Structural change and growth in Central America and the Dominican Republic: an overview of two decades, 1990-2011

This book explores the changes that have occurred as regards the production structure, trade and society in Central America and the Dominican Republic, and how these have influenced the countries’ growth trajectories. One of the conclusions it reaches is that the subregion overall has enjoyed faster economic growth than the rest of Latin America over the two decades examined, which has helped to raise people’s incomes and living standards. Yet this progress falls far short of what is needed, given the high levels of poverty and indigence and the glaring inequalities suffered by much of the population in Central America and the Dominican Republic. If the subregion is to attain higher levels of development with equality, one of the challenges it must tackle urgently is to adopt a strategy for changing its production structures and forging ahead with subregional integration, in order to correct productivity lags and income gaps. Another piece of unfinished business is to broaden the scope of action of fiscal and monetary policy, with a view to raising public investment, deploying countercyclical policies and developing greater resilience to external shocks.

Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 1997

Incluye Bibliografía.

Revista de la CEPAL no.67

Primer Mundo y Tercer Mundo después de la Guerra Fría / Eric Hobsbawm. -- Las dimensiones urbanas en el desarrollo rural / Alexander Schejtman. -- Capacitación en pequeñas empresas en América Latina / Guillermo Labarca. -- Reforma neoliberal y política macroeconómica en el Perú / Oscar Dancourt. -- Impacto de la inversión pública sobre la inversión privada en Brasil: 1947-1990 / Bruno de Oliveira Cruz y Joanílio R. Teixeira. -- Chile y su política comercial “lateral” / Sebastián Sáez y Juan Gabriel Valdés S. -- La reestructuración en la industria: los casos de Chile, México y Venezuela / Carla Macario. -- Industrialización a base de confecciones en la Cuenca del Caribe: ¿un tejido raído? / Michael Mortimore. -- Industria maquiladora y cambio técnico / Rudolf M. Buitelaar, Ramón Padilla y Ruth Urrutia. -- Políticas de ciencia y tecnología y el Sistema Nacional de Innovación en la Argentina / Daniel Chudnovsky. -- Las concesiones y la optimización del transporte vial y ferroviario / Ian Thomson.

Desarrollo social inclusivo: una nueva generación de políticas para superar la pobreza y reducir la desigualdad en América Latina y el Caribe

Prólogo de Alicia Bárcena

Inclusive social development: The next generation of policies for overcoming poverty and reducing inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Foreword by Alicia Bárcena

The Singapore success story: public-private alliance for investment attraction, innovation and export development

Includes Bibliography

Why doesn't investment in public transport reduce urban traffic congestion?

Includes bibliography

Managing in the public sector for investment and growth

Includes bibliography

Belize: Projects Data Bank and public sector investment programming

Includes bibliography

Guyana: public sector investment programming: the Guyana experience

Includes bibliography