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Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Álvarez, Carola;Santelices, Cristian;Bertachini, Helio;Chong, Juan Carlos;Cossens, Shakirah;Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu;Di Maro, Vincenzo;Díaz, Luis;Linares, Ana María;Maffioli, Alessandro;Meduña, Patricia;Neret, Matilde;Perez dos Santos, Monica;Pusterla, Fazia;Rodríguez, César;Salazar, Lina;Sitja Rubio, Susana;Taboada, Bibiana;Toda, Ichiro;Winters, Paul

The 2010 Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO) highlights progress in the implementation of the Development Effectiveness Framework, mandated by the Governors of the Inter-American Development…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This is the Bank's sixth annual Sustainability Report. It covers sustainability progress and performance in the 2010 fiscal year for the Inter-American Development Bank. The document provides…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report summarizes some of the milestones achieved by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) in 2010. 2010 has been a transformational year for the MIF. In the spirit of continuous improvement,…

Date issued: Mar 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Amarante, Verónica;Manacorda, Marco;Miguel, Edward;Vigorito, Andrea

This paper estimates the impact of a large temporary poverty relief program, Uruguay's PANES on birth outcomes. Using program administrative data and longitudinal vital statistics, a…

Date issued: Mar 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Calderón, Valentina;Marinescu, Ioana

This paper examines how changes in the legislation governing health and pension benefits that took place between 2003 and 2008 in Colombia affected the informal and formal labor markets. In…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The aftermath of the global financial crisis has reshaped world growth and demand patterns, leading to a two-speed recovery, with slow growth in industrial countries and fast growth in emerging…

Date issued: Mar 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Yáñez-Pagans, Patricia

This paper compares the dynamic consistency of targeting methodologies that use multidimensional welfare indicators with those based on means and proxy means tests using panel data from Mexico. To…

Date issued: Mar 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pineda Burgos, Allan Edgardo;Agüero Rodríguez, Marco Antonio;Espinoza, Sandra Karina

Honduran farmers are at a disadvantage when dealing with intermediaries because they lack timely information about market prices. This paper first analyzes which information and communications…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Segovia, Raul M.

This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2010 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report reviews and analyzes key aspects of the bloc's integration process in relation to both the internal and external agendas in the period from July 2009 to June 2010. The opening two…