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Learning process affects business growth in Latin America
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004A small Latin American enterprise can only increase its competitiveness in international markets through two options: locate within a geographical business ‘cluster’ or develop relationships with suppliers, distributors, buyers and marketers in a ‘global value chain’. These are generally defined as the two most effective strategies for sustainable growth.DocumentSocial security reform - other countries’ experiences provide lessons for the United States
Government Accountability Office, US Congress, 2005All countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have, to some extent, altered their national pension systems, consistent with their different economic and political conditions.DocumentThe private-public school controversy: the case of Chile
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2005This paper critically reviews the research about whether Chilean students attending private schools obtain greater learning outcomes than their peers studying at public schools.DocumentBeyond being ‘open for business’: monitoring the impact of telecentres
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Telecentres can provide computer services and connect people on low incomes who could never afford a private connection. Some 10,000 telecentres were planned for Latin America and the Caribbean for 2003-04, to supplement the existing 5,000. But how many are still working? And what has been their impact on the communities they serve?DocumentThe privatization of social services in Chile: an evaluation
Global Development Network, 2003The privatization of social services in Chile began in 1981. This reform of social services created a system where there is competition between private providers, although the State kept a regulatory and supervisory role.DocumentTrade union responses to globalization: Chile
International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 2005Providing a historical perspective to illustrate the process of economic, institutional and political change that took place from 1973 onwards in Chile and its effects on trade unionism, this paper argues that there is a gradual replacement of collective trade union action by workers with another type of trade union action and representation that is seeking to find a place in the new social, econoDocumentWomen, Equity Gaps and Labour Market
2004What are the gender gaps in employment in Chile? How deep are they? This study looks at inequality between Chilean women and men in employment.DocumentChile’s regional arrangements: the importance of market access and lowering the tariff to six percent
Banco Central de Chile / Central Bank of Chile, 2005The authors propose an eleven-region global computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to quantitatively examine the network of both muti-lateral preferential arrangements as well as unilateral trade policy options in Chile.DocumentMicroeconomic flexibility in Latin America
Banco Central de Chile / Central Bank of Chile, 2005Policymakers feel that the microeconomic structure of the Latin American economies is rather inflexible and is a significant obstacle to growth. In this context, this paper presents an approach to measure microeconomic flexibility. More specifically, it suggests measuring it by the speed at which establishments reduce the gap between their labour productivity and the marginal cost of such labour.