Labor and Economic Reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean (Record no. 166205)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 0821333488
Terms of availability 14.99 USD
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Cancelled/invalid ISBN 9780821333488
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Standard number or code 10.1596/0-8213-3348-8
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System control number (The World Bank)718
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Personal name Cox Edwards, Alejandra
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Title Labor and Economic Reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean
Medium [electronic resource] :
Statement of responsibility, etc Alejandra Cox Edwards
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Washington, D.C. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc The World Bank,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1995
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 1 online resource (40 p.)
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Over the past decade, most countries in the Latin America and Caribbean Region have stabilized their economies and lowered barriers to international trade. Many of the policies aimed at reducing poverty and tackling inequality in the 1960-1980 period were well intentioned, but the region made little or no progress in improving income distribution. With the recent shift toward market orientation and openness to international trade, these countries will need a new approach to labor policy as well as different instruments for addressing income distribution goals. This report gives special attention to four areas of labor policy: 1) change from direct government intervention in wage determination and strict seniority rules to a system that rewards effort, high productivity, and good management within a framework that relies on voluntary negotiation of working conditions between workers and firms; 2) replacement of job security legislation by a more effective mechanism that protects workers when they change jobs; 3) careful design of mandatory contributions to social security and other programs in order to minimize the distortionary effect of labor taxes; and 4) redirecting of government subsidies for training and education to the demand side and targeting to those who cannot afford to pay.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Debt Markets
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Finance and Financial Sector Development
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Financial Literacy
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Health, Nutrition and Population
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Labor Markets
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Labor Policies
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Population Policies
9 (RLIN) 204163
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Protections and Labor
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Cox Edwards, Alejandra
9 (RLIN) 204411
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Main entry heading Print Version:
International Standard Book Number 9780821333488
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title World Bank e-Library.
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821333488">http://elibrary.worldbank.org/content/book/9780821333488</a>
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Koha item type E-Book

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