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Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Navajas, Fernando

This presentation discusses the experience of natural gas infrastructure integration in the Southern Cone of Latin America. Topics include public goods and contracting, natural gas crisis in the…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Anand, Prathivadi Bhayankaram

This paper focuses on access to water and sanitation related to the Millennium Development Goals. Asian region contains some of the top achievers in improving access to water and sanitation and also…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Dee, Philippa;Findlay, Christopher

This presentation discusses insights from some of the world's traditional trade facilitation scholars. The objective is to try and go beyond taxonomies and to outline new methodologies by which…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Khan, Haider A.;Weiss, John

In this presentation, the author discusses regional co-operation among countries in Asia. Preferential trade and investment agreements are discussed as well as the goal to strengthen structural…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Anand, Prathivadi Bhayankaram

This presentation focuses on access to water and sanitation related to the Millennium Development Goals in Asia. In most Asian countries 60 per cent or more of the population have access to water.…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Menon, Jayant

This presentation discusses the correllation between road improvement and poverty in Lao PDR. Included is a discussion on road improvement and transport costs, the model and simulations, results and…

Date issued: Nov 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): De, Prabir

In this paper, the authors determine how policy and environmental barriers affect international trade, using data at 4-digit HS. The authors estimate a modified gravity equation, controlling for…

Date issued: Nov 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Brooks, Douglas H.;Zhai, Fan

The primary objectives of this presentation are to compare and contrast the experiences of China and India in financing infrastructure investment; quantify the macroeconomic impacts of public…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Esta presentación discute el programa Familias por la Inclusión Social, por el Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de Argentina. En ella se incluye una discusión de los objetivos del programa, los…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Marcel, Mario

Presentación comisionada por el Diálogo Regional de Política para la Reunión Subregional del Cono Sur de la Red de Pobreza y Protección Social, llevada a cabo en Buenos Aires, Argentina el 16 de…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Dos Santos, Carlos Alberto

Presentación comisionada para la Reunión Subregional del Cono Sur de la Red de Pobreza y Protección Social

Date issued: Nov 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Velasco, Andrés

The paper explores the incidence of sudden stops in capital flows on the incentives for building national institutions that secure property rights in a world where sovereign defaults are possible…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Prado, Fernando

Presentación comisionada para la Reunión Subregional Cono Sur de la Red de Pobreza y Protección Social

Date issued: Nov 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Navajas, Sergio;Tejerina, Luis

This working paper is being published with the sole objective of contributing to the debate of a topic of importance to the region, and to elicit comments and suggestions from interested parties.

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Presentación que ofrece información acerca de los cluster y las características de los proyectos FOMIN. Da a conocer los temas que se identificaron durante la reunión, tales como: Falta de…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Bueso, Carla M.

Esta presentación se llevó a cabo el 9 de Noviembre del 2006 en ocasión de la reunión clúster de contabilidad y Auditoría del Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones (FOMIN)

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo


Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Justiniano, José

Presentación que aborda información acerca el programa de cluster, implementado por el FOMIN. Da a conocer la justificación del proyecto, así como el proceso de preparación, el status de los…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): López, Beatriz

La presentación resume un estudio de políticas públicas de seguridad ciudadana a partir de tres estudios de caso de Argentina, Chile y Uruguay. El documento puntualiza la situación actual de la…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Salazar, Juana

Esta presentación muestra los programas de seguridad ciudadana aprobados para la región, ofreciendo un enfoque integral. Primeramente, se presentan los antecedentes del campo, luego se repasan los…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Macdonald, Leilani


Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Barrett, Sylvia


Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;World Bank


Date issued: Nov 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Palamidessi, Mariano;Legarralde, Martín

This document was commissioned by the Education Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the IX Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on November 8th and 9th, 2006.

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Weinstein, José

This presentation was commissioned by the Education Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the IX Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on November 8th and 9th, 2006. This presentation concerns the…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Tinker, Robert F.;Galvis, Alvaro H.

This presentation covers the opportunities and proposed strategies of one-on-one educational methods.

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): De Deus Lopes, Roseli

This presentation was commissioned by the Education Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the IX Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on November 8th and 9th, 2006.

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Fonseca, Clotilde

Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Educación del Diálogo Regional de Política para la IX Reunión Hemisférica celebrada entre los días 8 y 10 de noviembre de 2006.

