This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs and self-employment in three Latin American and three transition countries. It looks separately at the markets for skilled and unskilled labor, inquiring if segmentation is an exclusive feature of the latter....

This paper studies the effect of leadership on the level and evolution of pro-social behavior using an artefactual field experiment on local public good provision. Participants decide how much to contribute to an actual conservation project. They can then revise their donations after being...

The transition to a market driven development strategy in Latin America for more than a decade has redefined business strategies and reshaped the state`s traditional role as guarantor of employment, stability, and protection. These changes, plus the move to create more flexible labor markets in...

This report follows a study tour undertaken on 5-16 October 2014 by a team of experts from the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), who sought to gain practical knowledge on the operational and institutional aspects of Chilean and Peruvian social programmes and policies. The study tour took...

In this paper the focus is on the strategy formulation processes, specifically supportive methods andstructures, which address various managerial issues concerning discontinuous technologies and radicalinnovation in the early phase of strategic decision-making. In three in-depth case studies how...

Rural non-agricultural employment (RNAE) is being increasingly emphasized as a potential pathway out of rural poverty for people who are unable to secure their income in agriculture. Although average earnings in the rural non-agricultural sector are higher than in agriculture, it is unclear...