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The Latin American and Caribbean Energy Review 2003
Garrón, Mauricio; Villarreal, Alejandro; Chiliquinga, Byron - EconWPA - 2005
The 2003 Energy review,contains information about the 2003 energy situation of each of our member countries, regional data, as well as economic and social indicators corrected and extended through historical series. It presents and innovative structure for analysis that allows the reader to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118923
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Monitoring Banking Sector Fragility
Kibritcioglu, Aykut - EconWPA - 2002
In the financial crisis literature, it is usually argued that, contrary to the case of currency crises, building a time series index to identify banking crisis episodes is highly difficult, particularly because of the lack of reliable data on banking sector variables (non-performing loans,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126447
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A discrete martingale model of pension fund guarantees in
Fischer, Klaus P. - EconWPA - 1998
contributions. These guarantees exist by law in Colombia and cover all pension fund contributions made to the country's private …
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Social Security in Theory and Practice: An Essay
Stanko, Dariusz - EconWPA - 2004
Understanding the role and functions of social policy and social security systems is a key point for a discussion on reforms of the retirement systems. In this essay I describe the subject and range of social policy in the modern welfare state. The work has a descriptive character and aims at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005560967
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Globalization, Domestic Politics and Social Spending in Latin
Kaufman, Robert R.; Segura-Ubiergo, Alex - EconWPA - 2005
This paper analyzes the impact of globalization on social spending in Latin America. It shows that trade integration has a consistently negative effect on social security expenditures, and that this effect is compounded by higher integration into capital markets. The importance of political...
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Microfinance Market Niches and Client Profiles in Bolivia
Gonzalez-Vega, Claudio; Meyer, Richard L.; Navajas, Sergio - EconWPA - 2001
microfinance organizations believed to be among the best in Bolivia. These lenders represent different combinations of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134580
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Econometric Model for Cement demand and supply in Bolivia
Mattos, Melitón Ramirez - EconWPA - 2005
This document introduce the obtained results of the econometric estimation of cement demand and supply in Bolivia …
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CASO ZURICH Y BSCH EN BOLIVIA
Rubio, Fernando - EconWPA - 2004
El caso analiza la hipotética compra por parte del Grupo español Santander Central Hispano de la AFP Futuro de Bolivia … Bolivia, la posición competitiva de la AFP Futuro de Bolivia en tal negocio, la valoración de esta empresa y, por ultimo, los …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005413153
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The Expected Impact and the Natural Gas Bussines in Bolivia
Bozo, Mauricio Garron - EconWPA - 2003
El presente documento realiza un análisis del negocio del Gas Natural en Bolivia y de sus posibles impactos en las …,5 puntos porcentuales. De la retrospectiva realizada del negocio del gas en Bolivia, se concluye que la normativa que acompañó … Bolivia como país excedente de reservas para otorgarles un mejor aprovechamiento impulsando el desarrollo de nuevos proyectos …
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Sustained Macroeconomic Reforms, Tepid Growth: A Governance Puzzle in Bolivia?
Kaufmann, Daniel; Mastruzzi, Massimo; Zavaleta, Diego - EconWPA - 2003
empirical approaches, or on mere qualitative narrative. Consequently, the approach undertaken here for the case of Bolivia is of … explanations of Bolivia's performance; iii) an empirical analysis of the country's enterprise sector performance on the basis of a … detailed firm- level survey conducted recently in 80 countries, and, iv) an empirical analysis of Bolivia's public agencies …
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