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Απρ 2017
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Will smart machines replace humans like the internal combustion engine replaced horses? If so, can putting people out of work, or at least out of good work, also put the economy out of business? Our…
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Απρ 2017
Social security systems in Latin America and the Caribbean face important challenges. Achieving universal coverage requires rethinking the pension systems in the region and establishing solid…
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Απρ 2017
Los sistemas de seguridad social de los países de América Latina y el Caribe afrontan desafíos importantes. Alcanzar la cobertura universal hace necesario repensar los sistemas de pensiones de la…
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Απρ 2017
Con este proyecto se busca generar una estrategia para promover y facilitar el desarrollo de un mercado financiero regional más eficiente propendiendo por la armonización de las regulaciones y…
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Απρ 2017
Este documento busca desarrollar un marco conceptual de lo que se considera un megaproyecto de transporte con el objetivo de facilitar la definición, identificación y tratamiento diferencial de…
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Απρ 2017
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En 2016 se cumplieron veinte años de la firma del Tratado Marco del Mercado Eléctrico de América Central (1996) por los Presidentes de las seis naciones del Istmo Centroamericano, así como cuarenta…
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Απρ 2017
This project seeks to generate a strategy to promote and facilitate the development of a more efficient regional financial market by promoting the harmonization of regulations and seeking to…
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Απρ 2017
The Office of Mediation serves all IDB Group Employees (Staff and Contractuals) who are dealing with work-related issues and or grievances. The Office of Mediation is managed by the Mediation…
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Απρ 2017
La Oficina de Mediación ofrece servicios a todos los empleados (Personal y Consultores) del Grupo BID que tienen algún tipo de conflicto laboral. La Oficina de Mediación es dirigida por la…
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Απρ 2017
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En América Latina las autoridades urbanas están prestando cada vez más interés en promover la bicicleta como medio de transporte cotidiano y enrescatar el valor que ha tenido por décadas como…
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Απρ 2017
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En contraposición con el modelo de expansión tradicional de los sistemas eléctricos, basados en generación centralizada, la generación distribuida (GD) se perfila como un nuevo paradigma disruptor…
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Απρ 2017
At the IDB, we know that our partners -public sector institutions, private enterprises, philanthropic organizations, universities, and others- are vitally important to achieving the Bank's goals…
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Απρ 2017
This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2016 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of…
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Απρ 2017
Este es el segundo de dos volúmenes que constituyen el Informe Anual del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) 2016. El presente volumen contiene la discusión y análisis de la Administración:…
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Απρ 2017
Inspired by the encyclical Laudato Si', by Pope Francis, Nobel prizes and world experts pose concrete options for advancing in a regional eco-integration where social and environmental dimension…
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Απρ 2017
Inspirados por la encíclica Laudato Si' del Papa Francisco, premios Nobel y expertos mundiales plantean opciones concretas para avanzar en una eco-integración regional donde la dimensión social…
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Απρ 2017
The Annual Report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 2016 (loans, guarantees and grants). The second volume contains the full set of the financial statements of the Bank's…
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Απρ 2017
El Informe anual contiene un examen de las operaciones del Banco en 2016 (préstamos, garantías y financiamiento no reembolsable). El segundo volumen contiene el conjunto completo de los estados…
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Απρ 2017
Le Rapport annuel examine les opérations de la Banque pour 2016 (prêts, garanties et subventions). Le second volume contient l'ensemble complet des états financiers des ressources de la Banque.
