This study on Latin America is based on a sample of eight countries, comprising the big four economies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico; Colombia and Ecuador, two of the poorest South American tropical countries; the Dominican Republic, the largest Caribbean economy; and Nicaragua, the poorest country in Central America. Together, in 2000-04, these countries accounted for 78 percent of the region's population, 80 percent of the region's agricultural value added, and 84 percent of the total gross domestic product (GDP) of Latin America.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresseptembre, 2008République dominicaine, Mexique, Chili, Équateur, Nicaragua, Argentine, Colombie, Brésil, Amérique latine et Caraïbes
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Comparative Analysis of Eight Countries and Implications for Governments, Zone Authorities and Businesses
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2011Kenya, Jordanie, Bangladesh, Philippines, El Salvador, Égypte, Chine, Costa RicaThis global report examines the opportunity for special economic zones to promote women's economic empowerment and boost zone and enterprise competitiveness in developing countries. The research covers Bangladesh, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, El Salvador, Jordan, Kenya, and the Philippines. The study focuses on women's economic empowerment in the context of zones at three levels: (i) fair employment and working conditions for female employees; (ii) equal access to opportunities for professional advancement; and (iii) investment opportunities for female entrepreneurs.
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Evidence from Nicaragua
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresmai, 2017Nicaragua, Amérique latine et CaraïbesThere have been few efforts to evaluate whether the positive land use changes induced by conservation interventions such as Payments for Environmental Services (PES) persist once the interventions end. Since gains achieved by conservation interventions may be lost upon termination of the program, even apparently successful interventions may not result in longterm conservation benefits, a problem known as that of permanence. This paper examines the permanence of land use changes induced by a short-term PES program implemented between 2003 and 2008 in Matiguas-Rio Blanco, Nicaragua.
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Value Chain Analyses
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresoctobre, 2012Amérique centrale, Amérique latine et CaraïbesThe Central America region is a small market. The region contains around 43 million inhabitants (0.6 percent of total world population) who generate around 0.25 percent of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While the region has successfully embarked on a regional integration agenda and has strong commercial links with the US, extra-regional trade-mainly with large fast-growing emerging economies-remains a challenge.
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A Supply Chain Approach
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresjuin, 2012Amérique centrale, Amérique latine et CaraïbesThis chapter uses supply chain analysis (SCA) to identify transport and logistics bottlenecks that add costs, times and uncertainty to the exportation of perishable agricultural products from Central America. Macro-level analyses of logistics performance, including the logistics performance index, Doing Business Reports and Enterprise Surveys of the World Bank, as well as the Global Competitiveness Index of the Global Economic Forum, often leave policy-makers unclear on exactly what poor performance means for exporters and producers in Central America.
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Optimal Path Analysis
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresjuin, 2012Nicaragua, Amérique centrale, Amérique latine et CaraïbesIn Central America, cargo is transported almost entirely by road. The movement of imports and exports to and from international seaports is done by truck. Rail service is almost nonexistent and air transport serves less than one percent of the cargo generated within the Central American Common Market (SIECA, 2004). Intra-regional trade is much more important in Central America than it might seem at first glance. The second largest trading partner of Central America is the region itself.
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Volume 3. Unlocking Potential in Rural Areas - Geographic Analysis
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresoctobre, 2012Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Amérique centrale, Amérique latine et CaraïbesThe Central America region is a small market. The region contains around 43 million inhabitants (0.6 percent of total world population) who generate around 0.25 percent of the world's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). While the region has successfully embarked on a regional integration agenda and has strong commercial links with the US, extra-regional trade-mainly with large fast-growing emerging economies-remains a challenge.
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Guatemala
Rapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2012Guatemala, Amérique latine et CaraïbesDoing business sheds light on how easy or difficult it is for a local entrepreneur to open and run a small to medium-size business when complying with relevant regulations. It measures and tracks changes in regulations affecting 10 areas in the life cycle of a business: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, enforcing contracts and resolving insolvency.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresjuillet, 2016République-Unie de Tanzanie, Japon, Malaisie, Madagascar, Chine, Namibie, Indonésie, Australie, République populaire démocratique de Corée, Argentine, République de Corée, Sri Lanka, Brésil, Nouvelle-Zélande, Amérique centrale, Amérique septentrionale, Océanie
To meet carbon emissions targets, more than 30 countries have committed to boosting production of renewable resources from biological materials andconvert them into products such as food, animal feedand bioenergy. In a post-fossil-fuel world, an increasingproportion of chemicals, plastics, textiles, fuels and electricity will have to come from biomass, which takesup land. To maintain current consumption trends theworld will also need to produce 50–70 percent more foodby 2050, increasingly under drought conditions and onpoor soils.
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Library ResourceRapports et recherchesDocuments de politique et mémoiresmai, 2014États-Unis d'Amérique, Chine, Mexique, Océanie, Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Asie orientale
The trend toward ever greater urbanization continues unabated across the globe. According to the United Nations, by 2025 closes to 5 billion people will live in urban areas. Many cities, especially in the developing world, are set to explode in size. Over the next decade and a half, Lagos is expected to increase its population 50 percent, to nearly 16 million. Naturally, there is an active debate on whether restricting the growth of megacities is desirable and whether doing so can make residents of those cities and their countries better off.
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