8 articles in this issue
Sarath Rajapatirana
The paper examines policy recommendations for export promotion and accepts distortion-correction as the objective that fits well with received trade theory, policy experience and political economy considerations. Evaluating the new trade theory that has t... see more
Jan Svejnar
Graciela Moguillansky
Héctor Gutiérrez
Jaime Vatter
There are several papers that use the simple search paradigm to analyze R&D investment. Here the firm invests a fixed amount each period, at the end of which, the value of the innovation is determined. Having this information available, the firm decides w... see more
Norman Hicks
This paper summarizes recent trends in poverty in Latin America, and the relationship between poverty and social sector development. It notes that World Bank Lending for social sector development in at the region has increased substantially in the past fi... see more
Ricardo Paredes
Fernando Ossa