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080 _aHC 125
_b.B35 2001
110 2 _aBanco Interamericano de Desarrollo.
245 1 0 _aCompetitiveness :
_bThe business of growth. 2001 Report. Economic and social progress in Latin America /
_cInter-American Development Bank ; preface Enrique V. Iglesias ; Eduardo Lora coordination of edition ; authors Ernesto Stein, Javier Kapsoli, Arturo Galindo, Margaret Miller, Tor Jansson, Carmen Pagés, Miguel Székely, Gustavo Márquez, Alejandro Micco, Natalia Pérez, Jaime Millán, Alberto Chong, Alberto Melo y Christian Daude.
260 _aWashington, D.C. :
_bInter-American Development Bank,
_c2001.
300 _a265 páginas :
_bilustradas con gráficos ;
_c28 cm.
490 0 _aBIS quarterly review
505 0 0 _aIntroduction, 1 --
_tPart I. Dimensions of competitiveness, 9 --
_tSummary, 9 --
_tChapter 1. Growth, productivity and competitiveness in Latin America, 11 --
_tChapter 2. Obstacles to business development, 27 --
_tChapter 3. The size of "large" firms, 35 --
_tChapter 4. Exports and competitiveness, 43 --
_tPart II. Financial market development to promote business growth, 57 --
_tSummary, 57 --
_tChapter 5. Financial regulation and supervision, 61 --
_tChapter 6. Ownership and structure of the financial sector, 73 --
_tChapter 7. Information in financial markets: the role of credit registries, 81 --
_tChapter 8. Microfinance: from the village to wall street?, 89 --
_tPart III. The human factor and competitiveness, 105 --
_tSummary, 105 --
_tChapter 9. Labor costs and competitiveness, 107 --
_tChapter 10. Removing barriers to improved labor productivity, 121 --
_tPart IV. Infrastructure: the platform for efficiency, 147 --
_tSummary, 147 --
_tChapter 11. Ports and transport, 151 --
_tChapter 12. Electricity, 165 --
_tChapter 13. Telecommunications, 179 --
_tPart V. The capacity to innovate, 197 --
_tSummary, 197 --
_tChapter 14. The promise and challenge of information technologies, 199 --
_tChapter 15. The ability to innovate and use new technologies, 209 --
_tChapter 16. Innovation systems in Latin America, 219 --
_tPart VI. Industrial and investment policies, 237 --
_tSummary, 237 --
_tChapter 17. Industrial policy at the turn of the century, 239 --
_tChapter 18. Foreign direct investment policies, 251.
650 _aCompetitividad.
650 _aCrecimiento económico.
650 _aNegocios.
651 _aAmérica Latina.
942 _cCG
999 _c107921
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