Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2009-2010: The distributive impact of public policies

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Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2010-2011: Internacional integration and macroeconomic policy challenges amid global economic turmoil

Includes bibliography

Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2008-2009: Crisis and opportunities for regional cooperation

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Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy 2011-2012: Continuing crisis in the centre and new opportunities for developing economies

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The outlook for agriculture and rural development in the Americas: a perspective on Latin America and the Caribbean, 2009

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Debt financing rollercoaster: Latin American and Caribbean access to international bond markets since the debt crisis, 1982-2012

Includes bibliography

The Latin American Pacific Basin initiative and the Asia-Pacific region

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Opportunities for trade and investment between Latin America and Asia-Pacific: the link with APEC

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Millennium development goals: progress towards the right to health in Latin america and the Caribbean

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Mathematics education and democracy

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between mathematics education and the notions of education for all/democracy. In order to proceed with our analysis, we present Marx's concept of commodity and Jean Baudrillard's concept of sign value as a theoretical reference in the discussion of how knowledge has become a universal need in today's society and ideology. After, we engage in showing mathematics education's historical and epistemological grip to this ideology. We claim that mathematics education appears in the time period that English becomes an international language and the notion of international seems to be a key constructor in the constitution of that ideology. Here, we draw from Derrida's famous saying that there is nothing beyond the text. We conclude that a critique to modern society and education has been developed from an idealistic concept of democracy. © FIZ Karlsruhe 2009.

Brazilian external sector so far in the XXIst century

Policies towards the external sector have maintained their basic characteristics since the beginning of the present decade, although emphasis has been given to some specific aspects. Little doubt remains that the positive outcome - at least until recently – has been clearly a result of the country having profited from very favorable circumstances in the international scenario. This article discusses the main features of the external sector of the Brazilian economy, regarding trade flows, foreign investment, the internationalization of Brazilian entrepreneurial groups and the short-term financial requirements in foreign currencies.

The Role of Tax Policy in the Context of the Global Crisis: consequences and prospects

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Macroeconomic policies in times of crisis: options and perspectives

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Barbados: public-private sector partnership

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Poverty impacts of trade integration with the European Union: lessons for Ecuador

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