"Empirically-based study analyzes social consequences of uneven development in Brazil during last two decades. Draws on social, economic, and political indicators; documents social inequality in income, education, housing, and demographic outcomes. Examines trajectories for development, and...

This study aims to evaluate policies that can potentially improve the economic vulnerability of a group of emerging market countries that comprises 23 countries in the period 1998-2007, coping up to 96% of the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global as of December 2007. Through a panel data...