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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.
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IDB America December 2005 Charo Quesada	A Giant That Needs to Keep Growing A Brazilian academic suggests ways to accelerate the development of Latin America's largest economy.
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 September 1, 2001 John E. Besant-Jones & Bernard Tenenbaum	Lessons from California's Power Crisis Clearly, what happened in California was not what was planned. It is not surprising that policymakers around the world are now asking questions...
IDB America September 2004 Mario Waissbluth	The Secrets of Institutional Reform An expert in public-sector management explains why so many Latin American government reform programs fail---and how to make them succeed.
IDB America Jul/Aug 2000 Bill Savedoff	Health services for whom? Countries throughout Latin America are reforming their health systems to increase fairness, widen access, and improve quality. Examples of such reforms were the subject of a recent conference called "The Challenge of Health Reform: Reaching the Poor"...
IDB America April 2004 Charo Quesada	After the Honeymoon What can Latin America do to rekindle the interest of Spanish investors?
IDB America May 2002	`Don't retreat on reform' IDB economist urges countries in Latin America to strengthen democracy, reforms and integration
IDB America May 2002	Innovation can be contagious There are islands of innovation and creativity throughout Latin America's vast public education systems, but very little human traffic between them.
IDB America March 2003	Support in a time of crisis A senior IDB manager calls for greater equity in development
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 December 1, 2005 Arturo Valenzuela	Putting Latin America Back on the Map Consolidation of democratic institutions is a vital part of Latin America's recovery.
IDB America October 2004 Enrique V. Iglesias	Solving the Competitiveness Conundrum The IDB is proud of the role it has played in promoting administrative, financial and judicial reform in its Latin American member countries, both through the Bank's lending programs and in the many innovative initiatives taken by its Multilateral Investment Fund.
Finance & Development March 1, 2000 Robert Rennhack	Banking Supervision Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, like other emerging markets, have experienced banking system difficulties that have hampered growth and generated fiscal costs as high as 10 to 20 percent of GDP and even more. Many countries have improved their banking systems, but further reform is needed.
IDB America July 2001 Daniel Drosdoff	Latin America's airlines face strong headwinds High taxes, outdated regulations and foreign competition are forcing a shakeout among the region's commercial air carriers...
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 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 September 1, 2000 Oleh Havrylyshyn & John Odling-Smee	Political Economy of Stalled Reforms Powerful vested interests in some of the transition countries oppose further reform. But, even in this difficult climate, reform can and should continue.
IDB America August 2005	"A Bigger, More Creative, More Efficient Bank..." After 17 years as IDB president, Enrique V. Iglesias offers an assessment of the Bank's performance and reflects on Latin America's uneven economic progress.
IDB America April 2008 Paul Constance	Latin America's Choice Brazil proves that voluntary changes in behavior, combined with modest investments in energy-saving equipment, can produce huge savings without compromising human welfare or economic 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..
IEEE Spectrum December 2010 Seth Blumsack	How the Free Market Rocked the Grid It led to higher rates and rolling blackouts, but it also opened the door to greener forms of electricity generation
IDB America December 2001	How to sail in a storm The IDB's principal research adviser explains how Latin America could still become competitive
IDB America February 2002 Charo Quesada	Armies for peace A former Spanish defense minister calls for democratization of the military in Latin America...
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, 2005 de la Torre & Schmukler	Small Fish, Big Pond What is the future for developing country capital markets in a globalized economy?
Knowledge@Wharton	Chile: A Beacon of Prosperity in a Turbulent Region Chile has chugged along. At a time of global frailties, its economy is healthier today than it has been over the past five years. What is behind Chile's success and can it be sustained?
Finance & Development March 2011 Giuliano et al.	Free Governments, Good Policies Economic reforms may scare politicians, but democracy and economic liberalization generally go hand in hand.
IDB America October 2004 Carlo Binetti	A Political Agenda Against Inequality In the last two decades, Latin America has been weighed down by the bitter paradox of trying to advance democracy even as poverty grows more extreme. Meanwhile, in the political arena, globalization has imposed new demands on the State.
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 December 2010	Risky Business Global banks will adapt to the new international rules on capital and liquidity, but at what cost to investors and the financial system?
IDB America March 2002 Daniel Drosdoff	Prompt justice Venezuela undertakes a sweeping reform of its courts...
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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 May 2002 Lawrence Wolff	An environment that encourages change Chile begins to see the fruits of nearly two decades of educational reform
Finance & Development September 1, 2000	Book reviews Without a Map: Political Tactics and Economic Reform in Russia by Andrei Shleifer and Daniel Treisman evaluates the reforms of the 1990s... Money and Markets: A Wall Street Memoir by Henry Kaufman both inspirational and educational...
IDB America April 2008 Paul Constance	Private Capital Drives a Green Energy Boom Inter-American Development Bank funds leverage investments in ethanol, biodiesel, wind, solar, hydroelectric and tidal energy in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Bank Technology News October 2001 Daniel Joelson	AT&T Takes Big Bites in Latin America Despite making headway, the telecom giant is learning Latin America presents its own unique challenges...
Bank Technology News May 2001 Daniel Joelson	Online Trading Craze in Latin America The market goes from hope to fear and back...
IDB America November 2003 Alexandra Russell-Bitting	Rx for democracy A new study examines the health of Latin America's democracies, and prescribes a strong dose of political reform.
IDB America August 2003 Paul Constance	Verdict pending After a decade of reforms, Latin America's courts are constantly in the news. But are they changing for the better?
Global Services September 30, 2008 Imrana Khan	Latin America MSS Market Set to Grow to $332.7 Million by 2013 In the current market scenario, the outsourcing of network security in the region is now being accepted at a larger pace. Thus, Latin American IT-services providers are leveraging full outsourcing agreements.
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 June 1, 2002 Pradeep K. Mitra & Marcelo Selowsky	Lessons from a Decade of Transition in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union A decade after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in late 1991, some transition economies are performing far better than others. Reducing barriers to entry is not enough -- hard budget constraints must also be imposed on the old money-losing state-owned enterprises.
IDB America October 2002 Paul Constance	The integration imperative The IDB's new report on social and economic progress in Latin America argues that regional integration is more relevant -- and more urgent -- than ever.
BusinessWeek May 23, 2005 Manjeet Kripalani	Not Enough Power to the People In India, power is politics -- electrical power, that is. But while makers of electrical equipment thrive, reform lags, blackouts occur daily, and the people are up in arms. Meanwhile, foreign investment is "waiting and watching."
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Madani & Novoosel	Getting a Grip on the Grid The findings of major electric disturbances around the world highlight the need for cross-regional grid reforms, so that the best available technology is promptly put to use, without lengthy delays arising from American legislative or regulatory processes.