Feb 2004
This document was presented in the 4th Hemispheric Meeting for the Natural Disaster Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue celebrated on February 26th and 27th, 2004. This first presentation lays…
Feb 2004
An exhibition honoring Peru, and the city of Lima, host of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank, presented folk objects and crafts various regions…
Feb 2004
Presents an exhibition of folk objects and crafts from Peru, representing various regions in which tradition has evolved within oldage artistic expressions, was be presented at the Art Gallery of the…
Feb 2004
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This document was commissioned by the Natural Disaster Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the IV Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on February 26th and 27th, 2004.
Feb 2004
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The present publication traces the history of the Bank's lending for urban development and discusses its approaches to current urban issues. It is intended for specialists and individuals…
Feb 2004
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There are four generalized trends observed in Latin American labor markets in the 1990s: (1) slow growth in GDP per capita; (2) high rates of unemployment; (3) rising wage differentials associated to…
Feb 2004
This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2003. In addition, the Report contains a…
Feb 2004
The IDB Cultural Center proposed that the Uruguay Cultural Foundation for the Arts, in Washington, D.C., organize a drawing contest and exhibition for Uruguayan artists, and also sponsored it…
Feb 2004
This paper is intended primarily for those governments in Latin America that have public rental housing. Although there is currently not a great deal of public rental housing in the region, it is one…
Feb 2004
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Worldwide, the Mercosur countries are probably the ones that face the most hostile trading system. Their strong comparative advantage in temperate agricultural and agro-industrial products make them…
Feb 2004
This research aims at answering the following questions: How do specialization patterns look like in member countries of Mercosur and how have they evolved over time? How do concentration patterns…
Feb 2004
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The Bank has prepared a new set of strategies, presented in this volume, for the two overarching objectives established (Sustainable Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social…
Feb 2004
During 2003-04, a completely virtual project was organized to promote regional integration through the use of new information and communication technologies for development among other things. A…
Feb 2004
This report examines the resource needs for mounting a comprehensive HIV/AIDS program in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and provides information on estimated changes in the cost of selected…
Feb 2004
In recent years a number of studies have been devoted to the twin issues of economic development and of decentralization in Argentina. Many papers have tried to understand the complex system of…
Feb 2004
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This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on labor and capital gross flows and productivity in the Uruguayan manufacturing sector. Uruguay opened its economy in the presence of -at least…
Feb 2004
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This study examines the impact of Superémonos, a conditional transfer program in Costa Rica, which provides poor families with a subsidy for the purchase of food conditional upon children regularly…
Jan 2004
The objective of this report (MIF/GN-78-11) is to present the results of the evaluation of the initiative taken by the MIF to support Venture Capital Development in the region. The point of departure…
Jan 2004
This report (MIF/GN-78-13) is the outcome of evaluation of a group of 17 MIF environment projects, as part of the work program of the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) to evaluate MIF…
Jan 2004
The purpose of this paper (MIF/GN-78-14) is to evaluate a set of projects in the MIF's "Market Functioning" portfolio, which includes 12 projects for a total MIF contribution of US$7.6…