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¿Por qué no crece México?

Posted in Economic Development, tagged , , on 08/02/2009 | 2 Comments »

Esta es la respuesta de Denise Dresser , profesora del ITAM, dada durante el foro “México ante la crisis. ¨Qué hacer para crecer?” convocado por el Senado mexicano. Pocos analistas se pueden dar el lujo de llegar a estos escenarios, con prestigio y credibilidad, sin ser grillo o decirse izquierdista (a quienes ya nadie escucha), [...]

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Profesores del MIT dicen que el dinero para el desarrollo está mal invertido…

Posted in Economic Development, tagged , , , , , on 04/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »

… y  reciben el segundo premio más grande en dinero después del Nobel. El Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), creado en el 2003 por Esther Duflo y Abhijit Banerjee -que es dirigido también por Rachel Glennerster, se ha enfocado en diseñar metodologías para simular y analizar el efecto de una determinada variable social, [...]

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Decentralization and Social Equity- I

Posted in Economic Development, tagged , , on 15/01/2009 | Leave a Comment »

Qiao, Martínez-Vázquez and Xuo (QMX) analyze the already classic discussion of the relationship between economic growth and social equity in their paper[1] through the perspective of decentralization. The writers argue that a certain level of fiscal decentralization leads to higher economic growth, but less social equity. They base their argument on studying the impact of [...]

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Crisis y pistas de hielo

Posted in Economic Development, tagged , on 02/12/2008 | 1 Comment »

“El punto no es que los mercados (económicos) sean intrínsecamente buenos o malos: el punto es entender las condiciones que ocasionan que funcionen ineficientemente y determinar las políticas que se deben implementar para arreglar dichas ineficiencias”. Lo que escribe Debraj Ray, professor de economía de la Universidad de Nueva York, implica dos elementos básicos: uno, [...]

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Corruption and development. Does the “rule of law” factor weigh more than we think?

Posted in Economic Development, tagged , , on 15/11/2008 | Leave a Comment »

At a glance, the research on the causes of underdevelopment is built on a universally accepted list of factors, e.g., lack or poor social and economic infrastructure, low educational levels, ineffective regulation, poor geography. Corruption is generally in that list, but how much does a corruptible environment has contributed to the (under)development of communities and [...]

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Who’s getting the worst of natural disasters?

Posted in Economic Development, Natural Disasters, tagged , , , , , , on 04/10/2008 | Leave a Comment »

Have you ever thought why catastrophes caused by natural events are more destructive in developing countries? An example? See the table below that compares the human impact (i.e., people killed or requiring immediate assistance during a period of emergency, that is requiring basic survival needs such as food, water, shelter, sanitation and immediate medical assistance) [...]

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What would you do with 700bn?

Posted in Economic Development, Financial Markets, tagged , on 01/10/2008 | 1 Comment »

Embedded in the macroeconomic data, we tend to lose the ability to surprise ourselves when we hear the big numbers; 1 billion of USD here another 50bn there. When it comes to bailouts and bank mergers, it is especially hard to have a reference. Oxfam’s Head of Research Duncan Green puts the US financial sector’s [...]

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