Research: Index by Country and Region

• Argentina
• Brasil
• Central America / Centroamérica
• Centroamérica
• Chile
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Latin America / Latinoamérica
• Nicaragua
• Panamá
• Perú
• USA / Estados Unidos

Argentina

• Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1999: Analysis of Competitiveness (Spanish) [1404]

Brasil

• Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1999: Analysis of Competitiveness (Spanish) [1404]

Central America / Centroamérica

• Las Democracias Centroamericanas y sus habilidades para emprender Reformas [9801]
• Cambiar para Prosperar: Centroamérica ante El Nuevo Siglo [9804]
• El acceso de los países Centroamericanos al mercado de Estados Unidos. Un análisis de paridad con el NAFTA y de otras opciones [9806]
• La Atracción de inversión productiva en Centroamérica. Análisis y discusión de temas relevantes [9807]
• Corporate Competitiveness in Central America [9813]
• The Business Climate in Central America [9814]
• Financial Market Stimuli in Central America. [9815]
• Individuals versus Institutions in the Central American Democracies. [9816]
• Preliminary Evaluation of Stock Markets in Central America and Panama (Spanish). [100]
• Central America in the 21st. Century: An Agenda for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development (Spanish) [1000]
• Facing Natural Disasters in a Vulnerable Region: Hurricane Mitch in Central America (Lessons learned) [1100]
• Strategy for Central America Reconstruction and Transformation After Hurricane Mitch [1101]
• Export Processing Zones in Central America (HIID-646) [113]
• The Status of Pensions Systems in Central America: An Assessment [114]
• Telecommunications in Central America [115]
• Pension Reform in Central America: A Proposal [117]
• The Access of Central America to Export Markets: Diagnostic and Policy Recommendations [119]
• Banking Spreads in Central America: Evolution, Structure, and Behavior [120]
• Education and Competitiveness in Central America (Spanish) [1200]
• Education in Central America [1203]
• Central American Integration (Spanish) [1302]
• Analysis of the Global Competitiveness Report for Central America (Spanish) [1401]
• Analysis of the Global Microeconomic Competitiveness Report for Central America (Spanish) [1402]
• Competitive Performance of Central American Exports in Different International Markets (Spanish) [1403]
• Competitiveness In Central America 1999, (Spanish) [1405]
• Barriers to Competitiveness and the Response by Small Rural Producers in Nicaragua . [1407]
• Social and Competitive Policy in Central America (Spanish) [1501]
• Diagnosis of the Textile Cluster in Central America (Spanish) [1602]
• Electronic Components Cluster Development in Central America (Spanish) [1701]
• Central America: Status of Compliance with the Basle Commission’s Basic Principles for Effective Bank Supervision (Spanish) [180]
• From Incentives to the Devastating Effects of International Capital Flow: Implications for Macroeconomic Management. [181]
• Integrating the Central American Stock Exchanges: Lessons from the Nordic Countries. [182]
• Economic Policy for Competitiveness - Reflections for the Case of Central America (Spanish) [190]
• Technical, Financial, and Legal Implications for the Concession of a Central American Road Corridor (Spanish) [201]
• Open Skies for Central America’s Competitiveness (Spanish) [202]
• Advanced Transportation Infrastructure for Central America 's Integration and Sustainable Development (Spanish) [203]
• Central America 's Logistic Corridor: A Qualitative Leap in Service Endowment for the Region's External Trade (Spanish) [204]
• The Transportation Sector in Relation to Central America’s Competitiveness and Integration: Sectoral Council of Transportation Ministers – COMITRAN (Spanish) [246]
• Customs, Competitiveness, and Central American Standards (Spanish) [300]
• Strategic Vision to Attract Investments to Central America (Spanish) [401]
• Direct Foreign investment in Central America: the Role of Legal Security. [443]
• Analysis of Successful Experiences in Chile and California: Lessons for Agribusiness Firms in Central America (Spanish) [500]
• Dynamism and Transformation of Central America’s Agriculture (Spanish) [503]
• Central American Agenda for Agribusiness Competitiveness (Spanish) [504]
• Liberalization of intrarregional Agricultural Goods Trade in Central America (Spanish) [505]
• Regional Program to Manage Disaster Risk in Central America’s Agriculture and Rural Milieu (Spanish) [506]
• Agricultural Negotiations in the OMC and ALCA: an Agenda with Issues to Be Considered for Central American Commerce. [508]
• Los retos de la política comercial y de la agricultura en Centroamérica: elementos para la discusión [560]
• The Salvadorian Coffee conglomerate: a Competitive Diagnosis and Recommendations. [562]
• Training Needs Assessment of the Tourism Sector in Central America: A Diagnosis (Spanish) [601]
• Importance of the Central American Tourism Organization (OCAT) in the Tourism Competitiveness Agenda in Central America (Spanish) [602]
• Destination: Central America A Conceptual Framework for Regional Tourism Development [603]
• CABEI’s Role in Funding Central American Tourism Development (Spanish) [604]
• Tourism in Central America: The Competitiveness Challenge (Spanish) [605]
• Destination: Central America A Conceptual Framework for Regional Tourism Development [607]
• Tourism Competitiveness in Honduras: The La Ceiba Copán Ruins Case. [609]
• Sustainable Development in Central America: Public Policy, Legal, and Institutional Framework (Spanish) [700]
• Environmental Management as an Indicator of Business Responsibility in Central America [701]
• The Environment and Central America Competitiveness [702]
• Solid Waste Management in Two Central American Cities: Solutions from the Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprise Sector (Spanish) [709]
• Deforestation and Land Use on the Evolving Frontier: An Empirical Assessment [711]
• Sustainability and On-Farm Externalities in Central America: A Critical Review and Synthesis of the Literature [716]
• How Transversal the Environmental Issues in the Puebla Panama Plan Is: Analysis and Recommendations. [718]
• The Process for Creating the Strategic Memorandum for the Mesoamerican Human Resource Initiative of the Puebla Panama Plan. [719]
• Regional Institutional and Structural Diagnosis for the Tourism Sustainability Certification Program (CST) in Central America (CST) en Central America (Spanish) [763]
• Impact of Public Insecurity on the Business and Investment Climate in Central America (Spanish) [900]

