Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America 1997 Trade Toward Open Regionalism written by Shahid J Burki and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America 1997 written by Shahid Javed Burki and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third Annual Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) focuses on trade liberalization policy, specifically " open regionalism, " a term coined to describe the fact that 1) regionalism has gone hand in hand with unilateral trade opening:statistics on tariff and non-tariff measures affecting imports show that protectionist policies have been dismantled in the major LAC countries during the last decade; 2) regionalism has gone hand in hand with a substantial liberalization of investment regimes:provisions, including national treatment provisions, in regional trading arrangements show that several LAC countries treat foreign direct investment on exactly the same footing as domestic investment; and 3) most LAC countries are willing to participate in building a hemispheric free-trade zone and have been active, pro-liberalization members of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Speeches emphasized the political returns from trade integration:reciprocal lock-in, alliances created among pro-reform factions, pro-integration movements across countries, civil society integration, more-likely peaceful settlements to disputes, and general advancement of harmony in the Western Hemisphere through atmospherics, through positive incentive structures, and through cross-country coalitions. Because these positive linkages are largely implicit and not unduly burdensome, they make regional integration consistent with convergence toward global trade integration.
Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 1997 written by Shahid Javed Burki and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1997 written by Boris Pleskovic and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) brings together the world's leading scholars and development practitioners for a lively debate on state-of-the-art thinking in development policy and the implications for the global economy. The 17th conference was held in Dakar, Senegal, on January 27, 2005. The theme of the conference was growth and integration, which was divided into five topics: growth and integration, financial reforms, economic development, trade and development, and investment climate.
Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 1999 written by Shahid Javed Burki and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Shahid Javed Burki and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2000 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth ABCD-LAC focuses on decentralisation and the need to bring governments closer to the people in a rapidly changing global economic environment.
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Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Shahid Javed Burki and published by Washington, D.C. : World Bank. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 1998 written by Shahid Javed Burki and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects the papers which were presented at the Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin Aerica and the Caribbean that the topics were about financial system and economic development.
Download or read book Informality written by Guillermo Perry and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes informality in Latin America, exploring root causes and reasons for and implications of its growth. This book uses two distinct but complementary lenses. It concludes that reducing informality levels and overcoming the "culture of informality" will require actions to increase aggregate productivity in the economy.
Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 2008 Regional written by Justin Yifu Lin and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This annual conference is a global gathering of the world's leading scholars and practitioners. Among the attendees are participants from developing countries, think tanks, NGOs, and international institutions. These papers concern issues such as: Higher Education and International Migration in Asia: Brain Circulation; Interfaces in Higher Education: Two Sector in Sync?; Financing Higher Education: Lessons from developed economies, options for developing economies; Well-springs of Modern Economic Growth: Higher Education, Innovation and Local Economic Development; Higher Education, Innovation.
Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1998 written by Boris Pleskovic and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1998 Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, the tenth anniversary, was held at the Bank on April 20-21, 1998. The discussions focused on four areas of inquiry:1) the role of geography in countries'success, 2) the role of effective competition and regulatory policies, 3) the causes of financial crises and ways to prevent them, and 4) the effects of ethnic diversity on democracy and growth. The welcoming address by World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn, the opening remarks by chief Economist Joseph Stiglitz, and the tenth anniversary address by the International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Stanley Fischer all focused both on the role of the conference and on the changing perspectives for development.
Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 1996 written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report of the proceedings of the Second Annual Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (ABCD-LAC) focuses on prospects for reducing poverty and improving inequality. Latin America is one of two regions in which the incidence of poverty has increased over the last ten years. Not only has the number of poor increased, but also has the proportion of the poor. This region has the most pronounced income disparity of all developing regions in the world, and poverty is becoming a predominantly urban phenomenon. The crises in Mexico and Argentina have vividly demonstrated that economic shocks can have severe consequences on both income distribution and the incidence of poverty. Among the special groups identified as needing assistance are indigenous people, women--particularly female heads of households, and children. Conference outcomes include the need to create societies where equal opportunities are accessible to all; the importance of creating conditions for human capital development; the view that public policy must integrate women into any poverty-alleviating strategy; the major role for the press and the media in influencing communities and their behavior toward less-privileged groups; the expansion of access to maternal and child services and to credit to support entrepreneurship; and the need to build the capacity of indigenous communities while preserving their identity.
Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 1996 written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report of the proceedings of the Second Annual Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (ABCD-LAC) focuses on prospects for reducing poverty and improving inequality. Latin America is one of two regions in which the incidence of poverty has increased over the last ten years. Not only has the number of poor increased, but also has the proportion of the poor. This region has the most pronounced income disparity of all developing regions in the world, and poverty is becoming a predominantly urban phenomenon. The crises in Mexico and Argentina have vividly demonstrated that economic shocks can have severe consequences on both income distribution and the incidence of poverty. Among the special groups identified as needing assistance are indigenous people, women--particularly female heads of households, and children. Conference outcomes include the need to create societies where equal opportunities are accessible to all; the importance of creating conditions for human capital development; the view that public policy must integrate women into any poverty-alleviating strategy; the major role for the press and the media in influencing communities and their behavior toward less-privileged groups; the expansion of access to maternal and child services and to credit to support entrepreneurship; and the need to build the capacity of indigenous communities while preserving their identity.
Download or read book Accounting for Poverty in Infrastructure Reform written by Antonio Estache and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation This book provides practical guidelines and options for infrastructure reform that result in access and affordability for the poor. It includes a new model for reform that consists of three main components - policies, regulation, and provision which when properly balanced minimize the risks associated with reform.
Download or read book Indigenous People and Poverty in Latin America written by George Psacharopoulos and published by Ashgate Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous people constitute a large portion of Latin America's population and suffer from severe and widespread poverty. They are more likely than any other groups of a country's population to be poor. This study documents their socioeconomic situation and shows how it can be improved through changes in policy-influenced variables such as education. The authors review the literature of indigenous people around the world and provide a statistical overview of those in Latin America. Case studies profile the indigenous populations in Bolivia, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru, examining their distribution, education, income, labour force participation and differences in gender roles. A final chapter presents recommendations for conducting future research.
