Reforms to pension policies inevitably face challenges and potential trade-offs. These include the desirability of providing adequate replacement income and tackling problems of poverty in old age; the imbalance between time spent in work and in retirement; the appropriate mix o…
This book demonstrates that Russia intends to re-emerge as a full fledged superpower before 2010 that would challenge America and China and potentially threaten a new arms race. Contrary to conventional wisdom, this goal is easily within the Kremlin's grasp, but the cost to the …
Many favor cultural and environmental explanations of the nineteenth-century economic divergence between Europe and the rest of the world. This book takes a different tack. It argues that political differences which crystallized well before 1800 were responsible both for China’s…
In many OECD countries, issues in fiscal federalism feature prominently in the political debate. Policy discussions in this area should preferably be supported by internationally comparable statistical information on fiscal relations between levels of government, both in the are…
The past half-century has seen enormous changes in the demographic makeup of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In the 1950s, LAC had a small population of about 160 million people, less than today's population of Brazil. Two-thirds of Latin Americans lived in rural areas. F…
"The secrets behind China's extraordinary educational system - good, bad, and ugly, Chinese students' consistently stunning performance on the international PISA exams-- where they outscore students of all other nations in math, reading, and science--have positioned China as a w…
Analyse van de technologische, culturele en institutionele verandering van de samenleving in een netwerkmaatschappij.
An analysis of the inevitability of war. As the Cold War fades, leaders and theorists alike speak of a new era, when democracy and open trade will join hands to banish outright war. The author exposes the truth behind this rhetoric: in a world where no international authority re…
"This book is the first comprehensive treatment of credit cards in the global economy. the topic is timely not only because of the attention focused on cards as a contributor to the substantial rise in consumer borrowing, but also because of the role of cards in the recent retre…
"Along with in-depth studies of Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Jamaica, and Trinidad, Law and Employment provides comparative analysis of Latin American economics against a range of European countries and the United States. The book breaks new ground by quant…
by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development., Development Centre, Hausmann, Ricardo, Hiemenz, Ulrich, Inter-American Development Bank, International Forum on Latin American Perspectives, Paris, France)
fromDevelopment Centre seminars
The Inter-American Development Bank and the OECD Development Centre created the International Forum of Latin American Perspectives as an annual meeting place of ideas and strategies from Latin America and from the OECD region. The tenth meeting of the Forum was held in Paris in…
