Booms and Busts in Latin America: The Role of External Factors
Feb 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Izquierdo, Alejandro;Romero, Randall;Talvi, Ernesto
This paper analyzes the relevance of external factors in average quarterly GDP growth for 1990-2006 in the seven largest Latin American countries (LAC7). Modeling the relationship between LAC7 GDP…
MERCOSUR Report No. 12 (2006-2007)
Feb 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
In an international context that has started showing signs of increased instability, the pace of global economic growth seems not to have been significantly affected, at least at the time of writing…
Unmet Needs and Business Solutions for the Majority in Latin America
Jan 2008
Author(s): Fundación AVINA;World Resources Institute;Inter-American Development Bank
This report compressed the results of a four-month initiative to identify unmet needs and market opportunities in Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector…
Artful Diplomacy: Art as Latin America's Ambassador in ton, D.C.
Jan 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This exhibition gathers a number of artworks belonging to a diverse group of Latin American embassies and diplomats and their delegations and organizations in Washington, D.C. For a city that boasts…
Integration Options for MERCOSUR: A Quantitative Analysis by the AMIDA Model
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Flôres Jr., Renato G.;Watanuki, Masakazu
The recent developments at the multilateral and regional fronts call for a re-evaluation of trade and integration options for MERCOSUR. Applying a brand new CGE model, we evaluated six scenarios. The…
Who Needs Strong Leaders?
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gradstein, Mark;Chong, Alberto E.
This papers model suggests that a strong leader, sometimes with little legislative oversight, may nevertheless benefit from public support. The argument is that this support is induced as an attempt…
Income, Deprivation, and Perceptions in Latin America and the Caribbean: New Evidence from the Gallup World Poll
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gasparini, Leonardo;Sosa Escudero, Walter;Marchionni, Mariana;Olivieri, Sergio
This paper is part of a large project on quality of life and deprivation in LAC commissioned by the IDB's Research Department (RES) that makes extensive use of the Gallup World Poll. This survey…
Nutrition, Income Instability and Quality of Life: Determinants and Differential Patterns across Members within the Household
Jan 2008
Author(s): Cárdenas, Mauricio;Di Maro, Vincenzo;Mejía, Carolina
Using an approach that complements standard income-based measures with broader measures of well-being this paper addresses the relationship between quality of life and deprivation. In particular,…
Office of Institutional Integrity Annual Report 2007
Jan 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The Office of Institutional Integrity (OII) is the IDB Group's primary office for addressing external matters of integrity, fraud and corruption. As a measure of the significance that the IDB…
Inter-American Development Bank Sustainability Review 2007
Jan 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) contributes to sustainable economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean in a wide variety of ways: through our lending operations,…
Anticorruption Activities Trust Fund: Report on Preparatory Activities
Jan 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Recognizing corruption as a serious threat to economic growth, social equity, and good governance, the IDB signed an agreement in March of 2007 with the Government of Norway for the establishment of…
Competition Law and Policy in El Salvador: A Peer Review
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Clark, John
The OECD has been active in promoting competition policy among countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and formed a partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank to further this aim. The…
Outsiders?: The Changing Patterns of Exclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean. Economic and Social Progress in Latin America. 2008 Report
