The self and the other : sustainability and self-empowerment /

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: Overview / Afaf Mahfouz -- The individual in today's global society / Ismail Serageldin -- Culture and development: Videos: "Culture and development" "The South Slope of Liberty" ("Versant Sud de la Liberté") -- Commentary: Emergence of the individual in the south / Bahgat Elnadi and Adel Rifaat -- Panel discussion: Approaching the issue of religion / Mohamed Arkoun -- Psychoanalysis in Eastern Europe / John Kafka -- Women in Egypt: education and modernity / Hoda El-Sadda -- Brazil and Guatemala: the culture of violence and the culture of hope / Shelton H. …”

The momentum for change, Lewis T. Preston at the World Bank, 1991-95 : addresses and statements / by Preston, Lewis Thompson, 1926-1995

Table of Contents: “…., July 21, 1994 -- To the board of governors Madrid, October 4, 1994 -- From the World Bank Group: learning from the past, embrancing the future -- Key development challenges: To the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 4, 1992 -- To the Conference on Overcoming Global Hunger Washington, D.C., November 30, 1993 -- To the International Conference on Population and Development Cairo, September 6, 1994 -- Regional Challenges: On transition economies: to the Bretton Woods Committee June 15, 1992 -- To the Inter-American Development Bank Conference on Social Reform and Poverty Washington, D.C., February 10, 1993 -- On Sub-Saharan Africa: from the Financial Times September 27, 1993 -- To the Conference on the Middle East Peace Process Washignton, D.C., October 1, 1993 -- Development in the post-cold war era: To the Board of Governors Bangkok, October 15, 1991 -- To the Board of Governors Washignton, D.C., September 22, 1992 -- To the Foreign Policy Association New York, March 25, 1993.…”

Value added taxation in developing countries /

Table of Contents: “…The VAT in Argentina / Osvaldo Horacio Schenone -- 11. The VAT in Brazil / Carlos Longo -- 12. The VAT in the Republic of Korea / Seung Soo Han -- 13. …”

Urban property tax reform : guidelines and recommendations / by Dillinger, William R.

Table of Contents: “…Conclusion: strategies for reform -- Annex 1: Sources of municipal revenue -- Annex 2: Description of property tax administration programs in Brazil and the Philippines -- Annex 3: Terms of reference: preparation of property tax rehabilitation program country x -- Figures -- Tables.…”

Thinking out loud II : innovative case studies on participatory instruments /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Katherine Bain -- A new participatory approach for school management: the redes educativas in Pasto, Colombia / Martha Laverde and Massimiliano Paolucci -- The role of water committees in the delivery of potable water services to low-income residents in Port-au-Prince, Haiti / Emmanuel Njomo -- Reconstruction and social development in Colombia: the central role of civil society organizations / Jairo Arboleda -- The country assistance strategy in Argentina: how to make a consultative process work / Roberto Senderowitsch and Sandra Cesilini -- The growing pains of an unprecedented civil society-government partnership in the Brazilian Amazon: the case of the Amazon Working Group (GTA) / Alfredo Wagner Berno de Almeida -- The challenges of forging partnerships for judicial reform / Waleed H. …”
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Readings in the history of economic growth; a study of successful and promising beginnings of special relevance for students in underdeveloped countries /

Table of Contents: “…Davis -- Economic development in Nigeria / W. F. Stolper -- Brazil, the state of economic growth / H. W. Spiegel -- Patterns of industrialization / P. …”

Mercosur in transition : macroeconomic perspectives by Heymann, Daniel, Ramos, Adrián

Table of Contents: “…Concluding remarks: looking ahead -- Bibliography -- Appendix: bilateral import demand functions for Argentina and Brazil.…”

OECD-FAO agricultural outlook 2005-2014 /

Fiscal sustainability : analytical developments and emerging policy issues /

Table of Contents: “…Signaling Regime Sustainability in Argentina, Brazil and Turkey, Comments: Ernesto Rezk (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina) -- Pte. 2 Sustainability assessment and policy implications: 7. …”

Credit stagnation in Latin America / by Barajas, Adolfo

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Ideology & social change in Latin America / by Nash, June, 1927-, ed

Table of Contents: “…Populism and political control of the working class in Brazil / Kenneth Paul Erickson -- 6. Economic organization and social conscience: some dilemmas of cuban socialism / Bertram Silverman -- 7. …”
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Population dilemma in Latin America /

Table of Contents: “…Miró -- 2. The population of Brazil / Artur Hehl Neiva -- 3. Populations of the non-spanish-Speaking caribbean / G. …”

Counting the poor : new thinking about European poverty measures and lessons for the United States /

Table of Contents: “…Smeeding -- Consumption-based measures in developing nations : lessons from Brazil / Peter Lanjouw -- Alternatives to income-based measures of poverty / Kenneth A. …”

Understanding the global energy crisis /

Table of Contents: “…Russia Energy and Climate Change Policy -- 2.6. Brazil Energy and Climate Change Policy -- 2.7. India Energy and Climate Change Policy -- 3: Social Engagement by the Engineer -- 3.1. …”
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International economics and development : essays in Honor of Raúl Prebisch /

Table of Contents: “…Destanne de Bernis -- The contribution of foreign trade to national income / Víctor Jorge Elias -- Origins and consequences of import substitution in Brazil / Albert Fishlow -- Notes on foreign capital and Latin America / Ricardo M. …”

Explorations in Latin American economic history / by López Arnaut, Javier, 1981-

Table of Contents: “…A Comparative Study of Manufacturing Productivity in Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil, 1935-1975 -- 5. Catching Up, Falling Behind, and the Role of Institutions: Explaining Productivity Growth in Latin America and Asia from a Sectoral perspective -- 6. …”
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Health innovation systems, equity and development /

Table of Contents: “…Health services and innovation in Brazil -- 14. Features of the political economy of Brazil's health system -- Contributors.…”

Has Latin American inequality changed direction? : looking over the long run / by Moro, Tomás, 1478-1535

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Growth, employment, and poverty in Latin America / Guillermo Cruces...[et al.].

Table of Contents: “…Argentina -- . Bolivia -- 9. Brazil -- 10. Chile -- 12. Costa Rica -- 13. Dominican Republic -- 14. …”
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The political economy of clear energy transitions /

Table of Contents: “…Social Inclusion -- 23:Integrating clean energy use in national poverty reduction strategies: Opportunities and challenges in Rwanda's Girinka programme, Chika Ezeanya and Abel Kennedy -- 24:Renewable energy in the Brazilian Amazon: the drivers of political economy and climate, Sabrina McCormick -- 25:The political economy of household thermal energy choices in developing countries: comparing the LPG sectors in Indonesia and South Africa, Wikus Kruger, Louise Tait, and Jiska de Groot -- Part VIII. …”
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