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Date issued: Jan 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Balzarotti, Verónica

Banks' market or 'trading' risks have increased noticeably over the past years, largely as a result of the growth of liquid assets on banks' balance sheets and the increase in…

Date issued: Jan 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hausmann, Ricardo

The Venezuelan experience in the 1980s is a particularly fertile ground for the analysis of negative shocks. Two large shocks took place under very different control regimes, thus highlighting the…

Date issued: Jan 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mejía-Guerra, José Antonio;Vos, Rob

In this paper we will not intend to derive improved poverty measures for the Americas. Our pretensions are much more modest. The purposes of the paper are to provide an inventory of available poverty…

Date issued: Jan 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gavin, Michael

Have the economies of Latin America become less volatile as a result of the economic stabilization and structural reforms implemented during the past decade? The answer is a qualified yes. The…

Date issued: Jan 1997 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Spilimbergo, Antonio

Models on the composition of trade and growth often assume that the technological content of trade is negatively correlated with the income of the trading partner. First, this paper shows that this…

Date issued: Dec 1996
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

O BID acompanha o desenvolvimento econmico e social da América Latina e do Caribe, assim como as atividades do Banco. publicado dez vezes por
ano, em portugus, ingls, francs e espanhol.

Date issued: Dec 1996
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

EL BID informa sobre el desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y sobre las actividades del Banco. Se publica 10 veces al año en inglés, español, portugués y francés.

Date issued: Dec 1996
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Le Bulletin de la BID fait état des tendances du développement économique et social en Amérique latine et aux Caraïbes, ainsi que des activités de la BID. II est publié périodiquement et distribué…

Date issued: Dec 1996
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

O BID acompanha o desenvolvimento econômico e social da América Latina e do Caribe, assim como as atividades do Banco. É publicado dez vezes por ano, em português, inglês, francês e espanhol.

Date issued: Dec 1996
Author(s): Márquez, Gustavo;Álvarez, Carola

The purpose of this paper is to describe the performance of the Venezuelan labor market between 1982 and 1995, and to analyze its impact on the evolution of poverty. This time period is one wherein…

Date issued: Dec 1996
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report summarizes the results of the two-day Consultation Workshop on Strategies for Integrated Water Resources Management in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) financed through a Bank…

Date issued: Dec 1996
Author(s): Iturralde, Diego;Krotz, Esteban;Cárdenas, Víctor;Stavenhagen, Rodolfo;Wirsig, Waldemar;Fabricano, Marcial;Albó, Xavier;Davis, Shelton;Duchicela, Luis Felipe;Cojtí Cuxil, Demetrio;Del Val, José;Velásquez Sagua, Héctor;Molina R., Ramiro;Jimeno, Gladys;Grefa U., Valerio;González, Nicanor;Partridge, William L.

The contributions included in this volume reflect both the challenges and opportunities of an incipient process of reflection and dialogue between indigenous peoples, governments and development…

Date issued: Dec 1996
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

For Latin America and the Caribbean, sustainable development encompasses the broad objectives of our societies: sustainable economic development based on modernization, openness and competitiveness;…

Date issued: Dec 1996 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Maceira, Daniel

En este trabajo se argumenta que las fallas de organización en las estructuras burocráticas y de atención, basados en los mecanismos de pagos utilizados y la resultante generación de incentivos,…

Date issued: Dec 1996 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Goldmark, Lara

El propósito de este estudio es el de proporcionar una visión general de las prácticas actuales en el suministro de Servicios de Desarrollo Empresarial (SDE) a pequeños y micro empresarios en los…

Date issued: Dec 1996
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, siguiendo los mandatos que recibió de sus gobiernos en 1994 en su Octavo Aumento General de Recursos, incorporó en sus estrategias los grandes objetivos del…

Date issued: Dec 1996 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Flug, Karnit;Hercowitz, Zui

This paper estimates the effects of equipment investment on relative wages and employment of skilled labor and explores their dynamics. The basic hypothesis is that they are positive, due to either…

Date issued: Dec 1996 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Murillo, Maria Victoria

Recent policy debates on the reform of social service delivery systems focus on the decentralization of services and the introduction of competition in order to improve the quality of services.…

Date issued: Dec 1996 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): López, Ramón

The objectives of this paper are two-fold: to analyze the role of international and domestic policies on the sustainable use of forests in Latin America; and to examine potential financing mechanisms…

Date issued: Dec 1996 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Goldmark, Lara

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of current practices in the provision of business development services (BDS) to small and microentrepreneurs in developing countries. The document…

Date issued: Nov 1996
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Thirty paintings and sculptures from the National Museum of Bolivia, the Museum Arturo Borda, the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore, the Marina Núñez del Prado Foundation, and the private…

Date issued: Nov 1996
Author(s): Corradi, Juan E.

Juan E. Corradi (1943-), sociólogo argentino de la Universidad de Nueva York, Asesor del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, Vicepresidente de la Iniciativa de Desarrollo Sur-Norte.

Date issued: Nov 1996
Author(s): Corradi, Juan E.

Juan E. Corradi (1943-), Argentine sociologist from New York University, advisor to the United Nations Development Program, VP of South/North Development Initiative.

Date issued: Nov 1996
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

O BID acompanha o desenvolvimento econmico e social da América Latina e do Caribe, assim como as atividades do Banco. publicado dez vezes por
ano, em portugus, ingls, francs e espanhol.

Date issued: Nov 1996
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

EL BID informa sobre el desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y sobre las actividades del Banco. Se publica 10 veces al año en inglés, español, portugués y francés.