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Finance & Development
June 1, 2005
dos Santos |
Brazil's Remarkable Journey Latin America's largest economy is finally reaping the benefits of reforms.   |
Finance & Development
March 2011
Mario Mesquita |
Great Expectations Brazil's economic success has raised the bar for that country, at home and abroad. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2006
Hausmann, Rodrik & Velasco |
Getting the Diagnosis Right A new approach to economic reform: Because across-the-board reforms are politically difficult and have often failed to achieve growth, countries need to figure out the one or two most binding constraints on their economies and then focus on lifting those. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2006
Zagha, Nankani & Gill |
Rethinking Growth Economists are reconsidering what they really know about economic growth and how to go about formulating global national policies in the absence of reliable models. |
IDB America
January 2003
Daniel Drosdoff |
Reaping the fruits of fiscal reform In exchange for financial discipline and transparency, Brazil's states and municipalities get more control over their budgets |
Knowledge@Wharton
May 7, 2003 |
Lula's Brazil is Back on Track A $1 billion bond issue by a national government is not exactly sexy news in most places, but for Brazil a recent such sale was significant. It signaled that investors were confident they would get their money back and marked a milestone of sorts for the young administration. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Paul Chabrier |
Growth Strategy for North Africa: A Regional Approach Independent business surveys show that private investors generally feel that the business environment in the region has many serious problems, such as excessive red tape and weak domestic institutions---particularly the legal and judicial systems. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Brazil: A Heady Mix of World Cup Euphoria, Election Anxiety and Economic Uncertainty While most people agree that Brazil's problems are less severe than Argentina's, there are nonetheless troubling developments in this huge sprawling country. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Claudio M. Loser & Martine Guerguil |
The Long Road to Financial Stability Most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean weathered the economic crises of the late 1990s better than expected, thanks to the policy reforms of the past two decades. Further reform is urgently needed, however, to put the region on a faster growth path and reduce its vulnerability to external shocks. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Emine Gurgen |
Central Asia: Achievements and Prospects Although the five Central Asian countries in transition have made progress in moving to a market economy, they still have far to go and need to intensify their reform efforts. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Carstens & Luis I. Jacome H. |
Taming the Monster How Latin America's central banks survived hyperinflation to become guardians of price stability. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Arminio Fraga |
A Fork in the Road Latin America faces a choice between populism and deeper reform. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2006
Anthony Elson |
What Happened? Here's why East Asia surged ahead of Latin America and some lessons for economic policy. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2005
Singh & Collyns |
Latin America's Resurgence Latin America's recent resurgence amid continuing favorable external conditions provides another historic opportunity for the region to catalyze its considerable natural and human capital resources into sustained and higher growth. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Pedro Pou |
Argentina's Structural Reforms of the 1990s Argentina experienced serious economic and financial difficulties in the 1980s. Hyperinflation in 1989-90 finally elicited the necessary political consensus for reform. Despite areas of concern, structural reforms implemented in the 1990s have set Argentina on the path to sustained growth. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Eduardo Aninat |
Chile in the 1990s: Embracing Development Opportunities A review of Chile's recent economic performance shows that, overall, the 1990s were a period of vigorous and unprecedented expansion, with average annual GDP growth of 6.5 percent. While 1999 was a time of economic adjustment after the fallout of the Asian crisis, Chile is now ready to resume healthy growth in 2000 and beyond.. |
The Motley Fool
June 15, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Latin American Guerilla: The Brazil ETF Brazil has roughly the 10th-largest economy in the world, which makes it a South American powerhouse. The iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund changed the playing field significantly. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2000
Robert A. Feldman & C. Maxwell Watson |
Central Europe: From Transition to EU Membership The Central European countries have made considerable progress with the transition to a market economy and now face the challenge of developing macroeconomic policy frameworks on the road to EU accession. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Jose Angel Gurria |
Mexico: Recent Developments, Structural Reforms, and Future Challenges In recent years, the Mexican government has implemented a series of economic reforms to strengthen the country's fundamentals and increase its ability to cope with external shocks. Because of the progress that has been made, the government is confident that Mexico will be able to leave recent crises behind and start the new millennium with a stable and growing economy. |
IDB America
May/Jun 2000
Daniel Drosdoff |
Brazil looks ahead at 500th anniversary Leaders assess the accomplishments and pending challenges of South America's giant |
BusinessWeek
December 15, 2003
Jonathan Wheatley |
Brazil: Still Waiting For The "Spectacle Of Growth" Investors are rushing back into Brazil, after fleeing the country in 2002 on fears that left-leaning President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, elected in October last year, would lead the country into debt default. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Arminio Fraga |
Monetary Policy During the Transition to a Floating Exchange Rate: Brazil's Recent Experience The financial crisis that erupted in Asia in 1997 quickly spread to other developing regions, as international investors panicked and pulled their capital out. In this article, the governor of Brazil's central bank outlines the steps Brazil took to avert financial disaster when inflows of private foreign capital suddenly dried up. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2000
Leonardo Cardemil, Juan Carlos Di Tata, & Florencia Frantischek |
