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Date issued: 8月 2016
Author(s): von Sperling, Marcos

The major focus of this report is the description and critical analysis of the main wastewater treatment processes used in Brazil. Special emphasis is given to small to medium size communities with…

Date issued: 8月 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Carlino, Hernán;Lucena, André F. P.;Miranda, Raúl;Perczyk, Daniel;Rathmann, Régis;Schaeffer, Roberto;Soria, Rafael

En América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) hay un vigoroso impulso para el desarrollo de las energías renovables no convencionales (ERNC). Sin embargo, la participación de la ERNC es todavía (de manera…

Date issued: 8月 2016
Author(s): Gurría, Martín;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

This technical note presents a review of the main agricultural support indicators available in the IADB Agrimonitor Database as of December 2015 and represents a synthesis of agricultural support…

Date issued: 8月 2016
Author(s): Gurría, Martín;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

Este informe analiza las políticas de apoyo a la agricultura de 18 países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), que en conjunto representan el 92% del valor agregado agrícola de la región. A pesar de…

Date issued: 7月 2016
Author(s): Goldsmith, Stephen;Crawford, Susan;Weinryb Grohsgal, Benjamin

Predictive analytics, although widely utilized in the private sector, still stir uncertainty and concern on the part of public sector leaders. Daily, however, some national or subnational government…

Date issued: 7月 2016
Author(s): Goldsmith, Stephen;Crawford, Susan;Weinryb Grohsgal, Benjamin

El análisis predictivo, pese a ser muy utilizado en el sector privado, aún provoca incertidumbre y preocupación entre los líderes del sector público. Sin embargo, todos los días algún gobierno…

Date issued: 7月 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Verdisco, Aimee;Cueto, Santiago;Thompson, Jennelle

This paper presents findings from the Regional Project on Child Development Indicators, PRIDI for its acronym in Spanish. PRIDI created a new tool, the Engle Scale, for evaluating development in…

Date issued: 7月 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bando, Rosangela;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Li, Xia

This study explores sex differences in language and socio-emotional skills. It focuses on children 7 months old to 6 years old in Chile in 2012 and Nicaragua in 2013. A focus on young children…

Date issued: 7月 2016
Author(s): Burgess, Elizabeth;Martínez, Mariana;Magnoni, Barbara;Carballo, Ignacio E.;Hainze, Anna

Durante los últimos 15 años, el sector de las microfinanzas y las instituciones de microfinanzas (IMF) que lo componen en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), han pasado por un proceso de maduración…

Date issued: 7月 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Larrea, Sylvia Virginia;Binato, Silvio;Provenzano, Dario;Jeifetz, Carlos

The objective of this study is to assess the potential for electrical interconnection of power systems in the Arco Norte region of South America, which consists of the countries of Guyana, Suriname,…

Date issued: 7月 2016
Author(s): Michelitsch, Roland;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Vargas, Felipe;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Biau, Julie;Jansson, Maya;Huppi, Monika;Khadr, Ali;Alcántara, Rafael;Cabrera, Maria;Corrales, Maria Elena;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth

The country strategy with Haiti for the 2011-2015 period is the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) first post-earthquake strategy and coincides with the start of the mandate of the Ninth…

Date issued: 7月 2016
Author(s): Michelitsch, Roland;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Vargas, Felipe;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Biau, Julie;Jansson, Maya;Huppi, Monika;Khadr, Ali;Alcántara, Rafael;Cabrera, Maria;Corrales, Maria Elena;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth

La Estrategia del Banco en el País (EBP) 2011-2015 es la primera estrategia del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (en adelante BID o el Banco) post-terremoto que coincide con el inicio del mandato…

Date issued: 7月 2016
Author(s): Michelitsch, Roland;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Vargas, Felipe;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Biau, Julie;Jansson, Maya;Huppi, Monika;Khadr, Ali;Alcántara, Rafael;Cabrera, Maria;Corrales, Maria Elena;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth

La Stratégie de la Banque avec le Pays (EBP) 2011-2015 est la première stratégie de la Banque Interaméricaine de Développement (BID) postérieurement au trem-blement de terre. Elle fut approuvée après…

Date issued: 7月 2016
Author(s): Wenner, Mark D.;Clarke, Dillon

Chinese and Caribbean economic relations have deepened over the past decade and a half. The paper analyzes the impetus for China's foreign economic policy to reach out to developing regions such…

Date issued: 7月 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Carrasco, Haydeeliz;García, Emma;Parodi, Sandro;Vásquez, Madiery

Previo a la implementación del Sistema Único de Beneficiarios (SIUBEN), primer sistema de focalización individual de la República Dominicana, los recursos de protección social no contributiva no…

Date issued: 7月 2016
Author(s): Gualavisi, Melany;Oliveri, María Laura

El objetivo de este documento es doble. Primero presenta una medida sistemática y comparable de movilidad laboral para 14 países América Latina y el Caribe para el periodo 2006-2014. Segundo, analiza…

Date issued: 7月 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Borensztein, Eduardo;Queijo Von Heideken, Virginia

The effectiveness of exchange rate adjustments depends critically on the extent to which depreciations "pass through" to inflation, an effect that is known as exchange rate pass-through (…

Date issued: 7月 2016
Author(s): Finchelstein, Diego;Hallak, Juan Carlos;Wersocky, Matías Ariel

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: 7月 2016
Author(s): Stone, Leslie F.;Alonso, Pablo;Fryer, Michelle;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Conroy, Hector;Scholl, Lynn;Hernández, María José;Maciel, Odette;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette;Vargas, María José;Sadeghi, Patricia

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: 7月 2016
Author(s): Stone, Leslie F.;Alonso, Pablo;Fryer, Michelle;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Conroy, Hector;Scholl, Lynn;Hernández, María José;Maciel, Odette;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette;Vargas, María José;Sadeghi, Patricia

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: 7月 2016
Author(s): Lewis, James Andrew

El acceso a Internet provoca un aumento de la productividad, del ingreso nacional y del empleo, y el acceso a la información cataliza el crecimiento. Sin embargo, estas oportunidades también…

Date issued: 7月 2016
Author(s): Lewis, James Andrew

Access to the Internet increases productivity, national income, and employment. Access to information catalyzes growth. However, these opportunities come with risk. Digital technologies are not…

Date issued: 7月 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

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: 7月 2016
Author(s): Prada, María Fernanda;Rucci, Graciana

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: 7月 2016
Author(s): Prada, María Fernanda;Rucci, Graciana

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…