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Date issued:
Feb 2009
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This paper consists of three case studies of the emergence of three successful export activities in Mexico: avocado production, the manufacture of catheters, and call center outsourcing. Each case…
Date issued:
Feb 2009
This presentation discusses the policymaking process in Latin America and the real actors involved. The group structure, size, market incorporation and political incorporation all play a part. This…
Date issued:
Jan 2009
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Las encuestas LAPOP (Latin American Public Opinion Project) son un instrumento útil y relevante en el análisis cuantitativo de las instituciones políticas y su relación con los ciudadanos de los…
Date issued:
Jan 2009
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This paper studies the link between television and divorce in Brazil by exploiting variation in the timing of availability of the signal of Rede Globo -the network that had a virtual monopoly on…
Date issued:
Jan 2009
Un bref résumé de la finalité, l'histoire, la structure et les opérations du Groupe de la BID. Le Groupe de la BID se compose de trois institutions: la Banque interaméricaine de développement, (…
Date issued:
Jan 2009
The fourth contribution to the MIF Retrospectives series, Notes from the Field: MIF Projects and the Real World by Betsy Murray, MIF Specialist in Costa Rica, discusses project management and the…
Date issued:
Jan 2009
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Generative AI enabled
This paper analyzes the long-run relationship between output collapsesdefined defined as GDP falling substantially below trendand total factor productivity (TFP), using a panel of 71 developed and…
Date issued:
Jan 2009
In order to deepen the understanding and characterization of dynamic entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean and, in particular, the drivers of innovation and value creation in High Growth…
Date issued:
Jan 2009
De cara a profundizar el conocimiento y la caracterización de los empresarios dinámicos en America Latina y el Caribe, y en particular los factores determinantes en la innovación y creación de valor…
Date issued:
Jan 2009
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Generative AI enabled
This paper argues that welfare programs are linked with the destruction of social capital, as measured by interpersonal trust in laboratory games. The paper employs experimental data for…