Has aggregate income growth been effective in reducing poverty and inequality in Latin America? / Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet -- Social protection for the unemployed : programs in Latin America / Gustavo Márquez -- Heterogeneity and optimal unemployment insurance / Hugo A. Hopenhayn...

Interest in learning how to make the most of the potential developmental benefits of remittance flows has grown worldwide. Financing the Family adds to that body of knowledge with a summary of recent research that emphasizes experimental approaches, focuses on Central America, and analyzes the...

Improves our understanding of the determinants of well-being in Latin America using a broad "quality-of-life" concept that challenges standard assumptions in economics, including those about the relationship between happiness and income. Builds upon new economic approaches related to the study...

Peer reviews of competition law and policy are a valuable tool to reform and strengthen a country’s competition framework. This peer review of Brazil presents the evolution of its competition regime and assesses its competition law and policy.

Peru underwent a peer review of its competition law and policy in 2018. This report describes and assesses the development of its competition regime, with a focus on current policy and enforcement, and the evolution of competition policy over the last few years.