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Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Moreno Mejía, Luis Alberto;Duque Márquez, Iván

Artistas contemporáneos uruguayos forma parte de El cambio: Arte de América Latina y el Caribe, un proyecto del Programa de Arte del Banco Mundial en colaboración con el Centro Cultural del Banco de…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

O Informe MERCOSUL N° 16 (julho de 2010 - junho de 2011) analisa o panorama macroeconômico e os fluxos comerciais dos países do Mercado Comum do Sul (MERCOSUL), assim como os principais aspectos do…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): González-Velosa, Carolina;Ripani, Laura;Rosas-Shady, David

Job training programs for vulnerable youth are the main response of Latin American governments to address the problem of inadequate employment opportunities for young people. Despite its importance,…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): González-Velosa, Carolina;Ripani, Laura;Rosas-Shady, David

Esta nota técnica tiene como principal objetivo contribuir a cubrir ese vacío en la literatura, presentando nueva evidencia acerca de la efectividad de los programas de capacitación laboral para…

Date issued: 2月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cristia, Julian P.;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Cueto, Santiago;Santiago, Ana;Severin, Eugenio

Although many countries are aggressively implementing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, there is a lack of empirical evidence on its effects. This paper presents the impact of the first large…

Date issued: 2月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cristia, Julian P.;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Cueto, Santiago;Santiago, Ana;Severin, Eugenio

Aunque muchos países están implementando de manera intensa el Programa Una computadora por niño (OLPC, por sus siglas en inglés), existe una falta de evidencia empírica sobre sus efectos. Este…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Arráiz, Irani;Vélez-Grajales, Viviana;Szwedzki, Roni

This evaluation examines the IDB's Country Program with Guatemala for the 2008-2011 period. The assessment shows very positive results in terms of the program's relevance, consistency, and…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Arráiz, Irani;Vélez-Grajales, Viviana;Szwedzki, Roni

Esta evaluación examina el Programa del BID con Guatemala durante el periodo 2008-2011. La evaluación indica resultados muy positivos en términos de relevancia, consistencia y posicionamiento.…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This tool presented here in an Excel format was designed to evaluate the fulfillment of good corporate governance practices in primarily state owned water and sanitation companies in the region.

Date issued: 1月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Velasques de Paula Machado, Fabiana

While decreasing inequality is generally considered desirable, and there is a growing understanding of which policies do and do not promote equality, much less is known regarding why these policies…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Staples, Brian Rankin

This paper draws on the experience of Mexico in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and on the experiences of four Latin American countries in the implementation of their services and…

Date issued: 1月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Eslava, Marcela;Maffioli, Alessandro;Meléndez Arjona, Marcela

Despite the large potential gains from credit by second-tier development banks, little is known about the actual impact of these banks' lending activity. This study partially fills that gap by…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Sancho, Francisco;Rivera, Luis;Rosales-Tijerino, Julio

This paper surveys housing finance in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama. The development of a secondary mortgage-backed securities market in Costa Rica is very limited despite a broad legal…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Armendáriz, Edna;Schaeffer, María José

Este documento evalúa la sostenibilidad de la deuda pública en Guatemala mediante la aplicación de metodologías tradicionales. De acuerdo con el enfoque estándar, se requiere un superávit primario…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2011 Annual Business Review (ABR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The ABR reports on outputs, lending program priorities, and organizational indicators on a…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Low-income and self-employed Nicaraguans face two serious obstacles when looking to buy a home: a shortage of affordable housing, and difficulty in obtaining a mortgage.An innovative model is…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Aspiring college graduates from low-income Mexican families have seized the chance to fund their studies through the education financing company FINAE. Founded in 2006, the company has expanded its…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Financiación Social (Social Financing or FS), an EPM program, provides accessible credit to those at the base of the pyramid. The program leverages EPM's business platform to assess credit risk…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Mi Tienda provides door-to-door supply of grocery and basic products, as well as financing for merchandise purchase and business expansion to stores in rural communities with up to 5,000 inhabitants…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Microentrepreneurs in the food retail industry face challenges in accessing credit to undertake daily activities or to expand their businesses and in acquiring technical skills to sustainable grow.…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Many private companies in Latin America and the Caribbean have innovative ideas of ways to do business providing basic services such as health care, education, energy, and water to people at the base…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Haitians of all economic levels are interested in buying insurance products, increasingly so in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of 2010. One traditional insurance company whose reputation…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Small and medium-scale farmers and agricultural producers are Paraguay's economic powerhouse, but their business growth has been constrained by lack of access to capital. Paraguay's first…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

As global consumption of organic food -including organic sugar- has risen, so have prices and demand. Yet small Paraguayan producers in one of the world's main organic sugar production centers…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Corner stores in Uruguay¿s suburbs and outlying areas are crucial cornerstones of their neighborhoods, selling everything from tomatoes to toothpaste. But no matter how loyal their customers, small…