The Costs of Using Formal Intellectual Property Rights: A Survey on Small Innovative Enterprises in Latin America
Sep 2016
Author(s): De León, Ignacio L.;Fernandez Donoso, Jose
This document analyzes the perceptions of small innovative enterprises (SIE) in Latin America of the effectiveness of the legal protection afforded by intellectual property rights (IPR). To analyze…
Ecuador: Análisis del Sistema Nacional de Innovación: Hacia la consolidación de una cultura innovadora
Oct 2014
Author(s): Schwartz, Liora;Guaipatín, Carlos
El presente estudio es una iniciativa de la División de Competitividad e Innovación (CTI) del BID para entender cómo está funcionando el Sistema Nacional de Innovación de Ecuador y cuáles son sus…
Social Innovation in Practice: The Case of the Fe y Alegría Project for Educational Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Ecuador
Sep 2014
Author(s): Humphreys, Maria Olivia;Guaipatín, Carlos
Based on the experience of the Inter-American Development Bank's I-Lab with a technology-based project for the inclusion of children with disabilities in a poor neighborhood in Ecuador, this…
Innovación social en la práctica: El caso del Proyecto de Fe y Alegría para la educación inclusiva de niños con discapacidades en Ecuador
Sep 2014
Author(s): Humphreys, Maria Olivia;Guaipatín, Carlos
A partir de la experiencia del I-Lab del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en un proyecto para la inclusión de niños con discapacidad mediante la
introducción de tecnología en una comunidad…
The Experience of the IDB's Innovation Lab
Jan 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…
Creating Fiscal Space for Poverty Reduction in Ecuador: A Fiscal Management and Public Expenditure Review
May 2005
Author(s): López-Cálix, José R.;Melo, Alberto;Tinsley, Elaine;Calvo, Sara
The last Public Expenditure Review for Ecuador (PER) was produced in 1993. More than a decade later, the purpose of this report is to provide the Ecuadorian authorities with the World Bank's and…