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Date issued: 10月 2012
Author(s): Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe

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: 10月 2012
Author(s): Instituto para a Integração da América Latina e do Caribe

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 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arráiz, Irani;Meléndez Arjona, Marcela;Stucchi, Rodolfo

This paper studies the effect of government-backed partial credit guarantees on firms' performance. These guarantees are automatically granted to firms without enough collateral in order to lift…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Finkelstein-Shapiro, Alan;Sarzosa, Miguel

We use a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium search and matching model with salaried employment and informal self-employment to analyze the implications of introducing universal unemployment…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Hernández, Manuel;Torero, Máximo;Robles, Miguel;Falconi, César;Maruyama, Eduardo

This Technical Note presents a framework for food security in LAC that takes into consideration the key drivers and external factors behind food security. This framework for food security policy…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Tavella, Pilar

REVELA analyzes market expectations of growth and inflation in Latin American countries. The figures analyzed represent the results of surveys of private sector actors conducted by the central banks…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mejia, Paula;Meléndez Arjona, Marcela

The paper uses microeconomic data to characterize entrepreneurs by income group and selected household, individual and business characteristics, finding that entrepreneurship is rare but more…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Dufresne, Vincent;Langlois, Pierre;Couture-Roy, Marie;Flamand, Sébastien;Nour, Stéphanie

Este volumen es parte de la Serie de Guías de Eficiencia Energética (EE) de la División de Energía del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, motivada por la carencia de información accesible fácilmente…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean

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 these…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe

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 2012
Author(s): Instituto para a Integração da América Latina e do Caribe

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 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo;Fajardo, Johanna

This paper empirically explores the effects of payroll taxes, value-added taxes and corporate income taxes on a variety of labor market outcomes such as employment, unemployment, informality, and…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Ter-Minassian, Teresa

This paper aims to provide an overview of the current state of taxation in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, and its main reform needs and options. It previews the findings of recent…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Funaro, Rita;Treadway, Michael

This issue of IDEA considers the impact remittances have on recipients' lives and on economies in Central America and how these have been affected by the Great Recession. It draws from a…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Funaro, Rita;Treadway, Michael

Esta edición de IDEA se enfoca sobre el impacto que las remesas ejercen sobre la calidad de vida de sus receptores y en general sobre la economía de países centroamericanos teniendo en cuenta…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Rodríguez, Lorena;Eguino, Huáscar;Yitani, José;Bezerra, Maria do Carmo

O Observatório Metodológico PROCIDADES foi desenvolvido sob a responsabilidade do Setor de Conhecimento e Aprendizagem (KNL) e da Divisão de Gestão Fiscal e Municipal (FMM) da Representação no Brasil…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Murphy, Anne G.;Hartell, Jason;Cárdenas, Víctor;Skees, Jerry R.

This report examines some of the implications of price risk and volatility, and weather risks in the LAC region that are important threats to already vulnerable populations. It considers the…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ruprah, Inder J.;Thompson, Jennelle

In today's knowledge-based societies, understanding basic scientific concepts and the capacity to structure and solve scientific questions is more critical than ever. Accordingly, in this paper…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ruprah, Inder J.;Thompson, Jennelle

En las sociedades de hoy basadas en el conocimiento, nunca antes fueron tan esenciales la comprensión de conceptos científicos básicos y la capacidad de estructurar y resolver problemas de ciencia.…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Meza, Darlyn;Arcia, Gustavo;Rápalo, Renán;Rondón, Carlos

Nicaragua ha logrado importantes avances en la educación de los niños, en las últimas décadas. Sin embargo, a pesar de los avances, Nicaragua presenta importantes retos y desafíos para lograr que…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Navas-Alemán, Lizbeth;Pietrobelli, Carlo;Kamiya, Marco

The literature on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance highlights linkages with large firms in value chains as a possible way to enhance access to credit. However, much of the literature…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Conroy, Hector;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Palma, Alejandra;Ramos, Johanna;Schijman, Agustina

Belize's 2008-2012 Country Strategy approved in June 2009 stated that the IDB would continuously monitor fiscal sustainability and calibrate its financing in accordance with changing country…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Conroy, Hector;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Palma, Alejandra;Ramos, Johanna;Schijman, Agustina

En 2009 se aprobó la Estrategia de País de Belice para el período 2008-2012, donde se afirmaba que el BID vigilaría continuamente la sostenibilidad fiscal y calibraría su financiamiento de acuerdo…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Machado, Roberto;Zuloeta, José

This paper estimates short-run and long-run elasticities of tax revenue with respect to GDP in eight Latin American countries using quarterly data. Taxes considered are corporate income tax (CIT),…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Lee, Yuri;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Lee, Soo Hyun

The Energy Division of the Infrastructure and Environment Sector (INE/ENE) of the Inter-American Development Bank has launched a technical cooperation project called "Smart Grid and Its…