The study questions whether, after a decade of remarkable progress in trade reform, Latin America and the Caribbean really integrates into the global market, offering a promising rapid growth, and good...
The study questions whether, after a decade of remarkable progress in trade reform, Latin America and the Caribbean really integrates into the global market, offering a promising rapid growth, and good...
In the 1990s Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) began to resurface from the lost decade of the 1980s after a sustained reform effort by the countries to enhance the role of market forces and increase...
The key finding of this report is that the euro is not likely to cause any single major change in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). There will, however, be a lot of small effects--in different directions--in...
In the 1990s Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) began to resurface from the lost decade of the 1980s after a sustained reform effort by the countries to enhance the role of market forces and increase...
The paper analyzes the adjustment process in the aftermath of speculative attacks against the currencies of six countries - Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand. Even though the Mexican...
This paper studies labor market flexibility in 13 Latin American countries--Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela--since...
The study focuses on decentralization, referring to the process of returning the political, fiscal, and administrative powers, to sub-national units of government. It examines the decentralization transformation...
The study focuses on decentralization, referring to the process of returning the political, fiscal, and administrative powers, to sub-national units of government. It examines the decentralization transformation...
Over the last twenty years, while developed countries witnessed unparalleled rise in new regulations, developing countries complemented their privatization, with deregulation practices in various sectors...
This report assesses the impact of regulatory regimes on the market performance of private pension funds in Latin American countries that have undertaken reforms of their pension systems. It focuses, in...
The paper analyzes the adjustment process in the aftermath of speculative attacks against the currencies of six countries - Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand. Even though the Mexican...
This study uses a new data set of crime rates for a large sample of countries for the period 1970-1994, based on information from the United Nations World Crime Surveys, to analyze the determinants of...
This report examines the precise nature of the required institutional reforms needed to achieve higher sustained rates of growth and to make a dent in poverty reduction and provides a framework for their...
There is already a large and growing literature about the financial crises in Asia. Some analyses have focused on the mismanagement of the structure of foreign debt, and on the mismanagement of macroeconomic...
The Mexican peso crisis in 1994 brought about gloom, anxiety, and uncertainty in the LAC (Latin America and Caribbean) region. There is a general awareness among policymakers that additional reforms need...
This paper discusses this region's recent epidemic crime and violence as impediments to the realization of sustainable economic growth and the reduction of poverty. The primary focus of this paper is not...
This report examines the precise nature of the required institutional reforms needed to achieve higher sustained rates of growth and to make a dent in poverty reduction and provides a framework for their...
This volume reports on the findings of a conference on managing government exposure to private infrastructure projects. The transfer of risk to private operators should lead to the development of new infrastructure...
This report, based primarily on a 1995 University of the West Indies participatory study, focuses on the complex relationship between violence and urban poverty in Jamaica. The government established the...