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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: Jan 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: Jan 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: Jan 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: Jan 2014 Generative AI enabled
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: Jan 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: Jan 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: 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…

Date issued: Jan 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: Jan 2014 Generative AI enabled
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: Jan 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…

Date issued: Jan 2014
Author(s): Puerta, Juan Manuel;Corrales, Maria Elena;Alvarez, Lourdes

The objective of the evaluation is to measure the sustainability of the Bank's interventions in the supply of water and sanitation services financed by the Water Supply and Sanitation Program…

Date issued: Jan 2014
Author(s): Puerta, Juan Manuel;Corrales, Maria Elena;Alvarez, Lourdes

El objetivo de la evaluación es medir la sostenibilidad de las intervenciones del Banco en el suministro de servicios de agua y saneamiento financiadas bajo el Programa de Agua Potable y Saneamiento…

Date issued: Jan 2014
Author(s): Tejerina, Luis;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Benedetti, Fiorella;Buchbinder, Barbara

En esta nota se describe el piloto realizado por el Programa de Asignación Familiar (PRAF) de Honduras sobre los mecanismos de pago de sus transferencias de ingreso. En el documento reseñan los…

Date issued: Jan 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vakis, Renos;Paxson, Christina;Marshall, Daniela;Macours, Karen;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Bravo, David;Bernal, Raquel;Azuero, Rodrigo;Araujo, María Caridad;Behrman, Jere R.;Schady, Norbert

Research from the United States shows that gaps in early cognitive and non-cognitive ability appear early in the life cycle. Little is known about this important question for developing countries.…

Date issued: Jan 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vakis, Renos;Paxson, Christina;Marshall, Daniela;Macours, Karen;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Bravo, David;Bernal, Raquel;Azuero, Rodrigo;Araujo, María Caridad;Behrman, Jere R.;Schady, Norbert

Los estudios llevados a cabo en Estados Unidos demuestran que las brechas en las habilidades tempranas cognitivas y no cognitivas se producen muy pronto en la vida. Es poco lo que se conoce sobre…

Date issued: Jan 2014
Author(s): Kuratomi, Traci;Martin, Dougal;Ducci, Jorge;Rihm, Alfredo;Navia Díaz, María del Rosario;Grau, Javier

In the last decade, Belize has seen major improvements in access to water, but it is behind in achieving universal access to improved sanitation facilities. Belize has also made progress in terms of…

Date issued: Jan 2014
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Tommasi, Mariano

This policy brief takes stock of the research on government capabilities undertaken at the Inter-American Development Bank, highlights the relevance of government capabilities for generating better…

Date issued: Jan 2014
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Tommasi, Mariano

En este trabajo sobre políticas se pasa revista a las obras de investigación sobre la capacidad de los gobiernos que se han emprendido en el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, se resalta la…

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

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: Jan 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Garofalo, Pablo;Czerwonko, Alejo;Cristia, Julian P.

Many developing countries are allocating significant resources to expanding technology access in schools. Whether these investments will translate into measurable educational improvements remains an…

Date issued: Jan 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Muñoz, Juan Sebastián

This paper presents evidence of the relationship between the disparity in the academic performance of boys and girls in Colombia and the country's excessively high school dropout rates. By…

Date issued: Jan 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bet, Germán;Cristia, Julian P.;Ibarrarán, Pablo

This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools…