Cluster Development in India Status and Challenges Ahead
Nov 2007
Author(s): Gulati, Mukesh
Power Point presentation: Cluster Development in India Status and Challenges Ahead
Clusters, Territorial Competitiveness, Poverty and Social Sector Integration
Nov 2007
Author(s): Nadvi, Khalid
Power Point presentation: Clusters, Territorial Competitiveness, Poverty and Social Sector Integration
Instruments for Cluster Development Programs: UNIDO's Resources
Nov 2007
Author(s): Ceglie, Giovanna
Intergovernmental Relations and Local Competitiveness in Latin America
Nov 2007
Author(s): De la Cruz, Rafael
Power Point presentation: Intergovernmental Relations and Local Competitiveness in Latin America
Transboundary Waters Management: Acta of the 3rd Symposium on Transboundary Waters Management (2006)
Nov 2007
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;González, Javier
The UNESCO International Hydrological Programme (IHP), established in 1975, is the only global scientific intergovernmental programme of the UN system devoted to water resources, emphasizing the…
Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA): No. 7 : November, 2007
Nov 2007
Author(s): Salazni, Mariana;Powell, Andrew
REVELA analyzes market expectations of growth and inflation in Latin America countries. The figures analyzed represent the results of surveys of private sector actors conducted by the central banks…
On-Site Costs and Benefits of Soil Conservation Among Hillside Farmers in El Salvador
Nov 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cocchi, Horacio;Bravo-Ureta, Boris E.
This study analyses the relationships between farm income, adoption of conservation technologies and output diversification among PAES participants by comparing their performance at two points in…
Traditional Excluding Forces: A Review of the Quantitative Literature on the Economic Situation of Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendants, and People Living with Disability
Oct 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ripani, Laura;Gandelman, Néstor;Ñopo, Hugo R.
Unequal income distribution in Latin America and the Caribbean is linked to unequal distributions of (human and physical) assets and differential access to markets and services. These circumstances,…
Convergence in the Rules of Origin Spaghetti Bowl: A Methodological Proposal
Oct 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Harris, Jeremy;Cornejo, Rafael
Many countries are concerned by the dense body of regulations governing their preferential foreign trade and are seeking to simplify the current diversity of rules. To do this they are starting to…
Highlights from the Collection of the Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States (OAS): Outstanding Works by Artists from the Spanish, English, French, and Dutch Speaking Caribbean
Oct 2007
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The Art Museum of the Americas is a unique and singular asset of the Organization of American States. The museum, inaugurated in 1976, houses the most comprehensive twentieth-century art collection…
Insurance Market Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Oct 2007
Author(s): Masci, Pietro;Tejerina, Luis;Webb, Ian
This paper provides an initial glimpse into the performance of the insurance industry in the region through the use of a broad diagnostic survey. It also provides some descriptive statistics based on…
Labor Market Reforms in Latin America: Consequences and Costs
Oct 2007
Author(s): Cox Edwards, Alejandra
This paper has been prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank roundtable Consulta de San Jose 2007. It examines more efficient forms of regulating the labor market in Latin America. To that…
Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA): No. 6 : October, 2007
Oct 2007
Author(s): Salazni, Mariana;Powell, Andrew
REVELA analyzes market expectations of growth and inflation in Latin America countries. The figures analyzed represent the results of surveys of private sector actors conducted by the central banks…
Sending Money Home: Worldwide Remittance Flows to Developing Countries
Oct 2007
Author(s): International Fund for Agricultural Development;Inter-American Development Bank
Remittances, the portion of migrant workers' earnings sent back home to their families, have been a critical means of financial support for generations. But, for the most part, these flows have…
No Education, No Good Jobs?: Evidence on the Relationship Between Education and Labor Market Segmentation
Oct 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Stampini, Marco
This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs and self-employment in three Latin American and three transition countries. It looks separately at the markets…
Enhancements and Future of Remittance Services to and within Rural Haiti
Oct 2007
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Fonkoze
International Money Transfers: Issues, and Development on IT Models
Oct 2007
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel
What Do Latin Americans Think of the IDB?  
Oct 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bassi, Marina
Using the Latinobarómetro survey, this paper examines Latin Americans perceptions of the IDB, the World Bank and the IMF. The study analyzes how peoples knowledge and evaluation of these multilateral…
Minority Enrollments at Public Universities of Diverse Selectivity Levels under Different Admission Regimes: The Case of Texas
Oct 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alfonso, Mariana;Calcagno, Juan Carlos
This study describes how minority enrollment probabilities respond to changes in admission policies from affirmative-action to merit-only programs and then to percentage plans when the demographic…
What Do You Think of the IDB?: Conclusions from an Opinion Survey of Latin American Leaders about Multilateral Organizations
Oct 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bassi, Marina
This document analyzes the results of a Web-based survey conducted by the Research Department to assess how the IDB is viewed by political and corporate leaders in the region. The questionnaire…