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Japan Special Fund and Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services Annual Report 2003
Japan Special Fund and Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services Annual Report 2003

Date issued: Jul 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This Annual Report details the activities of the Japanese Special Fund and the Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services for 2003. Since its establishment, the Japan Special Fund (JSF) and the…
Infrastructure, Competition Regimes and Air Transport Costs: Cross Country Evidence
Infrastructure, Competition Regimes and Air Transport Costs: Cross Country Evidence

Date issued: Jul 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Micco, Alejandro;Serebrisky, Tomás

The relevance of transport costs has increased as liberalization continues to reduce artificial barriers to trade. Countries need to adopt policies to 'get closer' to global markets. Can…
Foreign Exchange Risk and Microfinance Institutions: A Discussion of the Issues
Foreign Exchange Risk and Microfinance Institutions: A Discussion of the Issues

Date issued: Jul 2004
Author(s): Holden, Sarah;Holden, Paul

As the MFI industry matures, the necessity of dealing with foreign exchange risk becomes more urgent. Identifying possible solutions to foreign currency risk before they become a critical priority…
Dedollarization, Indexation and Nominalization: The Chilean Experience
Dedollarization, Indexation and Nominalization: The Chilean Experience

Date issued: Jul 2004
Author(s): Herrera, Luis Oscar;Valdés, Rodrigo

This paper is part of the project "Financial Dedollarization: Policy Options" launched by the Inter-American Development Bank. The purpose of the project is to contribute to the policy…
The Progressive Housing Program in Chile: 1990-2002
The Progressive Housing Program in Chile: 1990-2002

Date issued: Jul 2004
Author(s): Greene, Margarita

The present study reviews the recent Chilean experience in the design and execution of the Progressive Housing Program initiated in 1990 and its recent evolution towards the programs: Solidarity…
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Promotion of Social Development: Experiences from Asia and Latin America
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Promotion of Social Development: Experiences from Asia and Latin America

Date issued: Jul 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jones, Audra;Linguitte, Marcelo;González III, Joaquín L.;Tongzon, Jose L.;Nakamaru, Susumu;Frank, Wolfgang;Rey de Marulanda, Nohra;Suzuki, Hitoshi;Abogabir, Ximena;Kawaguchi, Mariko;Cajiga, Juan Felipe;Gutiérrez, Roberto;Sasongko, Adi;Magno, Francisco A.;Contreras, Manuel E.

This book is the result of the papers presented at the workshop on Corporate Social Responsibility in the Promotion of Social Development: Experiences from Latin America and Asia that took place in…
Priorities and Strategies in Rural Poverty Reduction: Experiences from Latin America and Asia
Priorities and Strategies in Rural Poverty Reduction: Experiences from Latin America and Asia

Date issued: Jul 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hanpongpandh, Somporn;Ochoa García, Libardo;Alarcón González, Diana;Damiani, Octavio;Portocarrero Maisch, Felipe;Berry, Albert;Martowijoyo, Sumantoro;Rey de Marulanda, Nohra;Chowdhury, Abdul-Muyeed;Liu, Chien-Zer;Van Hung, Dao;Lee, Dong-Phil;Búcaro, Edgar R.;Echeverría, Ruben G.;Sadoulet, Elisabeth;Costa Leonardo, Nuria;Rahman Khan, Azizur;Hayami, Yujiro;Bucher, Dieter;Maung, Mya;De Janvry, Alain

This publication is part of a series of books on comparative best practices in social development between Latin America and the Caribbean and East Asia undertaken by the Institute for Social…
Women's Participation in Social Development: Experiences from Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean
Women's Participation in Social Development: Experiences from Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean

Date issued: Jul 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mokate, Karen Marie;Rey de Marulanda, Nohra;Tantiwiramanond, Darunee;Valdés, Teresa;Osawa, Mari;Guiza, Edel C.;Blondet, Cecilia;Vargas, Regina;Katjasungkana, Nursyahbani;Chiarotti, Marcela;Pile, Stephanie;Buvinic, Mayra;Roza, Vivian;Rodrigues, Almira;Pandey, Shashi;Ganga, Sharda;Truong, Thanh-Dam;Bonilla-Castro, Elssy;Kim, Yanghee

This publication is the fourth in a series that documents experiences in different dimensions of social development and social policy issues in Latin America, the Caribbean and East and Southeast…
On the Empirics of Sudden Stops: The Relevance of Balance-Sheet Effects
On the Empirics of Sudden Stops: The Relevance of Balance-Sheet Effects

Date issued: Jul 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Calvo, Guillermo A.;Izquierdo, Alejandro;Mejía, Luis Fernando

Using a sample of 32 developed and developing countries we analyze the empirical characteristics of Sudden Stops in capital flows and the relevance of balance-sheet effects in the likelihood of their…
Integração regional e harmonização tributária: A perspectiva brasileira
Integração regional e harmonização tributária: A perspectiva brasileira

Date issued: Jun 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rezende, Fernando

O objetivo deste trabalho é abordar o problema da harmonização tributária no Mercosul de uma perspectiva brasileira. Para tanto, ele destaca as principais distorções do sistema tributário brasileiro…