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Revisiting Ecuador's economic and social agenda in an evolving landscape
- Title
- Revisiting Ecuador's economic and social agenda in an evolving landscape / [edited by] Vicente Fretes-Cibils, Marcelo Giugale, Eduardo Somensatto.
- Publication
- Washington, DC : World Bank, [2008], ©2008.
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- Description
- xxviii, 453 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Revisiting Ecuador's Economic and Social Agenda in an Evolving Landscape provides updated accounts of Ecuador's key development challenges and the reasons behind those challenges, as well as some options for overcoming them. After exploring fiscal consolidation and growth, social development, and quality of governance, the book provides policy matrices for each sector and topic, including a proposed sequencing of policy steps."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Context and Executive Summary / Eduardo Somensatto -- Ch. 1. Fiscal Sustainability and Debt Management in Ecuador / Vicente Fretes-Cibils, Rashmi Shankar and Elizabeth Currie -- Ch. 2. Tax Policy and Administration / Osvaldo Schenone -- Ch. 3. The Banking System: Current Context and Remaining Challenges / Rashmi Shankar and Jean Clevy -- Ch. 4. The Oil and Gas Sector / Eleodoro Mayorga-Alba, Alfredo Monge, Oscar Arrieta, Jorge Alban and Horacio Yepez -- Ch. 5. Economic Growth through Improved Competitiveness and an Enhanced Investment Climate / Mike Goldberg, Juan Carlos Mendoza, Jose Guilherme Reis and Eric Palladini -- Ch. 6. Electricity Sector / Susan V. Bogach and Eduardo H. Zolezzi -- Ch. 7. Boosting Sustainable and Equitable Social Development / Monique F. Mrazek -- Ch. 8. The Pension System / Rafael Rofman -- Ch. 9. Sustainable and Inclusive Rural Development / Francisco Pichon -- Ch. 10. Enhancing Public Sector Transparency and Accountability / Edgardo Mosqueira -- Ch. 11. Labor Market and Civil Service in Ecuador / Jeffrey Rinne and Carolina Sanchez-Paramo -- Ch. 12. Decentralization / Jonas Frank -- Ch. 13. Basic Infrastructure: Water Supply and Sanitation, Telecommunications, Transport, and Urban Planning / Franz Drees-Gross, Eloy Vidal, Emmanuel James and Alexandra Ortiz.
- ISBN
- 9780821371459
- 0821371452
- 9780821371466 (electronic)
- 0821371460 (electronic)
- LCCN
- 2007041806
- 40015680058
- OCLC
- ocn175217810
- 175217810
- SCSB-9038092
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries