Lessons from Innovation: Quality Management Standards
Jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Quality management systems offer companies a practical approach to organizing their productive processes to ensure ongoing adherence to these standards, as well as fostering a culture of continuous…
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
As the selection of arbitrators and mediators is transparent and mutually agreed, their independence of any ties to the respective parties is ensured, promoting impartiality and professionalism on…
Lessons from Innovation: Skills Standards and Certification
Jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Working with public, private, and nonprofit sector partners, MIF has invested in the development of skills standards and certification systems with fifteen projects in Latin America and the Caribbean…
Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America: The Role of Policies
Jan 2004
Author(s): Pietrobelli, Carlo;Rabellotti, Roberta
This study focuses on how Latin America¿s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can participate in global markets in a way that provides for sustainable growth. In addition, it study analyzes…
Labor Intermediation Services: Considerations and Lessons for Latin America and the Caribbean from International Experience
Jan 2004
Author(s): Mazza, Jacqueline
Latin America and the Caribbean have experience, albeit limited, in the reform and reformulation of labor intermediation systems. This article seeks to bring together both experience in the region…
Social Inclusion Trust Fund Annual Report 2003-2004
Jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This report is the first Annual Report for the Social Inclusion Trust Fund, highlighting projects and activities supported by the Fund between February 2003 and March 2004. The multi-donor Social…
Central American Report N0. 2 (2004)
Jan 2004
Author(s): Balsells Conde, Edgar Alfredo
This report assesses the Central American integration process in recent years, locating it in the context established by the nature of the subregion¿s international insertion, its macroeconomic…
Developing Entrepreneurship: Experience in Latin America and Worldwide
Jan 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bianchi, Patrizio;Kantis, Hugo;Bacic, Miguel Juan;Suaznabar, Claudia;Studart, Rogerio;Vasconcelos, Luiz Antonio Teixeira;Moori Koenig, Virginia;Federico, Juan;Martínez, Julia;Parrilli, Mario Davide;Llisterri, Juan J.;Angelelli, Pablo;Baruj, Gustavo
This publication analyzes the profile of entrepreneurs and how they create high-growth businesses in 13 countries in Latin America, East Asia and southern Europe. It also offers case studies of…
Social Inclusion and Economic Development in Latin America
Jan 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Genoni, María Eugenia;Sánchez, Margarita;Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime;Duryea, Suzanne;Parker, Richard;Aggleton, Peter;Buvinic, Mayra;Massiah, Ernest;Arias, Omar;Ñopo, Hugo R.;Mazza, Jacqueline;Yamada, Gustavo;Oakley, Peter;Atkinson, Tony;Tejerina, Luis;Htun, Mala;Maluwa, Miriam;Thorne, Eva T.;Silver, Hilary;Torero, Máximo;Pacari Vega, Nina;Ocampo, José Antonio;Zoninsein, Jonas;Escobal, Javier;Rincón Gallardo, Gilberto
Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the regions in the world with the greatest ethnic, racial and cultural diversity. This diversity is a major asset that holds the key to achieving lasting…
Microenterprise Development Review: Volume 6 : No. 2 : January, 2004
Jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This issue of the Microenterprise Development Review examines the creation of national apex funds to finance microfinance. An IDB study of second-tier financing programs for microfinance sheds light…
Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center Annual Report 2003
Jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
During 2003, the IDB Cultural Center (CCN) celebrated its 11th Anniversary and expanded outreach and visibility of its activities in Europe and the Region, thanks to its four programs and new…
First Inter-American Competition and Exhibition of Digital Photography
Jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
First Inter-American Competition and Exhibition of Digital Photography sponsored by the IDB Cultural Center and the IDB Information and Communication Technology for Development Division, met January…
Gas Market Integration in the Southern Cone
Jan 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Beato, Paulina;Benavides, Juan;Bondorevsky, Diego;Petrecolla, Diego;Dussan, Manuel;Fagundes de Almeida, Edmar Luiz;Balmaceda, Felipe;Serra, Pablo;Cannock, Geoffrey;Lapuerta, Carlos;Trebat, Nicholas
"Gas Market Integration in the Southern Cone" is part of a larger effort by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to promote integration of energy markets in South America's…
Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth
Jan 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Artana, Daniel;Osambela Zavala, Emilio;Thomas, Desmond;Zahler, Roberto;Downes, Andrew S.;Paredes Molina, Ricardo D.;Naranjos Lander, Martin;Handa, Ashu
Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical…
Reforming Latin American Housing Markets: A Guide for Policy Analysis
Jan 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Housing is more than just basic shelter - it can be a valuable monetary asset, both to households and nations. This book draws on research by experts at the Inter-American Development Bank and the U…
Integration and Trade in the Americas: Fiscal Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Americas
Jan 2004
Author(s): Barreix, Alberto Daniel;Villela, Luiz Arruda;Roca, Jerónimo
The purpose of this document is to inform Bank staff and other interested parties about recent developments in integration and trade among the countries of the Western Hemisphere and between these…
Annual Report on the Environment and Natural Resources 2003: Special Focus: Water
Jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This Annual Report details the Bank's activities in environment and natural resources during 2003. In 2003, the most significant development on the environment within the Inter-American…
Rules of Origin in FTAs in Europe and in the Americas: Issues and Implications for the EU-Mercosur Inter-Regional Association Agreement
Jan 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Suominen, Kati;Estevadeordal, Antoni
Rules of origin (RoO) are a central topic both in the Inter-Regional Association Agreement negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), and in the 34-…
A Decade of Development Thinking
Jan 2004
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo;Pagés, Carmen;Panizza, Ugo;Stein, Ernesto H.
The Research Department of the IDB (RES) performs innovative, comparative research on the development issues of greatest concern to the region today. It generates a wide variety of products based on…
Bundling of Services and Household Welfare in Developing Countries Using Panel Data: The Case of Peru
Jan 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hentschel, Jesko;Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime;Chong, Alberto E.
Using panel data for Peru for the period 1994-2000, we find that when households receive two or more services jointly, the welfare increases of the household, as measured by changes in consumption,…