Latin America and The Caribbean NEW ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND THE RISE OF THE LATIN AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS By Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Julian Messina, Jamele Rigolini, Luis-Felipe LopezCalva, Maria Ana Lugo, and Renos Vakis
This volume proposes a way to assess mobility into the middle class, centered on the concept of economic security, and looks into how the socioeconomic achievements of a generation are linked to those of their parents. The main purpose is to investigate the nature, determinants and possible consequences of the emergence of a new, rapidly expanding middle class in Latin America. LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Nov 2012 | 200 pages | 978-0-8213-9634-6 | Paperback $25.95
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN The Road Ahead By Augusto de la Torre, Alain Ize, and Sergio L. Schmukler
Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Road Ahead provides both a stocktaking and a forward-looking assessment of the region’s financial development. Rather than going into detail about sectorspecific issues, the report focuses on the main architectural issues, overall perspectives, and interconnections. The report’s value added thus hinges on its holistic view of the development process, its broad coverage of the financial services industry beyond banking, its emphasis on benchmarking, its systemic perspective, and its explicit effort to incorporate the lessons from the recent global financial crisis.
NATURAL RESOURCES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Beyond Booms and Busts? By Emily Sinnott, John Nash, and Augusto de la Torre
The report addresses the major concerns associated with commodity dependence, summarizing the state of the art in existing literature and filling in the knowledge gaps with new analysis. It finds that some commonly accepted negative effects of dependence on natural resources are largely myths, while some are realities. LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
June 2010 | 176 pages | 978-0-8213-8482-4 | Paperback $25.00
LOW-CARBON DEVELOPMENT
Latin American Responses to Climate Change By Augusto de la Torre, Pablo Fajnzylber, and John Nash
This report examines some of the major threats posed by climate change to the region’s economies, societies, and biodiversity. It describes the patterns of greenhouse gas emissions in the Latin America and Caribbean region and in specific countries, finding that the future trajectory could be increases in emissions relative to other regions. LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Oct 2009 | 232 pages | 978-0-8213-8054-3 | Paperback $35.00
INEQUALITY IN LATIN AMERICA Breaking with History? By Francisco Ferreira, David de Ferranti, Guillermo E. Perry, and Michael Walton
INFORMALITY
Exit and Exclusion By Pablo Fajnzylber, Guillermo E. Perry, William F. Maloney, Omar Arias, Andrew Mason, and Jaime Saavedra-Chanduvi
This report analyzes informality in Latin America, exploring root causes and reasons for and implications of its growth. The authors use two distinct but complementary lenses: informality driven by “exclusion”’ from state benefits or the circuits of the modern economy, and driven by voluntary “exit” decisions resulting from private cost-benefit calculations that lead workers and firms to opt out of formal institutions. LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
May 2007 | 268 pages | 978-0-8213-7092-6 | Paperback $30.00
POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH Virtuous and Vicious Circles By Guillermo E. Perry, Luis Serven, William F. Maloney, J. Humberto Lopez, and Omar Arias
This report is about the existence of vicious circles of low growth and high poverty in Latin America and about the alternatives to convert them into virtuous circles in which poverty reduction and high growth reinforce each other. LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Feb 2006 | 228 pages | 978-0-8213-6511-3 | Paperback $30.00
BEYOND THE CITY
The Rural Contribution to Development By David de Ferranti, Guillermo E. Perry, Daniel Lederman, William Foster, and Alberto Valdes
This book explores why the region suffers from such persistent inequality, identifies how it hampers development, and suggests ways to achieve greater equity in the distribution of wealth, incomes and opportunities.
This volume evaluates the contribution of rural development and policies to growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental degradation in the rest of the economy, as well as in the rural space. This title brings together new theoretical and empirical treatments of the links between rural and national development. New findings and are combined with existing literature to enhance our understanding of the how rural economic activities contribute to various aspects of national development.
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Nov 2011 | 274 pages | 978-0-8213-8847-1 | Paperback $20.00
Jun 2004 | 402 pages | 978-0-8213-5665-4 | Paperback $35.00
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STUDIES
Apr 2005 | 228 pages | 978-0-8213-6097-2 | Paperback $28.00
DIRECTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT GROWING OLD IN AN OLDER BRAZIL
Implications of Population Aging on Growth, Poverty, Public Finance and Service Delivery By Michele Gragnolati, Ole Hagen Jorgensen, Romero Rocha, and Anna Fruttero
This book investigates the impact of demographic changes on several dimensions of the Brazilian economy and society. Sep 2011 | 404 pages | 978-0-8213-8802-0 | Paperback $35.00
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN By Jakob Kronik, Dorte Verner
This book addresses the implications of climate change on indigenous peoples and communities living in the highlands, lowlands, and coastal areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. Jun 2010 | 200 pages | 978-0-8213-8237-0 | Paperback $35.00
ACHIEVING WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION IN BRAZIL Providing Full Financial Services to the Poor By Barbara Bruns, David Evans and Javier Luque
This book offers a thorough and careful evaluation of Brazil’s educational policies over the past 15 years coupled with a suggested agenda for the decade to come. Nov 2011 | 186 pages | 978-0-8213-8854-9 | Paperback $25.00
DO OUR CHILDREN HAVE A CHANCE?
A Human Opportunity Report for Latin America and the Caribbean By José R. Molinas Vega, Ricardo Paes de Barros, Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi, Marcelo Giugale
The Latin America and Caribbean region is making progress in opening the doors of development to all. This book assesses the status and evolution of human opportunity in LAC. Nov 2011 | 186 pages | 978-0-8213-8854-9 | Paperback $25.00
MEETING THE BALANCE OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY AND DEMAND IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Providing Full Financial Services to the Poor By Rigoberto Ariel Yépez-García, Todd M. Johnson, and Luis Alberto Andrés
This book offers a thorough and careful evaluation of Brazil’s educational policies over the past 15 years coupled with a suggested agenda for the decade to come. Jun 2011 | 210 pages | 978-0-8213-8819-8 | Paperback $25.00