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Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Arretche, Marta Teresa S.;Schlegel, Rogerio

Este trabalho explorara o papel dos estados na federação brasileira com base em duas dimensões distintas: a autoridade constitucional dos estados e a avaliação dos cidadãos sobre a importância dos...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Rodrigues Afonso, José Roberto;Figueiró Silveira, Ricardo;Silva Carvalho, Célia Maria;Klintowitz, Danielle;De Azevedo, Felipe

A agenda brasileira de propostas e debates sobre a reforma tributária gira há décadas em torno do imposto sobre operações relativas à circulação de mercadorias e sobre prestações de serviços de...

Date issued: Feb 2014 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Sola, Martín;González Rozada, Martín

Using a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with financial frictions, this paper evaluates the effects of a rule that incorporates not only the interest rate but also the legal reserve...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;González Herranz, Félix;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique

This discussion paper describes the methodology used to compute the Broadband Development Index (IDBA, Indice de Desarrollo de la Banda Ancha). The main goal of the IDBA is to size the Digital Divide...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Weisburd, David;Telep, Cody W.

This Technical Note suggests that the focus of policing should be on very small geographic units of analysis, such as street segments or small groups of street blocks. Crime at place is not simply a...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Weisburd, David;Telep, Cody W.

El informe señala que el énfasis de la vigilancia policial debería centrarse en unidades geográficas de análisis muy pequeñas, tales como segmentos de calles o pequeños grupos de manzanas. La...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Umaña, Mario;Vasco, Oscar;Shearer, Matthew;Martínez, Gonzalo;Lucenti, Krista;Fernández, Ernesto;Corcuera-Santamaría, Sandra;Almeida, Juliana;Opertti, Fabrizio

This Technical Note provides an assessment of Belize's trade sector and offers some policy options. Major constraints are related to a limited export basket and concentrated destination markets...

Date issued: Feb 2014 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Mesones, Jorge A.;Peschiera Cassinelli, Jorge R.;Baca Campodónico, Jorge F.

The Peruvian economy has exhibited remarkable growth in the past 20 years. Good tax and monetary policies, along with comprehensive structural adjustment, which has attracted substantial foreign...

Date issued: Feb 2014 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Kawamura, Enrique;García-Cicco, Javier

This paper presents a small open economy model to analyze the role of central bank liquidity management in implementing "unconventional" monetary policies within an inflation targeting...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Martin, Dougal;Quintanilla, Giovanella

Esta nota técnica fue preparada para apoyar el diálogo entre el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y el gobierno de Nicaragua. Específicamente se la preparó como insumo para la elaboración de...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Huppi, Monika;Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Tetreault, Alayna;Aulet, María

As part of its 2014 annual work plan, the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) is preparing the evaluation of the country program with Chile for the period 2011-2013. This approach paper defines...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Huppi, Monika;Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Tetreault, Alayna;Aulet, María

Como parte de su plan anual de trabajo 2014, la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) está preparando la Evaluación del Programa de País (CPE) con Chile durante el periodo 2011-2013. Este...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Tacsir, Ezequiel;Grazzi, Matteo;Castillo, Rafael

Skill gaps are a key constraint to innovation, hindering productivity growth and economic development. In particular, shortages in the supply of trained professionals in disciplines related to...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Jaimovich, Analia

In order to improve the quality of education, several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are implementing institutional reforms that affect the roles and responsibilities of education...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Jaimovich, Analia

Para mejorar la calidad de la educación, varios países de América Latina y el Caribe están implementando reformas institucionales que modifican las responsabilidades de los diversos niveles de...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Vergara, Walter;Rios, Ana R.;Trapido, Paul;Malarín, Hector R.

The objective of this report is to highlight the need to better understand future climate implications for, and to plan for climate change adaptation actions in, the LAC agricultural sector. For this...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Vergara, Walter;Rios, Ana R.;Trapido, Paul;Malarín, Hector R.