Centroamérica

• Cambiar para Prosperar: Centroamérica ante El Nuevo Siglo [9999]

Chile

• Centroamérica: Balance Macroeconómico y Estado Actual de los Sistemas Financieros [101]
• Capital Market and Role of Pension Funds in Chile (Spanish) [110]
• Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1999: Analysis of Competitiveness (Spanish) [1404]
• Analysis of Successful Experiences in Chile and California: Lessons for Agribusiness Firms in Central America (Spanish) [500]

Costa Rica

• El Proceso de Reforma Aduanera en Costa Rica [9802]
• Costa Rica: Análisis de competitividad de los países centroamericanos basado en el Índice de Competitividad Global 1997 [9808]
• Agenda para la Competitividad de Costa Rica hacia el Siglo XXI [9999]
• Innovation, Technology, and Export Performance: The Coffee Processing Industry in Costa Rica, 1840-1890 (Spanish) [1804]
• The Reform of Property Registration Systems in Costa Rica: A Status Report Real [1900]
• The Transportation Sector in Relation to Central America’s Competitiveness and Integration (Spanish) [242]
• National Policy Proposal for Public Work Concession in Costa Rica (Spanish) [244]
• Interested Management Contract of Juan Santamaría International Airport (Spanish) [245]
• Costa Rica Customs System (Spanish) [359]
• The Customs Reform Process in Costa Rica [360]
• Follow-Up Report on Costa Rica’s Customs System Reform (Spanish) [361]
• The Appointed Mechanism to Speed up the Approval and Implementation of the Procedures to Establish INTEL in Costa Rica (Spanish) [441]
• Characteristics and Impact of Costa Rican Investment in Nicaragua During the Period 1990 - 2001. [442]
• Competitiveness Diagnosis of the Coffee Industry in Costa Rica (Spanish) [550]
• Results of the Consultation Workshops in Costa Rica (Spanish) [551]
• Plan de Mejora de la Competitividad del Turismo en Costa Rica [606]
• Tourism Achievements and Challengers in Costa Rica. [608]
• Turismo en Costa Rica: El Reto de la Competitividad [650]
• Turismo en Costa Rica: La Visión de Largo Plazo [651]
• Comentarios acerca de la Campaña de Promoción Turística de Costa Rica en los Estados Unidos, 1996-1997 [652]
• Tourism in Costa Rica: The Competitiveness Challenge [653]
• Aumento de la Credibilidad del Sistema de Certificaciónde Turismo Sostenible en Costa Rica (disponible unicamente en Inglés) [661]
• Implementando un Sistema de Certificación Mundial de Turismo Sostenible (disponible unicamente en Inglés) [662]
• ECO-EFFICIENCY IN A HIGH-TECH CLUSTER: A Meta Analysis of the Evolving High-Tech Electronics Cluster Headed by Intel in Costa Rica [703]
• Estimation of the Marginal Cost of Carbon Sequestration Services in Costa Rica (Spanish) [704]
• Sustainability Analysis of the Pineapple Industry in Costa Rica (Spanish) [707]
• Pesticide Use in the Costa Rican Agribusiness Sector (Spanish) [708]
• What Role for Tropical Forests in Climate Change Mitigation? The Case of Costa Rica [710]
• Importance of Public Protected Areas in Tourism Development in Costa Rica: Visiting Analysis (Spanish) [712]
• Importance of Public Protected Areas in Tourism Development in Costa Rica: Evidence on the Expenditure Behavior of National and Foreign Tourists (Spanish) [713]
• Evaluation of Recreational Sites’ Quality and Preference for Recreational Sites and Activities: Views from National and Foreign Tourists on Costa Rica’s Public Protected Areas (Spanish) [714]
• Costa Rica: Visitor Description and Opinions on the Country’s Main Public and Private Protected Areas (Spanish) [715]
• Sustainability Analysis of the Tourism Sector in Costa Rica (Spanish [760]
• Sustainability Analysisn of the Coffe Industry in Costa Rica [761]
• Carbon Potential and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in the Standing Biomass on the Soil of Costa Rican Forests (Spanish) [762]
• Buenas Prácticas de Responsabilidad Social en Costa Rica [900]
• Buenas Prácticas de Responsabilidad Social en Costa Rica [900]

