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Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Martin, Carlos;Campillo, Gisela;Meirovich, Hilen;Navarrete, Jesús

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…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Martin, Carlos;Campillo, Gisela;Meirovich, Hilen;Navarrete, Jesús

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)…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Melgarejo, Karl Alexander;D'Acosta, Michael;Mercer-Blackman, Valerie

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…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Andrian, Leandro Gaston;Mercer-Blackman, Valerie;Presbitero, Andrea;Rebucci, Alessandro

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…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Lodato, Simon;Soares, Tatiana Fontes;Huppi, Monika;Gray, Cheryl

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…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Lodato, Simon;Soares, Tatiana Fontes;Huppi, Monika;Gray, Cheryl

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…

Date issued: 9月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jimenez Mori, Raul Alberto;Mercado Díaz, Jorge Enrique

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…

Date issued: 9月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gingerich, Daniel

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…

Date issued: 9月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ganimian, Alejandro;Alfonso, Mariana;Santiago, Ana

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…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Santiso, Carlos;Lafuente, Mariano;Alessandro, Martín

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 (…