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Απρ 2017
O Relatório Anual contém uma análise das operações do Banco em 2016 (empréstimos, garantias e concessões). O segundo volume contém também o conjunto completo de declarações financeiras sobre os…
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Απρ 2017
La Red de Apoyo Técnico de los Servicios de Empleo de América Latina y el Caribe financia programas para que los servicios públicos de empleo aprendan de las mejores experiencias entre países de la…
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Απρ 2017
The development of a country depends to a large extent on its labor force, and public employment services play a central role so that people can find good jobs and companies can get qualified workers…
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Απρ 2017
This note, prepared by M. Caridad Araujo, Ariel Fiszbein and Mercedes Mateo Díaz, summarizes the agreements reachedduring a seminar in Washington, DC organized by the Inter-American Dialogue and the…
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Απρ 2017
Esta nota, preparada por M. Caridad Araujo, Ariel Fiszbein y Mercedes Mateo Díaz, resume los consensos a los que se arribódurante un seminario convocado en la ciudad de Washington, DC (EEUU) por el…
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Απρ 2017
INTAL Connection informs on developments on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue focuses on the symposium and presentation of the book “Eco integration in Latin…
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Απρ 2017
Conexión INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. Esta edición se dedica al coloquio y presentación del libro “…
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Απρ 2017
Hay aquí diez historias relacionadas con, entre otras cosas, la innovación, la educación, la ciencia y la tecnología en América Latina, contadas por algunos de los mejores periodistas de la región…
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Μαρ 2017
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Earnings inequality declined rapidly in Argentina, Brazil and Chile during the 2000s. A reduction in the experience premium is a fundamental driver of declines in upper-tail (90/50) inequality,…
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Μαρ 2017
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The Gini coefficient of labor earnings in Brazil fell by nearly a fifth between 1995 and 2012, from 0.50 to 0.41. The decline in earnings inequality was even larger by other measures, with the 90-10…
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Μαρ 2017
So much of our daily business can be done with a swipe or a mouse click. Citizens have come to expect and rely on a certain amount of convenience in their daily lives as technology evolves to suit…
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Μαρ 2017
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Do quality at entry assessments enhance the delivery of development projects? In this paper we take advantage of approval and execution systems in place at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)…
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Μαρ 2017
The 2017 Macroreport considers recent developments in the global economy and how they may affect Latin America and the Caribbean. It reviews how countries are adapting to external conditions and how…
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Μαρ 2017
El Informe Macroeconómico 2017 considera acontecimientos recientes en la economía global y cómo podrían afectar a América Latina y el Caribe. Analiza la forma en que los países se están adaptando a…
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Μαρ 2017
The 2017 first quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…
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Μαρ 2017
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This paper uses seven nationally representative time use surveys in Latin America to identify key stylized facts regarding the quantity and quality of parental time investment on the skill formation…
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Μαρ 2017
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Generative AI enabled
In-firm training is a crucial innovative activity in modern knowledge-based economies which face increasing global competition and rapidly changing technology. Nevertheless, there are few studies…
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Μαρ 2017
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Twenty years have passed since conditional cash transfer programs were first implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean. This book takes the opportunity to critically review the design options…
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Μαρ 2017
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Los programas de transferencias monetarias condicionadas cumplen veinte años de implementación en América Latina y el Caribe. Este libro aprovecha dicha ocasión para revisar críticamente las opciones…
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Μαρ 2017
This Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin explores constraints to private sector development in the Caribbean. With economic growth weak and dependent on only a few sectors -either tourism or…
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Μαρ 2017
The Board of Executive Directors of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) requested that the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) produce this technical study to inform IIC's…
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Μαρ 2017
El Directorio Ejecutivo de la Corporación Interamericana de Inversiones (CII) pidió a la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión OVE que preparara este estudio técnico en apoyo del interés renovado de la…
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Μαρ 2017
Not since the end of World War II have supply chains been as highly exposed to risks as they are now. The Fourth Industrial Revolution poses unprecedented challenges for production and distribution…
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Μαρ 2017
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Generative AI enabled
The effects of capital requirements on risk-taking and welfare are studied in a stochastic overlapping generations model of endogenous growth with banking, limited liability, and government…
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Μαρ 2017
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Generative AI enabled
This paper explores families' investment in skills development through education in a high-inequality, low-education quality country such as Mexico, comparing it to a lower-inequality, higher-…
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Μαρ 2017
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This paper characterizes household spending in education using microdata from income and expenditure surveys for 12 Latin American and Caribbean countries and the United States. Bahamas, Chile and…
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Μαρ 2017
This report highlights the Inter-American Development Bank's sustainability performance in 2016, both in the operations it finances and at its own facilities. It includes examples of Bank-…
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Μαρ 2017
El informe destaca el desempeño del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en materia de sostenibilidad en 2016, tanto en las operaciones que financia como en sus propias instalaciones. Incluye ejemplos…
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Μαρ 2017
Este informe describe y presenta los resultados del Índice de Desarrollode la Banda Ancha (IDBA) en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). El principal objetivo del IDBA es medir la brecha digital en la…
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Μαρ 2017
Since the end of the great crisis of 2007-10, the financial services industry began a process of accelerating change. New business models based on convergent technological developments are…
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Μαρ 2017
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Generative AI enabled
To mitigate climate change, some governments opt for instruments focused on investment, like performance standards or feebates, instead of carbon prices. We compare these policies in a Ramsey model…