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The political economy of productivity in Brazil

Alston, Lee J.; Mueller, Bernardo; Melo, Marcus André; … - 2010

This paper explores the link between Brazil's political institutions and its disappointing productivity and growth in … recent decades. Although political institutions provide the president with incentives and the instruments to pursue monetary …

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Public-Private Collaboration on Productive Development Policies in Costa Rica

Cornick, Jorge; Jimenez, Jorge; Román, Marcela - 2014

Public-private collaboration in productive development policy in Costa Rica frequently takes the form of policy co-governance: an autonomous institution in charge of policy for a particular economic sector is created, with a board of directors comprising representatives from both the public and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314118

From Institutions to Financial Development and Growth: What Are the Links?

Fernández Martin, Andrés; Tamayo, César E. - 2015

This paper presents an integrated overview of the literature linking institutions, financial development and economic … impact of institutions on growth through financial development. …

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Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Mexico

Baz, Veronica; Capelo, Maria Cristina; Centeno, Rodrigo; … - 2010

While Mexico has potential to grow rapidly, its economic growth has remained low for the past three decades. There is no consensus on the country's development path or on how to achieve specific goals. Since the policy debate remains ideological and lacks pragmatism, productive development...

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Taxation and economic growth in Latin America

Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; … - 2013

Tax policy is among the most common and relevant instruments in the toolkit of policy-makers when thinking about promoting growth, yet there is not compelling evidence regarding its effect in Latin American countries. Using a variety of approaches, we estimate the effects on growth of the most...

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Public-Private Collaboration on Productive Development Policies in Colombia

Eslava Mejía, Marcela; Meléndez Arjona, Marcela; … - 2014

This Working Paper analyzes the institutions that shape public-private collaboration for the design and implementation … institutions and venues, with public-private collaboration being a pillar of that formal design. This paper focuses on two specific … is that formal institutions have an important potential to advance adequate productive development policies. …

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Towards a "New" Inflation Targeting Framework: The Case of Uruguay

González Rozada, Martín; Sola, Martin - 2014

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Public-Private Collaboration on Productive Development in Chile

Zahler, Andrés; Bravo Ortega, Claudio Cristian; Goya, … - 2014

conclusion that emerges is the importance of having institutions that allow the government to learn from the implementation of …

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The Political Economy of Productivity in Argentina: Interpretation and Illustration

Urbiztondo, Santiago; Cristini, Marcela; Moskovitz, Cynthia - 2009

This paper examines how the main characteristics of Argentina's policymaking process (PMP) affect the productivity of its economy using the conceptual framework presented in Murillo, Scartascini and Tommasi (2008), Stein et al. (2008), Spiller and Tommasi (2007), and IDB (2005). First, the paper...

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Politics, Policies and the Dynamics of Aggregate Productivity in Colombia

Eslava, Marcela; Melendez, Marcela - 2009

This paper describes private actors' involvement in Colombia's policymaking process. While more transparent and formal channels are used to discuss horizontal policies, they are also less effective. The adoption of targeted policies, however, follows a faster track and depends more on political...

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