Raising Student Learning in Latin America: The Challenge for the 21st Century
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vegas, Emiliana;Petrow, Jenny
Understanding what and how students learn has emerged as a salient issue in Latin America, a region where the majority of children now have access to schools but few students learn the skills they…
Fiscal Policy, Stabilization, and Growth: Prudence or Abstinence?
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Werneck, Rogério L.F.;Irwin, Timothy;Sturzenegger, Federico;Perry, Guillermo;Servén, Luis;Mihov, Ilian;Giavazzi, Francesco;Blanchard, Olivier;Araújo, Carlos Hamilton Vasconcelos;Suescún, Rodrigo;Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti Gomes;Smart, Michael;Mintz, Jack M.;Fatás, Antonio
Fiscal policy in Latin America has been guided primarily by short-term liquidity targets whose observance was taken as the main exponent of fiscal prudence, with attention focused almost exclusively…
The Impact of Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure: Lights, Shadows, and the Road Ahead
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Foster, Vivien;Guasch, José Luis;Andrés, Luis;Haven, Thomas
Infrastructure plays a key role in fostering growth and productivity and has been linked to improved earnings, health, and education levels for the poor. Yet Latin America and the Caribbean are…
Cultural Development Program: Guidelines
Jan 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Gender Differentials in Judicial Proceedings: Field Evidence from Housing-Related Cases in Uruguay
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gandelman, Eduardo;Gandelman, Néstor;Rothschild, Julie
Using micro data on judicial proceedings in Uruguay, this paper presents evidence that female defendants receive more favorable treatment in courts than male defendants. This is due to longer…
Female-Headed Households and Homeownership in Latin America
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gandelman, Néstor
The gender of the household head has often been treated as an exogenous determinant of homeownership. This paper argues that several determinants of homeownership also affect household headship and…
Integration & Trade Journal: Volume 11 : No. 27 : July-December, 2007
Jan 2008
Author(s): López Córdova, José Ernesto;Olmedo, Alexandra;Cerrutti, Marcela;Parrado, Emilio A.;Esquivel, Gerardo;Huerta-Pineda, Alejandra;Hanson, Gordon H.;Kugler, Maurice;Lotti, Emanuela;McKenzie, David;Rapoport, Hillel;Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina;Sainz, Tania;Pozo, Susan;Woodruff, Christopher;Orozco, Manuel;Fedewa, Rachel
The IDB's Integration & Trade Journal includes articles on the different aspects of integration in Latin America and the Caribbean, on hemispheric integration and, furthermore, on similar…
Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA): No. 9 : January, 2008
Jan 2008
Author(s): Salazni, Mariana;Powell, Andrew
REVELA analyzes market expectations of growth and inflation in Latin American countries. The figures analyzed represent the results of surveys of private sector actors conducted by the central banks…
Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center Annual Report 2007
Jan 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This report summarizes the activities of the IDB Cultural Center in 2007. Throughout 2007 the IDB Cultural Center steered its efforts towards supporting and consolidating the Bank's strategic…
On Emerging Economy Sovereign Spreads and Ratings
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Martínez, Juan Francisco
This paper analyzes alternative models for emerging sovereign ratings. Although a small number of economic fundamentals explain ratings reasonably well, variations in those economic fundamentals are…
Japan Special Fund and Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services Annual Report 2007
Jan 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This Annual Report details the activities of the Japanese Trusts Funds for 2007. The Japanese Trust Funds support five distinct programs: the Japan Special Fund (JSF); the Japanese Trust Fund for…
Evaluating the Impact of Technology Development Funds in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Latin-America
Jan 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hall, Bronwyn H.;Maffioli, Alessandro
This working paper surveys impact evaluations of government Technology Development Funds (TDFs) in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Panama. All the evaluations were done at the recipient (firm) level…
Inter-American Development Bank: Cultural Center 2007 Annual Report
Dec 2007
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This book presents at programs, activities developed and projects sponsored for IDB throughout the year in various countries of the world.
Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center Information Bulletin: No. 95
Dec 2007
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Presents projects approved to receive financial support during 2007 of Cultural Development Program by Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center.
Income Mobility in Latin America
Dec 2007
Author(s): Cuesta, José A.;Ñopo, Hugo R.;Pizzolitto, Georgina
Latin America is the most unequal region in the world. High levels of inequality are pervasive in spite of recent economic growth, institutional development and deliberate argeted social…
The Economic Effects of Employment Protection: Evidence from International Industry-Level Data
Dec 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Micco, Alejandro
This paper examines the economic effects of employment protection legislation in a sample of developed and developing countries. Implementing a difference-in-differences test lessens the potentially…
Country Program Evaluation: Colombia (1998-2006)
Dec 2007
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This Country Program Evaluation for Colombia (RE-337) analyzes the results obtained by the Bank during the period 1998-2006. The purpose is to improve the effectiveness of the Bank's programming…
Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA): No. 8 : December, 2007
Dec 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…
Fear and Market Failure: Global Imbalances and ¿Self-Insurance¿
Dec 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Miller, Marcus;Zhang, Lei
This paper proposes an integrated framework to analyze jointly two key issues: the emergence of global imbalances and the precautionary motive for accumulating reserves. Standard models of general…
Corporate Governance and Firm Valuation in Colombia
Dec 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pombo, Carlos;Gutiérrez, Luis H.
This paper studies the separation of ownership and control of 108 listed companies in Colombia from 1996 to 2002, finding that voting rights are greater than cash flow rights because of indirect…