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Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Annual Report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 1998.

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este Informe anual contiene un examen de las operaciones del Banco en 1998.

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Castañeda, Tarsicio;Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique

The purpose of this report is to investigate the effects of family background factors in determining the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Latin America, drawing on a review of recent…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Angelelli, Pablo;Gatto, Francisco;Yoguel, Gabriel

El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar --desde la perspectiva empresarial-- la importancia de los servicios de consultoría y capacitación como herramientas fundamentales para el desarrollo de las…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Urani, André

This document describes the efforts of the Department of Labor of Rio de Janeiro to build a comprehensive institutional framework focused on the promotion of a long run, micro-firm based local…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Hagnauer, H.;Rivera, Cecilia;Valcarcel, José A.

This documents explains the basic principles and concepts of the Business Development Centers (BDC) model of Swisscontact, a company providing professional and vocational training, environmental…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Humphrey, John

This presentation discusses the promotion of SMEs through enterprise networks. Some of the benefits of clustering can be obtained through the promotion of networks of enterprises, often numbering…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Meyer-Stamer, Jörg

The presentation gives a brief overview of the most important aspects of adjustment strategies in the ceramic tile cluster in Criciúma and the textiles and clothing cluster in Itajaí Valley, Brazil.…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Steel, William F.

The Conference gave impetus to the changing paradigm for assistance to small enterprises: away from the direct provision of business development services by governments and donor agencies toward the…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Schmitz, Hubert

This paper sums up the experience of a Brazilian cluster of small and medium enterprises in the Sinos Valley. It shows that cooperation amongst local enterprises strengthens their ability to compete…