it discusses the implications for …
Investor Protection and Corporate Governance
Firm-level Evidence Across Latin America
Av Alberto Chong, Florencio Silanes m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
417 kr
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The papers in this book constitute the largest firm-level corporate governance analysis undertaken across Latin American countries. The new datasets in the book allow the researchers to conclude that companies with better self-imposed firm-level governance practices or with listings in U.S. markets …
Innovative Experiences in Access to Finance
Market-Friendly Roles for the Visible Hand?
Av Augusto de la Torre, Juan Carlos Gozzi m. fl.
Häftad, 2017
475 kr
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Interest in access to finance and awareness of its importance have increased significantly since the early 2000s. Growing evidence suggests that lack of access to credit prevents many households and firms from financing high-return investment projects, which has an adverse effect on growth and …
New Policies for Mandatory Defined Contribution Pensions
Industrial Organization Models and Investment Products
Av Gregorio Impavido, Esperanza Lasagabaster m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
348 kr
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Mandatory defined contribution pension markets are present in a growing number of countries around the world. But despite their popularity, policymakers continue to struggle with two key policy concerns. On the one hand, a number of design shortcomings encourages pension firms to charge high …
New Century, Old Disparities
Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean
Av Hugo Nopo
Häftad, 2012
308 kr
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After a sustained economic growth period at the end of the last century and the beginning of this one, Latin America still faces high inequality and lower well-being indicators among women, afro-descendants, and indigenous peoples. This is a period in which the world and particularly Latin America …
From Right to Reality
Incentives, Labor Markets, and the Challenge of Universal Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean
Av Helena Ribe, David Robalino m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
462 kr
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Inequality and entrenched poverty has been decreasing in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, due in significant part to expansion of social protection programs within the region. Innovations such as well-targeted conditional cash transfer programs and noncontributory pensions or health …
Emerging Issues in Financial Development
Lessons from Latin America
Av Tatiana Didier, Sergio Schmukler
Häftad, 2013
475 kr
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Since the last wave of financial crises in the late-1990s and early 2000s, the financial systems of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have continued to gain in soundness, depth, and diversity. For all the gains, however, many challenges remain. In many respects, LAC’s financial services …
Entrepreneurship in Latin America
A Step Up the Social Ladder?
Av World Bank, Eduardo Lora m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
358 kr
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This book looks at both the potential and limits of policies to promote entrepreneurship as an important vehicle for social mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean. Who are the region’s entrepreneurs? They tend to be middle-aged males with secondary and, often, tertiary education who represent …
Great Teachers
How to Raise Student Learning in Latin America and the Caribbean
Av Barbara Bruns, Javier Luque
Häftad, 2014
449 kr
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Over seven million teachers file into classrooms across Latin America and the Caribbean every day. These women and men represent four percent of the region's overall labour force, over twenty percent of its professional workers, and their salaries absorb close to four percent of the region's GDP. …
Beyond Commodities
The Growth Challenge of Latin America and the Caribbean
Av Jorge Thompson Araujo, Markus Brueckner m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
358 kr
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During the 2000s, the Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) saw a decade of growth and income convergence. Its growth performance was also especially pro-poor. Understanding the factors underlying the region’s growth is critical for policy design going forward. This volume reassesses these …
Left Behind
Chronic Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
Av Renos Vakis, Jamele Rigolini m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
358 kr
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Chronic poverty raises perhaps the most complex and difficult challenge for governments around the world. Chronic poverty refers to those people that persistently live in low levels of welfare over long periods, as opposed to vulnerable populations that may get in and out of poverty due to shocks. …
Stop the Violence in Latin America
A Look at Prevention from Cradle to Adulthood
Av Laura Chioda
Häftad, 2017
348 kr
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The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has the undesirable distinction of being the world’s most violent region, with 24.7 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants. The magnitude of the problem is staggering and persistent. Of the top 50 most violent cities in the world, 42 are in LAC. In 2010 …
Cashing in on Education
Women, Childcare, and Prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Av Mercedes Mateo Díaz, Lourdes Rodriguez-Chamussy
Häftad, 2016
462 kr
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Investments in education across countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have transformed the lives of millions of girls and the prospects of their families and societies. Unleashing the full economic potential of women is nevertheless still a curtailed issue in the region: just about half of …
Who Decides on Social Policy?
Social Networks and the Political Economy of Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Av Alejandro Bonvecchi, Carlos Scartascini m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
462 kr
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This book investigates who decides on social policy combining political economy and social network analysis of social policy formulation processes. Case studies of Argentina, Bolivia, The Bahamas, and Trinidad and Tobago show that societal actors are the main influences in South America while …
Public Spending Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
When Cyclicality Meets Rigidities
Av Daniel Riera-Crichton, Guillermo Vuletin
Häftad, 2024
514 kr
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This report highlights structural differences in public spending policies between emerging markets and industrialized nations. Emerging markets commit to long-term (rigid) spending based on short-term (cyclical) economic conditions, causing challenges in addressing fiscal imbalances and prompting …
