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Access to effective social insurance in Latin America is typically determined by workers’ status in the labor market – whether they have formal or informal jobs. This column explains why the separate systems constitute a bad economic and social policy. The author calls for a shift towards universal...
Blog
What type of business destroys proportionately more jobs during times of economic recessions and hires more in booms? This simple question motivates an important ongoing debate in the economics literature that seeks to explain the factors behind the dynamics of employment creation in small and large...
Blog
– Country Comparisons and Conceptual Approaches
18 December 2014 Roger Williamson In an earlier article I reviewed a number of the high-profile contributions to the September 2014 conference on inequality. It is now time to dig deeper into the material presented at the event. This article features a few of the country case studies and...
– Lessons from Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic
From the book:
Achieving Development Success
Book Chapter
– What Lessons Have Been Learnt since the East Asian Crisis in 1997/98?
From the book:
Southern Engines of Global Growth
Blog
Marco V. Sánchez and Rob Vos Substantial slowdown in progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) should be expected as a consequence of the global economic downturn. Even prior to the crisis and despite significant progress, many countries have not been on track to meet most MDGs (see...
Book Chapter
– Industrial Catching-Up, Institutional Innovation and Financial Fragility
From the book:
Institutional Change and Economic Development
Book Chapter
– The Experience of Latin America since the Tequila Crisis
From the book:
From Capital Surges to Drought
Book Chapter
From the book:
Short-Term Capital Flows and Economic Crises
Book Chapter
From the book:
The Environment and Emerging Development Issues
Book Chapter
– A Comparative Analysis of Economic Structure, Policy, and Performance
From the book:
Economic Liberalization: No Panacea
Book Chapter
– The Brazilian Stabilization Program of February 1986
From the book:
Inflation Stabilization
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