Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center Information Bulletin: No. 75
Dec 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Presents projects approved to receive financial support during 2004 of Cultural Development in the Field Program, Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center.
Briefing Note on Intra-European Regional Policy Mechanisms in the Context of the Debate on Development Policies
Dec 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barbry, Antoine;Tortora, Manuela
This note contains a brief overview of the EU's main regional policy mechanisms illustrating the wide scope of measures used and the objectives being targeted to support a balanced intra-EU…
Managing Asymmetries in Trade Agreements in the Western Hemisphere
Dec 2004
Author(s): Granados, Jaime
This presentation was commissioned by the Trade and Integration Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the Caribbean Subregional Meeting celebrated on december 15th, 2004 in Montego Bay Jamaica…
Comparative Study on Remuneration Levels of Senior Public Officials in Six Caribbean Countries
Dec 2004
Author(s): Carlson, Ingrid
This presentation was commissioned for the Caribbean Subregional Meeting of the Public Management and Transparency Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue celebrated on December 15th, 2004 in Port of…
IDB 2nd Inter-American Biennial of Video Art. Information Bulletin No. 78
Dec 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Presents the inauguration of the Inter-American Biennial? II video art? Exhibited at the Italian-Latin American Institute  (IILA) in Rome, Italy, in June 2005, and the International Film Festival of…
Country Program Evaluation: Guatemala (1993-2003)
Dec 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The purpose of this report (RE-304-2) is to present OVE's evaluation of the IDB's program in Guatemala during 1993-2003. Following established methodology and procedure, the report attempts…
Implementation of Quality Management Systems under MIF's ISO Cluster: Does it Make a Difference?
Dec 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;The Lexington Group, Inc.
This project reviews previous projects designed to improve business performance and strengthen institutional capacity in standards, certification and accreditation for advancing competitiveness for…
Foreign Direct Investment in East Asia and Latin America: Is there a People's Republic of China Effect?
Dec 2004
Author(s): Chantasasawat, Busakorn;Fung, Kwok Chiu;Iizaka, Hitomi;Siu, Alan
In recent years, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has emerged as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the world. Many analysts and government officials in the…
People's Republic of China's Technological Capability
Dec 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Sigurdson, Jon
This paper discusses the importance of the People's Republic of China in the global economy by exemplifying industrial sectors where it has established a strong competitive advantage. The…
Financial Liberalization, Crisis, and Rescue: Lessons for China from Latin America and East Asia?
Dec 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stallings, Barbara
This paper examines the liberalization process in the context of reflecting on the challenges facing China's financial system and possible lessons that can be learned from the experiences of…
Fear of China: Is There a Future for Manufacturing in Latin America?
Dec 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio
China's emergence has raised pointed questions about the future of manufacturing in Latin America. Once saw as its economic future, the viability of this activity in the region has long been…
People's Republic of China's Competitive Threat to Latin America: An Analysis for 1990-2002
Dec 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lall, Sanjaya;Weiss, John
This paper explores the competitive threat posed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to Latin America and Caribbean (LAC). It focuses on the impact of PRC's rise as a major exporter of…
Effect of the Structure of Rural Public Expenditures on Agricultural Growth and Rural Poverty in Latin America
Dec 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): López, Ramón
This working paper empirically documents the size of (2) in the rural sector and investigates its consequences for rural development (agricultural growth, patterns of growth and rural poverty) for…
Recouping Infrastructure Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Selected Papers from the 2004 IDB Infrastructure Conference Series
Dec 2004
Author(s): Vives, Antonio;Chong, Alberto E.;Strong, John S.;Guasch, José Luis;Benavides, Juan;Analistas Financieros Internacionales;Harris, Stephen;Cohen, Remy;Percoco, Marco
The 2004 IDB Infrastructure Conference Series included four major events that took place in Madrid (January 22-23), Washington, D.C. (February 19-20), Lima (March 27, during the Bank's Annual…
Barbados: Trade and Integration as a Strategy for Growth
Dec 2004
Author(s): Vignoles, Christopher;Jessen, Anneke
Barbados is a small, open island economy with one of the highest trade/GDP ratios in the Western Hemisphere. Because trade plays such a dominant role in the Barbadian economy, it also substantially…
Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) and the Rural Economies of Central America: A Conceptual Framework for Policy and Program Recommendations
Dec 2004
Author(s): Todd, Jessica;Winters, Paul;Arias, Diego
The net benefits of CAFTA and their distribution among sectors of the economy and social groups are major concerns of policy makers in Central America. The objective of the Bank's support to…
The Cost of Poverty Alleviation Transfer Programs: A Comparative Analysis of Three Programs in Latin America
Dec 2004
Author(s): Caldés, Natalia;Coady, David;Maluccio, John A.
A common criticism of antipoverty programs is that the high share of administrative (nontransfer) costs substantially reduces their effectiveness. Yet there is surprisingly little rigorous empirical…
Evaluation of the Bank's Direct Private Sector Lending Program: 1995-2003
Dec 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This report (RE-303) comprises the evaluation of the Bank's Direct Private Sector Lending Program performed by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight to determine the developmental effectiveness…
Ideas for Development in the Americas (IDEA): Volume 5 : September-December, 2004: The Balance on Banking in Latin America
Dec 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Bank credit is the main source of funding for firms and households in Latin America and the Caribbean Unfortunately, bank credit in the region is scarce, costly and extremely volatile. Given the…
Comparative Institutional Diagnosis of Civil Service Systems: Summary of 17 Country Evaluations
Dec 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Longo, Francisco
The present work summarizes a set of reports which have had the aim of diagnosing the civil service systems of seventeen countries: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica,…