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Latin America and the Caribbean
Projections 2006-2007
The gross domestic product of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 4.6% in 2006, up slightly from 2005. This could lead to an increase of more than 3% in per capita GDP, stemming...
The gross domestic product of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 4.6% in 2006, up slightly from 2005. This could lead to an increase of more than 3% in per capita GDP, stemming...
Quantitative Assessment of a Free Trade Agreement between MERCOSUR and the European Union
This paper assesses the possibble effects of a free trade agreement (FTA) between MERCOSUR- a regional trade agreement between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay- and the EU. The study takes into...
This paper assesses the possibble effects of a free trade agreement (FTA) between MERCOSUR- a regional trade agreement between Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay- and the EU. The study takes into...
Can Latin America Fly? Revising its Engine of Growth
This document analyses the past dynamics and the potential of economic growth in Latin America, using alternative methodological perspectives. Applying them to the regional situation at the end of the...
This document analyses the past dynamics and the potential of economic growth in Latin America, using alternative methodological perspectives. Applying them to the regional situation at the end of the...
Millennium Development Goals, The
Strategic Implications for the Latin American and Caribbean Statistical Systems
The present document identifies six main challenges facing the national statistical systems in following-up the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ranging from expanding the availability of data to...
The present document identifies six main challenges facing the national statistical systems in following-up the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), ranging from expanding the availability of data to...
Potential Output in Latin America
A Standard Approach for the 1950-2002 Period
This paper provides the estimated potential Gross Domestic Product output for nine Latin American countries for the period 1950-2002. It compares this data with the Real output and observed trends for...
This paper provides the estimated potential Gross Domestic Product output for nine Latin American countries for the period 1950-2002. It compares this data with the Real output and observed trends for...
Argentine Convertibility
Is It a Relevant Precedent for the Dollarization Process in Ecuador?
Latin America has had a great deal of experience with anti-inflationary policies based on different types of exchange-rate 'anchors'. However, the Argentine convertibility as well as dollarization in...
Latin America has had a great deal of experience with anti-inflationary policies based on different types of exchange-rate 'anchors'. However, the Argentine convertibility as well as dollarization in...