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9月 2013
El crecimiento de la economía mundial y el aumento de los precios internacionales de los productos básicos o commodities han dado lugar a un mayor dinamismo en las actividades extractivas en los…
An Expanded Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) of the Reventazón Hydroelectric Project (PHR), in Costa Rica
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9月 2013
As part of project preparation, a standard Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) was carried out for the Reventazón Hydroelectric Project (PHR). This paper builds on that CBA and will prepare an enhanced…
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9月 2013
Due in part to Belize's characteristic as a small state, its public administration is among the most expensive in Central America relative to the size of its economy. This represents a potential…
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9月 2013
There has been extensive research and investment in strategies that aim to improve the quality of education around the world. But despite rigorous evidence, the question of what to do in a specific…
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9月 2013
In both developed and developing countries, sustainable and resilient public housing construction has been described as a convenient solution to the simultaneous challenges of 1) climate change…
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9月 2013
Tanto en los países en desarrollo como en los desarrollados, la construcción de viviendas públicas sustentables y resilientes es considerada una solución práctica a los desafíos actuales de 1)…
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9月 2013
This paper contributes to the analysis of the Caribbean's growth performance by setting out a framework for benchmarking indicators of key micro drivers and related structural policies that help…
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9月 2013
High government debts, weak economic growth, vulnerability to external shocks and the design of sound fiscal consolidation strategies are among the most critical issues that some of the Caribbean…
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9月 2013
Each year the Structured and Corporate Finance Department (SCF) of the Inter-American Development Bank prepares a set of Expanded Project Supervision Reports (XPSRs). This Fifth Independent…
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9月 2013
Cada año, el Departamento de Financiamiento Estructurado y Corporativo (SCF) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID o el Banco) prepara una serie de informes ampliados de supervisión de…
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9月 2013
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This paper investigates trends in energy intensity in Latin American countries over the last 40 years. It applies the Fisher Ideal Index to decompose the energy intensity into the relative…
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9月 2013
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This paper examines how the adoption of the Australian ballot (AB), and ipso facto, the transition from the nominal to effective secret vote, shaped the nature of party politics in Brazil. Engaging…
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9月 2013
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Many school systems today are trying to attract top college graduates into teaching, but little is known about what dissuades this target group from entering the profession. This study randomly…
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9月 2013
This Technical Note presents a literature review on the Center of Government (CoG). This term refers to the institution or group of institutions that support a country's chief executive (…
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9月 2013
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…
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9月 2013
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…
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9月 2013
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…
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9月 2013
Instruction Manual for Version 2. 0 of the IDB Debt Sustainability Template. The updated Template includes a new interface, more analytical functions, and greater flexibility for the researcher.
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9月 2013
Manual de Instrucciones de la Versión 2. 0 del Template de Sostenibilidad de Deuda del BID. El Template incluye una nueva interface, más funciones analíticas, y mayor flexibilidad para el…
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9月 2013
The Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin provides economic conjunctural and structural information about this particular region. This issue highlights the real growth that remained weak during the…
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9月 2013
This study analyzes the international financial flows of Latin America in order to verify existence and direction of the Stigma Effect. Is the AML/CFT financial regulation that addresses the money…
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9月 2013
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Mediante una evaluación cuasi-experimental, este trabajo estudia el impacto de una capacitación tendiente a mejorar las prácticas administrativas y el desempeño de un grupo de micro, pequeñas y…
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9月 2013
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This paper explores the qualitative and quantitative implications of optimal taxation in a developing economy when economic growth is endogenously determined. We differentiate this class of economies…
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9月 2013
There is a general perception that Mexico's insertion in global supply chains has been mostly in assembly operations and that efforts should be made to incorporate additional domestic value in…
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9月 2013
Este documento analiza las ventajas y desventajas de utilizar reglas fiscales que no consideren la inversión pública en las metas establecidas. El documento también presenta la experiencia…
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9月 2013
This Technical Note analyzes how Chile's Center of Government (CoG) institutions have operated between 2010 and 2013. During this period, the Ministry of the Presidency took on a more prominent…
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9月 2013
En este estudio se analiza el funcionamiento de las instituciones del Centro de Gobierno de Chile entre 2010 y 2013. En este período, el Ministerio Secretaría General de la Presidencia vio…
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9月 2013
This policy brief reviews whether the size of a country limits economic growth. Diseconomies of scale, indivisible fixed costs and geographic barriers represent intrinsic characteristics of small…
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9月 2013
In this policy brief, we focus on the debates surrounding what has been called the "silent debt crisis" of the Caribbean. We discuss the level of debt at which the relation with economic…
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8月 2013
Con el objeto de proveer al gobierno colombiano de un marco sólido de conocimiento e información que le permita invertir en proyectos, planes y programas de Energía Sustentable y Biocombustibles, el…
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8月 2013
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Productive development policies (PDPs), what used to be called industrial policies, are increasingly recognized as an essential part of the development toolkit, and the need for public-private…
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8月 2013
This paper provides guidance to Bank staff on how to conduct an expanded, comprehensive economic cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in order to measure net benefits from a project taking both project and…
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8月 2013
The July 2013 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that growth expectations have fallen while average inflation expectations remained constant…
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8月 2013
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According to an influential theoretical argument, presidential systems tend to present smaller governments because the separation between those who decide the size of the fiscal purse and those who…
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8月 2013
We estimate the fiscal space of Brazilian States defined as the difference between a State's actual debt and the theoretical debt limit implied by the historical behavior of its policymakers. We…
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8月 2013
Este artigo apresenta as razões que levaram os governos estaduais e federal a cooperarem na elaboração da Lei Kandir, descreve o processo de elaboração da lei, suas principais provisões e as…
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8月 2013
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This paper proposes a new taxonomy of Sudden Stops comprised of seven categories with definitions depending on the behavior of gross and net capital flows. The incidence of different types of Sudden…
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8月 2013
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This paper documents disparities in cognitive development- as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children from households with high and low socioeconomic status (SES) in two different…
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8月 2013
En el presente documento, se analiza la situación de la banda ancha en Panamá. Para ello, se exponen los resultados obtenidos en el Índice de Desarrollo de la Banda Ancha, recientemente desarrollado…
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8月 2013
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En este documento se exploran, en un contexto experimental, el impacto de dos intervenciones dirigidas a incentivar la formalización empresarial en Bogotá, Colombia, y el impacto de la formalización…
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8月 2013
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The distance between perception and reality with respect to the social domains of life is often striking. Using survey data collected on Latin American countries, this paper provides an overview of…
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8月 2013
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Tax policy is among the most common and relevant instruments in the toolkit of policy-makers when thinking about promoting growth, yet there is not compelling evidence regarding its effect in Latin…
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8月 2013
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…
Date issued:
8月 2013
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:
8月 2013
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…
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8月 2013
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This paper analyzes the aggregate effects of a revenue neutral fiscal-cum-social policy reform in a typical developing country that consists of two main changes: (1) the implementation of universal…
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8月 2013
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Violence has a striking gender pattern. Men are more likely to be attacked by a stranger, while women experience violence mostly from their partners. This paper estimates the costs of violence…
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8月 2013
El presente documento realiza un análisis de las finanzas públicas de los estados en México y, en particular, de sus obligaciones financieras. Se describe el marco institucional e histórico de las…
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8月 2013
Latin America has a comparative advantage in deforestation compared to other forms of climate change mitigation. Thus, to the extent that Latin America should engage in mitigation, the optimal…
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8月 2013
This evaluation from the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) documents and draws lessons from what the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has done over the past decade with a view to making…