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There is now a general awareness among policymakers that additional reforms need to be undertaken if Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) economies are to grow at more than 6 percent a year--the growth rate required to reduce the number of people living in poverty in the region. This report offers a proposal for the discussion of such reforms. Chapter one identifies items in the reform agenda required to consolidate macroeconomic stability in the region, a necessary condition for sustaining high rates of growth. Chapters two and three addresses the additional structural reforms needed to...

What makes for a truly exceptional leader? Certainly, leaders need people skills, execution skills, a deep knowledge of industry trends, the ability to articulate a vision, and more--they must be competent--but that's just the tip of the iceberg. What's below the waterline? What's deep inside the best leaders that makes them different? Mark Miller contends it is their leadership character. In this enlightening and entertaining business fable, young and ambitious leader Blake Brown goes on a journey to discover the five unique traits exhibited by exceptional leaders and how to cultivate them....

Most people know how important it is to be able to invest their money well, but few have the necessary information to do it on their own, nor do they have the interest to spend their entire lives thinking about what to do with their money. This lack of understanding about how money and investing works causes people to fall prey to vulture advisers who promise a lot and give little. The author considers that if an investment plan is complex, it only benefits the advisor and is less profitable than a simple one. In this practical book, the author is easy to understand and implement.

El Management, la ciencia y el arte de la administración y dirección de empresas, se ha construido a lo largo del tiempo a través de dos caminos paralelos, que en ocasiones han cruzado sus intereses. Por una parte, mediante un proceso de prueba y error, los ejecutivos han ido puliendo sus instrumentos de trabajo, en tanto que por otra, los estudiosos (profesores, consultores y analistas) han creado el corpus teórico que ha permitido validar la labor de los primeros. Pero esto ha llevado tiempo, mucho tiempo, desde que a principios del siglo XX, Frederick W. Taylor y Henri Fayol, dos...