Date issued: Nov 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Panizza, Ugo;Levy Yeyati, Eduardo

Few would dispute that sovereign defaults entail significant economic costs, including, most notably, important output losses. However, most of the evidence supporting this conventional wisdom, based…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Palamidessi, Mariano;Legarralde, Martín

Este trabajo fue desarrollado entre los meses de julio y septiembre de 2006, como parte de las actividades de la Red de Educación del Diálogo Regional de Política impulsado por el Banco…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Lesenfants, Yves

El diagnóstico sobre el funcionamiento del cluster de turismo sostenible tiene tres objetivos principales: (i) Analizar el funcionamiento general del cluster y evaluar la distribución temática y…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This document (RE-323) presents the evaluation carried out by OVE to assess the Bank's efforts in the production, storage, dissemination, and utilization of studies. This is consistent with…

Date issued: Nov 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): López Córdova, José Ernesto;Suominen, Kati;Estevadeordal, Antoni

The proliferation of free trade agreements around the world has accentuated the role of preferential rules of origin (RoO) in global companies¿ sourcing and investment decisions. However, there are…

Date issued: Nov 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): McKenzie, David;Rapoport, Hillel

This paper examines the impact of migration on education inequality in rural Mexico. Using data from the 1997 National Survey of Demographic Dynamics (ENADID), we first examine the impact of…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Cárdenas, Mauricio;Mejía, Carolina;Olivera, Mauricio

El objetivo de este estudio es analizar los resultados del proceso presupuestal en Colombia y su relación con las instituciones políticas fundamentales. Más concretamente, al concentrarse en el…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Carranza, Luis;Chávez, Jorge F.;Valderrama, José

El objetivo central del presente estudio es realizar un análisis de la economía política del proceso presupuestario en el Perú. Para ello, se identifican a los principales actores que tienen…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Zaghi, Mercedes

Fortalecer la confianza en las transacciones en línea, Concienciar y capacitar al personal de la CCG y de las PYMES en TIC y comercio, Asistencia técnica y desarrollo de servicios en el uso de TIC y…

Date issued: Nov 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Repetto, Fabián;Andrenacci, Luciano;Tobar, Federico;Papadópulos, Jorge;Grynspan M., Rebeca;Sposati, Aldaíza;Filgueira, Fernando;Rey de Marulanda, Nohra;Molina, Carlos Gerardo;Sojo, Carlos;Simões, Armando A.;Rezk, Ernesto;Isuani, Ernesto Aldo;Huber, Evelyne;Medici, André;Opertti, Renato;Tokman, Víctor E.

Esta obra responde a uno de los objetivos del Instituto Interamericano para el Desarrollo Social (INDES) que es servir de foro de discusión sobre políticas sociales y experiencias valiosas en…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Mejía Acosta, Andrés;Albornoz, Vicente;Araujo, María Caridad

This study describes the main actors (formal and informal) involved in the budget-making process in Ecuador, and presents evidence regarding the main political and economic determinants of fiscal…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Ripani, Laura;Regalia, Ferdinando;Álvarez, Carola

This study analyzes the challenges the Dominican Republic faces to increase educational levels, particularly of the poor, making the case that, in the regional context, the Dominican Republic…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Puente, José Manuel;Daza, Abelardo;Ríos, Germán;Rodríguez, Alesia

This study seeks to provide an analysis based on positive and empirical approaches to the budget-making process in Venezuela from 1974 to 2004 in order to understand budget expenditure decisions and…

Date issued: Nov 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chudnovsky, Daniel;López, Andrés;Rossi, Martín;Ubfal, Diego

This work contains an evaluation of the Non-Reimbursable Funds (ANR) program of the Argentinean Technological Fund (FONTAR), which is managed by a federal government agency. FONTAR's objective…

Date issued: Nov 2006 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chudnovsky, Daniel;López, Andrés;Rossi, Martín;Ubfal, Diego

This report contains an evaluation of the Scientific and Technological Research Projects (PICT) funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Fund (FONCYT). FONCYT is managed by the National…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report (RE-324) presents an evaluation of the conceptual and empirical basis of the key reform measures promoted by the Bank in its health sector interventions between 1995 and 2005. These…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe (RE-324) presenta una evaluación del fundamento conceptual y empírico de las principales medidas de reforma promovidas por el Banco en sus intervenciones en el sector de la salud entre…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Sollis, Peter;Winder, Natalia

Esta publicación presenta el documento conceptual, estudios de casos y las conclusiones del Taller Técnico "Construyendo Procesos de Auditoria Social Local en Centroamérica: Lecciones Aprendidas…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Machado, Roberto

Este estudio realiza un análisis de los sistemas de gasto público en los países centroamericanos y República Dominicana utilizando el llamado enfoque de Public Expenditure Management (PEM). Para ello…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Machado, Roberto

El presente estudio realiza un análisis comparativo regional acerca de la eficiencia del gasto público tanto a nivel agregado como a nivel del gasto social, el gasto en educación y el gasto en salud…

Date issued: Nov 2006
Author(s): Petrei, Humberto;Rodríguez Arosemena, Nicolás

El presente trabajo aborda la problemática del gasto público en Panamá. Lejos de pretender un diagnóstico exhaustivo de tan complejo tópico, el estudio se centra más bien en aquellos aspectos…