explore empirically these issues using household data covering nine episodes from four Latin American countries (Brazil …, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru). They find that in these countries standard CPI inflation typically reflects the inflation rate … generally exceed the actual changes in real inequality. These results are robust to correcting for quality change bias in the …

This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture in Panama, with focus … America, Panama has submitted one national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC …. Panama counts with only five Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, none of which are in the agricultural sector. It is …

The Poverty Assessment for Panama, Toward Effective Poverty Reduction, focuses on: analyzing poverty, inequality, human … development, GDP growth and other social indicators in Panama between 1997 and 2003; providing analytical and advisory support to … the Government of Panama aimed at implementing a new strategic vision for poverty reduction; and supporting the country in …

Panama is experiencing spectacular economic growth, averaging 7.5 percent during 2004-06; a construction boom; and … urban and indigenous areas). Key development challenges for Panama include: (a) sustaining its accelerated recent growth … successful strategy to meet these challenges. The main objective of the Panama Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) is to provide …

Panama is one of the richest and fastest growing economies in Latin America; however it is considered a country of … poverty in Panama between 1997 and 2008 at both the national level and by region, ethnicity and gender. It presents … dataset, there are now three comparable household surveys that allow for the study of the evolution of poverty in Panama …

practices in Panama. Much progress has been made since the drafting of the new Securities and Banking Laws in the late 1990s … stricter monitoring of the quality of disclosure. …