Ecuador : an economic and social agenda in the new millennium / / editors, Vicente Fretes-Cibils, Marcelo M. Giugale, Jose Roberto Lopez-Calix

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: lxvii, 546 pages : illustrations, maps ; ; 23 cm
• Disciplina: 330.9866
• Soggetto geografico: Ecuador Economic policy; Ecuador Economic conditions 1972-; Ecuador Social policy; Ecuador Social conditions
• Altri autori: Fretes CibilsVicente <1954-> GiugaleMarcelo LopezJose Roberto
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 535-546).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface. -- Editor Biographies -- Acknowledgments. -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Synthesis -- Part I Preserving Stability with Fiscal Discipline and Accelerating Growth with Competitiveness -- 1. Maintaining Stability with Fiscal Discipline and Competitiveness -- 2. Tax Policy and Administration -- 3. Debt Administration and Sustainability. -- 4. The Banking System. -- 5. Petroleum Policy. -- 6. Trade Policy and Competition -- 7. Basic Infrastructure: Water and Sanitation, Electricity, Telecommunications, and Transport. -- 8. Urban Development -- Part II Boosting Sustainable and Equitable Social Development -- 9. Education -- 10. Health. -- 11. The Social Assistance System -- 12. The Pension System -- 13. Rural Development -- 14. The Environment and Sustainable Development -- Part III Building a Quality Government That Serves All Ecuadorans and Fights against Corruption -- 15. The Environment and Governance and Corruption. -- 16. The Labor Market and Civil Service in Ecuador -- 17. Decentralization -- 18. The Administration of Justice -- Bibliography.
• Sommario/riassunto: Ecuador has suffered from high external vulnerability, poor macroeconomic performance, and poor governance. A succession of external adversities - linked to the volatility of oil prices and violent variations in capital flows - and natural calamities, all in combination with poor economic management, resulted in macroeconomic imbalances, with negative impact on growth and social development.; The book is meant to be informative rather than exhaustive. The chapters are instruments for initiating a frank and cordial dialogue, and to gather valuable insights from authorities on all these subjects. The chapters show that the views of the World Bank and the new Gutierrez administration coincide in making poverty reduction the central strategic goal of both the new government's agenda and future Bank assistance in Ecuador.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ecuador
• ISBN: 1-280-08489-8; 9786610084890; 1-4175-0405-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910962834503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: World Bank e-Library.