TY  - BOOK
ED  - Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo.
TI  - Competitiveness : : The business of growth. 2001 Report. Economic and social progress in Latin America / 
T2  - BIS quarterly review
SN  - 1886938962
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Washington, D.C. : 
PB  - Inter-American Development Bank, 
KW  - Competitividad
KW  - Crecimiento económico
KW  - Negocios
KW  - América Latina
N1  - Introduction, 1 --; Part I. Dimensions of competitiveness, 9 --; Summary, 9 --; Chapter 1. Growth, productivity and competitiveness in Latin America, 11 --; Chapter 2. Obstacles to business development, 27 --; Chapter 3. The size of "large" firms, 35 --; Chapter 4. Exports and competitiveness, 43 --; Part II. Financial market development to promote business growth, 57 --; Summary, 57 --; Chapter 5. Financial regulation and supervision, 61 --; Chapter 6. Ownership and structure of the financial sector, 73 --; Chapter 7. Information in financial markets: the role of credit registries, 81 --; Chapter 8. Microfinance: from the village to wall street?, 89 --; Part III. The human factor and competitiveness, 105 --; Summary, 105 --; Chapter 9. Labor costs and competitiveness, 107 --; Chapter 10. Removing barriers to improved labor productivity, 121 --; Part IV. Infrastructure: the platform for efficiency, 147 --; Summary, 147 --; Chapter 11. Ports and transport, 151 --; Chapter 12. Electricity, 165 --; Chapter 13. Telecommunications, 179 --; Part V. The capacity to innovate, 197 --; Summary, 197 --; Chapter 14. The promise and challenge of information technologies, 199 --; Chapter 15. The ability to innovate and use new technologies, 209 --; Chapter 16. Innovation systems in Latin America, 219 --; Part VI. Industrial and investment policies, 237 --; Summary, 237 --; Chapter 17. Industrial policy at the turn of the century, 239 --; Chapter 18. Foreign direct investment policies, 251
ER  -