Start your advanced search in the IDB Publications Catalog.
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This document presents an evaluation by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the Country Program of the Inter-American Development Bank with Suriname over the period 2011-2015. This…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
En este documento se presenta una evaluación del Programa de País del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo con Suriname en el período 2011-2015 efectuada por la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Este trabajo examina el Sistema Nacional de Calidad (SNC) en Argentina. La primera parte describe la composición y el funcionamiento del sistema. La segunda presenta dos estudios de caso en los…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This Breve is based on a webinar presented by Dr. Wolfgang Greiner, professor at the University of Bielefeld, member of the scientific Advisorygroup of the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This guide reviews the principal instruments and surveys developed for assessing workforce skills. Its main objective is to consolidate the existing information and provide an overview of the…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Este documento presenta una revisión de los principales instrumentos y encuestas que se han desarrollado para medir las habilidades de los trabajadores. El objetivo principal es unificar la…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This Breve presents the story of how, in recent years, the Colombian health system has struggled with technological pressure. The impact of technological pressure on the health sector during the last…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Este Breve aborda la historia reciente del sistema de salud colombiano que inicia en 1993 con la creación de un sistema de aseguramiento universal. Durante los años recientes, este sistema ha…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
What explains significant variation across countries in the use of vote buying instead of campaign promises to secure voter support? This paper explicitly models the tradeoff parties face between…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Cities are where the policy and practice of citizen security are determined. Although national and subnational strategies are essential to scaling-up crime prevention, cities are where they are put…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Las ciudades son el lugar donde se definen la política y la práctica de la seguridad ciudadana. Si bien las estrategias nacionales y subnacionales son fundamentales para la prevención de los delitos…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
En esta nota técnica se analizan los efectos comerciales sobre las exportaciones de carne bovina de Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay de las medidas sanitarias en materia de fiebre aftosa (FA),…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
El presente estudio presenta un análisis cualitativo del (Sub) Sistema Nacional de la Calidad (SNC) en Colombia. EL SNC de Colombia ha presentado, desde la expedición del conpes 3446 DE 2006,…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
A Smart City is one that places people at the center of development, incorporates Information and Communication Technologies into urban management, and uses these elements as tools to stimulate the…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
Una Ciudad Inteligente es aquella que coloca a las personas en el centro del desarrollo, incorpora Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación en la gestión urbana y usa estos elementos como…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
Uma Cidade Inteligente é aquela que coloca as pessoas no centro do desenvolvimento, incorpora tecnologias da informação e comunicação na gestão urbana e utiliza esses elementos como ferramentas que…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
Esta publicación es el resultado de la compilación y la estandarización de 30 encuestas de opinión pública llevadas a cabo de 2011 a 2014 en diferentes ciudades intermedias y megaciudades de América…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Esta es la cuarta nota sobre APP en salud que complementa a las tres primeras que caracterizan los modelos de APP en salud (Nota Técnica Nº 1), describen las condiciones necesarias para que los…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
El presente artículo presenta los resultados de una evaluación de impacto de muy corto plazo del Programa Nacional de Incentivo a los Investigadores (PRONII) de Paraguay en su edición 2011. Para…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
This paper studies a model where student effort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
The following Breve provides an overview of the main challenges that societies, health care systems, and policy makers are currently facing to confront cancer. This brief analyzes the main…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
INTAL Connection informs on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean and disseminate IADB activities on this topics.
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Conexión 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 por el BID…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) Board of Executive Directors mandated OVE to produce a technical study to inform IIC's future equity business. The core content of this study will…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
El Directorio Ejecutivo de la Corporación Interameriana de Inversiones (CII) pidió a la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) llevar a cabo un estudio técnico que aportara información para las…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Nicaragua ha tenido una importante expansión de la superficie provista para riego en las últimas dos décadas. No obstante, la superficie irrigada ha tenido una importancia limitada y fluctuante en…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) acknowledges the challenges the region faces and is developing a set of publications, guidelines and tools to increase knowledge of the vulnerability of…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
The full version of this book compiles several empirical works that, through different lenses, aim to reveal which variables may have a systematiceffect on the productivity evolution observed at a…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
La versión completa de este libro enfatiza la generación de conocimiento, la difusión y la implementación a través de las innovaciones. También se explora el rol de otros aspectos como el capital…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
The 2015 IDB External Feedback System (EFS) captured perceptions from 1,489 partners surveyed during 2015 from government, civil society, public, and private sectors. These perspectives, from…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
El Sistema de Retroalimentación Externa (EFS por sus siglas en inglés) 2015 del BID capturó durante el 2015 las percepciones de 1,489 socios encuestados del gobierno, la sociedad civil, el público en…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Centroamérica, Panamá y República Dominicana presentan tasas de crecimiento económico positivas e importantes incrementos de sus exportaciones, pero el PIB sigue siendo relativamente bajo, y los…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
El presente estudio analizó las características de los docentes de Belice que hipotéticamente podían correlacionarse con la autoeficacia de los mismos. Controlado por estas características, el…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
Driving restriction programs have been implemented in many cities around the world to alleviate pollution and congestion problems. Enforcement of such programs is costly and can potentially displace…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
This paper analyzes influences on the credit standing of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), specifically the quality, diversification and single name concentration of their portfolios, and on the…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
Results from a new experiment shed light on the effects of voter informationon vote buying and incumbent advantage. The treatment provided voters
with information about a major spending…
with information about a major spending…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Peru as…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Costa Rica.
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Mexico.
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Chile, presenting the case study of Lab4U.
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Colombia, presenting the case study of Cacao de…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Colombia.
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Peru.
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Chile, presenting the case study of Late.
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Chile, presenting the case study of Upasol.
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Costa Rica, presenting the case study of Asembis.
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Costa Rica, presenting the case study of…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Mexico, presenting the case study of Echale a tu…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Mexico, presenting the case study of Sistema…
Date issued:
Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Peru, presenting the case study of X-runner. X-…