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Jun 2017
This will be the fourth independent evaluation by OVE of the IDB's country program with the Dominican Republic, and the first to cover the work of the entire IDB Group in the country. This…
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Jun 2017
Esta será la cuarta evaluación independiente del programa de país del BID con República Dominicana realizada por OVE, y la primera en cubrir el trabajo de todo el Grupo BID en el país. La presente…
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Jun 2017
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Countries have pledged to stabilize global warming at a 1.5 to 2°C increase. Either target requires reaching net zero emissions before the end of the century, which implies a major transformation of…
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Jun 2017
Caribbean governments need to make significant investments in high quality infrastructure assets. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) offer a mechanism for governments to procure, finance and…
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Jun 2017
This technical note contains figures and tables cited in "Adulthood: Formal Post- Secondary Education," Chapter 9 of the Inter-American Development Bank's 2017 Development in the…
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Jun 2017
Export-led growth is the most sustainable way for Belize to raise its long-run rate of growth of GDP per head to meet the aspirations of its people and to put external debt servicing on a more secure…
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Jun 2017
This document describes the approach that the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) will take in reviewing the work of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) in directly supporting small…
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Jun 2017
En el presente documento se describe el enfoque que adoptará la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) para revisar la labor de la Corporación Interamericana de Inversiones (CII) en lo relativo al…
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Jun 2017
Esta publicación presenta una metodología y herramientas para apoyar a los Bancos de Desarrollo (BD) y a las Agencias Especializadas (AE) en el diseño de programas de gestión integral de riesgos para…
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Jun 2017
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SVAR models that include a single world price (such as the terms-of-trade) predict that world shocks explain a small fraction of movements in domestic output (typically less than 10 percent). This…
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Jun 2017
The February 2017 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks in the region, simple average growth expectations for2017 for the eight countries covered by Revela fell by 0.1% from 2.4% to 2.3…
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Jun 2017
The IDB-9 Agreement included a requirement that the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) conduct a mid-term review to determine to what extent IDB was implementing the IDB-9 mandates fully and…
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Jun 2017
El Acuerdo sobre el Noveno Aumento de Capital incluyó el requisito de que la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) llevara a cabo una evaluación intermedia para determinar en qué medida el Banco…
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Jun 2017
The Brazilian Schools Panel database and Brazilian Municipal Education Panel Database combine and simplify 20 years' worth of data from the Brazilian School Census, educational testing, and…
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Jun 2017
El mercado de vivienda tiene un carácter multidimensional que implica actores, relaciones y fallas que involucran tanto al ámbito público como a los usuarios finales, los desarrolladores…
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Jun 2017
El mercado de vivienda tiene un carácter multidimensional que implica actores, relaciones y fallas que involucran tanto al ámbito público como a los usuarios finales, los desarrolladores…
El transporte automotor de carga en América Latina: Soporte logístico de la producción y el comercio
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Jun 2017
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El transporte automotor de carga (TAC) es el modo de transporte terrestre más importante en América Latina: al TAC le corresponde la movilización de más del 70% de las cargas nacionales de la región…
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Jun 2017
¿Cuáles son las consecuencias de la exclusión financiera que persiste en Colombia? ¿Cuáles iniciativas -públicas y privadas- han tenido mayor éxito en la promoción del acceso y uso de servicios…
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Jun 2017
La economía colaborativa se ha convertido en una fuerza transformadora disruptiva a nivel mundial, y América Latina no es la excepción. El impacto disruptivo de las plataformas digitales…
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Jun 2017
This evaluation assesses the work of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) in directly supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The evaluation reviews the origins and evolution…
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Jun 2017
Esta evaluación analiza el apoyo directo que la Corporación Interamericana de Inversiones (CII) brinda a las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYME). Pasa revista al origen y la evolución del apoyo…
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Jun 2017
El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) ha venido desarrollando una serie de proyectos y actividades regionales en el sector salud encaminadas a fortalecer los procesos de priorización del gasto…
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Jun 2017
En este anexo se presenta un conjunto de preguntas que es compatible con la lógica y los objetivos de las encuestas de hogares existentes en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC).