Central America: Adjustment and Reforms in the 1990s Following a weak performance in the 1980s, the Central American economies experienced a turnaround in the 1990s as they adopted improved policies within a more stable political environment. Now, how can they best maintain macroeconomic stability, continue structural reforms, and strengthen social policies to maximize rates of economic growth and reduce the incidence of poverty? |
IDB America
June 2003
Peter Bate |
A new consensus? The author of the 'Washington Consensus,' John Williamson, and former Peruvian finance minister Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, recently revisited the Washington Consensus in an effort to explain Latin America's mediocre performance over the past two decades. |
Finance & Development
September 2011 |
Fiscal Neighbors Canada and the United States confronted growing budget deficits and public debt but the results differed. |
Finance & Development
June 2011 |
Beyond Retirees How countries change their pension systems and whether they do it in tandem have major implications for global economic health. |
IDB America
Jul/Aug 2000 |
Bureaucrats reborn Italy's civil service is undergoing a renaissance. According to Franco Bassanini, Italy's minister of public management, until quite recently his country's bureaucracy was characterized by "islands of excellence in a sea of general inefficiency"... |
Finance & Development
September 2010
Kevin Cheng |
The Long Run Is Near France, like many advanced economies, confronts the expensive needs of a rapidly aging population |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2001
Alvin D.L. Hilaire |
Economic Stabilization in the Caribbean Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago simultaneously tackled serious economic difficulties in the early 1990s. The results of their adjustment programs demonstrate that fiscal reform, supported by other policies, may be the key to achieving a sustainable recovery... |
Finance & Development
March 2011
Jorge Canales-Kriljenko et al. |
Ending Instability How monetary policy reforms helped propel five major Latin American countries from recurrent crises to economic stability. |
Finance & Development
March 2009
Carlo Cottarelli |
Paying the Piper The role of medium-term fiscal policy in rebounding from the crisis. |
Finance & Development
June 2009
Horton & El-Ganainy |
Back to Basics: What Is Fiscal Policy? What is fiscal policy? And, how can fiscal tools provide a boost to the world economy? |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2006
Anthony Annett |
Reform in Europe: What Went Right? Successful economic and social reformers can offer valuable lessons for the rest of the EU. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2012
Oscar J. Franck Terrazas |
Mexico or Brazil? Investors may be surprised at the comparison of these two countries. |
IDB America
July 2001
Jaime Millan |
Half dark or half light? Latin America's electricity problems won't be solved by backtracking on reforms... |
Finance & Development
June 2010
Linda Yueh |
A Stronger China China can emerge from the crisis stronger if it increases domestic demand and promotes global integration. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2006
Bio-Tchane & Christensen |
Right Time for Africa Africa needs to build on its recent success to catch up. A forward-looking reform agenda should aim to maintain macroeconomic stability, improve the business climate, promote trade, and, most important, strengthen fiscal institutions. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2006
Andrew Sheng |
The Art of Reform Both domestic and global investors will look to regulatory assessments to judge for themselves the quality of Asia's market governance. And they might also want to remind themselves of the ancient dictum: he who knows the competition and himself wins in the global competitive game. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2002
De Ferranti et al. |
The Future of Pension Reform in Latin America The Latin American countries are at the vanguard of global pension reform. Eight have reformed their pension systems in the past 20 years, and additional reforms are now being considered throughout the region. Did the earlier reforms work? What should new reforms aim for? And are the ideas driving the reforms sound? |
Finance & Development
March 2011
Clements et al. |
Healing Health Care Finances Health care presents a daunting fiscal challenge in advanced and emerging economies alike, but reforms can help manage the growth of spending fairly and efficiently. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2006
Baily & Farrell |
Breaking Down Barriers to Growth Encouraging competition is key to reviving stalled industrial economies. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2000
Nora Lustig & Nicholas Stern |
Broadening the Agenda for Poverty Reduction: Opportunity, Empowerment, Security Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, in addition to promoting economic growth, addresses ingrained inequalities, institutional failures, social barriers, and other risks. |
AskMen.com
Joshua Ritchie |
Brazil: The New Land Of Opportunity? Here's what Brazil has going for it economically speaking -- the opportunities, the government incentives to producers, the fastest-growing industries, and what the future has in store. |
CFO
July 15, 2010
Kate O'Sullivan |
Brazil Is Booming (and Maddening) U.S. companies are keen to expand into Latin America's biggest market, but CFOs report that Brazil poses unique challenges. |
Finance & Development
June 1, 2006
Burton et al. |
Asia's Winds of Change The path that Asian countries have traveled to growth and prosperity in the past 50 years will remain relevant for the future -- the embrace of openness, the commitment to macroeconomic stability, and the drive to adapt and reform in response to changing circumstances. |
BusinessWeek
September 22, 2003
Jonathan Wheatley |
Brazil: One Growth Obstacle after Another After just eight months in office, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has won congressional approval for economically critical and politically controversial pension and tax reforms,. Now, da Silva faces a bigger challenge: reviving Brazil's economy. |
BusinessWeek
August 6, 2009
Geri Smith |
Brazil's Coming Rebound Consumers are spending and banks are sound. Is the Latin giant finally growing up? |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2001
Bannister & Thugge |
International Trade and Poverty Alleviation How does trade liberalization affect the poor, and how can they be protected against its negative short-term effects? |
IDB America
February 2006 |
A Brighter Outlook for Pensions? The new book, A Quarter Century of Pension Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons Learned and Next Steps, analyzes triumphs and pitfalls of the pension reforms that swept Latin America, and offers lessons for the road ahead. |
Finance & Development
December 2010
Baldacci et al. |
Getting Debt under Control In dealing with the aftermath of the Great Recession, policymakers must pay attention to the mix of austerity policies. |
