Format:
XIII, 216 S.
,
graph. Darst.
ISBN:
1933286164
,
9781933286167
Content:
Introduction [or giving Latin America's majority a fair chance] -- A dozen equity tools -- Rule-based fiscal discipline -- Smoothing booms and busts -- Social safety nets that trigger automatically -- More taxes on the rich and better spending on the rest -- Giving small businesses a chance -- Protecting job mobility and workers' rights -- Repairing land markets -- Tackling corruption head on -- Schools for the poor, too -- Dealing openly with discrimination -- Consumer-driven public services -- How the United States can help: opening markets and more
Content:
"Presents 'tools' to make life in Latin America more equitable and fair for the majority. Suggests policies and programs for making tax structures more progressive; giving small businesses a chance; protecting labor mobility and workers' rights; tackling corruption; and raising levels of quality, efficiency, and equity of the education systems"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Rule-based fiscal discipline -- Smoothing booms and busts -- Social safety nets that trigger automatically -- More taxes on the rich and better spending on the rest -- Giving small businesses a chance -- Protecting job mobility and workers' rights -- Repairing rural markets -- Tackling corruption head on -- Schools for the poor, too -- Dealing openly with discrimination -- Consumer-driven public services -- How the United States can help: opening markets and more
Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Birdsall, Nancy, 1946 - Fair growth Washington, DC : CGD [u.a.], 2008 ISBN 9781933286167
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
Lateinamerika
;
Wirtschaftswachstum
;
Soziale Gerechtigkeit
;
Geschichte 1990-2008
Author information:
Birdsall, Nancy 1946-