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Jun 2017
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Varios países latinoamericanos han lanzado últimamente ambiciosos programas de vivienda de interés social para promover la producción privada de vivienda económicamente asequible. Aunque estos…
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Jun 2017
Durante la primera década de este siglo, América Latina atravesó un período de crecimiento sostenido acompañado por una reducción de la desigualdad en el ingreso. Sin embargo, en un contexto de…
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Jun 2017
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This paper provides a comprehensive estimate of the subnational need for urban infrastructure to meet the growing demands for public services in medium-sized emerging cities in Latin America and the…
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Jun 2017
The Boards of Governors of the IDB Group decided in March 2015 to support the proposal for the "merge-out" of the IDB's and IIC's private sector operations into a "new"…
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Jun 2017
En marzo de 2015, las Asambleas de Gobernadores del Grupo BID decidieron respaldar la propuesta para la fusión hacia afuera de las operaciones del sector privado del BID y la CII, trasladándolas a…
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Jun 2017
This document defines the scope and methodology for the evaluation of the country program of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB or Bank) with the Government of Ecuador for the 2012-2017 period…
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Jun 2017
Este documento define el alcance y la metodología para la Evaluación del Programa de País (CPE) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo con el Gobierno de Ecuador para el periodo 2012-2017. La…
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Jun 2017
INTAL Connection informs on developments on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue focuses on the update of COSIPLAN website “Integration and Development Hubs”, where…
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Jun 2017
Conexión INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. Esta edición se dedica a la renovación del sitio web de COSIPLAN “Ejes…
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May 2017
The objective of this document is to present an assessment of the current situation in the application of Smart Water Infrastructure Technologies (SWIT) and to provide a summary of potential key…
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May 2017
El objetivo de este documento es presentar una evaluación de la situación actual en la aplicación de Tecnologías inteligentes para infraestructura hídrica (SWIT por sus siglas en ingles) y aportar…
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May 2017
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Information and communications technology (ICT) plays an important role in promoting and enabling social, economic, and environmental well-being worldwide. Data centers are essential for the…
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May 2017
This work seeks to measure the impact of technology companies in Latin America have on the regional economy, as well as the global reach of their innovation. After a thorough process of survey and…
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May 2017
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Teachers vary considerably in their effectiveness, but identifying teacher characteristics that predict their impact on learning outcomes has been elusive. We analyze a teacher evaluation that is…
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May 2017
The Caribbean has promising resources and land, it is shocking to acknowledge that this region faces many development challenges that threat its magnificence and its sustainable development. This…
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May 2017
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This paper examines how financial fluctuations and macroeconomic stability interact in the case of Venezuela, acknowledging that financial conditions deteriorating the macroeconomic environment can…
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May 2017
The Brazilian Schools Panel database and Brazilian Municipal Education Panel Database combine and simplify 20 years' worth of data from the Brazilian School Census, educational testing, and…
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May 2017
While citizen security has become an ever-increasing concern for many Caribbean countries, the magnitude of the problem has not been matched with an equally robust response in terms of research. This…
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May 2017
El delito constituye sin duda un tema de preocupación para los responsables de las políticas y los ciudadanos del Caribe. Al contrario de las tendencias internacionales-que muestran bajas o…
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May 2017
Históricamente, la cartera de Costa Rica ha sido identificada como de bajo desempeño en términos de edad del portafolio y porcentaje de desembolsos. En efecto, programas de inversión bajo la…
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May 2017
El estudio evalúa el contexto institucional y operativo del reciclaje inclusivo en 12 ciudades de América Latina y el Caribe por medio de un conjunto de indicadores cualitativos y cuantitativos, con…
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May 2017
Quantitative analysis of a New Keynesian model with the Bernanke-Gertler accelerator and risk shocks shows that violations of Tinbergen's Rule and strategic interaction between policymaking…
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May 2017
This paper proposes a structural approach to measuring the effects of electoral accountability. A political agency model with imperfect information is modeled in order to identify and quantify…
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May 2017
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This document presents the results of a study that combines data on the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG measured in CO2 equivalents) from farming activities with the incidence of policy incentives…
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May 2017
This report represents an initial effort to systematically describe the commercial activities of Fintech in Latin America. In the first part, we offer an overview of the sector and its main trends in…
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May 2017
Este informe constituye un primer esfuerzo por describir de manera sistemática la actividad empresarial relativa a las Fintech en toda América Latina. En el primer capítulo se ofrece una panorámica…
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May 2017
Este relatório é uma primeira tentativa de descrever de forma sistemática a atividade empresarial relativa às fintechs em toda a América Latina. O primeiro capítulo apresenta uma visão geral do setor…