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Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Bueso-Merriam, Jacqueline;Demichelis, Francisco;Fernández Díez, María Carmen;Giuliodori, David;Rodríguez, Alejandro;Stucchi, Rodolfo

A shortcoming of the current empirical impact evaluation literature is the lack of studies that measure the effect of access to credit in the medium and long term, as well as the impact on…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Bueso-Merriam, Jacqueline;Demichelis, Francisco;Fernández Díez, María Carmen;Giuliodori, David;Rodríguez, Alejandro;Stucchi, Rodolfo

Una limitación de la literatura empírica actual sobre evaluación de impacto es la carencia de estudios que midan los impactos del crédito en el mediano y largo plazo, así como en los tipos de…

Date issued: Oct 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barajas, Adolfo;Restrepo, Sergio;Steiner, Roberto;Medellín, Juan Camilo;Pabón, César

After building up foreign currency-denominated (FC) liabilities over several years, the balance sheets of Colombian firms might be particularly vulnerable to a shift in external conditions. This…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Salo, James

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are major sources of natural resource consumption and environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At the same time, MSMEs make up a…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Salo, James

Managing value chain environmental impacts and natural resource use has become an important consideration in the purchasing decisions of large publicly traded companies. Suppliers, including micro,…

Date issued: Oct 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Freund, Caroline;Pierola, Martha Denisse

This paper uses firm-level data on manufacturing trade from 40 developing countries to explore how the five largest exporters in a country contribute to export growth and diversification. The origins…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Martinez-Cordova, Sofia;Insfran, Sebastian;Harris, Donna Oretha

We explored the hypothesis that the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), Jamaica's conditional cash transfer program, contributes to breaking the inter-generational…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Martinez-Cordova, Sofia;Insfran, Sebastian;Harris, Donna Oretha

Exploramos la hipótesis de que el Programa de Transferencia Monetaria Condicionada de Jamaica, Programa de Avance a través de la Salud y Educación (PATH, por sus siglas en inglés), contribuye a…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Bancalari, Antonella;Gertner, Gastón;Martinez, Sebastian

El acceso a soluciones de saneamiento mejorado y a fuentes de agua segura continúa siendo uno de los principales desafíos de política pública en Bolivia. Según la información del último censo de 2012…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Bustelo, Monserrat;Martinez, Sebastian;Pérez, Michelle;Rodríguez Silva, Julio

Ciudad Mujer (CM) es un programa liderado por el Gobierno de El Salvador a través de la Secretaría de Inclusión Social (SIS) con el apoyo del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), que pretende…

Date issued: Oct 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ellingstad, Paul;Love, Charmian

This briefing paper provides a look at corporate venturing-related activities underway specifically in the Caribbean, and opportunities in this area moving forward.

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Sosa, Mariano;Powell, Andrew

The July 2016 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that the simple average growth rate expected for 2016 for the eight countries covered by…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Salazar, Lina;Balcázar, Fernando;Tarre, Alejandro;Aramburu, Julián;Serebrisky, Tomás;Ramirez, Maria Cecilia;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor

A través de esta serie de casos de estudio, el Departamento de Infraestructura y Energía del BID pretende dar a conocer su trabajo en la región, los problemas que aborda, los retos en la…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Gischler, Christiaan;Tarre, Alejandro;Serebrisky, Tomás;Ramirez, Maria Cecilia;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor

A través de esta serie de casos de estudio, el Departamento de Infraestructura y Energía del BID pretende dar a conocer su trabajo en la región, los problemas que aborda, los retos en la…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Mitnik, Oscar A.;Ripani, Laura;Rosas-Shady, David

The evidence on the effectiveness of youth training programs in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) tends to be encouraging regarding the quality of employment of beneficiaries (positive impacts…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit;Inter-American Development Bank

The Global Microscope assesses the regulatory environment for financial inclusion across 12 indicators and 55 countries. The Microscope was originally developed for countries in the Latin American…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Microscopio global 2016: Análisis del entorno para la inclusión financieraevalúa el entorno normativo para la inclusión financiera con base en 12
indicadores en 55 países. El Microscopio…

Date issued: Oct 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Trujillo, Verónica;Navajas, Sergio

This report seeks to facilitate a deeper understanding of the financial systems in the region, combining aspects of sustainability and financial inclusion. The 2016 report includes information from…

Date issued: Oct 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Trujillo, Verónica;Navajas, Sergio

Este reporte busca dar a conocer más a detalle los sistemas financieros de la región, combinando aspectos de sostenibilidad e inclusión financiera. El reporte comprende información de 20 países de la…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Centro Interamericano de Administraciones Tributarias

En este resumen se presentan los principales resultados del análisis de la imposición sobre las rentas del trabajo en 20 economías de América Latina y el Caribe en 2013. Se enfatiza la cuña fiscal--…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: Oct 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Solymosi, Katalin;Braun, Andrea;Dijk, Suzanne van;Grulke, Markus

The world population is expected to increase from approximately 2.5 billion in 1950 to almost 10 billion in 2050, exhibiting the highest population growth rates in history. Securing the supply of…

Date issued: Oct 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Solymosi, Katalin;Braun, Andrea;Dijk, Suzanne van;Grulke, Markus

Se estima que la población mundial aumentará desde cerca de 2.500 millones en 1950 a casi 10.000 millones al año 2050, lo cual refleja una de las mayores tasas de crecimiento demográfico de la…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Devlin, Robert;Pietrobelli, Carlo

In recent years, there has been renewed interest in the use of industrial polices. The need for modern industrial policies has been increasingly acknowledged in the literature and by the praxis of…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Gertner, Gastón;Johannsen, Julia;Martinez, Sebastian

En Bolivia, según la encuesta de demografía y salud de 2008, la desnutrición crónica alcanza a 27% de niños menores 5 años. Las poblaciones vulnerables son propensas a déficits nutricionales debido…

Date issued: Oct 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kahn, Theodore

Japan and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) enjoy a diverse and longstanding economic relationship. The ties between the two economies encompass trade and foreign direct investment in a range of…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This represents a compendium of knowledge products generated by the IDB's Caribbean Economics Lab, Country Department Caribbean Group, during the period 2013-2016. Products comprise monographs…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Cathala, Corinne;Núñez, Anamaría

Entre 1990 y el 2015, más de 220 millones de personas (de un total de 600 millones) se incorporaron a los servicios de agua y saneamiento. Hoy, además de lograr el acceso universal, tenemos el reto…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Jacquet, Bruno;Gachot, Sebastien;Núñez, Anamaría

La agroforestería es un sistema agrícola donde se cultivan varios tipos de árboles como árboles frutales, café, cacao o forestales en las mismas parcelas junto con otros cultivos y/o pastos.

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Jacquet, Bruno;Gachot, Sebastien;Núñez, Anamaría

L'Agroforesterie est un système agricole où des cultures annuelles sont intercalées entre différentes variétés d'arbres tels que des fruitiers, des caféiers, des cacaoyers et des forestiers.

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Beliz, Gustavo;Chelala, Santiago

This report is the outcome of an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)regional public good (RPG) that different Latin American and Caribbean
countries helped to create by identifying the…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Beliz, Gustavo;Chelala, Santiago

Este informe es resultado de un Bien Público Regional (BPR) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) edificado con la participación de los países de la región, que identificaron sus propias…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Urban, Anne-Marie;Buitrago, Paola;Acuña, Nathyeli;Morrison, Andrew

The main objective of this report is to provide information on the actions undertaken and results achieved during the second year of implementation of the Gender Action Plan for Operations, 2014-2016…