This volume honors Raúl Prebisch's contributions to economic thought and uses his 1970 report Change and Development: Latin America's Great Task as a point of departure for analyzing trends in the region in the 1970s and 1980s. This volume comprises a collection of the papers presented at the...

El libro reseña el camino recorrido por el BID durante la presidencia de Enrique V. Iglesias. Desde la consolidación de su situación financiera y su apoyo a las necedidades de los países de la región hasta la promoción del desarrollo de la microempresa en la región.

Latin American experts demonstrate how market-friendly measures in key policy areas can promote greater equity and efficiency. By identifying win-win strategies, the authors challenge the conventional wisdom that there is always a tradeoff between these two objectives. This volume shows how...

Beyond Small Change examines the phenomenon of migrant remittances in hopes of contributing to international understanding of remittances, promoting better policies and practices in this area, and turning migrant workers' hard-won resources into a source of development for their homelands. This...

This overview of the first 40 years of the Inter-American Development Bank shows that the main source of financing for development in Latin America and the Caribbean has been an innovative and flexible institution.Abstract: Esta es una reseña de los primeros 40 años de actividad del Banco...

In Justice Delayed, leading authorities on law and economics from Latin America and the United States analyze the problems of Latin America's judicial sector and propose strategies for solving them.Abstract: Este libro recoge los trabajos presentados en la Segunda Conferencia sobre Justicia y...

En este libro se examinan las duras condiciones de la crisis económica sufrida por América Latina en los años ochenta, y la complejidad de los esfuerzos de ajustes y reformas estructurales emprendidos por estos países para restablecer la estabilidad y el crecimiento y corregir el deterioro...

This book presents the proceedings of a seminar on the need for administrative, judicial and legislative reform in Latin American and the Caribbean, held in San José, Costa Rica, February 4-6,1993. Issues addressed include judicial management, training, and administration.Abstract: Esta...

Results and analysis of a poll in Japan: Study of Latin American immigrants from Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay, living and working in Japan