Losing Ground in the Employment Challenge: The Case of Paraguay (Hardcover)

Illustrations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction -Albert Berry
1 Elements of an Employment Strategy for Paraguay -Albert Berry
2 Labor Market Functioning in Paraguay -Guillermo Garcia-Huidobro
3 The Role of Agriculture -Albert Berry
4 Farm Size-Productivity Relationships in Paraguay's Agricultural Sector -Ricardo Toledo
5 Potential and Future of Paraguayan Family Farming -Luis A. Galeano
6 Industry and MSMEs in Paraguay: Their Potential for the Creation of Remunerative Employment -Albert Berry
7 Patterns of Productivity Enhancement in Small and Medium Enterprises: "Higher-Order" Upgrading -Nichola Lowe
8 Growth and Technological Modernization -Jorge Katz, Melissa Birch, and Nimia Torres
9 The Challenge to the Educational and Training System in Paraguay -Ernesto Schiefelbein
10 Macroeconomic Policy -Albert Berry and Dionisio Borda
11 The Role of International Trade in Growth and Employment Generation in Paraguay -Fernando Masi and Francisco Ruiz Diaz
12 Paraguay's Financial System and Employment Creation -Albert Berry with Jorge Schreiner
13 Political Economy of Policymaking in Paraguay -Andrew Nickson
14 Recent Reforms: Results and Challenges -Dionisio Borda
15 Recommendations -Albert Berry
Index