Este informe tiene como objetivo resaltar la necesidad de un mejor entendimiento de las consecuencias del clima futuro para el sector agrícola de ALC y planificar las acciones de adaptación...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Humpert, Malte

This publication is part of a series of reports produced by the Energy Division of the Infrastructure and Environment Department of the Vice President of the Research Department at the Inter-American...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): De Lima, Renato Sérgio;De Paula, Liana;Godinho, Letícia

El documento de discusión del Diálogo Subregional de Política de Seguridad Ciudadana 2013 presenta las principales experiencias brasileiras en la gestión de la seguridad ciudadana por parte de los...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): De Lima, Renato Sérgio;De Paula, Liana;Godinho, Letícia

O documento de discussão do Diálogo Sub-Regional de Política de Segurança Cidadã 2013 apresenta as principais experiências brasileiras na gestão da segurança cidadã por parte dos governos...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Conroy, Hector;Ramos Piracoca, Johanna;Tang, Li;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana

Este documento es el primero de seis informes detallados que acompañan la Evaluación Comparativa de los Proyectos de Regularización y Administración de Tierras llevada a cabo por la Oficina de...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Conroy, Hector;Ramos, Johanna;Tang, Li;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana

Este documento es el segundo de seis informes detallados que acompañan la Evaluación Comparativa de los Proyectos de Regularización y Administración de Tierras llevada a cabo por la Oficina de...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Conroy, Hector;Ramos, Johanna;Tang, Li;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana

Este documento es el tercero de seis informes detallados que acompañan la Evaluación Comparativa de los Proyectos de Regularización y Administración de Tierras llevada a cabo por la Oficina de...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Conroy, Hector;Ramos, Johanna;Tang, Li;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana

Este documento es el cuarto de seis informes detallados que acompañan la Evaluación Comparativa de los Proyectos de Regularización y Administración de Tierras llevada a cabo por la Oficina de...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Conroy, Hector;Ramos, Johanna;Tang, Li;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana

Este documento es el quinto de seis informes detallados que acompañan la Evaluación Comparativa de los Proyectos de Regularización y Administración de Tierras llevada a cabo por la Oficina de...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Conroy, Hector;Ramos, Johanna;Tang, Li;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana

Este documento es el sexto y último informe detallado que acompaña la Evaluación Comparativa de los Proyectos de Regularización y Administración de Tierras llevada a cabo por la Oficina de Evaluación...

Date issued: Feb 2014 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Marcel, Mario;Guzmán S., Marcela;Sanginés, Mario

En este libro se busca explorar la relación entre presupuesto y desempeño de la gestión pública en el contexto propio de los países emergentes en general, y de América Latina en particular. Se toma...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Ganimian, Alejandro;Vegas, Emiliana;Bos, María Soledad

En el 2012, ocho países de América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, México, Perú y Uruguay) participaron en el Programa para la Evaluación Internacional de Alumnos (PISA, por...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Conroy, Hector;Ramos Piracoca, Johanna;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana;Tang, Li

The main objective of this evaluation is to identify elements that have contributed to the greater or lesser success of a number of land regularization and administration projects; it also seeks, on...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Conroy, Hector;Ramos Piracoca, Johanna;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana;Tang, Li

El principal objetivo de esta evaluación es identificar aspectos que hayan contribuido al mayor o menor éxito de algunos proyectos de regularización y administración de tierras y, con base en ello,...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Puerta, Juan Manuel;Corrales, Maria Elena;Azuara, Oliver;Martin, Lucia;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana

This document is the evaluation of the IDB's Country Program with Paraguay for the 2009-2013 period. The period evaluated here (hereinafter, the 'review period') was characterized by a...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Puerta, Juan Manuel;Corrales, Maria Elena;Azuara, Oliver;Martin, Lucia;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana

El presente documento es la evaluación del Programa de País del BID con Paraguay para el periodo 2009-2013. El periodo bajo evaluación se caracterizó por una crisis política y la intensificación del...

Date issued: Feb 2014 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Stucchi, Rodolfo;Rojo, Sofía;Maffioli, Alessandro;Castillo, Victoria

Although knowledge spillovers are at the core of the innovation policy's justification, they have never been properly measured by any impact evaluation. This paper fills this gap by estimating...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Cuevas, Mario;Manzano, Osmel;Rodríguez, Claudia

La promoción de la competitividad ha sido y sigue siendo un área prioritaria en la agenda de los países centroamericanos. No obstante, la experiencia revela que hoy día persisten distintos desafíos...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Gutiérrez Juárez, Priscilla;Manzano, Osmel

Centroamérica se encuentra en un momento de desaceleración de sus economías, acentuado por el incremento de los déficits fiscal y externo. Esta coyuntura resalta una serie de retos de política que se...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Balza, Lenin;Gischler, Christiaan;Janson, Nils;Miller, Sebastián J.;Servetti, Gianmarco

Can energy storage (ES) increase the share of renewable energy (RE) in total generation in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC)? The rationale for using ES in combination with RE in the LAC region...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Schmid, Juan Pedro

Jamaica's fiscal and debt position has long been recognized as a major issue for the country, and the country has made several attempts to resolve this challenge by increasing revenue or...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Redwood, John

Over the past two decades, the Inter-American Development Bank (hereafter "the Bank") has gained considerable experience with regard to the promotion of sustainable tourism activities in...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Redwood, John

Over the past several decades, the Inter-American Development Bank (hereafter "the Bank") has gained considerable experience with regard to the promotion of urban development in Brazil...

