We study the long-run and multi-generational effects of a mass education program in Vietnam during the First Indochina War (1946-1954). Difference-in-difference estimations indicate that the children of mothers exposed to the education program had an average of 0.9 more years of education. We...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. DETERMINANTS OF RELATIVE GROWTH PERFORMANCE -- III. THE IMPORTANCE OF MACROECONOMIC STABILITY -- IV. RECENT PROGRESS TOWARD STABILITY AND SUSTAINED GROWTH -- V. SOME LESSONS AND POLICY CHALLENGES -- REFERENCES.

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. MACROECONOMIC VOLATILITY IN LATIN AMERICA: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE -- III. ROLE OF MACROECONOMIC POLICIES -- IV. WHAT'S NEW THIS TIME AROUND? -- V. REMAINING AGENDA -- VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES.

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. REVIEW OF PREVIOUS STUDIES -- III. DATA AND SPECIFICATION -- IV. BASIC RESULTS -- V. SENSITIVITY CHECKS -- VI. CONNECTIONS WITH OTHER ASPECTS OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT -- VII. THE COMPOSITION OF THE INVESTOR BASE -- VIII. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. METHODOLOGY -- III. SUMMARY RESULTS FOR LATIN AMERICA -- IV. COUNTRY-BY-COUNTRY RESULTS -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX: DATA SOURCES AND DEFINITIONS -- REFERENCES.

This paper estimates the size of the informal economy for 32 mainly Latin American and Caribbean countries in the early 2000s. Using a structural equation modeling approach, we find that a stringent tax system and regulatory environment, higher inflation, and dominance of the agriculture sector...

This paper reviews the nature of central bank involvement in 26 episodes of financial disturbance and crises in Latin America from the mid-1990s onwards. It finds that, except in a handful of cases, large amounts of central bank money were used to cope with large and small crises alike. Pouring...