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

The IDB's Indicators of Disaster Risk and Risk Management allow countries to better assess countries' disaster risk, serving as a useful guide for policymaking and government actions to...

Date issued: Dic 2011
Author(s): Internationale Projekt Consult GmbH;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Los IFR tienen un interés evidente en explorar el mercado de crédito de pequeñas empresas, pero carecen frecuentemente del know-how necesario para hacerlo de manera sostenible. Esta guía esboza las...

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

The IDB's mandate to promote development in the Latin America and Caribbean region includes a strategic approach along a climate-resilient and low-carbon path. Our adaptation and mitigation work...

Date issued: Dic 2011 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Rojas, Eduardo;Medellín, Nadin

This paper discusses the evolution of housing conditions in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995 to 2006 based on data from household surveys done in 18 countries that comprise 95...

Date issued: Dic 2011 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo;Fajardo, Johanna

The main contribution of this paper with respect to previous work is the use of data on subjective perceptions to identify the Latin American middle classes. This paper provides a set of comparisons...

Date issued: Dic 2011 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Hernani-Limarino, Werner L.;Villegas, María;Yáñez, Ernesto

This paper attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of Bolivia's labor market institutions, particularly the Plan Nacional de Empleo de Emergencia (PLANE). It is found that unemployment as...

Date issued: Dic 2011 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): González Rozada, Martín;Ronconi, Lucas;Ruffo, Hernán

This paper takes advantage of several reforms that provide time and cross sectional variation to identify the effects of unemployment insurance and severance payments on the duration of unemployment...

Date issued: Dic 2011 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Bobba, Matteo;Gignoux, Jérémie

This paper considers a conditional cash transfer program targeting poor households in small rural villages and studies the effects of the geographic proximity between villages on individual...

Date issued: Dic 2011 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Fernández, Jorge;Miller, Sebastián J.

This paper provides a rationale for developing countries to announce future credible commitments to reduce GHG emissions even if these are not to materialize in the short run, and for domestic...

Date issued: Dic 2011 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Barros, Ricardo;Carvalho, Mirela de;Franco, Samuel;Mendonça, Rosane;Rosalém, Andrezza

Studies of the effects of pre-school programs on child development in developing countries have found scant impact. This study was conducted to reconcile the importance of daycare for child...

Date issued: Dic 2011 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo

This is the first study that uniformly analyzes health perceptions in all of Latin America and tests in a systematic way their relation to economic conditions at the country, income group and...

Date issued: Dic 2011 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Miller, Marcus;Maier, Antonia

The recent financial crisis has forced a rethink of banking regulation and supervision and the role of financial innovation. This paper develops a model where prudent banks may signal their type...

Date issued: Dic 2011 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Bonvecchi, Alejandro;Scartascini, Carlos

The presidential politics literature depicts presidents either as all-powerful actors or figureheads and seeks to explain outcomes accordingly. The president and the executive branch are nonetheless...

Date issued: Dic 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Internationale Projekt Consult GmbH

Specialized financial institutions (SFIs) have a clear interest in tapping the small business lending market, but frequently lack the know-how for doing so in a sustainable manner. This guide...

Date issued: Dic 2011
Author(s): Aboal, Diego;Garda, Paula;Lanzilotta, Bibiana;Perera, Marcelo

The employment impact of innovation in the heterogeneous universe of services was studied using data from the 2004-2009 Uruguayan service innovation surveys. The empirical evidence shows that the...

Date issued: Dic 2011
Author(s): Castillo, Victoria;Maffioli, Alessandro;Rojo, Sofía;Stucchi, Rodolfo

This paper presents the evaluation of the Enterprise Restructuring Support Program in Argentina. The aim of the program was to increase the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises by...

Date issued: Dic 2011
Author(s): McEwan, Patrick J.

High-quality impact evaluations, including randomized experiments, are increasingly popular, but cannot always inform resource allocation decisions unless the costs of interventions are considered...

