Jun 2011
Argentina and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) joined forces to test a new math education model called Mathematics for All (MAT). After just one academic year, learning increased in schools…
Jun 2011
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This paper presents a comprehensive empirical analysis of the impact of attending a child day care center on early childhood development (ECD) in Chile, examining child development from a multi-…
Jun 2011
This is a presentation for the Caribbean Regional ConSoc Retreat held on June 16, 2011 in Kingston, Jamaica. This document outlines crime and violence as major roadblocks to development in the…
Jun 2011
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This paper analyzes quantitative findings on the innovative behavior of firms in the production chains of pisco and shoe manufacture in Peru, which are served by the network of Technological…
Jun 2011
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This paper studies equity price volatility in general equilibrium with news shocks about future productivity and monetary policy. As West (1998) shows, in a partial equilibrium present discounted…
Jun 2011
This journal contains a collection of articles on integration and trade in Latin American and the Caribbean. The topics addressed are as follows: international fragmentation of production and its…
May 2011
This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) is an independent assessment of the effectiveness of the Bank's program with the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Bolivia) over the span 2008-2010. This…
May 2011
The report present an overview and performance of the revenue base of the Bahamas exploring the nature and seriousness of the emerging public debt build up. It analyzes the existing tax structures…
May 2011
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This executive summary describes the motivation behind this book, the methodologies used, and both the breadth and limits of the studies. The impact evaluations on which the book is based cover the…
May 2011
Contemporary Jamaican Artists is part of ABOUT CHANGE, a project implemented by the World Bank Art Program in cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center, and the Art Museum…
May 2011
This brochure presents the exhibit "Design with the Base of the Pyramid" supported by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) and the Opportunities for the Majority Sector (OMJ) of the Inter…
May 2011
The international community recognizes the need to join forces to avert dangerous climate change. This requires mobilizing financial resources from a wide range of sources, public and private,…
May 2011
Each year, more than 1.3 million people die on the world's roads, and close to 50 million suffer nonfatal injuries. This brochure is part of the Road Safety Initiative which informs about this…
May 2011
The objective of this Technical Note is to describe the necessary Bank requirements for the content and disclosure of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs), with a focus on the…
May 2011
This evaluation examines the IDB's Country Program with Honduras for the 2007-2010 period. This period was marked by a political crisis that halted operations with the country from June 2009 to…
May 2011
The objective of this report is to present an early update for the performance of the Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in regional, sub-regional and certain national markets at the close of the 2010…
May 2011
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Previous studies indicate that Colombian farmers make production decisions based on informal sources of information, such as family and neighbors or tradition. In this paper the authors randomize…
May 2011
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The existence of populist regimes led by outsiders is not new in history. In this paper a simple framework is presented that shows how and why a populist outsider can be elected to office, and under…
May 2011
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This paper uses data from the Mexican Family Life Survey to estimate the impact of a household member's migration to the United States on the cognitive development of children remaining in…
May 2011
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This paper examines early childhood development (ECD) outcomes and their association with family characteristics, investments, and environmental factors, with particular emphasis on the inter-…