In this best practice paper a mixed integer optimization approach to the selection of sanitary landfill site sizes and locations in a regional context is explained and illustrated using stylized cost and location information adapted from a real case study. After reviewing the basics of the...

This document is about foreign workers in Japan, the evolution of immigration policy in this country, working conditions and social security. In order to sustain the Japanese economy and its society, the United Nations, OECD, and the Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) have suggested...

This document was prepared in the context of the Program for the "Improvement of Surveys and the Measurement of Living Conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean" (ISLC/MECOVI). Bolivia ranks among Latin America's so-called "early adjusters". While Bolivia's economic reforms, which began in...

The paper aims to communicate to the Latin American audience both factual evidence regarding the Asian experience, and the possible implications of this historical legacy for contemporary Latin American economic development strategies.

This paper proposes an integrated framework to analyze jointly two key issues: the emergence of global imbalances and the precautionary motive for accumulating reserves. Standard models of general equilibrium would predict modest current account surpluses in the emerging markets if they face...

A labor supply and demand model is presented where three main determinants of the wage differential are investigated: trade openness, technology transfer and labor supply. Findings show that increased trade openness is related to reductions in wage differentials.

Source material and background information for an earlier remittances study by various multilateral organizations.