Latin America suffered a profound state crisis in the 1980s, which prompted not only the wave of macroeconomic and deregulation reforms known as the Washington Consensus, but also a wide variety of institutional or 'second generation' reforms. 'The State of State Reform in Latin America' reviews...

Este documento tiene como objetivo hacer avanzar la discusión generada alrededor del tema de cohesión social así como informar sobre las acciones emprendidas por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) desde que tuviese lugar la Cumbre de Guadalajara en mayo de 2004, que reunió a 58...

On the basis of available data, this paper compares public sector employment and pay in Latin America and the Caribbean. It highlights the methodological challenges of gathering and making valid comparisons on the basis of such data.

Este documento tiene como objetivo hacer avanzar la discusión generada alrededor del tema de cohesión social así como informar sobre las acciones emprendidas por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) desde que tuviese lugar la Cumbre de Guadalajara en mayo de 2004, que reunió a 58...

Latin America suffered a profound state crisis in the 1980s, which prompted not only the wave of macroeconomic and deregulation reforms known as the Washington Consensus, but also a wide variety of institutional or 'second generation' reforms. 'The State of State Reform in Latin America' reviews...

Although science has unlocked the secrets of the human genome, the causes of social and economic development remain stubbornly enigmatic. Why do some countries adopt new technologies more readily than others? Why does income inequality persist in some regions--even in the face of rapid economic...

En este estudio se intenta dar una visión general de la motivación, el diseño, la instrumentación, la operación, el alcance y los resultados del programa Progresa hasta el año 2003.

This book contains a selection of studies discussed at the first and second Regional Meetings on Computable General Equilibrium, which were held, respectively, in Santiago, Chile on 13 and 14 April 2007 with the collaboration of the Centre for International Prospective Studies and Information...

Equality of opportunity is about leveling the playing field so that circumstances such as gender, ethnicity, place of birth, or family background do not influence a person's life chances. Success in life should depend on people's choices, effort and talents, not to their circumstances at birth....

This document represents a contribution made by the Tripartite Committee comprising the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Pathways to...