Economics

Capitalization: The Politics of Privatization in Bolivia

Publication Date: January 01, 1998

In this case, the president of Bolivia and a team of officials grapple with questions of how to set up a model for privatizing a number of state-owned enterprises. In the 1980s, Bolivia, like most other Latin American countries, embraced a more...

Vaccines for the Developing World: The Challenge to Justify Tiered Pricing (Sequel)

Publication Date: November 01, 1997

This microeconomics case examines the pricing issues related to the sale of inexpensive vaccines for use in developing countries. The case describe the historic success of the United Nations' so-called "tiered pricing" policy. This policy had...

Vaccines for the Developing World: The Challenge to Justify Tiered Pricing

Publication Date: November 01, 1997

This microeconomics case examines the pricing issues related to the sale of inexpensive vaccines for use in developing countries. The case describe the historic success of the United Nations' so-called "tiered pricing" policy. This policy had...

Case of Missing Shoe-Import Option: 1977 Footwear Import Decision

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This description by Washington Post columnist David Broder, chosen to be paired with The 1976 Footwear Import Decision case, describes the decision-making process of the Carter Administration as related to the same issue described in the...

Targeted Jobs Tax Credit

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This case describes the 1994 debate over whether to extend the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, a provision of the U.S. tax code designed to provide an incentive for employers to hire "disadvantaged" workers. It invites discussion of both the issue...

Buenos Aires-Colonia Bridge: The Project

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This case recounts the work of a special Argentina-Uruguay bi-national commission convened to examine the economics of a proposed bridge that would link the two countries. The bridge being considered by commission officials in the spring of 1996...

Role of NGOs in Civil Society: South Africa & the Draft Bill Tempest

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The end of the apartheid government in South Africa signals myriad changes in that society -- including a basic examination of how government should regulate philanthropic and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations. Such groups fell into two...

Regulatory Reform at OSHA (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration, created by Congress in 1970 to curtail what was viewed as a still-alarming level of industrial accidents, had, 20 years later, become a lightning rod for controversy. Its advocates...

Regulatory Reform at OSHA (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration, created by Congress in 1970 to curtail what was viewed as a still-alarming level of industrial accidents, had, 20 years later, become a lightning rod for controversy. Its advocates...

Regulatory Reform at OSHA (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration, created by Congress in 1970 to curtail what was viewed as a still-alarming level of industrial accidents, had, 20 years later, become a lightning rod for controversy. Its advocates...

Issues in Assessing the Impact of Social Investment: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

In the early 1980s, The Ford Foundation, among other funders, help create a new type of organization designed to finance the renewal of older, inner city neighborhoods, both through housing renovation and other investments. The Local Initiatives...

Issues in Assessing the Impact of Social Investment: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

In the early 1980s, The Ford Foundation, among other funders, help create a new type of organization designed to finance the renewal of older, inner city neighborhoods, both through housing renovation and other investments. The Local Initiatives...