Date issued: Feb 2014
Author(s): Hutchinson, Gladstone;Clayton, Charles;Miller, Carmen V.

This essay uses the context of the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) tripartite collaboration meetings between the Caribbean's civil society groups, governments and international...

Date issued: Ene 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The INTAL Monthly Newsletter reports on developments in integration and trade across Latin American and the Caribbean. It also serves as a forum for discussing the IDB's activities related to...

Date issued: Ene 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La carta mensual del INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. También es el medio para difundir las actividades realizadas...

Date issued: Ene 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

A carta mensal do INTAL informa sobre os desenvolvimentos nas áreas de integração e comércio nas regiões da América Latina e do Caribe. É também um meio de difusão das atividades do BID sobre estes...

Date issued: Ene 2014 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Frisancho, Verónica;Krishna, Kala;Lychagin, Sergey;Yavas, Cemile

This paper provides some evidence that repeat taking of competitive exams may reduce the impact of background disadvantages on educational outcomes. Using administrative data on the university...

Date issued: Ene 2014
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Suominen, Kati;Campos, Rosario;Inchauspe, Álvaro;Torres Paz, Luis;Achar Samra, Elena;Gamboa Soto, Francisco;Comandari, Carlos Honorato;Lyu, Jaewon;Edwards, Diane;González Izquierdo, María del Coriseo;Hartleb, Karl;Tarradellas i Espuny, Joan;Díaz, Guillermo;Coyoy Echeverría, Erick;Giobergia, Cecilia;Cereseto, Fabiana;Perea, José Ramón;Daude, Christian;Avendaño, Rolando;Moncaut, Nicolás;Wiñazky, Marcelo;Bekerman, Marta;Leiva Bonilla, Juan Carlos;Meléndez Arjona, Marcela;Hallak, Juan Carlos;González, Andrea

In spite of the fact that they make up more than 90% of firms and account for a substantial portion of employment in these countries, rather little is known about the role of small- and mid-size...

Date issued: Ene 2014
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Suominen, Kati;Campos, Rosario;Inchauspe, Álvaro;Torres Paz, Luis;Achar Samra, Elena;Gamboa Soto, Francisco;Comandari, Carlos Honorato;Lyu, Jaewon;Edwards, Diane;González Izquierdo, María del Coriseo;Hartleb, Karl;Tarradellas i Espuny, Joan;Díaz, Guillermo;Coyoy Echeverría, Erick;Giobergia, Cecilia;Cereseto, Fabiana;Perea, José Ramón;Daude, Christian;Avendaño, Rolando;Moncaut, Nicolás;Wiñazky, Marcelo;Bekerman, Marta;Leiva Bonilla, Juan Carlos;Meléndez Arjona, Marcela;Hallak, Juan Carlos;González, Andrea

A pesar de que representan más del 90% de las empresas y generan un alto porcentaje del empleo, es bastante poco lo que se sabe sobre el papel que desempeñan las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYMES)...

Date issued: Ene 2014
Author(s): Ojanperä, Sanna;Kallestad, Eirin;Tourreilles, Federica;Schwartz, Liora;Olcese, Claudia;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Magri, Nicola;Anta, Rafael;Guaipatín, Carlos

We believe we have a story that will inspire new ways of approaching international development. During the past five years, the Innovation Lab (I-Lab), born out of the Division of Competiveness and...

Date issued: Ene 2014
Author(s): O'Brien, Cherran;Thomas, Chrystol;Clarke, Dillon;Schmid, Juan Pedro;Kamau, Musheer O.;Salazni, Mariana;Mercer-Blackman, Valerie;Dukharan, Marla

The Quarterly Bulletin analyzes recent economic developments of The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Special Country Reports consider trends in tourism, and...

Date issued: Ene 2014 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Agüero, Jorge M.

This paper uses year-to-year variation in temperature to estimate the long-term effects of climate change on health outcomes in Mexico. Combining temperature data at the district level and three...

Date issued: Ene 2014
Author(s): Vergara, Walter;Isbell, Paul;Rios, Ana R.;Gómez, José Ramon;Alves, Leandro

Population growth and advances in quality of life in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will require the region to rapidly increase its energy supply, even if major improvements in energy...