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Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Prats Cabrera, Joan Oriol

Existe un interés creciente en promover el desarrollo y el buen funcionamiento de las alianzas público-privadas (APP) como instrumento para mejorar la infraestructura de los países de América Latina…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Bedregal, Paula;Gertner, Gastón;Johannsen, Julia;Martinez, Sebastian

En una serie de trabajos publicados en 2008 en la revista científica The Lancet, se señala que los daños provocados por la desnutrición en los primeros años de vida no solamente llevan a rezagos…

Date issued: 12月 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Khadan, Jeetendra

Energy revenues represent roughly 45 percent of Trinidad and Tobago's GDP and are highly volatile since they are correlated with the price of oil and gas. Hence, sharp changes in energy prices,…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Schmid, Juan Pedro

Jamaica entered the world economic downturn in 2008 from a position of ongoing weak economic performance and high, increasing debt levels. As a result, Jamaica's fiscal situation quickly became…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Ruprah, Inder J.;Wright, Allan;Thomas, Chrystol;Wenner, Mark D.;Schmid, Juan Pedro;Pradelli, Juan Jose;Clarke, Dillon;Waithe, Kimberly

The macroeconomic performance of the countries in the Country Caribbean Department on average worsened in 2016 but is expected to improve in 2017. However, downside risks remain, including heightened…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Gertner, Gastón;Johannsen, Julia;Martinez, Sebastian

La literatura en desarrollo infantil temprano y las experiencias de la región proveen evidencia creciente sobre la efectividad de diferentes modalidades de atención, considerando servicios…

Date issued: 12月 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Díaz Cassou, Javier;Carpizo Riva Palacio, Carlos;Viscarra Andrade, Hernán

Este trabajo analiza al sistema ecuatoriana de finanzas gubernamentales usando una novedosa base de datos construida a partir de información primaria facilitada por las autoridades ecuatorianas. En…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Mueller, Sven-Uwe;Li, Fan;Xiang, Zhang;Shengping, Shang;Tianyi, Zhang

In recent years, a growing emphasis has been given to the impact of infrastructure on economy, society and environment as well as to the sustainability of infrastructure projects. The Inter-American…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Multilateral Investment Fund

The Development Effectiveness Report is an annual analysis of the performance, effectiveness, and impact of the projects and activities of the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF). This 2016 edition…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones

El Informe de Efectividad en el Desarrollo es un análisis anual sobre el desempeño, la eficacia y el impacto de los proyectos y las actividades del Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones (FOMIN). Una vez…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Sosa, Mariano;Powell, Andrew

The September 2016 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that the simple average growth rate expected for 2016 for the eight countries covered…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Rieble-Aubourg, Sabine;Zarate-Barrera, Tatiana

This technical note standardizes and merges, at the individual level, several cohorts of academic evaluations undertaken during primary and secondary school in Trinidad and Tobago. In addition, it…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Argentina. Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable

La pertinencia de utilizar ecuaciones de Disposición a Pagar (DaP) paramedir los beneficios sociales derivados de obras públicas de saneamiento
ambiental se encuentra suficientemente demostrada…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Moreda, Fekadu;Coli Valdes Daussa, Pedro

This is the third case study of the "Hydro-BID Applications" series and it was performed as part of an on-going effort to build the basin modeling skills of professional staff working for…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Nelson, Kara L.;Erickson, John

A case study was conducted in the intermittent drinking water distribution system in Arraiján, Panamá, a rapidly growing peri-urban area west of Panama City. Pressure, flow, turbidity and chlorine…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Nelson, Kara L.;Erickson, John

Se llevó a cabo un estudio de caso del sistema de distribución intermitente de agua potable en Arraiján, Panamá, un área periurbana de rápida expansión al oeste de la Ciudad de Panamá. Presión,…

Date issued: 12月 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lafortune, Jeanne;Tessada, José

La realidad migratoria en Chile ha cambiado fuertemente en las últimas dos décadas. Números oficiales del Departamento de Extranjería y Migración indican que la población migrante se habría duplicado…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

INTAL Connection informs on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean and disseminate IADB activities on this topics.

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Conexión 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 por el BID…

Date issued: 12月 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Azevedo, Paulo F.;Saes, Maria Sylvia;Schneider, Paula Sarita Bigio;Carvalho, Thiago Bernardino de;Francischini, Andresa Silva Neto;Santana, Synthia Kariny Silva de;Morgulis, Maria Clara de Azevedo

This paper presents and comparatively analyzes three case studies of productive development agencies (PDAs) in Brazil: Embrapa, Finep, and ABC Foundation. Following a discussion of the main…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este Breve está basado en las memorias del "Taller de listas de espera" que organizó el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en Bogotá en el año 2014. El propósito del evento fue apoyar al…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): García Prado, Ariadna

The objective of this paper is to review the most relevant, recent and rigorous literature on strategies to promote changes in demand for maternal and neonatal health services in rural areas of Latin…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): García Prado, Ariadna

El objetivo de este trabajo es revisar la literatura más relevante, reciente y rigurosa sobre estrategias dirigidas a estimular cambios en la demanda de servicios de salud materna y neonatal en zonas…

Date issued: 12月 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Araujo, María Caridad;Carneiro, Pedro;Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu;Schady, Norbert

We assigned two cohorts of kindergarten students, totaling more than 24,000 children, to teachers within schools with a rule that is as-good-as-random. We collected data on children at the beginning…

Date issued: 12月 2016
Author(s): Reyes-Tagle, Gerardo;Garbacik, Karl

Using an alternative methodology to those commonly seen in the literature, we investigate the fiscal and institutional factors that influence policymakers' decisions to use public-private…