The global economic crisis and Latin America: effects and prospects presented by José Antonio Ocampo – Columbia University (04/2012). Some points discussed by Ocampo: “The recent cycle: we should be cautious about the diagnosis; Three channels of transmision of…
Assuntos EconômicosEnglish/Español
Fiscal Consolidation (Sutherland et al.)
abr 12, 2012, 12:47 PM 0
Fiscal consolidation: How much, how fast and by what means? by Douglas Sutherland, Peter Hoeller and Rossana Merola published by OECD. “Consolidating public finances in order to address the consequences of the crisis, underlying weaknesses and also future spending…
Assuntos EconômicosEnglish/Español
Flujos de Capital y Política Fiscal (Lozano et al.)
abr 12, 2012, 12:47 PM 0
Flujos de capital y política fiscal en las economías emergentes de América Latina por Ignacio Lozano, Ligia Alba Melo B y Jorge Enrique Ramos F. “En este documento se evalúa la respuesta de la política fiscal ante los choques…
Assuntos EconômicosEnglish/Español
Decentralization x Poor Regions (Ghani et al)
abr 10, 2012, 1:37 PM 0
Is decentralization helping the poor regions? by Ejaz Ghani, Lakshmi Iyer and Saurabh Mishra published by VOXEU (04/2012). “What policies can narrow the huge gap between the rich and the poor within India and other South Asian countries? One…
Assuntos EconômicosEnglish/Español
Collaborative Border Management (McLinden)
abr 4, 2012, 11:21 PM 0
Collaborative border management: A new aproach to an old problem by Gerard McLinden published by World Bank. “Border clearance processes are among the most problematic links in the global supply chain and frequently undermine national competitiveness by increasing the…
Keynes: One mean money manager by columnist Jason Zweig, published by The Wall Street Journal. “A new analysis of the investment performance of John Maynard Keynes proves that the famous economist also was one of the greatest investors of…
Managing the resource boom by Annabelle Mourouge. “The production of oil has been growing in Brazil at a steady pace since the beginning of the 2000s, and the pace is set to intensify over the next few years. Indeed,…
Assuntos EconômicosEnglish/Español
Measuring Financial Literacy (Atkinson et al.)
mar 31, 2012, 1:08 PM 0
Measuring financial literacy by Adele Atkinson, Flore-Anne Messy published by OECD. “This paper presents the findings from an OECD International Network on Financial Education pilot study undertaken in 14 countries. The analysis focuses on variations in financial knowledge, behaviour…
Water governance in Latin America and the Caribbean by Aziza Akhmouch published by OECD indicated by Arthur Garbayo. “The water debate in relation to poverty alleviation has one dimension that is often sidelined: its relationship with public governance. This…
Assuntos EconômicosEnglish/Español
Localization and Decentralization (Ivanyna & Shah)
mar 30, 2012, 5:55 PM 0
How close is your government to its people? Worldwide indicators on localizations and decentralization by Maksym Ivanyna and Anwar Shah (03/2012), published by World Bank. “This paper is intended to provide an assessment of the impact of the silent…