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  Trade liberalisation, export orientation and employment in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico

  International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 2005

  This study describes the trade liberalisation process as well as the general patterns of trade and export performance of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico and attempts to assess sectoral labour market impacts.
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  Regional Integration and productivity: the experiences of Brazil and Mexico

  2002

  One of the main motivations behind the free trade agreements is the hope to increase productivity. This paper evaluates the impact of integration on productivity.
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  Pro-poor growth in the 1990s: lessons and insights from 14 countries

  World Bank, 2005

  This paper is based on a study designed to better understand the options for policymakers to increase the impact of growth on poverty reduction and how they vary depending on policies and country conditions.
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  The impact of trade liberalisation on the informal sector in Brazil

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2005

  This paper assesses whether or not the trade liberalisation process in Brazil had any effect on both the reduction in the wage differential between formal and informal workers and the fall in the proportion of formal workers.
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  Globalisation and monetary policy in emerging markets

  Bank for International Settlements, 2005

  This document is a compilation of papers dealing with the effects of financial integration on emerging markets. The compilation holds a number of background papers which explore general issues of globalisation and monetary policy in emerging markets.
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  How does fiscal policy affect monetary policy in emerging market countries?

  Bank for International Settlements, 2005

  Based on empirical evidence on the relation between fiscal and monetary policy, this paper analyses how fiscal policy affects monetary policy in emerging economies (EM). The paper highlights that fiscal dominance can be, or become, an important issue for EMs, as these economies have, in recent years, experienced an increase in public debt and fiscal imbalance.
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  Insurance for the poor?

  Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2005

  This paper discusses the scope for extending insurance to the poor in Latin America and Carribbean (LAC) countries. It highlights the need to reduce risk and its consequences, as current systems do not provide sufficient protection. On this basis, it argues that insurance provision to the poor has a role to play within a comprehensive system of protection against risk.
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  China’s emergence in the global economy and Brazil

  Departamento de Economia, Pontificía Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005

  This paper examines the impact of China’s expanded role in the world economy on trade and investment flows to and from Brazil. It also looks at the challenges emerging for the Brazilian private and public sectors, and the policies and initiatives being taken to meet those challenges.
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  Brazil's tax system: the dilemmas of policy reform

  Canadian Foundation for the Americas, 2005

  This paper examines the problems of reform of Brazil's current tax system. In particular it focuses on the difficulties of reconciling global pressures with demands for tax reduction as well as the need to invest more public resources to tackle poverty, social and regional inequality.
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  Distributional effects of optimal commodity taxes combined with minimum income programs in Brazil

  Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada / Institute of Applied Economic Research, Brazil, 2003

  Commodity taxes play an important role in Brazil, accounting for around 60 per cent of total tax revenue, and providing a major tool for the redistribution of income in one of the most unequal societies in the world.

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