Las Américas sin barreras documenta de forma detallada y rigurosa los procesos de negociación de los acuerdos más importantes firmados durante los años noventa.

Regional integration among asymmetric countries is a hot and burning policy topic worldwide. Deepening Integration in MERCOSUR analyzes the most important issues of economic integration and policy coordination that countries face as they advance towards deeper integration and are urged to...

This volume discusses frameworks for policies that can help offset the polarizing effects that may be generated by the asymmetrical distribution of the costs and benefits of integration into the global economy.

This book presents a new framework for analyzing the political economy of budget processes in Latin America that is based on the following premises: i) the budget process must be considered as part of the overall policymaking process rather than in isolation; ii) budget outcomes cannot be fully...

This book contains a selection of the major presentations from the conference: "Policy-Based Finance and Alternatives for Financial Market Development" held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in early 1996. It explores the generally successful East Asian experiences with policy-based finance and...

In a world in which 50 percent of the population is virtually excluded from the benefits of information and communication technology, bridging the digital gap has become an imperative for the international community, particularly for the industrialized countries. The objective of this study is...

Esta publicação é o resultado de uma reflexão, desenvolvida conjuntamente por membros do governo brasileiro, a academia e o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, acerca do paradoxo que representa importância das regiões metropolitanas para o desenvolvimento brasileiro x a fragilidade de...

Este libro trata de aportes destinados a profundizar la reflexión sobre la gerencia social de la región tomando en cuenta los nuevos desafíos socio económicos y políticos, culturales y organizacionales que enfrentan cada uno de los países de América Latina y el Caribe

This book examines approaches to involving the private sector in preserving urban heritage. These include interventions by public and private stakeholders in Cartagena, Colombia; operation of a mixed-capital corporation in Quito, Ecuador; and a government-induced private investment program in...

Civil society organizations (CSOs) have become an important way to mobilize the energies of those who have been historically unrepresented or underrepresented. The eleven case studies in this book present a wide-ranging view of CSOs in Latin America and their impact on the political and social...