This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the V Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on May 22nd and 23ed, 2003. In Brazil, on average 80% of persons released from the prison system return to prison; up to 99% are...

Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Reducción de la Pobreza y Protección Social del Diálogo Regional de Política para la V Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 22 y 23 de mayo de 2003. En Brasil, un promedio del 80% de los liberados del sistema penitenciario vuelven a la...

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the V Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on May 22nd and 23ed, 2003. In Brazil, on average 80% of persons released from the prison system return to prison; up to 99% are...

River dynamics involve complex, incompletely understoodinteractions among flow, sediment transport and channel form.The capacity to predict these interactions is essential for avariety of river management problems, including channelmigration, width adjustment and habitat development. To...

El principal objetivo de la serie "Panorama de las Administraciones Públicas" consiste en proporcionar datos fiables e internacionalmente comparables sobre las actividades del gobierno y sus resultados en los países miembros de la OCDE. Al ampliar el alcance a otras regiones del mundo,...

La tributación en América Latina y el Caribe es considerada en gran parte como un medio de generar ingresos para mantener el gobierno en funcionamiento. En los últimos años, se ha avanzado hacia un aumento de los ingresos totales, pero la mayoría de los países de la región aún sigue a la...

This book contains a selection of the major presentations from the conference: "Policy-Based Finance and Alternatives for Financial Market Development" held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in early 1996. It explores the generally successful East Asian experiences with policy-based finance and...

In a world in which 50 percent of the population is virtually excluded from the benefits of information and communication technology, bridging the digital gap has become an imperative for the international community, particularly for the industrialized countries. The objective of this study is...

Esta publicação é o resultado de uma reflexão, desenvolvida conjuntamente por membros do governo brasileiro, a academia e o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, acerca do paradoxo que representa importância das regiões metropolitanas para o desenvolvimento brasileiro x a fragilidade de...