Latin American development priorities
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Latin American development priorities
Cambridge University Press, 2009
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Latin American development priorities : costs and benefits
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Description
Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have achieved considerable economic growth, yet the region still faces many seemingly intractable problems. The conventional wisdom in development agencies - that prioritization is impossible and that everything must be done - is simply not effective. Latin American Development Priorities shows how limited resources could be used for the greatest benefit of the Latin American and Caribbean region. A panel of economists met over three days in San Jose to review proposals to tackle the ten most important challenges, which emerged from a survey by the Inter-American Development Bank. The expert panel was asked a question which appears simple but is actually very difficult to answer: What should Latin American governments do with an additional nominal $10 billion? Hard choices are needed if Latin America's problems are to be tackled effectively. This book provides the means to make those choices as objectively as possible.
Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword Luis Alberto Moreno
- Introduction Bjorn Lomborg
- 1. Democracy Mark P. Jones
- 2. Education Amy Damon and Paul Glewwe
- 2.1. Education - an alternative view Miguel Urquiola
- 3. Employment and social security Alejandro Cox Edwards
- 3.1. Employment and social security - an alternative view Adriana Kugler
- 4. Environment Roger Sedjo
- 4.1.Environment - an alternative view Randall A. Kramer
- 5. Fiscal problems Miguel Braun
- 5.1. Fiscal problems - an alternative view Max A. Alier and Benedict Clements
- 6. Health Philip Musgrove
- 6.1. Health - an alternative view William Savedoff
- 7. Infrastructure Julio A. Gonzalez, Jose Luis Guasch and Tomas Serebrisky
- 7.1. Infrastructure - an alternative view Ronald Fischer
- 8. Poverty Sebastian Galiani
- 8.1. Poverty - an alternative view Stephen Younger
- 9. Public administration Susan Rose Ackerman
- 9.1. Public administration - an alternative view Ugo Panizza
- 10. Violence and crime Mark A. Cohen and Mauricio Rubio
- 10.1. Violence and crime - an alternative view Andrew Morrison
- Outcome
- Conclusion.
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