Smart Development Banks
Aug 2019
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Hausmann, Ricardo; Panizza, Ugo
The conventional paradigm about development banks is that these institutions exist to target well-identified market failures. However, market failures are not directly observable and can only be…
Two to Tango: Public-Private Collaboration for Productive Development Policies
Dec 2017
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Sabel, Charles; Stein, Ernesto H.; Trejos, Alberto
This paper summarizes the findings of the recent Inter-American Development Bank book Two to Tango: Public-Private Collaboration Productive Development Policies, based on case studies of 25…
Construyendo capacidades institucionales de programas de desarrollo productivo: Evidencia de tres casos de estudio de Argentina
Nov 2017
Author(s): Castro, Lucio; Szenkman, Paula
Evidencia reciente sugiere que el éxito o el fracaso de las políticas de desarrollo productivo (PDP) depende, en gran medida, no tanto de las características particulares de las políticas sino de las…