Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA): Issue 59: January, 2016
Mar 2016
Author(s): Sosa, Mariano;Powell, Andrew
According to surveys conducted by Central Banks in the region, 2016 growth expectations have decreased by 0.2% and inflation expectations have increased by 0.2% in January. At the individual country…
Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 5: Issue 1: March 2016
Mar 2016
Author(s): Godinez Puig, Luisa;Sutton, Heather;O'Brien, Cherran;Thomas, Chrystol;Wenner, Mark D.;Schmid, Juan Pedro;Khadan, Jeetendra
Crime strongly affects persons in the Caribbean. In a recent survey, 40 percent of the Caribbean population identified crime and security-related issues as the main problems facing their country,…
Cybersecurity: Are We Ready in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Mar 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Organization of American States
The manner in which nation states and regions address cybersecurity capacity is essential for effective, efficient, and sustainable cybersecurity. The 2016 Cybersecurity Report is the result of the…
Estimating the Impacts of a Fruit Fly Eradication Program in Peru: A Geographical Regression Discontinuity Approach
Mar 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Salazar, Lina;Maffioli, Alessandro;Aramburu, Julián;Agurto Adrianzen, Marcos
In this paper, we evaluate the short term impact of a Fruit Fly Eradication Program in the coastal areas of Peru. Exploiting arbitrary variation in the program's intervention borders, as well as…
Argentina's Residential Real Estate Sector: A Magnet for Savings amidst Mistrust in Traditional Investment Vehicles
Mar 2016
Author(s): Cruces, Juan José
This paper measures the flow of funds into the real estate sector for the city of Buenos Aires since 1992 and compares it to traditional savings instruments. For each dollar that went into the city…
Evaluation of IDB Group's Work through Financial Intermediaries: SME Finance Background Report
Mar 2016
Author(s): Murcia, Juan Felipe;Cuestas, Ernesto;Michelitsch, Roland;Soriano, Alejandro
This background paper has been prepared in conjunction with acomprehensive evaluation of the work of the Inter-American Development
Bank Group through financial intermediaries in Latin America…
Evaluation of IDB Group's Work through Financial Intermediaries: Trade Finance Background Report
Mar 2016
Author(s): Szwedzki, Roni;Michelitsch, Roland;Soriano, Alejandro
This background paper has been prepared in conjunction with acomprehensive evaluation of the work of the Inter-American Development
Bank Group through financial intermediaries in Latin America…
Evaluation of IDB Group's Work through Financial Intermediaries: Environmental and Social Safeguards Background Report
Mar 2016
Author(s): Seiwald, Raphael;Michelitsch, Roland;Soriano, Alejandro
This background paper on environmental and social safeguards is part of the overall evaluation of the work of the Inter-American Development Bank Group through financial intermediaries. It focuses on…
Evaluation of IDB Group's Work through Financial Intermediaries: Leasing & Factoring Background Report
Mar 2016
Author(s): Torres, Mauricio;Michelitsch, Roland;Soriano, Alejandro
This background paper on leasing and factoring supports a more comprehensive evaluation of the work of the Inter-American DevelopmentBank Group through financial intermediaries in Latin America…
Evaluation of IDB Group's Work through Financial Intermediaries: Housing Finance Background Report
Mar 2016
Author(s): Bolza-Schunemann, Eva;Funes Aguilera, Rocio;Murcia, Juan Felipe;Seiwald, Raphael;García Jiménez, María Camila;Michelitsch, Roland;Soriano, Alejandro
This background paper has been prepared in conjunction with acomprehensive evaluation of the work of the Inter-American Development
Bank Group through financial intermediaries in Latin America…
Evaluation of IDB Group's Work through Financial Intermediaries: Benchmarking of Development Finance Institutions Background Report
Mar 2016
Author(s): Alcántara, Rafael;Funes Aguilera, Rocio;Michelitsch, Roland;Soriano, Alejandro
In 2015, the Office of Evaluation and Oversight conducted an evaluation of the financial intermediary operations of the Inter-American Development Bank Group. The evaluation included an examination…
Evaluation of IDB Group's Work through Financial Intermediaries: Green Lending Background Report
Mar 2016
Author(s): Suarez, David;Morales, Carlos;Puerta, Juan Manuel
This document has been prepared in conjunction with a comprehensive evaluation of the work of the Inter-American Development Bank Group through financial intermediaries in Latin America and the…
Evaluation of IDB Group's Work through Financial Intermediaries
Mar 2016
Author(s): Michelitsch, Roland;Soriano, Alejandro;Szwedzki, Roni;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Bolza-Schunemann, Eva;Churanek, Danya;Cuestas, Ernesto;Funes Aguilera, Rocio;Murcia, Juan Felipe;Seiwald, Raphael;Alcántara, Rafael;Cabrera, Maria;García Jiménez, María Camila;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana;Torres, Mauricio;Vargas, Felipe;Stevenson, Scott;D'Alessio, Nora;González Revatta, Marco Aurelio;Russell, Nathaniel
This evaluation assesses the lending of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDBG) through financial intermediaries (FIs) from 2005 to 2014. It focuses on FI operations, an instrument IDBG uses…
IDB Group-Civil Society: Engagement Review 2014-2015
Mar 2016
Author(s): Milano, Flavia;Espinoza, Viviane
This publication highlights the work that the different IDB Group's sectors, departments, divisions and units conduct with Civil Society through five levels of engagement: Information, dialogue…
Public Consultations with Civil Society: Guidelines for Public and Private Executing Agencies
Mar 2016
Author(s): Milano, Flavia;Sanhueza, Andrea
This publication is a strategic tool that aims at supporting both the Public and Private Sector in achieving a better engagement with the civil society in Latin American and the Caribbean as regards…
Climate Change and Migration: A CGE Analysis for Two Large Urban Regions of Latin America
Mar 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chisari, Omar O.;Miller, Sebastián J.
Migration is one of the strategies used by populations to adapt to natural shocks and also to respond to economic policies. Climate change will probably have an impact on the productivity of factors…
Office of Institutional Integrity and the Sanctions System: Annual Report 2015
Mar 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This Annual Report reflects the work of the Office of Institutional Integrity (OII),the Sanctions Officer (SO) and the Sanctions Committee (SNC), which together
are responsible for overseeing…
Evidence from a Natural Experiment on the Development Impact of Windfall Gains: The Camisea Fund in Peru
Mar 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Corral, Leonardo;Henderson, Heath;Miranda, Juan José
This document studies the economic effect of windfall gains by examining a Peruvian natural experiment. The Camisea Fund for Socioeconomic Development (FOCAM) is an inter-governmental fiscal transfer…
Status of Incorporation of Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation in National Public Investment Systems: Results for The Bahamas, Guyana and Jamaica and Comparative Analysis for Five Caribbean Countries
Mar 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Integration of disaster risk management (DRM) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in public investment must be seen as a direct intervention policy decision making and hence, as part of the national…
How Agricultural Policies Skew Eggs Domestic Prices for Consumers
Mar 2016
Author(s): Del Río Paracolls, Carmen
Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. This infographic shows the latest…