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Entrepreneurship in Latin America
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A Step Up the Social Ladder? Paperback This book looks at both the potential and limits of policies to promote entrepreneurship as an important vehicle for social mobility in developing countries. It paints a portrait of the region's entrepreneurs including their characteristics, challenges,...
Emerging Issues in Financial Development
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Lessons from Latin America Paperback This book synthesizes the results of a comprehensive analysis of the status, prospects, and challenges of sustainable financial development in Latin America, as well as the lessons for developed and developing countries.
New Century, Old Disparities
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Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean Paperback To what extent do individuals with the same observable endowment of human capital receive different salaries on the basis of their gender or ethnicity?  What policy options promise to diminish these earnings gaps?...
Does What You Export Matter?
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 In Search of Empirical Guidance for Industrial Policies Paperback This book reviews relevant literature and takes stock of conceptual, empirical, and policy viewpoints, and it assesses indicators that can guide public sector interventions.
From Right to Reality
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Incentives, Labor Markets, and the Challenge of Universal Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean Paperback While reforms have expanded social protection to the most vulnerable groups in Latin America and the Caribbean, the coverage of contributory social insurance has...
Breeding Latin American Tigers
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Operational Principles for Rehabilitating Industrial Policies Paperback
Impact Evaluation of Small and Medium Enterprise Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Paperback The objective of the research was to determine which small and medium enterprise programs improve firm performance, and to gain insights into why some programs may be more effective than others.
New Policies for Mandatory Defined Contribution Pensions
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Industrial Organization Models and Investment Products Paperback This book assesses the current functioning of mandatory defined contribution pension pillars, evaluates policy measures in place in various jurisdictions for addressing current inefficiencies, and proposes new policies for...
The Quality of Life in Latin American Cities
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Markets and Perception Paperback Latin America needs to improve quality of life in its rapidly growing cities. This book values housing characteristics and neighborhood services in 8 cities. The resulting quality of life indices make it possible to assess the impact of public amenities and...
The Promise of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Paperback Early childhood development (ECD) outcomes affect earning capacity, productivity, health, and cognitive ability. This book explores ECD indicators and access, distilling lessons related to design, implementation, and institutionalization processes and discussing options for...
Discrimination in Latin America
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An Economic Perspective Paperback Latin America is often regarded as a region with deep ethnic and class conflicts. This book uses a variety of methodological tools?regression analysis, market tests, field experiments, and structural methods?to explore the extent to which discrimination...
Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Recent Trends and Challenges Paperback This book analyzes how growth and  job creation in the region's economies compare with other emerging countries, the impact of job creation and destruction on productivity growth and the creation of "good" jobs, and the relative importance and role of...
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