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

SMEs are positioning themselves as a strategic branch of banking operations in the region, while banks are increasingly pushing for more active policies when it comes to the financing of SMEs. This...

Date issued: Dic 2011
Author(s): International Financial Consulting Ltd.;Inter-American Development Bank

Impact Investing is a relatively new phenomenon, gaining attention within the last few years. While the multilateral development banks have been investing for many years with the expectation of a...

Date issued: Dic 2011
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Los indicadores de riesgo de desastres y gestión de riesgos del BID permitirá a los países evaluar mejor el riesgo que afrontan los países en casos de desastre, y sirven como una guía útil para...

Date issued: Dic 2011
Author(s): De la Mora, Luz María;Rodríguez, Dora;Biancareli, André M.;Garnelo, Vicente;Molano Cruz, Giovanni;Molteni, Gabriel R.;De León, Gonzalo;Giudice, Lucía;Stuhldreher, Amalia;Mohammed, Debbie A.;Anyanwu, Chukwudi David;Marius, Ava;Gardini, Gian Luca;Low, Patrick;González, Anabel;Wignaraja, Ganeshan;Krell, Alejandro;Campos, Rosario;Michalczewsky, Kathia;Gómez Minujín, Gala

The Integration & Trade Journal includes articles on the different aspects of integration in Latin America and the Caribbean, on hemispheric integration and, furthermore, on similar processes in...

Date issued: Dic 2011
Author(s): Funaro, Rita

Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world, enjoy very high homeownership rates, and boast high average family incomes by developing world standards. However,...

Date issued: Dic 2011
Author(s): Funaro, Rita

Los países de América Latina y el Caribe son los más urbanizados del mundo en desarrollo, tienen altos índices de propiedad de la vivienda y un promedio igualmente alto de ingresos familiares, según...

Date issued: Dic 2011
Author(s): De la Mora, Luz María;Rodríguez, Dora;Biancareli, André M.;Garnelo, Vicente;Molano Cruz, Giovanni;Molteni, Gabriel R.;De León, Gonzalo;Giudice, Lucía;Stuhldreher, Amalia;Mohammed, Debbie A.;Anyanwu, Chukwudi David;Marius, Ava;Gardini, Gian Luca;Low, Patrick;González, Anabel;Wignaraja, Ganeshan;Krell, Alejandro;Campos, Rosario;Michalczewsky, Kathia;Gómez Minujín, Gala

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: Dic 2011
Author(s): Galindo, Arturo;Rojas-Suárez, Liliana;Del Valle, Marielle

Since the eruption of the global financial crisis in 2008 international setting bodies and local regulators around the world have been hard at work designing and implementing new regulatory...

Date issued: Dic 2011
Author(s): Gari, Gabriel

This paper discusses the suitability of using free zones as a mechanism for the promotion of the offshore industry in MERCOSUR countries, both from a legal and a broader policy perspective. From a...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Baena Olabe, Paloma;Vieyra, Juan Cruz

El presente documento contribuye al debate de por qué y cómo se puede utilizar el acceso a la información para la prevención y el control de la corrupción. El acceso a la información no solamente...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Resende, Paulo;Diez-Roux, Esteban;De la Peña Mendoza, Sissi Maribel

Como parte da iniciativa de segurança no transito, o BID vem trabalhando juntamente com parceiros estratégicos no intuito de aumentar a conscientização a respeito da importância da segurança viária...

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

As part of its Technical Cooperation "Energy Efficiency for Caribbean Water and Sanitation Companies", the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI) of the Inter-American...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Guerrero, Rosa Matilde;Focke, Kurt S.;Mejía de Pereira, Ana Cristina

En esta monografía se aborda la relación entre las redes de seguridad financiera, la supervisión integral basada en riesgos, consolidada y transfronteriza, y el marco normativo que respalda la...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Crespi, Gustavo;Tacsir, Ezequiel

This presentation provides the comparative results of a project carried out by the Inter-American Development Bank to understand the links between innovation and employment in Latin America and the...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Puerta, Juan Manuel;Corrales, Maria Elena;Atuesta, Laura;Sekkel, Julia

