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This article begins with a brief evocation of the main features of the legacy left to us by Raúl Prebisch, not only from the strictly intellectual...
The method that Celso Furtado used was essentially historical; his
passion -a measured passion- was for Brazil. In the second half of the...
This article gives a comparative description of three different
general structural pension reform models applied in 12 Latin American...
During the second quarter, the prospect of an unexpected U.S. interest rate increase weakened investors' appetite for risk, and capital flows...
In the third quarter of 2004, the positive interaction of external and domestic factors in the Latin American region created a favorable...
One of the consequences of the opening of the worlds economies - an integral part of globalization - is increased focus on the efficiency and...
Historians and anthropologists often see political violence as related to movements of social protest against established powers and political...
The problem of social security for women in Latin America has not yet been resolved. The recent pension reforms have not contributed to solving it...
In the first quarter of 2004, bond flows remained strong as issuers rushed to take advantage of low borrowing costs. Emerging market issuance...
Demographic change in Latin America has been driven by the behaviour of the middle and upper strata. Given that fertility and mortality in these...
In the 1990s, rural development specialists became increasingly interested in rural non-farm employment (RNFE); and the factors determining it....
This paper stems from the debate on food security that has been under way since the World Food Summit of 1996.
It discusses the viability of...
The fiscal burden in OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries more than doubles the overall taxation level in Latin...
In the fourth quarter of 2003, net capital flows to emerging markets accelerated sharply to reach a 3-year high of US$187 billion, a 50% increase...
This article describes the work done under the ECLAC/GTZ project directed until his death by Gabriel Aghón from the ECLAC Economic Development...
The innovation cycle in Amazon countries is considered regarding the exploration of biodiversity biotechnological products, a system of...
A vision of the role played by infrastructure, transport and related services in the development of competitiveness and productivity is...
Trains in Latin America and the Caribbean mainly serve as a means of mass transit, bearing passengers along local and suburban routes of cities...