Capital movements and external financing

Includes bibliography

Can growth and equity go hand in hand?

Includes bibliography

Port privatization, labour reform and social equity

Includes bibliography

Central America: macroeconomic performance and social financing

Includes bibliography

Potential and limits of health management reform in Chile

Includes bibliography

Equity in the public budget

Includes bibliography

Equity, foreign investment and international competitiveness

Includes bibliography

Reform to health system financing in Chile

Includes bibliography

Equity in education in El Salvador

Includes bibliography

New challenges for equity in Uruguay

Includes bibliography

Reflections on development financing

This article sets forth some reflections on the position of the region's countries and the different segments of their domestic financial structures in the international financial system. In the light of the financial globalization taking place in Latin America, it considers the circumstances of the largest countries in the region, looking beyond the stylized arguments of conventional wisdom to analyse different factors influencing the financial situation: sovereignty risk, financial globalization, the degree of financial integration, the cost of capital and the burden of country risk premiums, the link between sovereign risk and fiscal solvency and the consequences of segmented integration. Consideration is then given to courses of action that could reduce country risk. In addition, the role of the different institutional sectors in generating savings is analysed, and the main trends of financial intermediation in the region are considered: banking concentration, the increased involvement of foreign organizations and the role of the public-sector banking system in the circumstances that now prevail.

Equity and exclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean: the case of indigenous and Afro-descendant peoples

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Medical care equity for older persons in Chile: the role of the insurance sector

Includes bibliography

Social vulnerability, insurance and risk diversification in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

The State, the markets and development financing

Includes bibliography