This approach paper presents the framework for the evaluation of IDB's regional operations between 2000 and 2011. The objective of the evaluation is to assess the IDB's role in identifying...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Puerta, Juan Manuel;Corrales, Maria Elena;Atuesta, Laura;Sekkel, Julia

Este documento presenta el marco para la evaluación de las operaciones regionales del BID entre 2000 y 2011. El objetivo de la evaluación es determinar la función del BID en lo que se refiere a...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Alborta, Guillermo R.;Stevenson, Claudia;Triana, Sergio

A partir de dos décadas exitosas de experiencia con asociaciones público-privadas (APP) en otras regiones del planeta (Europa y Asia), América Latina empezó a interesarse por sus ventajas para la...

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

This bulletin announces the opening of the exhibition "New Visions: A Selection of the Latest Acquisitions from the IDB Art Collection, 2008-2011". This exhibition is part of the 19th...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este documento presenta la Iniciativa de Ciudades Emergentes y Sostenibles del BID, y muestra como planea asistir en la planificación e implementación de los planes de desarrollo urbano, mientras se...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Beaumont, Martín

Esta presentación muestra el trabajo de la Fundación AVINA con su red de ciudades sostenibles en Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Esta organización fue invitada a participar como sociedad civil para...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Pietrobelli, Carlo;Stevenson, Claudia

National and local governments, international organizations and donors are increasingly using the instrument of cluster development programs (CDP) to promote economic development. This paper builds...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Himberg, Harvey

The overall objectives of this technical note are as follows: (a) develop and provide specific, detailed Use of Country Systems (UCS) guidance for "Equivalence Analysis" for the borrowing...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Walton, Tom

The overall objectives of this technical note are as follows: (a) develop and provide specific, detailed Use of Country Systems (UCS) guidance for "Acceptability Analysis" for the borrowing...

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

The 2011 third quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Khair, Amir

Esse relatório, visando contribuir para a estimativa dessa mudança, estima os ganhos e perdas de receita das UF e os aportes que o governo federal teria que fazer, caso queira compensálas. É a...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Gischler, Christiaan;Janson, Nils

El presente documento analiza la manera de promover la generación distribuida (GD) utilizando energías renovables en mercados emergentes de América Latina y el Caribe con el propósito de incrementar...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Navarro, Juan Carlos;Zuñiga, Pluvia

In 2010, the IDB published The Imperative of Innovation, a survey of the status of science, technology, and innovation in the Latin American and Caribbean region. The regions technological progress...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Navarro, Juan Carlos;Zuñiga, Pluvia

En 2010 el documento "La necesidad de innovar" presentó una evaluación general de la situación de la región de América Latina y el Caribe en términos de ciencia, tecnología e innovación....

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Gutiérrez, Marcela;Rubio, Mónica;Liévano, María Mercedes;Pinzón, Leonardo

Esta nota técnica tiene como objetivo servir de base al diálogo de políticas del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y el Gobierno de Panamá (GPA) en un momento en que se actualiza la Estrategia...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Hernández Ávila, Leonardo;Rubio, Mónica

Ante la insuficiencia de conocimiento sistematizado sobre la operación de Programas de Transferencia Condicionada (PTC) con poblaciones indígenas en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), el Banco...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Guasch, José Luis

La logística se está convirtiendo en un elemento crucial de la competitividad y el rendimiento económico, tanto en sí misma como en el contexto de una globalización creciente. La mayoría de los...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Luecke, Andrea

Este documento pretende dar una instantánea de algunas de las mejores prácticas en la promoción y uso de las energías renovables, y proporcionar ejemplos prácticos del desarrollo de los mercados de...

Date issued: Nov 2011
Author(s): Tacsir, Ezequiel

La finalidad de este trabajo consiste en estudiar brevemente la información con la que se cuenta en la actualidad sobre la innovación en los servicios con miras al futuro. Es menester comprender...