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International Crises and Policy Responses in the Southern Cone
Borensztein, Eduardo; Castilleja, Liliana; Hernaiz, Daniel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This document analyzes the patterns of fiscal and monetary policy in five economies of the Latin American Southern Cone (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) during four episodes of international crises: 1994, 1997-1999, 2001 and 2008. In contrast with earlier episodes when most...
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Ecuador: Fiscal Stabilization Funds and Prospects
Armijos, Simón Cueva - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
Amongst a favorable economic environment, Ecuador's exceptional oil revenues have bolstered fiscal accounts. Several legal changes have created or modified funds or accounts aimed at saving, earmarking, or using oil-related revenues. This paper discusses oil-related fiscal policies,...
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Elementos de sostenibilidad fiscal en países ricos en hidrocarburos: El caso de Bolivia
Zambrano, Omar; Aguilera-Lizarazu, Gabriela - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Este trabajo analiza el desempeño fiscal de Bolivia a la luz de la expansión y posterior contracción de los precios internacionales de los hidrocarburos entre 2005 y 2009. Se evalúa dicho desempeño desde el punto de vista de la posición estructural de la economía, es decir, descontando...
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Fiscal Policy and Equity: Estimation of the Progressivity and Redistributive Capacity of Taxes and Social Public Expenditure in the Andean Countries
Villela, Luiz Arruda; Roca, Jerónimo; Barreix, Alberto … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This study summarizes the assessment of the impact of fiscal policies on equity in the Andean countries. It evaluates the outcome of the main taxes and social public expenditures on income distribution applying a homogeneous methodology. The full effect of taxes is slightly regressive due to a...
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Recalibrando la medición del balance estructural en Chile
Marcel, Mario; Cabezas, Mabel; Piedrabuena, Bernardita - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
El presente resumen de políticas realiza una revisión sistemática de la metodología de estimación del Balance Estructural (BE) en Chile. Esta revisión no sólo recapitula y evalúa la justificación de la metodología de cálculo del BE actual o las pasadas, sino que explora diversas...
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Manna from Heaven: The Impact of Nonrenewable Resource Revenues on Other Revenues of Resource Exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ossowski, Rolando; Gonzáles-Castillo, Alberto - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper examines the impact of the availability of fiscal revenues from nonrenewable resources on other revenues of Latin American and Caribbean resource-exporting countries. It compares the performance of nonresource revenues in these countries to that in other countries in the region. The...
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Soap Operas for Female Micro Entrepreneur Training
Nakasone, Eduardo; Torero, Maximo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
This paper analyzes the impact of the Strengthening Women Entrepreneurship in Peru (SWEP) program. SWEP trained female …
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Programa de Aplicación de los Principios Generales para los Mercados de Remesas de América Latina y el Caribe: Perú
Latinoamericanos, Centro de Estudios Monetarios; … - Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano … - 2010
Latina y el Caribe - PERU …
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Economic Potential of Remittances from Peruvians in Italy
Puertas, Elisenda Estruch - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Analysis of migrant remittances from Peruvians and Argentines in Italy(demographic and sociological aspects), and feasibility study for building a program to direct and assess the remittances from Peruvian migrants in Italy.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206016
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Peruvian Migration to Japan
Macchiavello, Luis J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
This document is about Peruvian Japanese migration. Peru was the first country in Latin America to establish diplomatic … migration started in 1899. Peru was also the first country in Latin America to receive those migrant Japanese citizens. The … first Japanese foreign investment venture took place in Peru in 1889. …
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