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berkman, Heather;Pagés, Carmen;Gandelman, Néstor;Gandelman, Eduardo;Calónico, Sebastián;Azevedo, Viviane;Payne, J. Mark;Cárdenas, Juan Camilo;Duryea, Suzanne;Chaparro, Juan Camilo;Lora, Eduardo;Ñopo, Hugo R.;Mazza, Jacqueline;Ripani, Laura;Chong, Alberto E.;Polanía, Sandra;Márquez, Gustavo;Bouillon, César P.;León, Gianmarco
This report raises a number of fundamental questions about the multidimensional and interrelated nature of social exclusion and moves beyond the traditional emphasis on outcomes and groups to view…
Beyond Facts: Understanding Quality of Life
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Scartascini, Carlos;Funaro, Rita;Madrigal, Lucía;Duryea, Suzanne;Chaparro, Juan Camilo;Rodríguez-Pombo, María Victoria;Lora, Eduardo;Sanguinetti, Pablo;Savedoff, William D.;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Verdisco, Aimee;Alfonso, Mariana;Powell, Andrew
Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin…
Deepening integration in MERCOSUR: Dealing with Disparities
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Quevedo, Fernando;Blyde, Juan S.;Fernández-Arias, Eduardo;Venables, Anthony J.;Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.;Laens, Silvia;Terra, María Inés;Vaillant, Marcel;Baruj, Gustavo;Kosacoff, Bernardo;Porta, Fernando;Rezende, Fernando;Flôres Jr., Renato G.;Heymann, Daniel;Ramos, Adrián;Moccero, Diego;Winograd, Carlos;Bouzas, Roberto;Ventura, Deisy
Regional integration among asymmetric countries is a hot and burning policy topic worldwide. Deepening Integration in MERCOSUR analyzes the most important issues of economic integration and policy…
Gatekeepers of Global Commerce: Rules of Origin and International Economic Integration
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Suominen, Kati;Harris, Jeremy;López Córdova, José Ernesto
Rules of origin are a crucial market access instrument in the rapidly proliferating network of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) around the world. In this volume, Estevadeordal and Suominen reveal…
Unclogging the Arteries: The Impact of Transport Costs on Latin American and Caribbean Trade
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Volpe Martincus, Christian;Blyde, Juan S.
The book explores the impact of transport costs on trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, and argues that transport costs have assumed an unprecedented strategic importance to the region. The…
Privatization for the Public Good?: Welfare Effects of Private Intervention in Latin America
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barrera-Osorio, Felipe;Galdo, Virgilio;Schargrodsky, Ernesto;Galiani, Sebastián;González Rozada, Martín;Nakasone, Eduardo;Chong, Alberto E.;Coombs, Elizabeth;Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín;Torero, Máximo;Alcázar, Lorena;Olivera, Mauricio;Carrillo, Paul E.;Rossi, Martín;Bellettini Cedeño, Orazio J.
This book provides a detailed microeconomic analysis of the impact of various privatizations in different countries in the region. Its central message is that in many cases, contrary to popular…
Policymaking in Latin America: How Politics Shapes Policies
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Spiller, Pablo T.;Stein, Ernesto H.;Tommasi, Mariano;Scartascini, Carlos;Alston, Lee J.;Melo, Marcus André;Mueller, Bernardo;Pereira, Carlos;Aninat, Cristóbal;Londregan, John;Navia, Patricio;Vial, Joaquín;Cárdenas, Mauricio;Junguito, Roberto;Pachón, Mónica;Mejía Acosta, Andrés;Araujo, María Caridad;Pérez-Liñán, Aníbal;Saiegh, Sebastián;Lehoucq, Fabrice;Negretto, Gabriel;Aparicio, Francisco Javier;Nacif, Benito;Benton, Allyson Lucinda;Molinas, José R.;Montero, Marcela;Monaldi, Francisco;González de Pacheco, Rosa Amelia;Obuchi, Richard;Penfold, Michael
What determines the capacity of countries to design, approve and implement effective public policies? To address this question, this book builds on the results of case studies of political…
Remittances and Development: Lessons from Latin America
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bussolo, Maurizio;Martínez Peria, María Soledad;Calderón, César;Mascaró, Yira;Nielsen, Mette E.;Acosta, Pablo;López, J. Humberto;Özden, Çaglar;Niimi, Yoko;Molina, Luis;Moizeszowicz, Florencia;Salinas, Emanuel;Fajnzylber, Pablo;Guadamillas, Mario;Cirasino, Massimo;Olinto, Pedro
Workers' remittances have become a major source of financing for developing countries and are especially important in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is at the top of the ranking of…