Ecuador: An Economic and Social Agenda in the New Millennium

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Ecuador has suffered from high external vulnerability, poor macroeconomic performance, and poor governance. A succession of external adversities—linked to the volatility of oil prices and violent variations in capital flows—and natural calamities, all in combination with poor economic management, resulted in macroeconomic imbalances, with negative impact on growth and social development. These deficient economic policies were partly caused by weak and too-often-changing public management, and the governance problems that traditionally characterize oil-producing countries.

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Overview

Ecuador has suffered from high external vulnerability, poor macroeconomic performance, and poor governance. A succession of external adversities—linked to the volatility of oil prices and violent variations in capital flows—and natural calamities, all in combination with poor economic management, resulted in macroeconomic imbalances, with negative impact on growth and social development. These deficient economic policies were partly caused by weak and too-often-changing public management, and the governance problems that traditionally characterize oil-producing countries.

This informative book represents an agenda with a broad and integrated vision of economic and social development in Ecuador.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780821355459
  • Publisher: World Bank Publications
  • Publication date: 5/12/2003
  • Pages: 614
  • Series: Other World Bank Bks.
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Editor Biographies
Acknowledgments
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Synthesis
Pt. I Preserving Stability With Fiscal Discipline and Accelerating Growth With Competitiveness
1 Maintaining Stability With Fiscal Discipline and Competitiveness 3
2 Tax Policy and Administration 43
3 Debt Administration and Sustainability 65
4 The Banking System 85
5 Petroleum Policy 115
6 Trade Policy and Competition 163
7 Basic Infrastructure: Water and Sanitation, Electricity, Telecommunications, and Transport 195
8 Urban Development 251
Pt. II Boosting Sustainable and Equitable Social Development
9 Education 265
10 Health 293
11 The Social Assistance System 319
12 The Pension System 347
13 Rural Development 369
14 The Environment and Sustainable Development 393
Pt. III Building a Quality Government That Serves All Ecuadorans and Fights Against Corruption
15 The Environment and Governance and Corruption 411
16 The Labor Market and Civil Service in Ecuador 445
17 Decentralization 479
18 The Administration of Justice 515
Bibliography 535
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