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

This Annual Report discusses the developments in 2010 for IDB grant financing. The year 2010 was one of great change in the IDB's approach to grant financing and resulting accomplishments in…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Pedraza, Arturo;Rosas, Ramón

Con el propósito de mejorar el servicio de agua potable que se brinda a la sociedad de los países de América Latina, se ha desarrollado una metodología regional de eficiencia energética y…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Spiller, Pablo T.;Stein, Ernesto H.;Tommasi, Mariano;Alston, Lee J.;Melo, Marcus André;Mueller, Bernardo;Pereira, Carlos;Aninat, Cristóbal;Londregan, John;Navia, Patricio;Vial, Joaquín;Cárdenas, Mauricio;Pachón, Mónica;Mejía Acosta, Andrés;Araujo, María Caridad;Pérez-Liñán, Aníbal;Saiegh, Sebastián;Lehoucq, Fabrice;Negretto, Gabriel;Aparicio, Francisco Javier;Nacif, Benito;Benton, Allyson Lucinda;Molinas, José R.;Montero, Marcela;Monaldi, Francisco;González de Pacheco, Rosa Amelia;Obuchi, Richard;Penfold, Michael

¿Qué determina la capacidad de los países para diseñar, aprobar e implementar políticas públicas efectivas? Para abordar esta pregunta, este libro analiza el proceso de formulación de políticas en…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jiménez, Fernando;Fernández de Lucio, Ignacio;Menéndez, Arturo;Crespi, Gustavo;D'Este, Pablo;Llisterri, Juan J.;Pietrobelli, Carlo

Este documento resume los principales resultados y las conclusiones de la investigación realizada por la División de Ciencia y Tecnología (SCT) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. El trabajo…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Blyde, Juan S.;Combes, Pierre-Philippe;Sánchez Reaza, Javier;Granato, María F.;Moncarz, Pedro E.;Barbero, José A.;Thorpe, Andy;Sizeland, Faye;Feistel, Paulo R.;Barrantes Hidalgo, Álvaro;Guardianelli, Oscar;Juárez, Gerardo;Ferreira, Edeon Vaz;Pineda Hoyos, Saúl;De la Mora, Luz María;Sotelsek, Daniel;Verdes-Montenegro Escánez, Francisco J.;Jiménez Piernas, Carlos

La Revista Integración & Comercio del BID incluye artículos referidos a las distintas manifestaciones del proceso de integración en América Latina y el Caribe, a la integración hemisférica y,…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Economist Intelligence Unit

This report outlines the findings of the Economist Intelligence Unit's in-depth analysis of the microfinance business environment in 55 countries. The index that underlies this report allows…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Cuéllar Boada, Fidel H.

This technical note contains a methodology to promote the use of good corporate governance practices for water and sanitation enterprises (especially SOEs) in Latin America and the Caribbean, based…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Monge-González, Ricardo;Céspedes-Torres, Oswald;Vargas-Aguilar, Juan Carlos

Migration, while certainly not new, is on the increase all over the world. Indeed, the United Nations estimates that from 1990 to 2000 alone, the number of people who left their countries of origin…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Vosti, Stephen;Msangi, Siwa;Lima, Eirivelthon;Quiroga, Ricardo;Batka, Miroslav;Zanocco, Chad

This study employs the IFPRI IMPACT model to examine the effects of a hypothetical ban on the clearing of native vegetation for agriculture in tropical areas within LAC on GHG emissions, food…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Jourdain, Jean-Loup

The following is a tool developed by the Water and Sanitation Division of the IDB for evaluating customer management practices in use by water and sewerage utilities. In order to facilitate the use…