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| J. Luis Guasch is lead economist for Latin America and the Caribbean Region and the Development Economics and Chief Economist Office at the World Bank, and Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego. The author is grateful to Alejandra CoxEdwards, Indermit Gill, James Heckman, Danny Leipziger, Constantino Lluch, Guillermo Perry, Carola Pessino, Martin Rama, Joseph Stiglitz, and Lisa Taber for helpful comments; to Jorge Serraino and Joy Troncoso for technical support; and to Diane Stamm for editorial support. |
| Cover photograph, Netting Fish in Santa Marta, Colombia, by Edwin Huffman/World Bank. Cover design by Grammarians, Inc. |
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Guasch, J. Luis
Labor market reform and job creation : the unfinished agenda in Latin American and Caribbean countries / J. Luis Guasch
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8213-4415-3
1. Labor marketLatin America. 2. Labor policyLatin America. I. Title. HD5730.5.A6G8 1999
331.12'042'09729dc21 98-53590
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