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Date issued: Jan 2010
Author(s): Vegas, Emiliana;Santibáñez, Lucrecia

Early childhood development outcomes play an important role throughout a person's life, affecting one's income-earning capacity and productivity, longevity, health, and cognitive ability.…

Date issued: Jan 2010
Author(s): Gandelman, Néstor;Gandelman, Eduardo;Castillo, Marco;Cárdenas, Juan Camilo;Bravo, David;Sethi, Rajiv;Sanhueza, Claudia;Soruco, Ximena;Ñopo, Hugo R.;Rossi, Máximo;Elías, Víctor;Elías, Julio;Gaviria, Alejandro;Chong, Alberto E.;Polanía, Sandra;Petrie, Ragan;Piani, Giorgina;Torero, Máximo;Ronconi, Lucas;Rothschild, Julie;Urzúa, Sergio;Candelo, Natalia;Moro, Andrea

This book presents a set of studies on contemporary discrimination in Latin America that takes advantage of these new tools by focusing on social interactions that range from cooperation, group…

Date issued: Jan 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The growth of economic migrants seeking better lives for themselves and their families has increased four times faster than the worlds¿ population. The information contained in this study presents…

Date issued: Jan 2010
Author(s): Tromanhauser, Darcy

The Appleseed Foundation helps promote Center work, identifies and secures funding for projects, serves as a clearinghouse, and provides training and technical assistance to link Centers and allow…

Date issued: Jan 2010
Author(s): Sitja Rubio, Susana;Linares, Ana María;Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu;Meduña, Patricia;Winters, Paul;Toda, Ichiro;Neret, Matilde;Ibarrarán, Pablo;González, Mario;Rodríguez, César;Di Maro, Vincenzo;Díaz, Luis;Cossens, Shakirah;Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes

Development Effectiveness Overview 2008-2009 is a tool by which the IDB accounts for the effectiveness of its work. It reports on the progress made in the Development Effectiveness agenda of the Bank.

Date issued: Dec 2009
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement


Date issued: Dec 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El período que cubre el Informe MERCOSUR N° 14 (julio de 2008 - junio de 2009) estuvo marcado por la crisis internacional. La fase inflacionaria de dicha crisis -que se desarrolló entre agosto de…

Date issued: Dec 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Noy, Ilan

Natural disasters are by no means new, yet the evolving understanding of their relevance to economic development and growth is still in its infancy. This paper summarizes the state of the economic…

Date issued: Dec 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Estevadeordal, Antoni

This paper examines the impact of trade policy on production specialization patterns in ten Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and…

Date issued: Dec 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Gómez, Sandra Milena

According to the economic theory and recent empirical evidence, improved market access through trade arrangements is likely to favor export diversification. In this paper, we assess whether this has…