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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... Percentage Change in the Ratio of the Volume of Trade Relative to GDP ............... 31 Table 2.4 Black Market Premium on Foreign Exchange .31 Table 2.5 Indicators of Labor - Market Reforms .... 40 Table 2.6 Proceeds from Privatization ...
... Percentage Change in the Ratio of the Volume of Trade Relative to GDP ............... 31 Table 2.4 Black Market Premium on Foreign Exchange .31 Table 2.5 Indicators of Labor - Market Reforms .... 40 Table 2.6 Proceeds from Privatization ...
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... Percentage of Primary Expeditures .......... Private Investment as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Investment Total Tax Revenue as a Percentage of GDP .45 ..47 .49 Figure 2.15 Trade Taxes as a Percentage of Total Tax Revenue ...... 50 ...
... Percentage of Primary Expeditures .......... Private Investment as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Investment Total Tax Revenue as a Percentage of GDP .45 ..47 .49 Figure 2.15 Trade Taxes as a Percentage of Total Tax Revenue ...... 50 ...
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... percent in 1994 to 0.9 percent in 1995. However , contrary to expectations , the crisis was largely confined to those two countries , and the rest of the region grew at a healthy 4.3 percent in 1995 . A stronger than expected recovery ...
... percent in 1994 to 0.9 percent in 1995. However , contrary to expectations , the crisis was largely confined to those two countries , and the rest of the region grew at a healthy 4.3 percent in 1995 . A stronger than expected recovery ...
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... percentage points . ' At the same time , the mood is more sober than it was before the Mexican cri- sis of late 1994. Projections of future annual growth rates range between 4 percent and 5 percent over the next few years for most LAC ...
... percentage points . ' At the same time , the mood is more sober than it was before the Mexican cri- sis of late 1994. Projections of future annual growth rates range between 4 percent and 5 percent over the next few years for most LAC ...
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... per- cent annually over an extensive period of time and that it can at the same time reduce the number of people living in poverty by almost half , from approximately 40 percent of its population in 1987 to 23 percent in 1994.3 It ...
... per- cent annually over an extensive period of time and that it can at the same time reduce the number of people living in poverty by almost half , from approximately 40 percent of its population in 1987 to 23 percent in 1994.3 It ...
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