El Salvador

• Análisis de competitividad de los países centroamericanos basado en el Índice de Competitividad Global 1997 [9809]
• The Reform of Property Registration Systems in El Salvador: A Status Report (HIID) [1901]
• Diagnosis of Public Transportation in El Salvador (Spanish) [221]
• El Salvador’s National Customs System (Spanish) [330]
• Follow-Up Report on El Salvador’s Customs System Reform (Spanish) [331]
• Current Status of Customs Reform in El Salvador (Spanish) [332]
• Competitiveness Analysis of the Sugar Agribusiness System in El Salvador (Spanish) [520]
• Results of the Consultation Workshops in El Salvador (Spanish) [521]
• Tourism in El Salvador: The Competitiveness Challenge (Spanish) [620]
• Tourism in El Salvador: The Competitiveness Challenge [621]
• Sustainability analysis of the coffee industry in El Salvador [706]
• Carbon Potential and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in the Standing Biomass on the Soil of Salvadoran Forests (Spanish) [730]
• Sustainability Analysis of the Sugar Industry in El Salvador (Spanish) [731]

Guatemala

• Guatemala: Análisis de competitividad de los países centroamericanos basado en el Índice de Competitividad Global 1997 [9810]
• The Reform of Property Registration Systems in Guatemala: A Status Report [1902]
• Legal Framework for Concessions in Guatemala (Spanish) [211]
• Guatemala’s National Customs System (Spanish) [320]
• First Workshop with Guatemala's Vice-Presidents to Follow-Up the Customs Modernization Process (Spanish) [321]
• Current Status of Customs Reform in Guatemala (Spanish) [322]
• Follow-Up Report on Guatemala´s Customs System Reform (Spanish) [323]
• Follow-up on the Modernization Process of Puerto Quetzal Customs House (Spanish) [324]
• Results of the Consultation Workshops in Guatemala (Spanish) [510]
• Tourism in Guatemala: The Competitiveness Challenge (Spanish) [610]
• Sustainability Analysis of the Sugar Industry in Guatemala (Spanish) [720]
• Sustainability Analysis of the Cotton Industry in Guatemala (Spanish) [721]
• Carbon Potential and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in the Standing Biomass on the Soil of Guatemalan Forests (Spanish) [722]
• Sustainability Analysis of the Poultry-breeding Industry in Guatemala (Spanish) [723]

