Latin America and the Caribbean

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Jan 1, 1969

Population Growth and Internal Migration in Colombia

An analysis of Colombia's population explosion and increased internal migration. In recent years, Colombia has experienced one of the world's most rapid population growth rates and an unprecedented migration from rural to urban areas.

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Jan 1, 1969

Supply Response in the Colombian Coffee Sector

Formulates an econometric model of the supply of Colombian coffee to use in estimating how the coffee industry would respond to price incentives to lower production.

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Jun 1, 1968

Germany and Latin America

This Memoranda aims to (1) draw attention to the increasingly important role of Germany in the Latin American world, and (2) provide an opportunity to analyze how countries possessing different national interests, policies, and capabilities have acted in

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Jan 1, 1968

Peasant Organizations and Politics in Chile : 1958-1964.

A survey of the origins, evolution, and purposes of the major peasant organizations in Chile, showing that Latin American political life is more complex than the primitivism by which it is often characterized. After a long period of quiescence, inte...

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Jan 1, 1968

Politics and Agrarian Reform Bureaucracies in Chile : 1962-1964.

An exploration of the political factors which conditioned the performance of the three government bureaucracies charged with the implementation of Chile's first agrarian reform law. Although the political environment in 1962 was certainly favorable ...

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Jan 1, 1968

Chile's Landowners Association and Agrarian Reform Politics.

An examination of the political activities of the large landowners of Chile through the National Society of Agriculture (SNA). Founded in 1838, SNA's primary purpose was to promote the improvement of agricultural production in Chile. Today, it perf...

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Jan 1, 1968

Relative Wages, Skill Shortages, and Changes in Income Distribution in Colombia

An analysis of the income distribution relative to the economic growth in Colombia. Distribution of income in Colombia has been, and is, very unequal: 10 percent of the population of the large cities receives about half of the total personal income...

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Jan 1, 1968

Returns to Education in Bogota, Colombia

A study of the rate of return, in terms of wages, to various levels of education for men and women in Bogota. Based on data obtained from a labor force survey in Bogota in September 1965, estimates are derived for the private rate of return and for ...

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Jan 1, 1968

Urban Unemployment in Colombia: Measurement, Characteristics, and Policy Problems

An analysis of the dimensions and characteristics of urban unemployment in Colombia. About 10 to 16 percent of the labor force in the larger cities are unemployed, and unemployment is increasing.

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Jan 1, 1968

Planning Educational Change for the Primary Schools of Colombia: A Briefing

An examination of ways in which Colombian and U.S. Agency for International Development educational planners can improve resource allocation to increase the quantity and quality of education in Colombia.

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Jan 1, 1968

Economic Policy-Making with Limited Information : The Process of Macro-Control in Mexico.

An analysis of the manner in which the Mexican government has achieved macroeconomic stability in spite of the seemingly inaccurate and crude information and policy instruments at its disposal. This stability is due, in part, to the public expenditu...

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Jul 1, 1967

Presidential Control of Force: The Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis

An analysis of the rationale and necessity for presidential direction and control of limited military conflicts, as demonstrated by the Korean experience and the Cuban missile crisis.

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Population Growth and Internal Migration in Colombia

Supply Response in the Colombian Coffee Sector

Germany and Latin America

Peasant Organizations and Politics in Chile : 1958-1964.

Politics and Agrarian Reform Bureaucracies in Chile : 1962-1964.

Chile's Landowners Association and Agrarian Reform Politics.

Relative Wages, Skill Shortages, and Changes in Income Distribution in Colombia

Returns to Education in Bogota, Colombia

Urban Unemployment in Colombia: Measurement, Characteristics, and Policy Problems

Planning Educational Change for the Primary Schools of Colombia: A Briefing

Economic Policy-Making with Limited Information : The Process of Macro-Control in Mexico.

Presidential Control of Force: The Korean War and the Cuban Missile Crisis

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