Start your advanced search in the IDB Publications Catalog.


Date issued: Jun 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alarcón González, Diana;Zepeda, Eduardo

Lack of employment and the deterioration of labor income are critical issues for the development of Latin American countries. The persistence of high incidence of poverty and inequality may be…

Date issued: Jun 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alarcón González, Diana;Zepeda, Eduardo

La falta de empleos y el deterioro de los ingresos laborales constituyen aspectos críticos para el desarrollo de los países latinoamericanos. El mejoramiento de las condiciones de trabajo ha sido…

Date issued: May 2007
Author(s): Wenner, Mark D.;Navajas, Sergio;Trivelli, Carolina;Tarazona, Alvaro

The purpose of this report is to review common credit risk management techniques used in a sample of Latin American financial institutions with agricultural portfolios, identify the factors that…

Date issued: May 2007
Author(s): Wenner, Mark D.;Navajas, Sergio;Trivelli, Carolina;Tarazona, Alvaro

El objetivo del presente informe es examinar las técnicas comunes de manejo de riesgos usadas en una muestra de instituciones financieras de América Latina con carteras agropecuarias e identificar…

Date issued: May 2007
Author(s): Granados, Jaime;Rojas Hayes, Carolina Mary;Vázques, Daniel;Vodusek, Ziga;Ramos Martínez, Alejandro;Gayá, Romina

In 2004-2006, Central America made significant efforts to complete its free trade area (FTA), further itsCustoms Union (CU) and launch the Central America-Dominican Republic-United States Free…

Date issued: May 2007
Author(s): Greenspan, Stanley;Breinbauer, Cecilia

This presentation discusses the effects of social motivation on brain development in early childhood and the role of emotions on child development. Optimal nutrition and social-emotional development…

Date issued: May 2007
Author(s): Giuffrida, Antonio

This presentation deals with the following issue: how poverty, poor health, nutrition and care affect child development. The author reviews a series of "capabilities approaches," including…

Date issued: May 2007
Author(s): Prud'homme, Rémy;Huntzinger, Hervé;Guelton, Sonia

This document presents a global view of the intergovernmental relationships that prevail in Bolivia. It analyzes the importance, functions, revenues, and problems of communes and attempts to do the…

Date issued: May 2007 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

In October 2000, the twelve countries of South America launched, a multinational, multisectoral and multidisciplinary initiative, whose main objective is to develop the region's infrastructure…

Date issued: May 2007
Author(s): Currea, Dora

This document was presented at the "Opportunities for the Majority" Seminar in Jamaica, 2007. Based on the results of household surveys conducted in seven countries, the presentation…