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The Caribbean is Making Strides on the SDGS
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Cooperatives versus traditional banks: the impact of interbank market exclusion
(2022-12)We analyse the desirability of allowing cooperative banks to participate in the interbank market in Chile. We find that it is advisable to allow this if the quality of their governance is not too deficient relative to that of traditional commercial banks. When cooperative banks do participate in the interbank market, both the probability of financial ... -
A portrait of success: Uruguayan firms in international trade
(2022-12)This article provides a portrait of firm heterogeneity in connection with international activities. We analyse the impact of the extensive margins of exports and imports and of trade with different types of partners on firms’ performance, using detailed national customs and manufacturing firm survey data from Uruguay for the period 1997–2005. This ... -
The location of the upper socioeconomic stratum of Santiago’s population in the period 1977–2017: deconcentration or expansion of its traditional habitat?
(2022-12)The appearance of suburbs inhabited by the upper socioeconomic stratum in Santiago suggests a dispersion of this group and a loss of importance for the barrio alto, the area in the east of the capital that is its traditional habitat. However, the barrio alto has continued to grow upward and outward in both demographic and real-estate terms. Migration ... -
The Chile-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement: a synthetic control assessment
(2022-12)In 2003, Chile and the Republic of Korea signed the first trans-Pacific free trade agreement (FTA). The two countries’ objectives differed. Chile sought to increase, diversify, and add value to its exports, while the Republic of Korea had the political economy-driven goal of initiating preferential liberalization negotiations, and Chile was seen as ... -
A relationship between job quality and economic growth over the long run and the role of labour institutions: the case of Uruguay, 1991–2018
(2022-12)The trend reflected in the job quality index constructed for this study indicates that economic growth alone is not enough to improve the quality of employment. Econometric techniques are used to estimate the long-run relationship between this index and GDP. The results of those calculations clearly point to a negative relationship between these two ... -
Brazilian agriculture before the Targets Plan: the functionality of agrarian reform during the constrained industrialization period
(2022-12)This article reviews the economic structure of Brazilian agriculture during the years of constrained industrialization, by providing a descriptive analysis of the sector’s main economic data. It reconsiders the debate of the 1950s and 1960s on the roles played by agriculture in national economic development; and it shows that the growth of agricultural ...