Americas

Magazine articles on politics, society, and news relevant to the North and South America region.

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IDB America October 2004 Roger Hamilton	The Conservationist and the Rancher How a potential confrontation on Ecuador's high paramo led to a partnership to protect the environment.
IDB America October 2004 Roger Hamilton	Man and Nature on the Altiplano An Ecuadorian rancher takes up the conservationist cause... with some caveats.
IDB America October 2004 Christy Macy	Young and Ready for Work Poor youths in South America and the Caribbean get practical training plus help in finding a job through a $10 million grant from the IDB's Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), which is administered by the International Youth Foundation (IYF).
IDB America October 2004 Daniel Drosdoff	A Better Way to Subsidize Housing Homeowners take the initiative in a new housing assistance program in Suriname.
IDB America October 2004 Carlo Binetti	A Political Agenda Against Inequality In the last two decades, Latin America has been weighed down by the bitter paradox of trying to advance democracy even as poverty grows more extreme. Meanwhile, in the political arena, globalization has imposed new demands on the State.
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004	A Big Tax Hike On Oil Majors In Venezuela Venezuela's mercurial President, Hugo Chavez, took foreign oil companies by surprise on Oct. 10 by decreeing a tax hike from 1% to 16.7% on heavy crude oil projects in the Orinoco Belt.
IDB America September 2004 Daniel Drosdoff	A Smarter Use of Healthcare Dollars Trinidad restructures its health system in order to improve quality and make better use of facilities.
IDB America September 2004 Paul Constance	Service Worth the Price In Puerto Cortes, Honduras, the water rate more than doubled in a single year. So why aren't people complaining?
IDB America September 2004 Paul Constance	That Cursed Meter! Though frequently maligned, water meters in Puerto Cortes, Honduras have benefited the poorest consumers.
IDB America September 2004 Mario Waissbluth	The Secrets of Institutional Reform An expert in public-sector management explains why so many Latin American government reform programs fail---and how to make them succeed.
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