This report of the proceedings of the Second Annual Bank Conference on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (ABCD-LAC) focuses on prospects for reducing poverty and improving inequality. Latin...
Because of better health and higher standards of living, people are living longer. By 2030, more than 16 percent of the world's population will be older than 60, compared with 9 percent today. As a result...
This paper dissects the key features of Mexico's banking system prior to and during the peso crisis in December, 1994. A number of factors precipitated the crisis --which necessitates multiple solutions...
The purpose of this paper is to highlight infrastructure trends and requirements in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and the World Bank's evolving role in meeting the region's need for infrastructure...