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245 00 Latin American development priorities /|cedited by Bjørn 
       Lomborg. 
264  1 Cambridge, UK ;|aNew York :|bCambridge University Press,
       |c2009. 
300    xxviii, 695 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0  Democracy in the LAC region, challenges and solutions: 
       political party and party system institutionalization and 
       women's legislative representation / Mark P. Jones -- 
       Three proposals to improve education in the LAC region: 
       estimates of the costs and benefits of each strategy / Amy
       Damon, Paul Glewwe -- Education: an alternative view / 
       Miguel Urquiola -- Labor market reforms in the LAC region:
       consequences and costs / Alejandra Cox Edwards -- Labor 
       market reforms: an alternative view / Adriana Kugler -- 
       Forests, biodiversity, and avoided deforestation in the 
       LAC region / Roger A. Sedjo, Juha Siikamäki  -- Forests 
       and biodiversity: an alternative view / Randall A. Kramer 
       -- Fiscal policy reforms in the LAC region / Miguel Braun 
       -- Fiscal policy reforms: an alternative view / Max A. 
       Alier, Benedict Clements -- Challenges and solutions in 
       health in the LAC region / Philip Musgrove -- Challenges 
       and solutions in health: an alternative view / William D. 
       Savedoff -- High logistics costs and poor infrastructure 
       for merchandise transportation in the LAC region / Julio 
       A. Gonzalez, José Luis Guasch, Tomas Serebrisky -- High 
       logistics costs and poor infrastructure for merchandise 
       transportation: an alternative view / Ronald Fischer -- 
       Reducing poverty in the LAC region / Sebastian Galiani -- 
       Reducing poverty: an alternative view / Stephen D. Younger
       -- Public administration and institutions in the LAC 
       region / Susan Rose-Ackerman -- Public administration: an 
       alternative view / Ugo Panizza -- Violence and crime in 
       the LAC region / Mark A. Cohen, Mauricio Rubio -- Violence
       and crime: an alternative view / Andrew Morrison. 
520    "Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have 
       achieved considerable economic growth, yet the region 
       still faces many seemingly intractable problems. The 
       conventional wisdom in development agencies - that 
       prioritization is impossible and that everything must be 
       done - is simply not effective. Latin American Development
       Priorities shows how limited resources could be used for 
       the greatest benefit of the Latin American and Caribbean 
       region. A panel of economists met over three days in San 
       Jose; to review proposals to tackle the ten most important
       challenges, which emerged from a survey by the Inter-
       American Development Bank. The expert panel was asked a 
       question which appears simple but is actually very 
       difficult to answer: What should Latin American 
       governments do with an additional nominal $10 billion? 
       Hard choices are needed if Latin America's problems are to
       be tackled effectively. This book provides the means to 
       make those choices as objectively as possible"--Provided 
       by publisher. 
651  0 Latin America|xEconomic conditions|y1982- 
651  0 Latin America|xEconomic policy. 
700 1  Lomborg, Bjørn,|d1965- 
945    MARCIVE (03/23)