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  • Beyond Commodities

    The Growth Challenge of Latin America and the Caribbean

    by Jorge Thompson Araujo, Ekaterina Vostroknutova, Markus Brueckner, Mateo Clavijo, Konstantin M. Wacker ...
    Series series Latin American Development Forum
    Beyond Commodities shows that Latin America and the Caribbean's growth performance over the last decade cannot be reduced to the commodity boom: growth-promoting reforms that strengthened financial development, increased trade openness and improved infrastructure development also played a significant role and can continue doing so. Based on the econometric analysis of panel data from the 1970-2010 ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beyond Commodities

    The Growth Challenge of Latin America and the Caribbean

    by Jorge Thompson Araujo, Ekaterina Vostroknutova, Markus Brueckner, Clavijo, Konstantin M. Wacker ...
    Series series Latin American Development Forum
    Beyond Commodities shows that Latin America and the Caribbean’s growth performance over the last decade cannot be reduced to the commodity boom: growth-promoting reforms that strengthened financial development, increased trade openness and improved infrastructure development also played a significant role and can continue doing so. Based on the econometric analysis of panel data from the 1970-2010 ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • Sovereign Debt And The Financial Crisis: Will This Time Be Different?

    by Primo Braga Carlos A.; Vincelette Gallina A. ...
    In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 governments worldwide undertook massive fiscal interventions to stave off what otherwise would have likely been a system-wide financial and economic meltdown. The policy responses engendered significant shifts in growth trajectories and debt sustainability outlooks of both mature and developing economies. The magnitude of public liabilities incurred and ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Saving for Development

    How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Save More and Better

    by Inter-American Development Bank ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Why should people - and economies - save? This book on the savings problem in Latin America and the Caribbean suggests that, while saving to survive the bad times is important, saving to thrive in the good times is what really counts. People must save to invest in health and education, live productive and fulfilling lives, and make the most of their retirement years. Firms must save to grow their ... Read more

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  • Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty

    Edited by Ashoka Mody, Catherine Pattillo ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
    In this volume, world-renowned contributors, including Martin Ravallion, Michael Kremer and Robert Townsend, deal with the institutional characteristics of poverty resulting from the time pattern of aid, the nature of financial systems and the political economy of budgetary decisions. Going beyond the traditional literature on poverty, this original book deals with themes of broad interest to both ... Read more

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  • Emerging Capital Markets And Globalization: The Latin American Experience

    by De la Torre Augusto; Schmukler Sergio ...
    Back in the early 1990s, economists and policy makers had high expectations about the prospects for domestic capital market development in emerging economies, particularly in Latin America. Unfortunately, they are now faced with disheartening results. Stock and bond markets remain illiquid and segmented. Debt is concentrated at the short end of the maturity spectrum and denominated in foreign ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Social Insecurity

    401(k)s and the Retirement Crisis

    by James W. Russell ...
    **How 401(k)s have gutted retirement security, from charging exorbitant hidden fees to failing to replace the income of traditional pensionsNamed one of PW's Top 10 for Business & Economics**A retirement crisis is looming. In 2008, as the 401(k) fallout rippled across the country, horrified holders watched 25 percent of their funds evaporate overnight. Average 401(k) balances for those approaching ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • A Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin America, 1960–2017

    Edited by Timothy J. Kehoe, Juan Pablo Nicolini ...
    A major, new, and comprehensive look at six decades of macroeconomic policies across the regionWhat went wrong with the economic development of Latin America over the past half-century? Along with periods of poor economic performance, the region’s countries have been plagued by a wide variety of economic crises. This major new work brings together dozens of leading economists to explore the ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Paraguay: Corruption, Reform, and the Financial System

    by Jeffrey Mr. Franks, Randa Miss Sab, Valerie Ms. Mercer-Blackman, Roberto Benelli ...
    Following some historical background, this paper describes how corruption is manifested in Paraguay. The paper distinguishes between factors that explain the growth performance of Paraguay since 1960 (where corruption does not directly enter as a significant factor) and factors that explain the relative level of income of Paraguay in the past 40 or 50 years compared with other countries. It then ... Read more

    $10.29 USD

  • Fiscal Policy, Stabilization, And Growth: Prudence Or Abstinence?

    by Serven Luis; Perry Guillermo E.; Suescun Rodrigo ...
    Fiscal policy in Latin America has been guided primarily by short-term liquidity targets whose observance was taken as the main exponent of fiscal prudence, with attention focused almost exclusively on the levels of public debt and the cash deficit. Very little attention was paid to the effects of fiscal policy on growth and on macroeconomic volatility over the cycle. Important issues such as the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Impact Of MacroEconomic Policies On Poverty And Income Distribution: Macro-Micro Evaluation Techniques And Tools

    by Pereira da Silva Luiz A.; Bourguignon Francois; Bussolo Maurizio ...
    A companion to the bestseller, The Impact of Economic Policies on Poverty and Income Distribution, this title deals with theoretical challenges and cutting-edge macro-micro linkage models. The authors compare the predictive and analytical power of various macro-micro linkage techniques using the traditional RHG approach as a benchmark to evaluate standard policies, such as, a typical stabilization ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Public Finance For Poverty Reduction: Concepts And Case Studies From Africa And Latin America

    by World Bank ...
    This book presents some basic theoretical concepts of public finance with a particular emphasis on its impact poverty reduction. Eight case studies from Latin America and Africa illustrate how these concepts are applied in practice and the implementation issues that emerge. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD