Annual World Bank conference on development in Latin America and the Caribbean 1995 : the challenges of reform. Proceedings of a conference held in Rio de Janeiro

This first Annual Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) took stock of the immediate challenges created by the peso crisis and its aftermath and of the longer-term evidence that the region ' s record in addressing poverty and inequity necessitated a renewed comm...

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Corporate Authors: Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Rio de Janeiro, Banco Mundial, World Bank, Annual World Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Other Authors: Burki, Shahid Javed, ed, Edwards, Sebastian, ed, Aiyer, Sri-Ram, ed
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1997
Series:World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Shahid Javed Burki and Sri-Ram Aiyer
  • Conference proceedings: the challenges of reform / Sri-Ram Aiyer and Kin Bing Wu
  • Opening remarks / Pedro Malan
  • Keynote address: the future of economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean / César Gaviria Trujillo
  • Latin America after Mexico: quickening the pace / Shahid Javed Burki and Sebastian Edwards
  • Reform of the state in Latin America / Stephan Haggard
  • Why are Latin America's savings rates so low?: an international comparative analysis / Sebastian Edwards
  • Latin America and the Caribbean in the world economy / Carlos A. Primo Braga, Julio Nogués, and Sarath Rajapatirana
  • Poverty, inequality, and human capital development in Latin America, 1950-2025 / Juan Luis Londoño
  • Education reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: an agenda for action / Ernesto Schiefelbein
  • Special session: capital markets after the Mexican peso crisis / William Cline
  • Roundtable discussion: Latin America and the Caribbean in the postadjustment era / Carlos Langoni, Marta Maurás Pérez, Brian Stewart.