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Date issued: Jan 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Abrahams, Scott;Flabbi, Luca;Piras, Claudia

This paper collects an original database of publicly listed companies to determine prevailing gender ratios among board members and executives in Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC). Women…

Date issued: Jan 2016
Author(s): Calatayud, Agustina;Ketterer, Juan Antonio

A widespread view in the private sector is that the lack of access to finance significantly limits the entry into and the performance of value chains. Access to finance is expensive, scarce, and…

Date issued: Jan 2016
Author(s): Calatayud, Agustina;Ketterer, Juan Antonio

Entre las causas que determinan las dificultades para acceder y permanecer en una cadena de valor, así como para mejorar el desempeño de tales cadenas, el sector privado coincide en señalar la…

Date issued: Jan 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Balza, Lenin;Espinasa, Ramón;Serebrisky, Tomás

Energy is essential in our daily life. The world we know and live in today simply cannot function without it. This report intends to answer how much energy is likely to be needed in countries across…

Date issued: Jan 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Balza, Lenin;Espinasa, Ramón;Serebrisky, Tomás

La Energía es esencial para nuestra vida cotidiana. El mundo que conocemos y en el que vivimos hoy, simplemente no puede funcionar sin ella. Este informe tiene la intención de responder a la…

Date issued: Jan 2016
Author(s): Monge-González, Ricardo

This technical note presents a detailed review of Costa Rica's recent innovation policy. It discusses how far Costa Rica is from having innovation ecosystems (human networks that generate…

Date issued: Jan 2016
Author(s): Mas, Ignacio

The progress of financial inclusion in the Latin American and Caribbean region is constrained by the high cost of providing and accessing financial services. On the client side, micro- and small-…

Date issued: Jan 2016
Author(s): Vargas, Fernando

La importancia de los servicios en la economía mundial ha incrementado el interés en la academia y en los gobiernos sobre la dinámica de la innovación en estas actividades y cómo promoverlas en forma…

Date issued: Jan 2016
Author(s): Walter, Martin

This note provides a snapshot of key indicators of the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) extractives sector: the basic elements underpinning current debates. The first section examines LAC…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

INTAL Connection informs on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean and disseminate IADB activities on this topics.