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Date issued: May 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Micco, Alejandro;Parrado, Eric;Piedrabuena, Bernardita;Rebucci, Alessandro

The Chilean system of housing finance is a mixture of public and private elements that has arguably been very successful. This paper provides an up-to-date review of the main instruments, actors,…

Date issued: May 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Morón, Eduardo;Salgado, Edgar;Seminario, Cristhian

This paper examines the link between financial deepening and formalization in Peru. Using data from the National Household Survey, Bloomberg and the Central Bank of Peru Central Bank, the Catão,…

Date issued: May 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Caballero, Julián

This paper asks whether bonanzas (surges) in net capital inflows increase the probability of banking crises and whether this is necessarily through a lending boom mechanism. A fixed effects…

Date issued: May 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ibarrarán, Pablo;Ripani, Laura;Taboada, Bibiana;Villa, Juan Miguel;García, Brígida

This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the impact of the program on traditional labor market…

Date issued: May 2012
Author(s): Bonet, Jaime Alfredo;Zapata, Juan Gonzalo;Rueda, Fabio

En la medida en que la escasez de recursos propios no permite a los gobiernos locales atender adecuadamente las nuevas competencias asignadas por los procesos de descentralización de la región,…

Date issued: May 2012
Author(s): Gattoni, George;Goethert, Reinhard;Chávez, Roberto

Este estudio longitudinal examina y documenta el proceso de viviendas construidas incrementalmente por familias de escasos recursos durante los últimos cuarenta años. Tiene los objetivos de evaluar…

Date issued: May 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Esta publicação é parte da Cooperação Técnica BR-T1232 que visa apoiar o Governo Brasileiro para preparação para a Rio+20. A estratégia do projeto foi promover uma discussão sobre economia verde de…

Date issued: May 2012
Author(s): Stone, Leslie F.;Huppi, Monika;Fryer, Michelle;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Noboa-Hidalgo, Grace;Poggio, Virginia;Quijano, Ursula;Vélez-Grajales, Viviana

The main objective of this evaluation is to identify lessons from IDB's support to secondary education policies and systems in LAC since 1995, with a particular focus on quality of education and…

Date issued: May 2012
Author(s): Stone, Leslie F.;Huppi, Monika;Fryer, Michelle;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Noboa-Hidalgo, Grace;Poggio, Virginia;Quijano, Ursula;Vélez-Grajales, Viviana

El objetivo de la evaluación es identificar lecciones aprendidas a partir del apoyo del BID a las políticas y sistemas de la educación secundaria en América Latina y el Caribe desde 1995, con…

Date issued: May 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This document is about CARICOM, SIECA stresses Central American trade dynamism, SIECA, launches Regional Quality Infrastructure and SPS Systems in Central, Andean CommunityProgress in Andean…