A great deal of effort has been put into education reform in Latin America since the early 1990s. Extending the coverage of educational opportunities and improving the quality of the education delivered in schools are crucial for the countries of the region, where education in State schools has often been of a low standard. It is not enough just to study macro education policies as they are formulated by governments and implemented by centralized ministries of education. What is promised or envisioned on paper is often quite different from what actually happens in school establishments. It is …
Foreword The Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 1999-2000 is the fifty-second edition in this series and incorporates a number of changes in methodology and format. In addition, a new methodology that was introduced in the preceding edition is being used for the country studies (Parts Two and Three). This methodology is based on national ac counts statistics expressed in the local currency, rather than United States dollars, and uses the base year employed by the relevant country. The chapters on regional issues (Part One) use statistics expressed in dollars and take 1995 as t…
Los jóvenes latinoamericanos tienen por delante un enorme desafío: ser conductores de un proceso de desarrollo económico y social que permita, a la vez, reducir la pobreza y los abismantes índices de desigualdad socioeconómica, que atentan contra la estabilidad y la convivencia; promover un crecimiento económico basado en fundamentos sustentables a largo plazo y competitivos en el contexto mundial, y mejorar la calidad de vida en los países de la región. Se trata, sin duda, de un objetivo difícil de lograr y que, de hecho, ha sido esquivo para las generaciones anteriores. Sin embargo, los jóve…
For over a quarter of a century, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has been in the vanguard of the search for greater physical integration among South American countries, especially in the area of transport, including road, rail, river and multimodal transport.Its activities in this field have ranged from drafting agreements to the design and introduction of concrete measures and have been carried out, either individually, at the request of the Governments of member States, or in collaboration with other organizations, such as the Institute for the Integration…
Durante más de un cuarto de siglo, la CEPAL ha estado a la vanguardia de la búsqueda de una mayor integración física entre los países sudamericanos, especialmente en el área del transporte, abarcando los sectores carretero, ferroviario, fluvial y multimodal.Las actividades comprendidas se extienden desde la redacción de acuerdos hasta el diseño e implantación de medidas concretas. Han sido desarrolladas, a veces, individualmente, a solicitud de los gobiernos de países miembros, y otras veces en colaboración con otros organismos, como el Instituto para la Integración de América Latina (INTAL), …
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This document was prepared by the consultant, Michiko Iizuka, under the project 'Enhancement of Citizen's Awareness in Formulation of Pollution Control Policies in Major Latin American Cities', which is being carried out by the Environment and Human Settlements Division of ECLAC, with the support from the Government of Japan. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Organization.…
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Executive Summary World economic growth gained momentum in 1999 increasing by 3.3 per cent, impelled by vibrant activity in the United States and Asia. The robust United States expansion continued with real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growing by 4.2 per cent. The European Area with growth of 2.3 per cent experienced similar dynamism. In both of these economies strong GDP growth was matched by firm gains in employment. Growth was also more robust in developing countries, as a whole, but showed important disparity by region. Buoyed by competitive exchange rates and strong demand in the …
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Las conclusiones preliminares del estudio apuntan a sostener que, sobre la base del debate teórico, de política económica actual y las tendencias internacionales recientes de globalización, al menos en la región centroamericana es imperativo generar condiciones territoriales endógenas de crecimiento que vayan más allá del sector productivo per se: el desarrollo y el tejido industrial pueden incrementarse y profundizarse mucho más si las economías de la región se integran a las actividades dinámicas de los noventa y si se exploran nuevas formas de eficiencia colectiva y organización industrial …
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Summary Since the mid-1980s, most Latin American and Caribbean countries have adopted a package of structural reforms and there has been a good deal of curiosity about the effect of these reforms on growth. Thanks to influential theoretical models incorporating market openness and to a number of empirical studies, there is a fairly widespread consensus in the literature that in general this effect has been positive. Yet, there appear to be serious methodological problems in the econometric analysis that has been used. This paper presents an evaluation of the impact of trade and capital account…