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  • Diversified Development

    Making the Most of Natural Resources in Eurasia

    Series series Europe and Central Asia Studies
    Development policy discussions in Eurasia often become debates about how economies can be made more diversified. For a region that is resource-rich, this is to be expected. But Eurasian economies have in many ways become less diversified during the past two decades. At the same time, people are much better off today than they were in the 1990s: poverty has been cut in half, incomes have increased ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Diversified Development

    Making the Most of Natural Resources in Eurasia

    Series series Europe and Central Asia Flagship
    Development policy discussions in Eurasia often become debates about how economies can be made more diversified. For a region that is resource-rich, this is to be expected. But Eurasian economies have in many ways become less diversified during the past two decades. At the same time, people are much better off today than they were in the 1990s: poverty has been cut in half, incomes have increased ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Golden Growth: Restoring the Lustre of the European Economic Model

    The public debt crisis in Europe has shaken the confidence not just in the Euro, but in the European model. Aging and uneconomical Europeans are being squeezed between innovative Americans and efficient Asians, it is said. With debt and demographics dragging down them down, one hears that European economies will not grow much unless radically new ways are discovered. The end of complacency in ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Keeping the Promise of Social Security in Latin America

    Series series Latin American Development Forum
    Empirical analysis of two decades of pioneering pension and social security reform in Latin America and the Caribbean shows that much has been achieved, but that critical challenges remain. In tackling this unfinished agenda, a great deal can be learned from the reform experience of countries in the region. 'Keeping the Promise,' produced by the chief economist's office for the Latin America and ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Keeping The Promise Of Social Security In Latin America

    Empirical analysis of two decades of pioneering pension and social security reform in Latin America and the Caribbean shows that much has been achieved, but that critical challenges remain. In tackling this unfinished agenda, a great deal can be learned from the reform experience of countries in the region. Keeping the Promise, produced by the chief economist's office in the Latin America and ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

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    Macroeconomics, Liberalization and Development

    Series series Initiative for Policy Dialogue Series
    There is growing dissatisfaction with the economic policies advocated by the IMF and other international financial institutions - policies that have often resulted in stagnating growth, crises, and recessions for client countries. This book presents an alternative to "Washington Consensus" neo-liberal economic policies by showing that both macro-economic and liberalization policy must be sensitive ... Read more

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  • Saving for Development

    How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Save More and Better

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Why should people - and economies - save? This book on the savings problem in Latin America and the Caribbean suggests that, while saving to survive the bad times is important, saving to thrive in the good times is what really counts. People must save to invest in health and education, live productive and fulfilling lives, and make the most of their retirement years. Firms must save to grow their ... Read more

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  • A Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin America, 1960–2017

    A major, new, and comprehensive look at six decades of macroeconomic policies across the regionWhat went wrong with the economic development of Latin America over the past half-century? Along with periods of poor economic performance, the region’s countries have been plagued by a wide variety of economic crises. This major new work brings together dozens of leading economists to explore the ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Reforming Pensions

    A Short Guide

    Mandatory pensions are a worldwide phenomenon. However, with fixed contribution rates, monthly benefits, and retirement ages, pension systems are not consistent with three long-run trends: declining mortality, declining fertility, and earlier retirement. Many systems need reform. This book gives an extensive nontechnical explanation of the economics of pension design. The theoretical arguments ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • Emerging Capital Markets And Globalization: The Latin American Experience

    Back in the early 1990s, economists and policy makers had high expectations about the prospects for domestic capital market development in emerging economies, particularly in Latin America. Unfortunately, they are now faced with disheartening results. Stock and bond markets remain illiquid and segmented. Debt is concentrated at the short end of the maturity spectrum and denominated in foreign ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Volatility Machine

    Emerging Economics and the Threat of Financial Collapse

    This book presents a radically different argument for what has caused, and likely will continue to cause, the collapse of emerging market economies. Pettis combines the insights of economic history, economic theory, and finance theory into a comprehensive model for understanding sovereign liability management and the causes of financial crises. He examines recent financial crises in emerging ... Read more

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  • Paraguay: Corruption, Reform, and the Financial System

    Following some historical background, this paper describes how corruption is manifested in Paraguay. The paper distinguishes between factors that explain the growth performance of Paraguay since 1960 (where corruption does not directly enter as a significant factor) and factors that explain the relative level of income of Paraguay in the past 40 or 50 years compared with other countries. It then ... Read more

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