How is Child Care Quality Measured?: A toolkit
Feb 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lopez Boo, Florencia;Araujo, María Caridad;Tomé, Romina
This toolkit is designed to be a resource for researchers and technical staff of any discipline, working for governments and institutions interested in measuring and monitoring the quality of child…
The Relationship Between Gender and Transport
Feb 2016
Author(s): Granada, Isabel;Urban, Anne-Marie;Monje Silva, Andrea;Ortiz, Paola;Pérez, Daniel;Montes, Laureen;Caldo, Alejandra
In Latin America and the Caribbean over 50% of users of public transportation systems are women. However, not all of our systems are designed with the needs and perspectives of women in mind. This…
The World of Public Employment Services
Feb 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;World Association of Public Employment Services;Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Public employment services are challenged by expectations of growth, changing conditions in the labor market, and institutional contexts. An important step to meet those challenges, and to better…
Approach Paper: Evaluation of Contingent Lending at the IDB
Feb 2016
Author(s): Schijman, Agustina;Haarsager, Ulrike;Khadr, Ali;Hernández, María José;Jansson, Maya
In recent years, the IDB has created several contingent lending instruments designed to anticipate needs caused by external economic shocks or natural disasters. The Board of Executive Directors has…
The Unintended Consequences on Crime of "Pennies from Heaven"
Feb 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Montolio, Daniel
This paper examines how an infrastructure investment policy, implemented nationwide at the local level, has affected local crime rates. This policy, developed in the wake of the global recession of…
Reserve Requirements and Loan Loss Provisions as Countercyclical Macroprudential Instruments: A Perspective from Latin America
Feb 2016
Author(s): Pereira da Silva, Luiz A.;Agénor, Pierre-Richard
This paper discusses, from an analytical and operational perspective, the use of reserve requirements and loan loss provisions as countercyclical macroprudential instruments. In recent years both of…
Approach Paper: Country Program Evaluation: Trinidad and Tobago 2011-2015
Feb 2016
Author(s): Fryer, Michelle;Stone, Leslie F.;Scholl, Lynn;Fevre, Chloe;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Linares, Ana María;Fajgenbaum, Jose;Hernández, María José;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette;Vargas, María José;Maciel, Odette
As part of its 2015-16 work plan, the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) is preparing the evaluation of the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) country program with Trinidad and Tobago…
The New Imperative of Innovation: Policy Perspectives for Latin America and the Caribbean
Feb 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Navarro, Juan Carlos;Benavente, José Miguel;Crespi, Gustavo
The main purpose of this study is to present the conceptual basis that supports science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It starts by clarifying STI…
Brazilian Electoral Panel Study: 2014 Results
Feb 2016
Author(s): Rennó, Lucio;Huberts, Alyssa;Zucco, Cesar;Smith, Amy Erica;Ames, Barry;Velasques de Paula Machado, Fabiana;Samuels, David
This report provides a summary introduction to some of the questions examined in the Brazilian Electoral Panel Study (BEPS) 2014 dataset. Following up on the 2010 Brazilian Electoral Panel Study, and…
Leadership and Capacity Building for Public Sector Executives: Proceedings from the 2nd Policy and Knowledge Summit between China and Latin America and the Caribbean
Feb 2016
Author(s): Lafuente, Mariano;Manning, Nick
This discussion paper summarizes the proceedings at the Second China-Latin America and the Caribbean Policy and Knowledge Summit, focusing on leadership and capacity building for public sector…
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Business Review 2015
Feb 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The 2015 Annual Business Review (ABR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The ABR reports on outputs, lending program priorities, and organizational indicators on a…
Weathering the Storm: Policy Options for Central America and the Dominican Republic in an Uncertain Environment
Feb 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Maldonado, Leonardo;Manzano, Osmel;Lagarda, Guillermo;Quijada, José Alejandro
Central America and the Dominican Republic are enjoying a favorable external environment. The U.S. economic recovery, the main trade partner of the region, and the marked fall in oil prices has made…
The Database of Political Institutions 2015 (DPI2015)
Jan 2016
Author(s): Cruz, Cesi;Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos
The Database of Political Institutions presents institutional and electoral results data such as measures of checks and balances, tenure and stability of the government, identification of party…
INTAL Connection: No 233: January, 2016
Jan 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
INTAL Connection informs on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean and disseminate IADB activities on this topics.
Colombia Toward a High-Income Country with Social Mobility
Jan 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This document is an edited synthesis of the Strategy of the Inter-American Development Bank with Colombia 2015-2018.
Good Practice in Environment, Health and Safety in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jan 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This Technical Note is primarily intended for use by Chinese investors and EPC firms, specifically senior management and decision makers responsible for the planning, design and delivery of the EHS…
Priorities for Productivity and Income (PPIs) Database
Jan 2016
Author(s): Ruiz, José Juan;Muratori, Umberto;Llopis, Jimena;Izquierdo, Alejandro
The Priorities for Productivity and Income(PPIs) database provides indicators used in estimations covering the period 2000-2012 (in their original version and their normalized version), as well as a…
Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 4: Issue 4: January 2016
Jan 2016
Author(s): O'Brien, Cherran;Khadan, Jeetendra;Thomas, Chrystol;Wenner, Mark D.;Schmid, Juan Pedro
The Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin discusses recent economic developments in the 6 IDB-member Caribbean countries, as well as the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The countries…
Debt, fiscal adjustment, and economic growth in Jamaica
Jan 2016
Author(s): Schmid, Juan Pedro;Malcolm, Xavier
The buildup of debt in Jamaica has been concurrent with the country's sloweconomic growth, and the issues are intertwined. High debt slows economic
growth, and slow economic growth makes…
Finance And Gender Data
Jan 2016
Author(s): Carrion Menendez, Alejandro
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in collaboration with Compete Caribbean, launched a follow-up survey in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. This follow-up survey was a complement to…