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Political institutions, policymaking, and economic policy in Latin America
Ardanaz, Martin; Scartascini, Carlos G.; Tommasi, Mariano - 2010
features that seem to determine development depends on the workings of political institutions, which define how the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247135
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In search of larger per capita incomes : how to prioritize across productivity determinants?
Izquierdo, Alejandro; Llopis, Jimena; Muratori, Umberto; … - 2016
This study is a first contribution to prioritization across productivity determinant capabilities that attempts to obtain the equivalent of a "shadow price" for each of these capabilities by estimating their impact on the success a country may have in reaching higher income per capita groups....
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Surviving competition : neighborhood shops vs. convenience chains
Talamas Marcos, Miguel Ángel - 2023
Hundreds of millions of microenterprises in emerging economies face increased competition from the entry and expansion of large firms that offer similar products. This paper studies how one of the world's most prevalent microenterprises, neighborhood shops, confront competition from convenience...
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REDD and international organizations
Giannini, Valentina - 2010
Climate change mitigation can be achieved, according to many, by means of Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in the Tropics (REDD). Within the climate change policy debate we thus find discussions on how to reduce GHG emissions by designing appropriate REDD programmes...
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Development finance for universal energy access
Gualberti, Giorgio; Bazilian, Morgan; Haites, Erik F.; … - 2012
recognising the urgent need to put energy at the centre of the global development agenda. In parallel, a strong international … these efforts, a dramatic scaling-up of financing to the energy sector will be required through official development aid …, other official flows, climate financing and various private flows. In this paper we analyse the recent evolution of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009506349
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Las reformas estructurales en América Latina : qué se ha reformado y cómo medirlo (versión actualizada)
Lora, Eduardo - 2012
Este documento analiza los grandes cambios en las principales áreas de política económica estructural en América Latina entre 1985 y 2009 y presenta un conjunto de índices que intentan medir qué tan favorables son para el libre funcionamiento de los mercados las políticas comercial,...
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Towards an analytical strategic environmental assessment : the ANSEA network
Jiliberto Herrera, Rodrigo; Alvarez-Arenas, Manuel; … - 2002
The objective of the Analytical Strategic Environmental Assessment method is to provide a complementary and decision-centred approach to the SEA process. The focus is to evaluate the decision-making process instead of the quantitative output of an assessment. Thus, the project provides a...
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Does public investment contribute to increasing institutional and interpersonal trust? : place-based policies for sports and cultural activities in Cali, Colombia
Martínez, Lina María; Sayago, Juan Tomás - 2021
This paper studies the effect of two place-based policies implemented in Cali, Colombia on social capital and trust. We use the CaliBRANDO survey to account for institutional and interpersonal trust, matching neighborhood of residence and where policies are applied. We set up a...
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Conformism, social segregation and cultural assimilation
Russo, Francesco Flaviano - 2021
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Universalization and altruism
Laslier, Jean-François - 2021
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