Honduras

• Honduras: Análisis de competitividad de los países centroamericanos basado en el Índice de Competitividad Global 1997 [9811]
• La educación como puente entre una economía impulsada por factores y una economía impulsada por la innovación. Una Propuesta para Honduras. [1102]
• The External Debt Problem in Central America: Honduras, Nicaragua and the HIPC Initiative (HIID-645) [112]
• Education as a bridge between a factor-driven economy and an innovation-driven economy: A proposal for Honduras (Spanish) [1206]
• The Textile Cluster in Central America (Spanish) [1600]
• The Reform of Property Registration Systems in Honduras: A Status Report [1903]
• Honduras: The Way to World-Class Seaports (Spanish) [230]
• Honduras Customs System (Spanish) [340]
• Follow-Up Report on Honduras’ Customs System Reform (Spanish) [341]
• The Tobacco Industry in Honduras: Conditions of Competitiveness (Spanish) [530]
• The Tobacco Industry in Honduras: Conditions of Competitiveness (Spanish) [531]
• The Pineapple Industry in Honduras: Conditions of Competitiveness (Spanish) [532]
• Results of the Consultation Workshops in Honduras (Spanish) [533]
• The Timber Industry in Honduras Conditions of Competitiveness (Spanish) [534]
• La Caficultura en Honduras [536]
• Tourism in Honduras: The Competitiveness Challenge (Spanish) [630]
• Sustainability Analysis of the Forest Sector in Honduras (Spanish) [740]
• Carbon Potential and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in the Standing Biomass on the Soil of Honduran Forests (Spanish) [741]
• Sustainability Analysis of the Shrimp Industry in Honduras (Spanish) [742]

Latin America / Latinoamérica

• Latin America College Education Assessment: Three Orders of Magnitude (Spanish) [1201]
• Parent Participation in Education: Toward a Taxonomy for Latin America (Spanish) [1202]
• Change Dimensions in Latin American Educational Systems (Spanish) [1204]

Nicaragua

• Nicaragua: Análisis de competitividad de los países centroamericanos basado en el Índice de Competitividad Global 1997 [9812]
• Agenda para la Competitividad de Nicaragua hacia el Siglo XXI [9999]
• The External Debt Problem in Central America: Honduras, Nicaragua and the HIPC Initiative (HIID-645) [112]
• What Should a Country Do to Encourage Improvements to its Educational System and How Do You Supervise IT? The Dynamics of Complex Processes in Preparing Human Capital: Elementary Education in Nicaragua. [1208]
• The Reform of Property Registration Systems in Nicaragua: A Status Report [1904]
• Nicaragua : The Way to World-Class Seaports (Spanish) [240]
• Nicaragua Customs System (Spanish) [350]
• Follow-Up Report on Nicaragua’s Customs System Reform (Spanish) [351]
• Nicaragua : Proposal for an Investment Promotion Agency (Spanish) [440]
• The Cigar Industry in Nicaragua: Competitiveness Conditions (Spanish) [507]
• The Timber Industry in Nicaragua: Conditions of Competitiveness (Spanish) [540]
• The Meat Cattle Industry in Nicaragua: Conditions of Competitiveness (Spanish) [541]
• Results of the Consultation Workshops in Nicaragua (Spanish) [542]
• Competitiveness Analysis of the Coffee Agribusiness in Nicaragua (Spanish) [552]
• Tourism in Nicaragua: Industry Diagnosis (Spanish) [640]
• Carbon Potential and Carbon Dioxide Sequestration in the Standing Biomass on the Soil of Nicaraguan Forests (Spanish) [750]
• Sustainability Analysis of the Cattle Raising Industry in Nicaragua (Spanish) [751]
• Sustainability Analysis of the Cotton Industry in Nicaragua (Spanish) [752]

Panamá

• Preliminary Evaluation of Stock Markets in Central America and Panama (Spanish). [100]
• Turismo en Panamá: El Reto de la Competitividad [660]
• Diagnóstico del Sector Turismo en Panamá [663]

Perú

• The Peruvian Capital Market in the Aftermath of Economic Reform (Spanish) [111]

USA / Estados Unidos

• Analysis of Successful Experiences in Chile and California: Lessons for Agribusiness Firms in Central America (Spanish) [500]
• Business Climate for a More Competitive Agribusiness Sector in Central America (Spanish) [501]
• Results of the Consultation Workshops in Central America (Spanish) [502]
• Comentarios acerca de la Campaña de Promoción Turística de Costa Rica en los Estados Unidos, 1996-1997 [652]