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Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Throughout Latin America low-income neighborhoods have difficulty in paving city streets. Municipalities are typically short of funds, and many informal urban settlements have not yet been properly…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En toda América Latina a los barrios de bajos ingresos se les dificulta pavimentar sus calles. Las municipalidades típicamente tienen escasos fondos, y muchos asentamientos urbanos informales todavía…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The nongovernmental organization Global Partnerships is redefining microfinance. Moving beyond the concept of microloans as working capital, it aims to achieve greater impact in reducing poverty by…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La organización no gubernamental Global Partnerships está redefiniendo las microfinanzas. Con un concepto del microcrédito que supera el de proveer capital de trabajo, pretende tener mayor impacto en…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

El Salvador has developed a unique and sustainable financial business model that enables low-income consumers to improve and expand their homes by mobilizing resources from both the public and…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Salvador ha creado un modelo de negocio financiero original y sostenible que permite al consumidor de bajos ingresos mejorar y ampliar una casa ya existente, movilizando recursos de los sectores…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Small, family-run grocery stores, known as tiendas de abarrotes, are essential for supplying basic goods and services in thousands of low-income rural communities in Mexico.These stores are…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Las pequeñas tiendas familiares, que solemos llamar tiendas de abarrotes, son esenciales para el suministro de bienes y servicios básicos en un sinnúmero de comunidades rurales de bajos ingresos en…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Empresas Públicas de Medellín has experienced more than a half-century of solid financial growth and market expansion, becoming the second largest provider of electricity in Colombia as well as a…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Empresas Públicas de Medellín ha experimentado más de medio siglo de sólido crecimiento financiero y expansión de mercados para convertirse en el segundo principal abastecedor de electricidad en…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

In 1993, a landslide and widespread flooding devastated the region around the city of Paute in southern Ecuador, taking lives and destroying property in its path. Out of a belief that the community…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

In rural Mexico, small farmers tend to grow staple crops like beans and corn, and sell them only in their immediate communities. With little accessto national supply chains or the working capital…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En las zonas rurales de México, los pequeños agricultores tienden a cultivar productos básicos, como frijoles y maíz, y a venderlos solamente en sus comunidades inmediatas. Dado el difícil acceso a…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En 1993, un desastre natural causó un enorme deslizamiento de tierra y grandes inundaciones que devastaron la región del pueblo de Paute en el sur de Ecuador, causando pérdida de vidas humanas y…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report summarizes the activities of the IDB Cultural Center in 2009. Throughout 2009, the IDB Cultural Center emphasized the Bank's four priority areas (water, energy, education, and…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe es un resumen de las actividades del Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en 2009. A lo largo de este año, el Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Martínez Arce, Evelyn;Daza, Diego;Tello Espinoza, Pilar;Soulier Faure, Martin;Terraza, Horacio

This regional report is the product of the joint efforts of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Inter-American Association of Sanitary and…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Martínez Arce, Evelyn;Daza, Diego;Tello Espinoza, Pilar;Soulier Faure, Martin;Terraza, Horacio

El trabajo conjunto de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y la Asociación Interamericana de Ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental (AIDIS) ha…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): Martínez Arce, Evelyn;Daza, Diego;Tello Espinoza, Pilar;Soulier Faure, Martin;Terraza, Horacio

O trabalho conjunto da Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde (OPAS), o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) e a Associação Interamericana de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental (AIDIS) gerou este…

Date issued: 1月 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian

Despite progress in communication technologies, lack of information still severely handicaps companies seeking to operate in international markets. Furthermore, the investments that these companies…

Date issued: 1月 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ellis, Amanda N.;Orlando, María Beatriz;Muñoz Boudet, Ana Maria;Piras, Claudia;Reimao, Maira;Cutura, Jozefina;Frickenstein, Judith;Perez, Ane;De Castro, Orsi

Entrepreneurship contributes to a vibrant private sector and can stimulate broader economic growth. Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced an important growth of…

Date issued: 1月 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Stein, Ernesto H.;Tommasi, Mariano;Jones, Mark P.;Saiegh, Sebastián;Magaldi de Sousa, Mariana;Martínez-Gallardo, Cecilia;Zuvanic, Laura;Iacoviello, Mercedes;Rodríguez Gusta, Ana Laura;Monaldi, Francisco;Schneider, Ben Ross;Murillo, Maria Victoria;Schrank, Andrew;Hughes, Sallie

Over the past 30 years, democratic freedoms and competitive electoral processes have taken hold as never before in Latin America. How Democracy Works takes a detailed look, from an institutional…

Date issued: 1月 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alston, Julian M.;Sebastian, Kate;Beintema, Nienke M.;Hertford, Reed;Wood, Stanley;Wood-Sichra, Ulrike;You, Liang;Chan-Kang, Connie;Revoredo-Giha, César L.;Pardey, Philip G.

This volume offers substantive clarification of the proper roles for public agricultural research and development (R&D) throughout Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and introduces an…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): van Praag, Bernard M.S.;Gandelman, Néstor;Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada;Ham, Andrés;Lora, Eduardo;Tetaz, Martín;Medina, Carlos;Sanguinetti, Pablo;Cruces, Guillermo;Piani, Giorgina;Alcázar, Lorena;Powell, Andrew;Núñez, Jairo;Ferre, Zuleika;Andrade, Raúl;Robalino, Juan;Madrigal, Róger;Hall, Luis J.;Morales, Leonardo

A growing number of cities around the world have established systems for monitoring the quality of urban life. Many of those systems combine objective information with subjective opinions and cover a…

Date issued: 1月 2010
Author(s): García-Huitrón, Manuel;Impavido, Gregorio;Lasagabaster, Esperanza

This book has three main objectives: (i) discusses the main implications for the functioning of mandatory defined contribution pensions of consumers' inability to make rational choices; (ii)…