In this paper, the authors discuss in detail a number of channels through which RIA could affect the location of FDI. In addition to clarifying the main effects at play, this conceptual discussion should help lay down a roadmap for the empirical exercises that follow. First, a brief stylized...

Este documento surge a solicitud del Grupo Mercado Común del MERCOSUR, y presenta la recopilación de los trabajos presentados en la reunión del Diálogo Subregional de Viceministros sobre Armonización Tributaria en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, en junio de 2004. El documento contiene un...

Although science has unlocked the secrets of the human genome, the causes of social and economic development remain stubbornly enigmatic. Why do some countries adopt new technologies more readily than others? Why does income inequality persist in some regions--even in the face of rapid economic...

This book is based on a conference entitled "Regional Public Goods and Regional Development Assistance", held in Washington, D.C. on November 6-7, 2002. It examines how the IDB and the ADB support the provision of regional public goods (RPGs) in Latin America and Asia, respectively. RPGs are...

This book presents the proceedings of a seminar on the need for administrative, judicial and legislative reform in Latin American and the Caribbean, held in San José, Costa Rica, February 4-6,1993. Issues addressed include judicial management, training, and administration.Abstract: Esta...

Total Western Hemisphere exports to the world fell by over 6 percent in 2002, continuing the decline recorded in 2001 but at a lower rate. The international recovery evident in early 2002 subsequently lost momentum and the downturn has continued to have adverse effects on the trade of the Americas.