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Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Arellano, Samuel

Este documento número siete de la serie de documentos de asistencia técnica de la Red PLAC tiene como título “Sistema previsional argentino y directrices para la Prestación Universal para el Adulto…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Pereira Dos Santos, Pablo;Kearney, Matthew C.

Risk mitigation instruments such as guarantees are attractive options for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals because they provide a way for multilateral development banks (…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vogt-Schilb, Adrien;Meunier, Guy;Hallegatte, Stephane

This paper finds that it is optimal to start a long-term emission-reduction strategy with significant short-term abatement investment, even if the optimal carbon price starts low and grows…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Páez, Tania;Tarre, Alejandro;Serebrisky, Tomás;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor

A través de esta serie de casos de estudio, el Departamento de Infraestructura y Energía del BID pretende dar a conocer su trabajo en la región, los problemas que aborda, los retos en la…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Kaufmann, Jorge;Zulantay, Marcela

Este documento presenta un caso práctico de gestión pública orientada a resultados llevada a cabo en el Ministerio de Energía de Chile. Describe los desafíos enfrentados a comienzos de la…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Schmid, Juan Pedro;Wright, Allan;Wenner, Mark D.;Bollers, Elton;Khadan, Jeetendra;Smets, Lodewijk;Mooney, Henry;Giles Álvarez, Laura;Schwartz, Moises;Beuermann, Diether;Waithe, Kimberly

Countries that have set themselves on a course of strengthening the quality of their institutions to provide a minimum of certainty to economic agents have been able to alter their development paths…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Ramos Martínez, Alejandro;Rozemberg, Ricardo;Makuc, Adrián;Svarzman, Gustavo;D'Elia, Carlos

El Informe MERCOSUR No. 22 brinda un panorama de la evolución de este bloque de integración en el periodo reciente, enfocándose sobre todo en la PPT argentina y brasileña ejercidas sucesivamente en…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Ulloa, Alfie

El reporte describe el estado actual de la industria minera en Chile, Colombia, Perú y México, los cuatro países integrantes de la Alianza del Pacífico y explora oportunidades para el fortalecimiento…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pemberton, Cecile;Joseph, Joel

This report presents the first nationally representative estimates of the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) and non-partner sexual violence (NPSV) against women in Trinidad and Tobago.…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Prat, Jordi;López, Arnoldo;Manzano, Osmel;Solera, Marco;Ochoa, Elizabeth

Central America and the Dominican Republic had stable economic growth in 2017. The performance of the United States economy and low commodity prices, mainly oil, meant that the key indicators for the…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Prat, Jordi;López, Arnoldo;Manzano, Osmel;Solera, Marco;Ochoa, Elizabeth

En 2017 Centroamérica y República Dominicana tuvo un crecimiento económico estable. El desempeño de Estados Unidos y los bajos precios de las materias primas, principalmente de los hidrocarburos,…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Álvarez-Pallete, José María

This paper studies the existing relationship between international mobile phone calls and international trade for the case of Spain, showing that it is possible to build an explanatory model with a…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bando, Rosangela;Hidalgo, Nidia;Land, Austin

La violencia de género es una de las problemáticas sociales más comunes a nivel global e impacta de forma adversa el desarrollo de los países y la vida de las personas. La política de prevención más…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2017 Annual Business Review (ABR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The ABR reports on outputs, lending program priorities, and organizational indicators on a…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Martinez, Sebastian;Taboada, Bibiana;Davis, Lucas

Este resumen describe los principales hallazgos de un estudio en México que evalúa los resultados de intervenciones de eficiencia energética en viviendas de interés social en un desarrollo. Las eco-…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Davis, Lucas;Martinez, Sebastian;Taboada, Bibiana

This paper evaluates a field experiment in Mexico in which a quasi-experimental sample of new homes was provided with insulation and other energy efficient upgrades. A novel feature of our study is…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gallego, Juan Miguel;Gutiérrez, Luis H.

This paper presents evidence of the effects of gender diversity on firm innovation outcomes and their productivity in Colombian manufacturing firms, by extending a CDM model to include women’s…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

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 lanzamiento de la publicación “LATINDIA: el…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Cruz, Cesi;Keefer, Philip

The Database of Political Institutions presents institutional and electoral results data such as measures of checks and balances, tenure and stability of the government, identification of party…

Date issued: Φεβ 2018
Author(s): Kiel, Al

This eighth document of the PLAC Network Technical Assistance Document Series is entitled “Trustees Handbook” and was especially designed for the Board of Trustees that is responsible for the…

Date issued: Ιαν 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Egas, Juan José

Although the agricultural sector contributes only 0.5% to Trinidad and Tobago’s GDP, it accounts for over 4% of employment and is important for the diversification of the economy. The Government of…

Date issued: Ιαν 2018
Author(s): Serebrisky, Tomás;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor;Pastor, Cinthya;Wohlhueter, Andreas

There is an evident need to consider how to assess investment in infrastructure in a homogeneous and standardized way. This technical note describes the existing alternatives to measure investment in…

Date issued: Ιαν 2018
Author(s): Serebrisky, Tomás;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor;Pastor, Cinthya;Wohlhueter, Andreas

Existe una evidente necesidad de considerar cómo evaluar la inversión en infraestructura de una manera homogénea y estandarizada. Esta nota técnica describe las alternativas existentes para medir la…

Date issued: Ιαν 2018
Author(s): Lotti, Giulia

La baja productividad y la alta informalidad son dos de los problemas principales que caracterizan los mercados laboralesde la región andina. Esta nota se enfoca en las políticas laborales que pueden…

Date issued: Ιαν 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Araujo, María Caridad;Martinez, Sebastian;Martínez, María Adelaida;Pérez, Michelle;Sánchez, Mario

Estudiamos los efectos de incrementar las becas educativas en la escolaridad de los estudiantes de educación secundaria y bachillerato de ingresos bajos y medios en México. Desde 2009, el programa…