Latin American Development Priorities: Costs and Benefits

Brief Description: Shows how limited resources could be used for the greatest benefit of the Latin American and Caribbean region. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references an index.; Avail. in paper. Table of Contents: List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword Luis Alberto Moreno; Introduction Bjorn Lomborg; 1. Democracy Mark P. Jones; 2. Education Amy Damon and Paul Glewwe; 2.1. Education - an alternative view Miguel Urquiola; 3. Employment and social security Alejandro Cox Edwards; 3.1. Employment and social security - an alternative view Adriana Kugler; 4. Environment Roger Sedjo; 4.1. Environment - an alternative view Randall A. Kramer; 5. Fiscal problems Miguel Braun; 5.1. Fiscal problems - an alternative view Max A. Alier and Benedict Clements; 6. Health Philip Musgrove; 6.1. Health - an alternative view William Savedoff; 7. Infrastructure Julio A. Gonzalez, Jose Luis Guasch and Tomas Serebrisky; 7.1. Infrastructure - an alternative view Ronald Fischer; 8. Poverty Sebastian Galiani; 8.1. Poverty - an alternative view Stephen Younger; 9. Public administration Susan Rose Ackerman; 9.1. Public administration - an alternative view Ugo Panizza; 10. Violence and crime Mark A. Cohen and Mauricio Rubio; 10.1. Violence and crime - an alternative view Andrew Morrison; Outcome; Conclusion." Review Citations:

Choice 01/01/2011 (EAN 9780521766906, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Lomborg, Bjorn Bjorn Lomborg is an Associate Professor of Statistics in the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has published in international journals in the fields of game theory and computer simulations. He has given invited lectures on the subjects discussed in The Skeptical Environmentalist in leading universities in North America and Europe following the success of the original Danish edition which has had a significant impact on the terms of the environmental debate within Scandinavia. Contributor Bio:  Lomborg, Bj Rn Bj rn Lomborg is Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy at Copenhagen Business School. He is the author of the controversial bestseller, The Skeptical Environmentalist (Cambridge University Press, 2001), and was named as one of the most globally influential people by Time magazine in 2004.