The improvement of labour-market institutions in Latin America: progress and challenges

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Conhecimento Odontológico e Comportamento de Retorno de Escolares em Função do Tipo de Instituição (Pública ou Privada)

Objective: To evaluate the dental knowledge and attendance of elementary schoolchildren according to the type of institution (public or private). Method: The sample was composed of 800 children from the 5th to 8th grades of the elementary education. The research instrument was a questionnaire composed of open questions referring to the last recall visit, type and importance of the recall visit, and knowledge of dental caries and periodontal disease. Descriptive statistical analysis was done and the chisquared test was used with a significance level of 5%. Results: There was statistically significant difference between the students from the different institutions regarding the time (p=0.001) and main reason (p=0.001) of the last visit to the dentist, knowledge of the need of periodic visits to the dentist (p=0.001), importance (p=0.001) and frequency (p=0.001) of periodic recalls, and knowledge of dental caries (p=0.001) and periodontal disease (p=0.001). Conclusion: The adolescents presented different dental knowledge and attendance, according to the type of teaching institution.

Regulación y supervisión de la banca e instituciones financieras: estudios de caso de América Latina y el Caribe: conclusiones y recomendaciones, Santiago 3-5 diciembre 1990 y 22-23 agosto 1991 = Regulation and supervision of banks and financial institutions: case studies in Latin America and the Caribbean: conclusions and recommendations, Santiago, 3-5 December 1990 and 22-23 August 1991

Documentos presentados a dos seminarios realizados en la Sede de CEPAL en Santiago entre el 3 y 5 de diciembre de 1990 y el 22 y 23 de agosto de 1991

Generating inclusive and sustainable growth: the role of policy and multilevel fiscal institutions

Incluye bibliografía

Technological evaluation of biotechnology capability in Amazon institutions

Includes bibliography

Relationship between social and economic institutions: a theoretical model applicable to Latin America

Includes bibliography

Economic policy, institutions and productive development in Latin America

Includes bibliography

Public institutions and explicit and implicit environmental policies

Includes bibliography

Institutions and growth: can human capital be a link?

Includes bibliography

The role of institutions in local contexts

Includes bibliography

Microfinance institutions in the development of financial markets

Includes bibliography

IDB lending to budget oversight institutions

Includes bibliography

Brazilian fiscal institutions: the Cardoso reforms, 1995-2002

Includes bibliography

Less volatile growth?: the role of regional financial institutions

Includes bibliography

Inequality, institutions and progress: a debate between history and the present

Includes bibliography