Approach Paper: Country Program Evaluation: Bolivia (2011-2015)
Feb 2015
Author(s): Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Azuara Herrera, Oliver;Corrales, Maria Elena;Guerrero, Alejandro;Quintanilla, Oscar;Maciel, Odette;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette
This document describes the scope and methodology for the Bank's CountryProgram Evaluation (CPE) with the Government of Bolivia for the 2011-2015
period. The evaluation methodology will…
CGE Modeling: The Relevance of Alternative Structural Specifications for the Evaluation of Carbon Taxes' Impact and for the Integrated Assessment of Climate Change Effects: Simulations for Economies o
Feb 2015
Author(s): Chisari, Omar O.;Miller, Sebastián J.
This paper constructs a small CGE model to study the impact of carbon taxes on GDP and emissions under alternative closure rules and hypotheses (about mobility of factors, availability of alternative…
Capital Control Measures: A New Dataset
Feb 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernández Martín, Andrés;Klein, Michael W.;Rebucci, Alessandro;Schindler, Martin;Uribe, Martin
This paper presents and describes a new dataset of capital control restrictions on both inflows and outflows of 10 categories of assets for 100 countries over the period 1995 to 2013. Building on…
Informality, Saving and Wealth Inequality in Colombia
Feb 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Granda, Catalina;Hamann, Franz
The informal sector is an extensive phenomenon in developing countries. While some of its implications have drawn considerable attention in the literature, one relatively unexplored aspect has to…
Fiscal Procyclicality and Output Forecast Errors: Bad Luck or Bad Decisions?
Feb 2015
Author(s): Avellán, Leopoldo;Vuletin, Guillermo
Government spending in the developing world has historically been procyclical. Traditional explanations for this have mostly revolved around the explicit or implicit notion that fiscal procyclicality…
Regional Observatory of Intelligent Transport Systems for Latin America and the Caribbean
Feb 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mojica, Carlos;Ureña, Nayel;Fernández Belmonte, Diego;García Puente, Cesar;Calvo Caretón, Loreto;García De Miguel, Alicia
The main purpose of this report is to show the current state of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) implementation in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The report provides an overview of the…
Child Care Arrangements and Labor Supply
Feb 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Del Boca, Daniela
This paper discusses several approaches to examining the relationship between child care and mothers' labor supply. The focus is on child care for children aged 0-3, because this is a critical…
Approach Paper: Country Program Evaluation: Brazil (2011-2014)
Feb 2015
Author(s): Alonso, Pablo;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Verner, Dorte;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth;Martin, Lucia;Marto, Ricardo;Sadeghi, Patricia
The Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) is preparing, as part of its 2015 annual work plan, an evaluation of the country program with Brazil, covering the period 2011-2014. This Approach Paper…
Do Education and Health Conditions Matter in a Large Cash Transfer? Evidence from a Honduran Experiment
Feb 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Benedetti, Fiorella;Ibarrarán, Pablo;McEwan, Patrick J.
The paper analyzes a new Honduran conditional cash transfer experiment (Bono 10,000) in which 150 poor villages (of 300) were treated. The transfers were much larger in size than an earlier…
Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic
Feb 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Manzano, Osmel;Auguste, Sebastián;Alfaro, Laura;Artana, Daniel;Taylhardat, Adolfo;Cuevas, Mario;Porto, Luis
Promotion of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a priority policy goal in Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic for the past twenty years. Fiscal benefits are among the policies that…
The Legacy of the Crisis: Policy Options in a Favorable Environment
Feb 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lagarda, Guillermo;Manzano, Osmel;Prat, Jordi
The region comprising Central America, Panama and Dominican Republic is on path towards a favorable economic environment, characterized by higher growth in the United States (its main trade partner…
Tourism Policy, a Big Push to Employment: Evidence from a Multiple Synthetic Control Approach
Jan 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castillo, Victoria;Figal Garone, Lucas;Maffioli, Alessandro;Salazar, Lina
This paper investigates the impact of tourism policy on employment, using the Tourism Development Policy (TDP) implemented in the Argentinean province of Salta during the years of 2003 to 2010 as a…
Country Program Evaluation: El Salvador (2009-2014)
Jan 2015
Author(s): Puerta, Juan Manuel;Bouillon, César P.;Szwedzki, Roni;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Scholl, Lynn;Di Tata, Juan Carlos;González, Ángela;Quintanilla, Oscar;Suarez, David
This country program evaluation (CPE) was conducted during the preparation of a new country strategy with El Salvador for the 2015-2019 period. The evaluation therefore includes the findings from the…
Pre-Investment in Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: Case Studies from Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay
Jan 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alberti, Juan
Evidence suggests that an "infrastructure gap" vis-à-vis other industrial and developing regions opened up in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) over the past two decades. The Inter-…
Local Electoral Rewards from Centralized Social Programs: Are Mayors Getting the Credit?
Jan 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rodríguez Chamussy, Lourdes
This paper uses variation in the timing of the Mexican antipoverty program's introduction across municipalities to identify its impact on the share of votes for the local incumbent party.…
INTAL Monthly Newsletter: No 221: January, 2015
Jan 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The INTAL Monthly Newsletter reports on developments in integration and trade across Latin American and the Caribbean. It also serves as a forum for discussing the IDB's activities related to…
When It Comes to Container Port Efficiency, Are All Developing Regions Equal?
Jan 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Suárez-Alemán, Ancor;Morales Sarriera, Javier;Serebrisky, Tomás;Trujillo, Lourdes
This paper develops a port productivity and efficiency analysis of all developing regions between 2000 and 2010, using both parametric and nonparametric approaches. From a unique dataset -our sample…
The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship in Costa Rica: An Analysis of Firm Entry, Exit, and Growth Rates
Jan 2015
Author(s): Monge-González, Ricardo;Torres-Carballo, Federico
This study explores for the first time the dynamics of entrepreneurship in Costa Rica based on an analysis of firm entry, exit, and growth rates. Using panel data from 2001 to 2012, it explores the…
Food Security and Productivity: Impacts of Technology Adoption in Small Subsistence Farmers in Bolivia
Jan 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Salazar, Lina;Aramburu, Julián;González, Mario;Winters, Paul
This paper presents the impact evaluation of CRIAR program, implemented in rural areas in Bolivia. The objective of CRIAR is to increase smallholders' agricultural income and food security…
Facilitating Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Implementation Policy Agenda
Jan 2015
Author(s): Staples, Brian Rankin
The purpose of this note is to provide insight and contribute to the discussion on trade facilitation implementation issues of relevance to Latin American and Caribbean countries.Identifying and…