The Macroeconomics for development blue print for Latin America and the Caribbean is articulated around two issues: an active strategy of...
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Tariffs and non-tariff barriers having been reduced, the international community seeks to lower other trade transaction costs that are greater in...
Recently, Latin American countries have had to face the challenges of improving social inclusion and economic redistribution while consolidating...
Most economic and labour studies focus on work in the market, leaving aside the great number of activities dedicated to personal, family and...
This survey posits that improving global prospects especially in the United States and Europe will mean opportunities for positive growth in the...
Sustainable growth strategies depend critically on the role of the state in different societies, and the incentive structures associated with...
The organic food market in the United States has shown impressive growth rates since the passage of legislation to regulate the market in the...
I. Factor income shares.-- II. Inequality measurement using household surveys.-- III. Data from fiscal administrations.-- IV. Final comments.
In the face of weak global growth in major export markets the Caribbean economies have underperformed. The situation is much more severe among...
Much work has been carried out on the notion of good practices in many fields of development. This refers to specific initiatives (projects,...
Using two standard cycle methodologies (Classical and Deviation Cycle) and a comprehensive sample of 83 countries worldwide, including all...
Discourse always matters in the politics of building social pacts on social protection —for failure as much as for success. And by discourse, we...
The current survey provides an overview of the economic performance for 2011 and the outlook for 2012 of the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana,...
This study examines two knowledge management processes, namely knowledge capture and retention and knowledge sharing, in the context of the...
In this paper we explore trade finance as a transmission channel of adverse shocks to Central America. We analyze data on trade and trade finance...
This study is about the public discourse on the introduction of biotechnology in agriculture in three Latin American countries, Argentina, Brazil...
Waste management is one of the least recognized public policy issues in the Caribbean. Quite apart from the obvious physical unattractiveness of...