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Date issued: Sep 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Armas, Adrián;Grippa, Francisco

This discusses the unique experience of Peru's Central Bank with inflation targeting in an economy characterized by a high degree of financial dollarization. The paper outlines how Peru has…

Date issued: Sep 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vargas H., Hernando

This paper examines Colombia's experience with an inflation-targeting monetary policy following the abandonment of exchange rate bands in 1999, and two episodes in 2003 and 2004 that deviated…

Date issued: Sep 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lehoucq, Fabrice;Negretto, Gabriel;Aparicio, Francisco Javier;Nacif, Benito;Benton, Allyson Lucinda

This paper uses a transaction-costs framework to link the policymaking process (PMP) and the outer features of public policies in Mexico. It shows how a highly secretive PMP, centralized around the…

Date issued: Sep 2005
Author(s): Vives, Antonio

This technical paper determines the extent to which small and medium enterprises (SMEs) behave responsibly, and propose measures to enhance and promote corporate social responsibility in SMEs.…

Date issued: Sep 2005
Author(s): Dini, Marco;Guaipatín, Carlos;Rivas, Gonzalo

This paper reviews, analyzes, and documents the current IDB experience in "productive integration" logic, in order to generate a pool of useful knowledge that will contribute to improving…

Date issued: Sep 2005
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo

Financial dollarization is a key factor behind systemic financial fragility in Latin America. The experience shows that dedollarization can be achieved but can just as easily be missed, and worse:…

Date issued: Sep 2005
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This is a report (RE-309) of the Office of Evaluation and Oversight's main findings regarding the office's two years process of review of Bank Country Strategies. The report is organized in…

Date issued: Sep 2005
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En este informe (RE-309) se presentan las principales constataciones de OVE respecto del proceso de examen de las estrategias de país del Banco, realizado por la Oficina durante un lapso de dos años…

Date issued: Sep 2005
Author(s): Cisternas Reyes, María Soledad

Este informe tiene por objeto examinar el estado de situación de la política pública en materia de discapacidad con particular énfasis en el ámbito laboral (segundo producto de la consultoría). La…

Date issued: Sep 2005 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Auerbach, Paula;Genoni, María Eugenia;Pagés, Carmen

This paper analyzes the reasons behind the low rates of contribution to social security programs in developing countries. Using a large set of harmonized household surveys from Latin America we…