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001 2009035289
003 DLC
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008 090824s2009 nyu 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009035289
020 $a9780521766906 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
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050 00 $aHC123$b.L38 2009
082 00 $a338.98$222
245 00 $aLatin American development priorities :$bcosts and benefits /$c[edited by] Bjorn Lomborg.
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2009.
263 $a0912
300 $ap. cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"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.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword Luis Alberto Moreno; Introduction Bjørn Lomborg; 1. Democracy Mark P. Jones; 2. Education Amy Damon and Paul Glewwe; 2.1. Education - an alternative view Miguel Urquiola; 3. Employment and social security Alejandro Cox Edwards; 3.1. Employment and social security - an alternative view Adriana Kugler; 4. Environment Roger Sedjo; 4.1.Environment - an alternative view Randall A. Kramer; 5. Fiscal problems Miguel Braun; 5.1. Fiscal problems - an alternative view Max A. Alier and Benedict Clements; 6. Health Philip Musgrove; 6.1. Health - an alternative view William Savedoff; 7. Infrastructure Julio A. Gonzalez, Jose Luis Guasch and Tomas Serebrisky; 7.1. Infrastructure - an alternative view Ronald Fischer; 8. Poverty Sebastian Galiani; 8.1. Poverty - an alternative view Stephen Younger; 9. Public administration Susan Rose Ackerman; 9.1. Public administration - an alternative view Ugo Panizza; 10. Violence and crime Mark A. Cohen and Mauricio Rubio; 10.1. Violence and crime - an alternative view Andrew Morrison; Outcome; Conclusion.
651 0 $aLatin America$xEconomic conditions$y1982-
651 0 $aLatin America$xEconomic policy.
700 1 $aLomborg, Bjørn,$d1965-
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97805217/66906/cover/9780521766906.jpg