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The former accounts for 10,223 employees, of which 369 at the central level and the rest at the local level. The latter accounts for 11,371 medical employees, all of which are local and of which 1,077 are contractual employees. Military employment data include conscripts (20,000), but do not, however, include personnel in paramilitary units, e.g., National Police (30,000 est.) and the Narcotics police (600).

Data on GDP at market prices is a 1993 estimate and is taken from World Tables 1995. Consolidated Central Government wages and salaries are for 1993 and are taken from IMF Government Finance Statistics Yearbook, 1995. Data on wages in manufacturing are from IMF Report No. SM/96/61 and relates to March 12,1996.

# Brazil

Data on paid employment in non-agricultural activities are taken from the ILO's Yearbook of Labor Statistics 1995 and are for 1994.

Military employment data include conscripts (132,000), but do not include personnel in paramilitary units, e.g., Public Security Forces (385,600), which are the state Military Police organizations (State Militias), under Army control and considered Army Reserve.

Chile Data on paid employment in non-agricultural activities are taken from the ILO's Yearbook of Labor Statistics 1995 and are for 1994.

Data for central and non-central government and health are from Gary Reid (LA3PS). Civil Service Reform in Latin America: Lessons from Experience" and refers to 1990. Education employment has been essentially decentralized. Government finances education through system of vouchers which are given to public education teachers as well as teachers from some private institutions. Education figure, accordingly, is very small. Health employment is also a decentralized activity and offloaded to Local Govemments. State owned enterprise employment is also from the above mentioned study and relate to 1991. Military employment data include conscripts (31,000), but do not include personnel in paramilitary organizations, i.e. Carabineros (31,000).

Data on GDP at market prices is a 1993 estimate and is taken from World Tables 1995. Consolidated Central Government wages and salaries are for 1993 and are taken from IMF Government Finance Statistics Yearbook, 1995. Data on wages in manufacturing are from the International Labor Office's Yearbook of Labor Statistics 1995 and refer to 1993.

# Colombia

Unemployment rate is drawn from CIA Factbook 1995 and refers to 1994 Data on paid employment in nonagricultural activities are taken from the ILO's Yearbook of Labor Statistics 1995 and are for 1992. Data on Central, Non central govemment and education employment are from Departamento Administrativo del Servicio Publico, Contralria General de la Republica, Departimento nacional de Estadistica and relate to 1996.

Education employment corresponds to 'teaching personnel" category only and does not include personnel employed in " Fondos Educativos Regionales" (10,496) and in the "Planta decentralizada' (10,627). Health Sector employment is taken from Municipal Health Services Project Staff Appraisal Report dated May 14,1993. The data only relates to Public Sector data (p. 4 para 1.9, indicates that the ratios in Public Health service are 1.3 for nurses, 12 for nurse assistants, 3.8 for promoters and 2.5 for doctors). This equates to 4,508 nurses, 42,818 nurses' assistants, 13,554 promoters and 8,921 doctors. The Ministry of Health, along with the National Planning Department, is responsible for guiding health sector policy, for providing administration support for lower administrative levels of the system and for evaluating and monitoring performance. Colombia is decentralizing management and fiscal responsibility for public sector programs to the country's 33 departments and 1,029 municipalities. Military employment data include conscripts (67,300), but do not include personnel in paramilitary organizations, e.g., National Police Force (87,000) and the Coast Guard.

Data on GDP at market prices is a 1993 estimate and is taken from World Tables 1995. Consolidated Central Government wages and salaries are for 1993 and are taken from IMF Government Finance Statistics Yearbook, 1995.

# Costa Rica

Data on paid employment in non-agricultural activities are taken from the ILO's Yearbook of Labor Statistics 1995 and are for 1994.

General Government employment is taken from the IMF Report No.SM/96/124 of may 31, 1996 and relates to 1995. Costa Rica is forbidden by its Constitution to have Armed Forces. Paramilitary units, i.e., the Rural Guard (3,200), under the authority of the Ministry of Government and Police, and the Civil Guard (4,300) do, however, exist to ensure internal security.

# Dominican Republic

General Government employment and State-owned enterprise employment are taken from Public Secto Modernization in the Caribbean. Military employment data do not include Paramilitary units, e.g., the National Police (15,000).

# Ecuador

Unemployment data are drawn from CIA Factbook 1995 and relate to 1994. Data on paid employment in nonagricultural activities are taken from the ILO's Yearbook of Labor Statistics 1995 and are for 1994.