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Sequencing capital account liberalization : lessons from the experiences in Chile, Indonesia, Korea, and Thailand
International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997DocumentThe role of fiscal policy in sustainable stabilization : evidence from Latin America
International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997DocumentTragedy of the Commons for Community-based Forest Management in Latin America?
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1997This paper considers the evidence surrounding the popular view that common property management regimes (CPMRs) of forest management in Latin America must inevitably break down in the face of economic and demographic pressures. The evidence shows that there have been both positive and negative experiences, with a number of policy implications.DocumentParticipatory Approaches in Occupational Health Research
African Stock Exchanges, 1996The paper defines and outlines the context for participatory approaches in occupational health (OH) research.DocumentCollective Efficiency: A Way Forward for Small Firms
Institute of Development Studies UK, 1997There is mounting evidence that clustering and networking help small firms to compete and grow. By working together, firms can gain the benefits of collective efficiency, enabling them to challenge larger competitors and break into national and global markets. Many of the most impressive examples (in Italy, Brazil, Pakistan, and elsewhere)have emerged largely spontaneously.DocumentHas Latin America's Post-Reform Growth Been Disappointing?
Economic Growth Project, World Bank, 1996Dataset available onlineAfter years of poor economic performance, many Latin American countries undertook ambitious programs of macroeconomic stabilization and structural reform during recent years. The change in policy created high expectations for the region.DocumentIntegrating peasant knowledge and geographic information systems : a spatial approach to sustainable agriculture
Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor - Indigenous Knowledge WorldWide, 1997Starting with a discussion of the scientific versus the traditional methods of land evaluation and perception, the authors formulate a methodological framework to integrate both perspectives into a geographic-information/expert-system environment aimed at sustainable development of a rural community, and present a case study in Central Mexico.DocumentDemocracies Pay Higher Wages
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 1998Controlling for labor productivity, income levels, and other possible determinants, there is a robust and statistically significant association between the extent of democratic rights and wages received by workers. The association exists both across countries and over time within countries.DocumentWhere Did All The Growth Go? External Shocks, Social Conflict, and Growth Collapses
National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 1998This paper argues that domestic social conflicts are a key to understanding why growth rates lack persistence and why so many countries have experienced a growth collapse after the mid-1970s. It emphasizes conflicts interact with external shocks on the one hand, and the domestic institutions of conflict-management on the other.Pages