Authorities throughout the developing world are turning to downsizing in an effort to reduce budget deficits and address the inefficiencies engendered by state-led development strategies. Because large-scale involuntary dismissals are often politically difficult, a voluntary approach to...

Ecuadorian labor costs are said to be high because of the existence of many mandated benefits. Using the 1994 Living Standards Measurement Survey, the authors show that the effect of these benefits is actually mitigated by a reduction of base earnings, that is, of the foundation on which they...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview: Toward Great Dhaka -- The promise and pitfalls of urbanization -- A South Asian hub -- The cost of inaction -- A more prosperous Bangladesh -- Chapter 1 Dhaka: Dynamic but Messy --...