El presente documento busca desarrollar opciones para reestructurar los sistemas de salud. En particular, intenta examinar las deficiencias de los modelos actuales y ofrecer una alternativa. Nuestro enfoque es sistemático, en cuanto a que analiza cada elemento dentro de un marco coherente, así...

El desarrollo de América Latina en las últimas décadas no ha sido equitativo. La región ha tenido el grado de desigualdad mas alto del mundo. Ello permea la opinión pública, los círculos intelectuales y la orientación de las políticas públicas. Este breve documento de discusión...

This paper studies the empirical links among factor endowments, trade, and personal income distribution. The motivation is that many developing countries have implemented radical trade reforms in recent years. These reforms have changed relative prices, induced a reallocation of resources, and...

The objective of this work is to assess the changes in poverty and inequality that have taken place in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1970 to 1995, with special emphasis on the 1990s. The main distinctive characteristic of the study is that rather than focusing on individual country...

This paper studies the empirical links among factor endowments, trade, and personal income distribution. The motivation is that many developing countries have implemented radical trade reforms in recent years. These reforms have changed relative prices, induced a reallocation of resources, and...

The objective of this work is to assess the changes in poverty and inequality that have taken place in Latin America and the Caribbean from 1970 to 1995, with special emphasis on the 1990s. The main distinctive characteristic of the study is that rather than focusing on individual country...

El desarrollo de América Latina en las últimas décadas no ha sido equitativo. La región ha tenido el grado de desigualdad mas alto del mundo. Ello permea la opinión pública, los circulos intelectuales y la orientación de las políticas públicas. Este breve documento de discusión evalúa...

El presente documento busca desarrollar opciones para reestructurar los sistemas de salud. En particular, intenta examinar las deficiencias de los modelos actuales y ofrecer una alternativa. Nuestro enfoque es sistemático, en cuanto a que analiza cada elemento dentro de un marco coherente, así...

(Available only in Spanish) This document seeks to develop options for restructuring health systems in the region. In particular it examines the deficiencies of the current models and offers an alternative. Our approach is systematic because it analyses each element in a coherent framework, and...

This paper studies the empirical links among factor endowments, trade, and personal income distribution. The motivation is that many developing countries have implemented radical trade reforms in recent years. These reforms have changed relative prices, induced a reallocation of resources, and...