The Bank has put more emphasis both on ensuring the quality of its economic analysis and on optimizing its performance in terms of results. In keeping with this shift, OVE took on the task of evaluating the quality of economic analysis. To do so, it developed an instrument that established a...

Para América Latina, China es un modelo posible de crecimiento, un mercado potencial y un competidor. El BID organizó un Grupo de Investigación compuesto por miembros de los departamentos de integración e investigación para estudiar los roles de esta poderosa economía emergente y para...

Présente le premier document de travail, examen de la nécessité d¿une augmentation générale du Capital ordinaire et de la reconstitution du Fonds des opérations spéciales.

This volume honors Raúl Prebisch's contributions to economic thought and uses his 1970 report Change and Development: Latin America's Great Task as a point of departure for analyzing trends in the region in the 1970s and 1980s. This volume comprises a collection of the papers presented at the...

Latin American experts demonstrate how market-friendly measures in key policy areas can promote greater equity and efficiency. By identifying win-win strategies, the authors challenge the conventional wisdom that there is always a tradeoff between these two objectives. This volume shows how...

This book analyzes the role of trade as a central pillar of the structural reform process and a bridge to capturing the dynamic development forces of an increasingly globalized world economy.

Export Pioneers in Latin America analyzes a series of case studies of successful new export activities throughout the region to learn how pioneers jump-start a virtuous process leading to economic transformation. The cases of blueberries in Argentina, avocados in Mexico, and aircraft in Brazil...

The 2007 Report on Economic and Social Progress in Latin America analyzes the nature and evolution of sovereign debt in Latin America and discusses the policies that can be followed by countries and international financial institutions (IFIs) to reduce the vulnerabilities associated with it....

Monetary normalization may be a chronicle foretold, but countries still have the power to influence the outcome for their own economies. This report focuses on the risks Latin American and Caribbean countries face and how they can reduce vulnerabilities and enhance opportunities.Abstract: Puede...

This report examines the quality of public policies in Latin America and the Caribbean after more than a decade of political and economic reform. A wide variety of examples and case studies are presented in an analytical framework to help explain why policies that work in certain institutional...