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Book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

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:

Book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean  1999

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:

Book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

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.

Book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

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 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Development Economics  1995

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Bruno
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN : 9780821332801
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book Development Economics 1995 written by Michael Bruno and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book First Annual Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book First Annual Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Shahid Jved Burki and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America  1997

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.

Book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean  1998

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.

Book Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1995

Download or read book Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1995 written by Michael Bruno and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. The 1995 conference continued the tradition of holding a roundtable discussion related to the subject of the forthcoming annual World Development Report (*), in this case, economies in transition. The conference addressed four themes: redistribution with growth; demographic change and development; aid and development; and fiscal decentralization. Among the articles included in the 1995 proceedings are: - Argentina's Miracle? From Hyperinflation to Sustained Growth. Domingo F. Cavallo and Guillermo Mondino - Inequality, Poverty, and Growth: Where Do We Stand? Albert Fishlow - Government Provision and Regulation of Economic Support in Old Age. Peter Diamond - Is Growth in Developing Countries Beneficial to Industrial Countries? Richard N. Cooper - Fiscal Federalism and Decentralization: A Review of Some Efficiency and Macroeconomic Aspects. Vito Tanzi.

Book Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

Download or read book Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Marianne Fay and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2017-08-02 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) does not have the infrastructure it needs, or deserves, given its income. Many argue that the solution is to spend more; by contrast, this report has one main message: Latin America can dramatically narrow its infrastructure service gap by spending efficiently on the right things. This report asks three questions: what should LAC countries’ goals be? How can these goals be achieved as cost-effectively as possible? And who should pay to reach these goals? In doing so, we drop the ‘infrastructure gap’ notion, favoring an approach built on identifying the ‘service gap’. Benchmarking Latin America in this way reveals clear strengths and weaknesses. Access to water and electricity is good, with the potential for the region’s electricity sector to drive competitive advantage; by contrast, transport and sanitation should be key focus areas for further development. The report also identifies and analyses some of the emerging challenges for the region—climate change, increased demand and urbanization—that will put increasing pressure on infrastructure and policy makers alike. Improving the region’s infrastructure performance in the context of tight fiscal space will require spending better on well identified priorities. Unlike most infrastructure diagnostics, this report argues that much of what is needed lies outside the infrastructure sector †“ in the form of broader government issues—from competition policy, to budgeting rules that no longer solely focus on controlling cash expenditures. We also find that traditional recommendations continue to apply regarding independent, well-performing regulators and better corporate governance, and highlight the critical importance of cost recovery where feasible and desirable, as the basis for future commercial finance of infrastructure services. Latin America has the means and potential to do better; and it can do so by spending more efficiently on the right things.

Book Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 1997

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:

Book At a Crossroads

    Book Details:
  • Author : María Marta Ferreyra
  • Publisher : World Bank Publications
  • Release : 2017-05-18
  • ISBN : 146481015X
  • Pages : 387 pages

Download or read book At a Crossroads written by María Marta Ferreyra and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean has expanded dramatically in the past 15 years, as the average gross enrollment rate has more than doubled, and many new institutions and programs have been opened. Although higher education access has become more equitable, and higher education supply has become more varied, many of the 'new' students in the system are, on average, less academically ready than are their more advantaged counterparts. Furthermore, only half of higher education students, on average, complete their degree, and labor market returns to higher education vary greatly across institutions and programs. Thus, higher education is at a crossroads today. Given the region's urgency to raise productivity in a low-growth, fiscally constrained environment, going past this crossroads requires the formation of skilled human capital fast and efficiently. 'At a Crossroads: Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean' contributes to the discussion by studying quality, variety, and equity of higher education in Latin America and the Caribbean. The book presents comprehensive evidence on the recent higher education expansion and evolution of higher education labor market returns. Using novel data and state-of-the-art methods, it studies demand and supply drivers of the recent expansion. It investigates the behavior of institutions and students and explores the unintended consequences of large-scale higher education policies. Framing the analysis are the singular characteristics of the higher education market and the market segmentation induced by the variety of students and institutions in the system. At this crossroads, a role emerges for incentives, information, accountability, and choice."