This report reviews and analyzes key aspects of the bloc's integration process in relation to both the internal and external agendas in the period from July 2009 to June 2010. The opening two chapters respectively analyze the macroeconomic outlook of the economies of the Southern Common Market...

Since 2001, the Latin American and Caribbean Macro Watch (LMW) has been a key source of independent macroeconomic analysis for regional monitoring and forecasts. Data is organized at the global, sub-regional, and country level, the latter typically divided into economic activity and employment,...

This report, prepared by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu transfer pricing specialists with the funding of the IDB, compares the transfer pricing regulations in the OECD guidelines, and in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the United States, and Venezuela.

This second presentation discusses: 1) A framework of incentives for risk management; 2) The identification of economic instruments for environmental and natural resource management; 3) Strategic actions to reduce the risk of disasters by means of environmental management economic instruments;...

The main objective of the study is to assess the extent to which participatory budgeting (OP) is fostering the efficient and democratic allocation of resources and citizen involvement in the planning and management of their localities. The report draws upon extensive field research undertaken by...

MERCOSUR Report No. 16 - July 2010-June 2011 - analyzes the macroeconomic outlook and trade flows of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) countries, as well as the main aspects of the block's integration process, in terms both of its internal and external agendas.

MERCOSUR has become less operational, despite government claims that it will continue to play a leading role in the international insertion strategies of its member countries for some years. The current crisis is clearly far from over. It is important to note that the enormous difficulties that...

In the first half of 1997, MERCOSUR's macroeconomic situation was marked by two trends: first, improved performance in terms of output and inflation rates, in a context of relative fiscal fragility and external vulnerability; and second, convergence in the performance of the different countries,...