The Long March: A Reform Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean in the Next DecadeWorld Bank Publications, 1997 M01 1 - 115 pages The Technical Department of the Latin America and Caribbean Region of the World Bank, together with host countries in the region, organized a series of seminars in 1995-96 to explore viable options for speeding up wastewater treatment. The seminars focused on the technological and financial options available for municipal wastewater treatment and use. Also discussed was the Bank's technical and financial support of wastewater sector development in Latin America. This book, a review of the seminars, includes a general and simplified description of the available wastewater treatment technologies and implementation methods. The publication focuses on the debate on wastewater management and ways of investing in its treatment. |
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... Measures for LAC and Asian NICs ......... .29 Figure 2.3 Structure - Adjusted Trade Intensity ..32 Figure 2.4 Comparison By Regions ... .......... 33 Figure 2.5 Banking Development Index . ......... 35 Figure 2.6 Stock Market ...
... Measures for LAC and Asian NICs ......... .29 Figure 2.3 Structure - Adjusted Trade Intensity ..32 Figure 2.4 Comparison By Regions ... .......... 33 Figure 2.5 Banking Development Index . ......... 35 Figure 2.6 Stock Market ...
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... measures of the LAC region's progress in terms of policies and eco- nomic factors that affect economic growth , and on com- parisons between the LAC region and rapidly growing regions , such as the East Asian countries , and more devel ...
... measures of the LAC region's progress in terms of policies and eco- nomic factors that affect economic growth , and on com- parisons between the LAC region and rapidly growing regions , such as the East Asian countries , and more devel ...
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... measures of fiscal stance . Only when those financial institutions need to be recapitalized will those losses be clearly reflected in the fiscal accounts . Two steps must be taken to deal with the problem of losses from quasi - fiscal ...
... measures of fiscal stance . Only when those financial institutions need to be recapitalized will those losses be clearly reflected in the fiscal accounts . Two steps must be taken to deal with the problem of losses from quasi - fiscal ...
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... measures . Eventu- ally , the adjustment comes , and it is usually traumatic . It is not uncommon for countries to end up worse off than before the boom started . A prominent example of this was the mismanagement by most LAC oil ...
... measures . Eventu- ally , the adjustment comes , and it is usually traumatic . It is not uncommon for countries to end up worse off than before the boom started . A prominent example of this was the mismanagement by most LAC oil ...
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... measures because of the need for fiscal adjustment . This has been achieved mainly through value - added taxes ( VAT ) — either by introducing them , by increasing their rates , or by broadening their bases - which have become the major ...
... measures because of the need for fiscal adjustment . This has been achieved mainly through value - added taxes ( VAT ) — either by introducing them , by increasing their rates , or by broadening their bases - which have become the major ...
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