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Date issued: May 2017
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Conexión INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. Esta edición se dedica al seminario “Carne artificial: la innovación en…

Date issued: Apr 2017
Author(s): Multilateral Investment Fund;Japan International Cooperation Agency

This report describes some innovative financing products for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and entrepreneurs, with a special focus on “micro investment crowdfunding,” in Japan where a…

Date issued: Apr 2017
Author(s): Multilateral Investment Fund;Japan International Cooperation Agency

This document complements “Empathy Driven Funding: New frontier of financing small businesses,” presenting three cases where micro investment crowdfunding platform has been employed by local…

Date issued: Apr 2017
Author(s): Multilateral Investment Fund;Japan International Cooperation Agency

This annex complements “Empathy Driven Funding: New frontier of financing small businesses,” providing detailed information on non-financial additionalities, fee structures, regulatory framework and…

Date issued: Apr 2017
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Palomino, Alejandro;Rivera, Johanan;Alejandre, Florencia

El objetivo de la evaluación es analizar la producción, el uso y la influenciade las evaluaciones de impacto contempladas en las operaciones de
préstamo y de cooperación técnica y las…

Date issued: Apr 2017
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Palomino, Alejandro;Rivera, Johanan;Alejandre, Florencia

The objective of the evaluation is to analyze the production, use and influence of the Impact Evaluations (IE) included in IDB loan, technical cooperation (TC), and economic and sector work (ESW)…

Date issued: Apr 2017
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Pecha, Camilo

This policy brief answers three main questions with respect to the no-user-fee policy adopted across public health centres in Jamaica: (i) Has the policy improved health status among working age…

Date issued: Apr 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schady, Norbert;Carneiro, Pedro;Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu

We study the determinants of math achievement among children in early elementary school using data from a unique experiment. We find steep socioeconomic gradients and a substantial boy-girl gap in…

Date issued: Apr 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chirinos-Leañez, Ana María;Pagliacci, Carolina

This paper evaluates whether fiscal and foreign exchange policy shocks canexplain both credit and credit supply in Venezuela. Empirical evidence suggests that between 65 and 90 percent of credit…

Date issued: Apr 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bucacos, Elizabeth

This study analyzes the effects of "financial stress" on the Uruguayan macroeconomy in the 1998Q3-2016Q2 period with the underlying idea that financial shocks propagate differently during…