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Date issued: Ιουλ 2013
Author(s): Dos Santos Rocha, Wilson

O estudo de caso avaliou três experiências do modelo de prestação de serviços denominado SISAR (Sistema Integrado de Saneamento Rural), sendo dois no Ceará e um Piauí. Este modelo constitui-se em uma…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Manacorda, Marco;Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux

This paper uses microdata from Brazilian vital statistics natality and mortality data between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence -measured by homicide rates-…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Ossowski, Rolando

In a number of countries that depend on the export of oil and other nonrenewable resources, governments have put in place fiscal rules or fiscal guidelines and/or nonrenewable resource funds in the…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Asociación Civil Observatorio Social;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La presente investigación ha tenido como objetivo realizar una evaluación del impacto de la Policía Metropolitana de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (CABA) sobre: las tasas de victimización, los…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Maradona, Gustavo;Facet, Tomás B.;Lara, María Inés;Serio, Monserrat

El objetivo de esta investigación fue desarrollar una metodología de evaluación de impacto sobre la capacidad institucional de una organización, que fuera sólida en términos conceptuales y lo…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Fundación Paz Ciudadana;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Actualmente, en Chile opera un sistema penitenciario bajo un modelo mixto de provisión de servicios, en el que confluyen cárceles operadas por el Estado y concesionadas. A fin de evaluar el…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Tavella, Pilar;Powell, Andrew

The May 2013 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that average growth and inflation expectations have fallen slightly. The simple average…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Massena, Rosa M. R.;Beltrão, Kaizô I.;Vetter, David M.

Using a hedonic residential rent model for Brazil's metropolitan areas calibrated with microdata from Brazil's annual household survey, this study estimates that increasing the sense of…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Zarruk, David;Rodríguez, Catherine;Ibáñez, Ana María

This paper uses a natural policy experiment to estimate how changes in the costs of engaging in criminal activity may influence adolescents¿ decisions in crime participation and school attendance.…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Scholl, Lynn;Guerrero, Alejandro;Quintanilla, Oscar;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth

The IDB's support for Urban Transportation projects in Latin America has grown rapidly in recent years, with annual lending volume for the urban transport sector growing by 36% from 2005 to 2012…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Scholl, Lynn;Guerrero, Alejandro;Quintanilla, Oscar;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth

El apoyo del BID para proyectos de transporte urbano en América Latina ha experimentado un rápido crecimiento en los últimos años, con un aumento del 36% entre 2005 y 2012 en el volumen anual de…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barham, Tania;Macours, Karen;Maluccio, John A.

The effects of early life circumstances on cognitive skill formation are important for later human capital development, labor market outcomes and well-being. In this paper, we test the hypothesis…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Funaro, Rita

The crime and violence situation in Latin America and the Caribbean is dire and the costs can be astronomical for a region with many unsatisfied needs. This edition of IDEA draws from recent IDB…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Funaro, Rita

La situación del crimen y la violencia en América Latina y el Caribe es desastrosa y los costos pueden llegar a ser astronómicos en una región con numerosas necesidades no satisfechas. Esta edición…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): De Olloqui, Fernando;Chrisney, Martin D.;Gomes Lorenzo, José Juan;Maffioli, Alessandro;Monge-González, Ricardo;Netto, Maria;Nieder, Frank;Palma Arancibia, Cristián;Rodríguez, César M.

A segunda edição da série Instituições para o Povo mostra os bancos públicos de desenvolvimento da América Latina e do Caribe frente a um novo paradigma.Nos seis capítulos que compõem o estudo, o…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Seminario, Cristhian;Salgado, Edgar;Morón, Eduardo

This paper documents the relationship between regional financial development and firm growth in the Peruvian manufacturing sector. In order to control for mutual causality between credit…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Dutrénit, Gabriela;De Fuentes, Claudia;Santiago, Fernando;Torres, Arturo;Gras, Natalia

An extensive literature analyzes the determinants of research and development (R&D) and the impacts of R&D on firms' innovation performance and productivity. Because most available…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Gallego, Juan Miguel;Gutiérrez, Hernando;Taborda, Rodrigo

This paper presents the results of a study on the ways that innovation and productivity are connected in the Colombian manufacturing and service industry. Using data from the Manufacturing Innovation…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Rubalcaba, Luis

The service sector has become one of the most important economic activity in the world economy in both developed and developing economies. Services are crucial for further developing the Latin…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): De Olloqui, Fernando;Chrisney, Martin D.;Gomes Lorenzo, José Juan;Maffioli, Alessandro;Monge-González, Ricardo;Netto, Maria;Nieder, Frank;Palma Arancibia, Cristián;Rodríguez, César M.

La segunda edición de la serie Instituciones para la gente presenta a los bancos públicos de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe frente a un nuevo paradigma. En los últimos 10 a 15 años la…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Campos, Bruno;Díaz, Manuel;Clerc, Jacques

El objetivo general del estudio es desarrollar una metodología para la elaboración de curvas de abatimiento de gases de efecto invernadero para el sector de demanda energética, incorporando la…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Paes-Sousa, Romulo;Regalia, Ferdinando;Stampini, Marco

Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs have become the main social assistance interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), reaching 129 million individuals in 18 countries in 2010.…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Paes-Sousa, Romulo;Regalia, Ferdinando;Stampini, Marco

Los programas de transferencias monetarias condicionadas se han transformado en las principales intervenciones para asistencia social en América Latina y el Caribe. En 2010 alcanzaron a 129 millones…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Fevre, Chloe;Soares, Yuri;Ramirez, Santiago;Atuesta, Laura;Rangel, Diana;Ruiz, Mayra;Aulet, María

Successful implementation is necessary for projects and programs to be effective. In this comparative project evaluation, OVE analyzes the effectiveness of the implementation strategy of five IDB-…

Date issued: Ιουν 2013
Author(s): Fevre, Chloe;Soares, Yuri;Ramirez, Santiago;Atuesta, Laura;Rangel, Diana;Ruiz, Mayra;Aulet, María

Para ser eficaces, los proyectos y programas requieren una ejecución satisfactoria. En esta evaluación comparativa de proyectos, OVE analiza la eficacia de la estrategia de ejecución de cinco…