CEPAL Review Nº107

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N August • 2012

ReVIEW

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ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Ten theses concerning social conflict in Latin America Fernando Calderón

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Social stratification and mobility in Guatemala

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Guillermo Díaz

Capabilities and gender: a sum or system of inequalities? The case of Chile

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Virginia Guzmán, Emmanuelle Barozet, Eduardo Candia, Bernardita Ihnen and Bettina Leiva

Determinants of educational performance in Uruguay, 2003-2006

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Cecilia Oreiro and Juan Pablo Valenzuela

The socioeconomic cost of illicit drug consumption in Chile

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Matías Fernández H.

The importance of the manufacturing sector for Brazilian economic development Carmem Aparecida Feijó and Marcos Tostes Lamonica Argentina: Dissemination of genetically modified cotton and its impact on the profitability of small-scale farmers in the Chaco province Valeria Arza, Laura Goldberg and Claudia Vázquez Infrastructure and economic growth in Peru

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Roberto Urrunaga and Carlos Aparicio

Financial market reaction to central bank monetary policy communications under an inflation-targeting regime: the case of Brazil Gabriel Caldas M. Mexico: what is the impact of monetary policy on unemployment rates? Alejandro Islas C. and Willy Walter Cortez

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ISSN 0251-2920


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