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This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...
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The literature on aid effectiveness has focused more on recipient policies than the determinants of aid allocation yet a consistent result is that political allies obtain more aid from donors than non-allies. This paper shows that aid allocated to political allies is ineffective for growth,...
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Institutions Division (CMF) of the Inter-American Development Bank. Presented with each chapter as an independent piece, the paper … development and regulation, financial institutions development, banking regulation and supervision, financial inclusion, cluster … development, and small and medium-sized enterprises development. …
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El objetivo de este trabajo es reseñar distintos marcos teóricos para el análisis de las zonas de procesamiento de exportaciones (ZPE). Como no existe una teoría específica de esta herramienta de promoción de las ventas externas, la literatura registra aplicaciones de enfoques...
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achieve economic development. However, many Latin American countries find that their judicial system have important …
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During the 1990s Peru greatly expanded access to formal judicial services in underserved districts through the construction and staffing of justice modules—physical structures which housed courts, prosecutors and public defenders. The intervention was designed to improve judicial coverage for...
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for relatively smaller areas, where the signal reaches a higher fraction of the population. …
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En este trabajo se analiza el vínculo entre la televisión y el divorcio en Brasil mediante el estudio de la variación en la distribución temporal de la disponibilidad de la señal de Rede Globo —la red televisiva que tenía prácticamente el monopolio de las telenovelas en el país— en...
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In this paper, we use a panel approach to study population growth in major cities around the world. We find that major … effects of trade policy on the growth of major cities hinge heavily on geography. While population growth in major cities … located at or near ports does not change after an upsurge of trade flows, population growth in landlocked major cities tends …
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This presentation discusses Singapore's economic performance and industrial strategy of the past and the future. Their …
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