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Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Castro, Gonzalo

The emergence of the new South-South axis in commerce provides extraordinary opportunities for poverty alleviation, investment in clean technologies, and strong movement toward sustainable…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The aftermath of the global financial crisis has reshaped world growth and demand patterns, leading to a two-speed recovery, with slow growth in industrial countries and fast growth in emerging…

Date issued: Mar 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Yáñez-Pagans, Patricia

This paper compares the dynamic consistency of targeting methodologies that use multidimensional welfare indicators with those based on means and proxy means tests using panel data from Mexico. To…

Date issued: Mar 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pineda Burgos, Allan Edgardo;Agüero Rodríguez, Marco Antonio;Espinoza, Sandra Karina

Honduran farmers are at a disadvantage when dealing with intermediaries because they lack timely information about market prices. This paper first analyzes which information and communications…

Date issued: Mar 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Calderón, Valentina;Marinescu, Ioana

This paper examines how changes in the legislation governing health and pension benefits that took place between 2003 and 2008 in Colombia affected the informal and formal labor markets. In…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Segovia, Raul M.

This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2010 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of…

Date issued: Mar 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Amarante, Verónica;Manacorda, Marco;Miguel, Edward;Vigorito, Andrea

This paper estimates the impact of a large temporary poverty relief program, Uruguay's PANES on birth outcomes. Using program administrative data and longitudinal vital statistics, a…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Gaudioso, Rossana

El presente estudio se enmarca dentro de las actividades de preparación de la Cooperación Técnica del FOMIN - UR-M1041 "Promoción de la mejora de la eficiencia y uso de energías renovables en…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Fazio, Maria Victoria

El objetivo de estas notas es presentar un resumen de las lecciones aprendidas de un estudio cualitativo realizado en empresas que participan del Programa Juventud y Empleo (PJE), con el fin de…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Marulanda Consultores;Development Alternatives Inc.;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El propósito de este documento es ofrecer una mirada de amplio alcance al desarrollo de la industria de las microfinanzas, con el fin de determinar sus orígenes históricos, sus características…