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Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics
Agricultura familiar latinoamericana: ni tan pequeños ni tan poquitos
Atención con los desastres naturales...
Recursos Mineros: ¿Maldición o No?
Competition Policy
El potencial de crecimiento de los países latinoamericanos
The Impact of Bank Competition on Access to Finance
Conflict and Violence
Even for Latin America, Venezuela’s crime rates are an anomaly
Guerra civil, democratización y subdesarrollo en Centroamérica
The Costs of Crime and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Development Impact of the War on Drugs
Un Efecto Inesperado de las Transferencias Condicionadas: reducciones en la tasa de crimen
Welfare Programs and Property Crime
Development
Del Boom Literario al Boom Económico
Economic Growth
A New Player in the International Development Community? Chile as an Emerging Donor
Let’s Be Clear: This Will Not Be Latin America’s Decade
Promoting a sustainable recovery in Brazil
Replantear las reformas: cómo América Latina y el Caribe pueden escapar del menor crecimiento mundial
Videos on Development and Economic Growth
Education and Health
A New Teaching Force: Improving Education Quality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Excluidos en la escuela: Los niños que acumulan fracaso escolar
Heterogeneous quality of crèches and preschools in Brazil
"One Laptop per Child" en Perú: hallazgos y próximos pasos
On the Methods for Teaching Economics
The Challenges of Colombia’s “De Cero a Siempre” Strategy
The Emerging Evidence on Teachers’ Incentive Programs
Energy
Financial Markets
All that glitters is not gold, neither Argentum
Incentives for Avoiding Delayed Sovereign Defaults
Investment Banks’ Behavior and Sovereign Debt Crises
Fiscal Policies: Taxation, Expenditure and Debt
Ahorrar Más para Mejorar la Infraestructura
Analyzing the effects of fiscal policy on income inequality and poverty in Brazil
Cotizaciones compartidas para pensiones en América Latina: ¿algo más que buenas intenciones?
Distorsiones en el Mercado Laboral: Eficiencia vs Equidad en el Caso Colombiano
El Reducido Impacto Redistributivo de la Política Fiscal en Bolivia
How Committed to Equity are Latin American Governments?
How much redistribution does Uruguay accomplish through social spending and taxes?
In Colombia the Top 1% Percent Grabs a Fifth of the Pie but Most of their Incomes are Tax-Exempt
Is Argentina a Model of Redistributive Policies?
Las instituciones fiscales del mañana
Lo bueno, lo malo y lo feo de los impuestos a las transacciones bancarias
Política pública y distribución del ingreso: algunos ejemplos desde Colombia
¿Qué impide una revolución tributaria redistributiva?
Redistributive Impact and Efficiency of Mexico's Fiscal System
Teoría y Práctica de la Descentralización Fiscal
The costs of sovereign default: theory and reality
The incidence of social spending and taxes in Peru
Videos on Public Economics and Fiscal Policy
Gender and Diversity
Ellas ganan menos pero no por discriminación
Global Economy and LAC
Currency Wars and Collateral Damage: The G-20 Faces Its Litmus Test
LAC's Growth Prospects: Made in China?
¿Mayores costos financieros en América Latina?
¿Nervios alterados o algo más?
Income Inequality, Poverty and Economic Welfare
Declining Inequality in Latin America: Market Forces, Enlightened States or the New Left?
Desigualdad de resultados y oportunidades en Colombia: 1997-2010
Middle Classes, Pragmatism, and the Social Contract in Latin America
Minimum Wages and Earnings Inequality in Urban Mexico
Social Protection in Latin America: the Unfinished Revolution
Targeting Public Utility Services in LAC: Some Lessons from Colombia
Industrial Policy
The Product Space and the Middle Income Trap: Comparing Asian and Latin American Experiences
Infrastructure
Ahorrar Más para Mejorar la Infraestructura
Are public infrastructure investment and fiscal sustainability in Latin America incompatible?
Golborne y el puente de Qingdao
The Economic Toll in Haiti, and Its Implications
International Trade
Productos agrícolas y minerales por rutas divergentes
Labor
Displaced Workers and Unemployment Insurance in Mexico: Preparing for the Next Crisis
Fifteen years of inequality: how have labor markets helped?
From the Lost Decade to the Lost Reform: Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean
Los impuestos a las ganancias y el desempleo profesional
Productivity and Misallocation: Labor Market in a Volatile Time
Reformas Laborales para Impulsar el Crecimiento Económico
¿Se necesitan más empresarios?
Sugar Prices, Labor Income and Poverty in Brazil
Una región con empleo enfrenta el desafío de la desigualdad
Videos on Labor and Demographic Economics
Macroeconomics and Finance
Bipolar Debt Restructuring: Lessons from LAC
De la Leyenda del Dorado, a la Cocaína Dorada
Monetary Policy
Are capital controls effective?
Bank Lending Channel in Brazil
Can Sterilized Foreign Exchange Purchases Be Expansionary?
Controls on Cyclical Capital Inflows
De la pesificación forzosa a la redolarización
¿De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de pesificación en Argentina?
More Inflation or More Revaluation
¿Se acabó el Consenso de Washington?
Politics and Institutions
Campaign Advertising and Electoral Outcomes: The Brazilian Experiment
La nueva oleada de nacionalizaciones
Rejection of Neoliberalism: Rationality or Ideology?
Sobre la estabilidad de las reglas, América Latina y James M. Buchanan
Social Assistance Policies and the Presidential Vote in Latin America
The incumbent’s advantage in Latin America: larger than you think
The Process of Reform in Latin America
Why the MDGs do more harm than good
Productivity and Innovation
Is Innovation Good or Bad for Employment? Recent evidence for Latin America
Formación más allá de la escuela para una fuerza de trabajo competente
Private Investment Returns to Infrastructure Sectors
Regulatory and Economic Reform
The Process of Reform in Latin America
The Road to Macroprudential Policy in Latin America: Institutional Considerations
Urban, Real State and Transportation
Impacto de la Red de Centros del BID: testimonio de un participante
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Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
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