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The Emergence of China: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: El impacto de China: Oportunidades y retos para América Latina y el Caribe
Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés; Devlin, Robert; … - Inter-American Development Bank
China's size, rapid growth, external openness, and trade performance have led to varying perceptions among the countries of Latin America: Is China a potential new market, a potent new competitor, or both? This book assesses the near-term strategic implications of China's economic performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943484
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Revisiting Economic Growth in Colombia: A Microeconomic Perspective
Arjona, Marcela Meléndez; Harker, Arturo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
particular spin to this conclusion by showing that investment decisions at the firm level are also explained by the restoration …, perhaps the most relevant result is the confirmation that in Colombia, investment decisions are negatively affected by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943928
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Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Investment?: Micro Evidence from Developing Countries
Galindo, Arturo José; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Weiss, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
also developed a summary index of the efficiency of investment allocation that measures whether, and to what extent …, investment funds are going to firms with a higher marginal return to capital. Then it was examined the relationship between this … has led to an increase in the efficiency with which investment funds are allocated. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944537
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Country Program Evaluation: Trinidad and Tobago (2000-2008) Title: Evaluación del programa de país: Trinidad y Tobago (2000-2008)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2009
The 2000-2008 Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for Trinidad and Tobago (RE-353) was conducted by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight to inform the Board's discussion with IDB Management regarding future strategy for each country. It involved three weeks of missions to both Trinidad and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673378
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The Emergence of China: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: El impacto de China: Oportunidades y retos para América Latina y el Caribe
Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés; Devlin, Robert; … - Inter-American Development Bank
China's size, rapid growth, external openness, and trade performance have led to varying perceptions among the countries of Latin America: Is China a potential new market, a potent new competitor, or both? This book assesses the near-term strategic implications of China's economic performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772418
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Growing Pains: Binding Constraints to Productive Investment in Latin America
Blyde, Juan; Cuevas, Mario; Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Why are growth rates in Latin America so disappointing? This book reviews the results of an ambitious research project to determine the binding constraints to growth, that is, the barrier whose removal would yield the greatest benefit in terms of growth. Included are case studies from seven...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943364
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Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: The Role of European Investors Title: Inversión extranjera directa en América Latina: El papel de los inversores europeos
Maffioli, Alessandro; Vos, Rob; Binetti, Carlo; … - Inter-American Development Bank
corporate investment strategies in Latin America.Abstract: La inversión extranjera directa (IED) en América Latina alcanzó …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943368
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Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America: Perspectives of the Major Investors
Vodusek, Ziga (contributor) - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
This book focuses in detail on the analysis of foreign direct investment flows to Latin America and the Caribbean from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943425
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China's and India's Challenge to Latin America: Opportunity or Threat?
Calderón, César; Casacuberta, Carlos; Castro, Lucio; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The economic successes of China and India are viewed with admiration but also with concern because of the effects that the growth of these Asian economies may have on the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. The evidence in 'China's and India's Challenge to Latin America' indicates that...
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Development of Rural Economies in Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Desarrollo de las economías rurales en América Latina y el Caribe
Berdegué, Julio A.; Piñeiro, Martín; Escobar, Germán; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Poverty has a high social cost for countries of the region: it negatively affects all aspects of society because of migration to the cities, destabilizing political consequences, and the pressures that poverty exerts on the environment. This book looks for new ways to alleviate rural poverty,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943434