PMC3 ECONOMIC EVALUATION IN LATIN AMERICA

Economic Crisis and Democracy in Latin America

While the world is focused on the economic impact of the financial and credit meltdown, what might be its impact on politics? In well-established democracies, probably not more than elections lost by incumbent parties seen as having mismanaged the economy.Butwhat of consolidatingdemocracies that predominate in thedevelopingworld, where some forecasts expect the crisis to hit the poor especially...

Institutions and Economic Development: Judicial Reform in Latin America

Economic and Health Burden of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis in Latin America

Objective. To estimate the health and economic burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in hospital and outpatient settings in eight Latin American and Caribbean countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela). Methods. An economic model was constructed using epidemiological data from published articles, national health administration studies, and co...

Economic policy Co-Movement in Latin America and the Caribbean

There have been numerous attempts at the formation of regional policy groupings within Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This paper analyses the similarities in macroeconomic policies pursued by member countries using realised correlation analysis on 26 LAC countries and observations covering the period 1970–2005. The study finds evidence of co-movement in monetary, fiscal, trade and capit...

The Economic Effects of Unions in Latin America

Ever since H. G. Lewis’s classic (1963) study of union relative wages, the empirical study of the economic effects of trade unions has been a thriving industry in the U.S. Since that time, the empirical analysis of unions’ effects has spread to encompass outcomes other than wages --including profits, productivity and employment—and to consider unionism in other countries, including the U.K. and...