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SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1997

FOCUS The right reforms THE REGION Good news, but for how long? Municipal money managers Same tune, different steps THINK TANK Education reform can not be imposed Bolivia: a primer on decentralization FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING Governments getting leaner  EXPRESSIONS Earth Day in the Amazon

THE BANK IN ACTION Selling beans via cell-phone in El Salvador Refurbishing hospitals and health administration in Jamaica Argentina: from severance pay to venture capital NEW PROJECTS Job training for low-income youth in Argentina Public services for Rio de Janeiro's poor neighborhoods Modernizing the State in Costa Rica Overhauling water and sewer services in Panama Investment to benefit small and medium-sized companies in Peru GAZETTE People, publications, others 

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