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Desarrollo de proyectos MDL en plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales
Desarrollo de proyectos MDL en plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales

Date issued: Aug 2010
Author(s): Nolasco, Daniel A.

La presente nota técnica tiene el objetivo de difundir los conocimientos que existen en el ámbito del tratamiento de aguas residuales con respecto a la emisión de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI),…
Gender Earnings Gaps in the Caribbean: Evidence from Barbados and Jamaica
Gender Earnings Gaps in the Caribbean: Evidence from Barbados and Jamaica

Date issued: Aug 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bellony, Annelle;Hoyos, Alejandro;Ñopo, Hugo R.

This paper analyzes gender earnings gaps in Barbados and Jamaica, using amatching comparisons approach. In both countries, as in most of the Caribbean region, females educational achievement is…
The Role of Relative Price Volatility in the Efficiency of Investment Allocation
The Role of Relative Price Volatility in the Efficiency of Investment Allocation

Date issued: Aug 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Galindo, Arturo;Izquierdo, Alejandro;Leon-Diaz, John

This paper estimates the impact of relative price volatility on sector-level investment allocation using a panel of 65 countries with data for 26 manufacturing industries over the period 1985-2003.…
A Primer for Applying Propensity-Score Matching
A Primer for Applying Propensity-Score Matching

Date issued: Aug 2010
Author(s): Heinrich, Carolyn;Maffioli, Alessandro;Vázquez, Gonzalo

This document provides a guide to the key aspects of implementing Propensity-Score Matching (PSM) methodology. It summarizes the basic conditions under which PSM can be used to estimate the impact of…
¿Cuándo y cómo intervenir?: Criterios para guiar las intervenciones de apoyo al desarrollo productivo
¿Cuándo y cómo intervenir?: Criterios para guiar las intervenciones de apoyo al desarrollo productivo

Date issued: Aug 2010
Author(s): Rivas, Gonzalo

En muchos países de América Latina existen dudas sobre la posibilidad de implementar exitosamente políticas de apoyo al desarrollo productivo. Luego de presentar brevemente los antecedentes teóricos…
Orientaciones estratégicas sectoriales de manejo de recursos hídricos en México
Orientaciones estratégicas sectoriales de manejo de recursos hídricos en México

Date issued: Aug 2010
Author(s): Aguilar Amilpa, Enrique

Esta nota técnica forma parte de los de productos de conocimiento generados por la Iniciativa de Agua y Saneamiento, aprobada por el Directorio del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en Mayo del 2007…
Export Promotion Activities in Developing Countries: What kind of Trade Do They Promote?
Export Promotion Activities in Developing Countries: What kind of Trade Do They Promote?

Date issued: Aug 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Carballo, Jerónimo

Information problems involved in trading differentiated goods are a priori acuter than those associated with trading more homogeneous products. The impact of export promotion activities intending to…
Is Export Promotion Effective in Developing Countries? Firm-Level Evidence on the Intensive and Extensive Margins of Exports
Is Export Promotion Effective in Developing Countries? Firm-Level Evidence on the Intensive and Extensive Margins of Exports

Date issued: Aug 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Carballo, Jerónimo

How effective are export promotion activities in developing countries? What are the channels through which export promotion affects firms' exports, the intensive margin or the extensive margin?…
Public Programs to Promote Firms' Exports in Developing Countries: Are There Heterogeneous Effects by Size Categories?
Public Programs to Promote Firms' Exports in Developing Countries: Are There Heterogeneous Effects by Size Categories?

Date issued: Aug 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Carballo, Jerónimo;García, Pablo M.

Several countries have implemented programs to support their firms¿ internationalization efforts. Their impacts are likely to be heterogeneous over firm size categories because these programs are…
The Impact of Export Promotion Institutions on Trade: Is It the Intensive or the Extensive Margin?
The Impact of Export Promotion Institutions on Trade: Is It the Intensive or the Extensive Margin?

Date issued: Aug 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Carballo, Jerónimo;Gallo, Andrés

This paper provides evidence on the channels through which export promotion institutions affect bilateral trade using a sample of Latin American and Caribbean countries over the period 1995-2004. We…