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Public Spending Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean
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When Cyclicality Meets Rigidities Paperback This report highlights structural differences in public spending policies between emerging markets and industrialized nations. Emerging markets commit to long-term (rigid) spending based on short-term (cyclical) economic conditions, causing...
Who Decides Social Policy?
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Social Networks and the Political Economy of Social Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean Paperback This book investigates who decides on social policy combining political economy and social network analysis of social policy formulation processes. Case studies of Argentina, Bolivia, The...
Fiscal Rules and Economic Size in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Paperback This book provides analytical contributions to the design of fiscal rules in small economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. These economies usually face high levels of output volatility, large terms-of-trade shocks, and exposure to natural disasters.
Wage Inequality in Latin America
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Understanding the Past to Prepare for the Future Paperback What caused the decline in wage inequality of the 2000s in Latin America? Looking to the future, will the current economic slowdown be regressive? Wage Inequality in Latin America addresses these two questions by reviewing relevant...
Innovative Experiences in Access to Finance
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Market-Friendly Roles for the Visible Hand? Paperback Interest in access to finance and awareness of its importance have increased significantly since the early 2000s. Growing evidence suggests that lack of access to credit prevents many households and firms from financing high-return...
Stop the Violence in Latin America
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A Look at Prevention from Cradle to Adulthood Paperback Stop the Violence in Latin America identifies policy interventions that have been shown to affect antisocial behavior early in life and patterns of criminal offending in youth and adults. Particular attention is devoted to recent...
Beyond Commodities
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The Growth Challenge of Latin America and the Caribbean Paperback This book shows that Latin America and the Caribbean?s growth performance over the last decade cannot be attributed to the commodity boom alone: growth-promoting reforms also played a significant role and can continue doing so.
Cashing in on Education
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Women, Childcare, and Prosperity in Latin America and the Caribbean Paperback Cashing In On Education brings new elements to the public policy debate about alternatives that could effectively help remove barriers to female economic participation.
Left Behind
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Chronic Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean Paperback The book takes a close look at the region?s 130 million chronic poor, who and where they are, and the policies that can assist them. Beyond intensifying coordination between programs, policy makers need to adapt programs to...
Work and Family
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Latin American and Caribbean Women in Search of a New Balance Paperback Work and Family sheds light on the complex relationship between stages of economic development and female economic participation. It documents a shift in women?s perceptions whereby work has become a fundamental part of...
Great Teachers
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How to Raise Student Learning in Latin America and the Caribbean Paperback This book analyzes teacher quality in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is the key to faster education progress. Based on new research in 15,000 classrooms in seven different countries, it documents the sources...
El Emprendimiento en América Latina
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Muchas empresas y poca innovación Paperback El emprendimiento es un determinante fundamental del crecimiento y la creación de empleo. Pese a que los emprendedores abundan en América Latina y el Caribe, las empresas de la región son más pequeñas y menos propensas a crecer e innovar que las de...
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