This paper looks at the evolution of the terms of trade between commodities and manufactures in the twentieth century. A statistical analysis of...
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In the national innovation systems of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD);, countries' export performance is...
This article presents the characteristics and situation of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in a number of Latin American countries....
A potential threat to the effectiveness of institutions in Latin America promoting small and medium-sized enterprise (SME); development is that...
This paper analyses the role assigned to foreign direct investment and transnational corporations in the ECLAC development project, examining the...
The author argues that the effectiveness of poverty alleviation instruments largely depends on how poverty is defined. The aim of reducing...
Despite the reforms undertaken by several countries in Latin America, the coverage of the region's pension systems remains inadequate....
This study presents the initial findings of a household survey dealing with the effects of the Argentine economic crisis on welfare. It also seeks...
This paper sets out to analyse the determinants of recent foreign bank investments in the Brazilian retail banking market and the strategies of...
There was a time when tram services were critical to public transport in many of the largest cities of Latin America; however, trams disappeared...
Our Caribbean civilisation has been very much shaped by the sea. The evidence of this in our region abounds from time immemorial: the peopling of...
The fourth quarter of 2002 saw an increase in investor optimism, especially in October and November. The combination of declining risk aversion...
This document analyses exchange rate regimes in the Caribbean subregion. Caribbean
exchange rate regimes are typified into hard and soft...
Este libro reúne una versión revisada de varios trabajos, con el intento de realizar un aporte para una discusión que necesariamente debe...
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); Subregional
Headquarters for the Caribbean embarked on a project "...
Brazilian labour markets are rather flexible in macroeconomic terms while also displaying microeconomic rigidity. Macroeconomic flexibility is...
O conhecimento sobre a relação entre pobreza, miséria e os mercados dos quais os pobres fazem parte é bastante limitado na literatura econômica...
O objetivo deste estudo é analisar o mercado financeiro e de crédito sob o aspecto do atendimento da população mais pobre do Brasil. A grande...