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Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

Este dossier analiza el sector energético en Nicaragua en su forma actual en 2010 y sus cambios a través del tiempo. Describe el flujo de energía del país por el consumo del sector y la fuente y la…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Jaramillo, Fidel;Zambrano, Omar

En los últimos años, Perú ha sido líder regional en desempeño macroeconómico, mostrando ser una de las economías más dinámicas, en un ambiente caracterizado por la estabilidad fiscal, el equilibrio…

Date issued: 3月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Céspedes, Luis Felipe;Chang, Roberto;Velasco, Andrés

This paper reviews the recent experience of a half-dozen Latin American inflation targeting (IT) nations. Repeated and large deviations from the standard IT framework are documented: exchange market…

Date issued: 3月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Benigno, Gianluca;Chen, Huigang;Otrok, Christopher;Rebucci, Alessandro;Young, Eric R.

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, a new policy paradigm has emerged in which old-fashioned policies such as capital controls and other government distortions have become part of the…

Date issued: 3月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jaramillo, Miguel;Alcázar, Lorena

Since 2004 the government of Peru has implemented a process of participatory budgeting (PB), which is mandatory for every sub-national government. We analyze the link from PB to coverage and water…

Date issued: 3月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gandelman, Néstor;Rasteletti, Alejandro

This paper explores whether the extent of informality in a sector affects a firm's investment decision directly or indirectly through a credit availability channel. The dataset used in the…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report is the result of a joint project between the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through its Integration and Trade Sector (INT), and the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Antón, Arturo;Hernández, Fausto;Levy Algazi, Santiago

Mexico is characterized by a dual social insurance architecture. Firms and workers in salaried contractual relations are obligated to pay for a bundled set of health, pension and related programs.…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Tacsir, Ezequiel;Crespi, Gustavo;Zuñiga, Pluvia;Arias Ortiz, Elena;Vargas, Fernando

In this note, a wide range of innovation indicators are analyzed in order to describe the innovation behavior of manufacturing firms in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region using the…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Tacsir, Ezequiel;Crespi, Gustavo;Zuñiga, Pluvia;Arias Ortiz, Elena;Vargas, Fernando

En esta nota técnica se analiza una amplia gama de indicadores de innovación con el fin de describir el comportamiento de las empresas manufactureras en la región de América Latina y el Caribe, a…