Eduardo Lora

Eduardo Lora
  • Inter-American Development Bank

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El sistema político colombiano se transformó desde la Constitución de 1991. En la actualidad es más participativo, más representativo y más descentralizado. Pero la transformación del sistema político produjo también una fragmentación de los poderes de decisión. Esta situación, combinada con la fragmentación del poder económico, multiplicó el númer...
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This paper assesses the effects of total public debt on social expenditure using an unbalanced panel of 50 countries between 1985 and 2003. The most robust finding is that higher debt ratios reduce social expenditures. Loans from multilateral organizations do not seem to ameliorate the adverse consequences of debt. Results indicate that defaults ma...
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This paper assesses how electoral outcomes in both presidential and legislative elections in Latin America have been affected by the adoption of economic policies that seek to improve macroeconomic stability and facilitate the functioning of markets. The database includes 17 Latin American countries for the period 1985-2002, and a total of 66 presi...
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(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) En este trabajo se evalúa la manera en que los resultados electorales tanto en comicios presidenciales como legislativos en América Latina se han visto afectados por la adopción de políticas económicas concebidas para mejorar la estabilidad macroeconómica y facilitar el funcionamiento de los mercados. La bas...
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The purpose of this paper is to test the main hypotheses of the recent theoretical literature on the political economy of reform for the case of the Latin American countries between 1985 and 1995. The paper first reviews the literature and extracts the main testable hypotheses. Then, a system of indices that measure the extent of reform in five pol...
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Following a period of ambitious promarket reforms, Latin American policymakers and the public at large have entered a period of “reform fatigue.” Initial enthusiasm for policies such as liberalized markets and a level field for investors has given way more recently to the view that ambitious promarket reforms are to blame for the region’s economic...
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The future of structural reforms in Latin America is under discussion. This paper synthesizes the facts and opinions that underlie this debate taking into account both the neo-liberal agenda and the views of the anti globalization movement. The paper pointing out that although the reform process has not ground to a halt, it has been incomplete and...
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(Obtenga el PDF en español, visitando el WP-471) El futuro de las reformas estructurales en América Latina está en discusión. El objeto de este documento es resumir los hechos y las opiniones subyacentes de este debate. La primera parte muestra que si bien el proceso de reforma no se ha detenido del todo, sí ha sido incompleto y desigual, tanto ent...
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The future of structural reforms in Latin America is under discussion. The purpose of this document is to synthesize the facts and opinions that underlie this debate. The first section shows that although the reform process has not ground to a halt, it has been incomplete and uneven, both across countries and different areas of reform. The greatest...
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El futuro de las reformas estructurales se encuentra en discusi�n en Am�rica Latina. Este documento tiene por objeto ofrecer una s�ntesis de los hechos y opiniones que est�n alimentando este debate. La primera secci�n muestra que aunque el proceso de reformas no se ha detenido, ha sido incompleto y muy heterog�neo, tanto entre pa�ses, como por �rea...
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(Available only in Spanish) Given the multiplicity of factors that can affect business development for both the entrepreneurs themselves and for national economic authorities, it is useful to establish the severity of these obstacles so that their efforts can focus on the most critical problems. With that objective, this study analyzes two new and...
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Dada la multiplicidad de factores que pueden afectar el desempeño empresarial, tanto para los empresarios mismos como para las autoridades económicas de los países es preciso establecer la severidad de estos obstáculos para enfocar sus esfuerzos en los problemas más críticos. En este estudio analizamos dos fuentes nuevas y muy valiosas de informaci...
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This article, which serves as an introduction to a group of studies prepared by the IDB Office of the Chief Economist, presents the perceptions of Latin American citizens and employers concerning the employment problem. It compares them to the conditions in the labor markets of the region.
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(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) En este artículo, que hace las veces de introducción de un conjunto de estudios preparados por la Oficina del Economista principal del BID, presenta las percepciones de ciudadanos y empresas latinoamericanas sobre el problema del empleo. Se compara dichas percepciones con las condiciones de los mercados labo...
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(Disponible en idioma inglés únicamente) Este trabajo fue preparado para la IIC Asamblea anual del BID en 1998, titulada: El empleo en América Latina: ¿cuál es el problema y hay que resolverlo o no?, que tuvo lugar en la ciudad colombiana de Cartagena en marzo de 1998. Los problemas del empleo han persistido en América Latina a despecho de la estab...
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We examine the effects of public policy parameters in a simple directed search model of the labour market, and contrast them with those in standard random matching models with Nash bargaining. Both finite and limit versions of the directed search model are considered, and the value of the limit model as an approximation of the finite one is assesse...
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(Available only in Spanish) In the last decade the direction of macroeconomic policies made an extraordinary about-face in Latin America, but labor legislation is virtually unchanged. The central purpose of this work is to show the size of this lag and to indicate that most countries require far-reaching reforms to adapt their labor legislation to...
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This paper shows that increases in the minimum wage rate can have ambiguous effects on the working hours and welfare of employed workers in competitive labor markets. The reason is that employers may not comply with the minimum wage legislation and instead pay a lower subminimum wage rate. If workers are risk neutral, we prove that working hours an...
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No country in Latin America escaped the dictums of the Washington Consensus. From Brazil under left-leaning Fernando Henrique Cardoso to Mexico under ultra-orthodox economist Ernesto Zedillo and Peru under Alberto Fujimori’s yoke, macroeconomic imbalances were brought under control, barriers to international trade were lifted, and stateowned enterp...
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In Peru, a country with an astonishing variety of different ecological areas, including 84 different climate zones and landscapes, with rainforests, high mountain ranges and dry deserts, the geographical context may not be all that matters, but it could be very significant in explaining regional variations in income and welfare. The major question...
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El futuro de las reformas estructurales se encuentra en discusión en América Latina. Este artículo tiene por objeto ofrecer una síntesis de los hechos y opiniones que están alimentando este debate. El primer apartado muestra que aunque el proceso de reformas no se ha detenido, ha sido incompleto y muy heterogéneo, tanto en países como por áreas de...

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