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Social Dimensions of Economic Development and Productivity
Inequality and Social Performance
Income and social inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean is extremely high and the performance of the social sector is inadequate. This publication addresses this issue focusing on such factors...
Income and social inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean is extremely high and the performance of the social sector is inadequate. This publication addresses this issue focusing on such factors...
Achieving Educational Quality
What Schools Teach us - Learning from Chile's P900 Primary Schools
Education reform has been a major undertaking in Latin America in the 1990s. In Chile, the emphasis of reform is on improving the quality and equity of education in the public sector. This publication...
Education reform has been a major undertaking in Latin America in the 1990s. In Chile, the emphasis of reform is on improving the quality and equity of education in the public sector. This publication...
Toward a Conceptual Framework and Public Policy Agenda for the Information Society in Latin America...
The advent of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the establishment of a global Information Society are leading countries of all shapes and sizes to take a fresh look at their...
The advent of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and the establishment of a global Information Society are leading countries of all shapes and sizes to take a fresh look at their...
Structural Reforms, Technological Gaps and Economic Development
A Latin American Perspective
This publication develops a simple appreciative model, which explores some of the issues faced by structural reforms, technological gaps and economic development in Latin America. The first section...
This publication develops a simple appreciative model, which explores some of the issues faced by structural reforms, technological gaps and economic development in Latin America. The first section...
Business Development Service Centres in Italy
An Empirical Analysis of Three Regional Experiences - Emilia Romagna, Lombardia and Veneto
The notion of “business development service” (BDS) is quickly gaining popularity among policy makers and scholars of management, industrial organization and development. Similarly, attention is...
The notion of “business development service” (BDS) is quickly gaining popularity among policy makers and scholars of management, industrial organization and development. Similarly, attention is...
Job Losses, Multinationals and Globalization
The Anatomy of Disempowerment
This paper examines the anatomy of the pervasive current job cuts and job losses in multinational enterprises. It raises the question of social and economic costs to countries and workers, focusing...
This paper examines the anatomy of the pervasive current job cuts and job losses in multinational enterprises. It raises the question of social and economic costs to countries and workers, focusing...
Education and the Labour Market in Latin America
Why Measurement Is Important and What It Tells Us about Policies, Reforms and Performance
This paper examines two pivotal education and labour market policy and performance questions. One, the degree to which countries in the Latin America region are catching up or falling behind their...
This paper examines two pivotal education and labour market policy and performance questions. One, the degree to which countries in the Latin America region are catching up or falling behind their...
Competitiveness of Agrifoods in Central American and Caribbean Countries in the Context of Trade...
This paper summarizes the main results of a study on agrifood competitiveness in Central American and Caribbean countries sponsored by the government of Netherlands and carried out by the Economic...
This paper summarizes the main results of a study on agrifood competitiveness in Central American and Caribbean countries sponsored by the government of Netherlands and carried out by the Economic...
Towards a Theory of the Small Firm
Theoretical Aspects and Some Policy Implications
Up until now there has been no specific treatment of small firms in economic theory. This study attempts to provide the reader with points of particular interest in the light of recent developments in...
Up until now there has been no specific treatment of small firms in economic theory. This study attempts to provide the reader with points of particular interest in the light of recent developments in...
Transformation of the North American Apparel Industry
Is NAFTA a Curse or a Blessing?
The apparel industry, a buyer-driven commodity chain, contains three types of lead firms: retailers, marketers and branded manufacturers. This publication uses the global commodity chains framework to...
The apparel industry, a buyer-driven commodity chain, contains three types of lead firms: retailers, marketers and branded manufacturers. This publication uses the global commodity chains framework to...
Science and Technology Policies in Open Economies
The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean
Technical change and economic development are unequivocally related. But it still is a matter of debate how to close this loop and, even more, how to design proper policies to stimulate knowledge...
Technical change and economic development are unequivocally related. But it still is a matter of debate how to close this loop and, even more, how to design proper policies to stimulate knowledge...
Chilean Wine Cluster, A? Governance and Upgrading in the Phase of Internationalization
The Chilean wine industry has performed remarkably well internationally over the past decades. This paper explores the factors that have supported this successful performance and tries to measure to...
The Chilean wine industry has performed remarkably well internationally over the past decades. This paper explores the factors that have supported this successful performance and tries to measure to...
Illusory Competitiveness
The Apparel Assembly Model of the Caribbean Basin
Exports of apparel represent the principal link of the Caribbean Basin to the international economy. These exports arise from a combination of factors such as low salaries, tax incentives, and...
Exports of apparel represent the principal link of the Caribbean Basin to the international economy. These exports arise from a combination of factors such as low salaries, tax incentives, and...
Macroeconomic Policies, Sector Performance and Firm Response
The Case of Chile's Textile Goods Market
This paper explores the macro policy-micro behavior nexus in a Latin American context in the textile goods market. The first section of the paper is an overview of the macroeconomic environment of...
This paper explores the macro policy-micro behavior nexus in a Latin American context in the textile goods market. The first section of the paper is an overview of the macroeconomic environment of...
Export Performance, Technological Upgrading and Foreign Direct Investment Strategies in the Asian...
This paper analyzes the competitiveness and structure of manufactured exports by leading Latin American and Asian economies for 1980-97. It explains East Asian performance with reference to the...
This paper analyzes the competitiveness and structure of manufactured exports by leading Latin American and Asian economies for 1980-97. It explains East Asian performance with reference to the...
Current Situation of Small- and Medium-sized Industrial Enterprises in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados...
The study reviews the current situation of the small and medium-sized industrial enterprises (SMIs) in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and St. Lucia. It describes the evolution of SMIs, the country...
The study reviews the current situation of the small and medium-sized industrial enterprises (SMIs) in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and St. Lucia. It describes the evolution of SMIs, the country...
Two Decades of Adjustment and Agricultural Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
This paper argues that the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean has been underrated. It presents a critical evaluation of the structural changes that took place in the region towards...
This paper argues that the agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean has been underrated. It presents a critical evaluation of the structural changes that took place in the region towards...
From Industrial Economics to Digital Economics
An Introduction to the Transition
This publication focuses on creating an awareness of the new economic situation, which has been provoked by the introduction of modern Information and Communication Technologies. It shows the...
This publication focuses on creating an awareness of the new economic situation, which has been provoked by the introduction of modern Information and Communication Technologies. It shows the...
Korean OFDI
Investment Strategies and Corporate Motivations for Investing Abroad
The publication is aimed to survey the trends and motivations of Korean overseas foreign direct investments (OFDI). It consists of three sections: an outline of the evolution of the Korean OFDI in...
The publication is aimed to survey the trends and motivations of Korean overseas foreign direct investments (OFDI). It consists of three sections: an outline of the evolution of the Korean OFDI in...
Theory and Practice of Industrial Policy
Evidence from the Latin American Experience
The publication attempts to define the concept of industrial policy, to review certain relevant historical experiences, and to examine the current state of the art of industrial policy in Latin...
The publication attempts to define the concept of industrial policy, to review certain relevant historical experiences, and to examine the current state of the art of industrial policy in Latin...