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Date issued: 10月 2014
Author(s): Benedetti, Fiorella;Farach, Marcos;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Villa, Juan Miguel

Con el propósito de mejorar la eficiencia distributiva del gasto social en Honduras dentro de un contexto de fuertes restricciones fiscales, es indispensable priorizar a los hogares más pobres como…

Date issued: 10月 2014
Author(s): Flores Lima, Jose Gregorio Roberto;González-Velosa, Carolina;Rosas-Shady, David

En la última década, en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) se lograron grandes avances económicos y sociales. Muchos países de la región experimentaron altas tasas de crecimiento a la vez que lograron…

Date issued: 10月 2014
Author(s): Pilla, Ernani

This report was produced by The Wildlife Conservation Society and Forest Trends. This report begins by providing a short overview of biodiversity offset principles and their development in the…

Date issued: 10月 2014
Author(s): Schneider, Robert;Diewald, Christoph;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette

In LAC the principal sources of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are land use change and agricultural activities, particularly cattle ranching (methane emissions) on converted land and natural…

Date issued: 10月 2014
Author(s): Corrales, Maria Elena;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Medieta, María Paula;Morales, Carlos;Suarez, David

In the global context, LAC is one of the regions known to produce the lowest levels of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions from the transformation and use of energy. Levels of GHG in LAC represent 5% of…

Date issued: 10月 2014
Author(s): Ashwill, Maximillian;Alvarez Prado, Lourdes

The frequency of natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, hurricanes, and earthquakes, is increasing in LAC as in the rest of the world. During the 1960s and 1970s, fewer than 20 disasters…

Date issued: 10月 2014
Author(s): Scholl, Lynn;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth;Quintanilla, Oscar;Linares, Ana María

Between 2000 and 2009, emissions from transport in the Region increased by 12% on a per capita basis, while increasing less than 2% globally. Although per capita emissions in LAC are still low…

Date issued: 10月 2014
Author(s): Marto, Ricardo;Alvarez, Lourdes;Suarez, David

Despite the many differences among Caribbean nations, Climate Change (CC) poses a serious threat to them all. Average temperatures in the Region have increased by 0.1° to 0.2°C per decade over the…

Date issued: 10月 2014
Author(s): Pittaluga, Lucía

Desde hace algunos años, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) ha estado apoyando a Programas de Apoyo a los Clusters, en su mayoría en el Cono Sur. La presente consultoría analizó qué…

Date issued: 10月 2014
Author(s): Pittaluga, Lucía

Desde hace algunos años, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) ha estado apoyando a Programas de Apoyo a los Clusters, en su mayoría en el Cono Sur. La presente consultoría analizó qué…

Date issued: 10月 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2014 third quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…

Date issued: 10月 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Women and young men are the groups most affected by violence in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC). While ur-ban violence is predominant among males, the level of vio-lence against women (VAW) is…

Date issued: 9月 2014
Author(s): Cañón, Oscar;Rathe, Magdalena;Giedion, Úrsula

En este documento se realiza un estudio de caso del plan de beneficios de República Dominicana siguiendo la metodología empleada en el libro "Planes de Beneficios en salud de América Latina: Una…

Date issued: 9月 2014
Author(s): Carrera-Marquis, Daniela

Adequate financial markets are fundamental to sustainable development. Accurate capital allocation requires return on investment incorporates the social and environmental variables impacting,…

Date issued: 9月 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Balsa, Ana;Bloomfield, Juanita;Caffera, Marcelo

This study explores the impact of air pollution on adverse birth outcomes. The study focuses on the effect of breathable particulate matter with diameter of 10 micrometers or less (PM10) on the…

Date issued: 9月 2014
Author(s): Rius, Andrés

En 2005, el Gobierno del Uruguay y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo pusieron en marcha el Programa de Apoyo a la Competitividad de Conglomerados y Cadenas Productivas (PACC). La finalidad del…

Date issued: 9月 2014
Author(s): De Mendoza, Cecilia;Di Capua, Laura;Rucci, Graciana

El capital humano es un factor clave para el crecimiento económico y el desarrollo productivo. La formación, tanto educación como capacitación, constituye un mecanismo para mejorar la productividad,…

Date issued: 9月 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The INTAL Monthly Newsletter reports on developments in integration and trade across Latin American and the Caribbean. It also serves as a forum for discussing the IDB's activities related to…

Date issued: 9月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La carta mensual del INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. También es el medio para difundir las actividades realizadas…

Date issued: 9月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

A carta mensal do INTAL informa sobre os desenvolvimentos nas áreas de integração e comércio nas regiões da América Latina e do Caribe. É também um meio de difusão das atividades do BID sobre estes…

Date issued: 9月 2014
Author(s): Jugo, Luis;Calderon, Marta

This presentation gives an overview of the importance of creating a data analytics strategy in an internal audit department. It describes reasons for having a data analytics strategy, where to start…

Date issued: 9月 2014
Author(s): Covacevich, Catalina

La presente nota analiza cómo se aborda la paridad de género en una muestra de textos escolares chilenos de Educación Básica aprobados y distribuidos por el Ministerio de Educación para el año…

Date issued: 9月 2014
Author(s): Alarcón, Alejandro;Demaestri, Edgardo C.;Piedrabuena, Bernardita

Tomando como punto de partida un diagnóstico preliminar sobre la problemática y el grado de profundidad alcanzado por el financiamiento de vivienda en Chile, y sobre la base de entrevistas y una…

Date issued: 9月 2014
Author(s): Iturburu, Mónica

Este informe de diagnóstico presenta los resultados de la evaluación del Servicio Civil en Uruguay realizada en 2013. Se basa en el marco metodológico elaborado en 2002 y en las buenas prácticas…

Date issued: 9月 2014
Author(s): Kayser, Olivier;Klarsfeld, Lucie;Brossard, Simon

Broadband has a potential impact on the base of the pyramid (BOP), a segment of the population previously excluded from markets, and which lacks access to quality goods and services. Broadband…