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Date issued: 4月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): López, César Augusto;Salazar, Lina;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

Es sabido que una gran mayoría de países implementan subsidios a los insumos agrícolas como una herramienta para estimular la productividad y producción agrícola. Sin embargo, a pesar de que esta es…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Agüero, Jorge M.;Frisancho, Verónica

Violence against women takes place mainly in the private sphere and isperpetrated by people close to the victim. These features can introduce large
biases into its reporting in specialized…

Date issued: 4月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Carrillo, Paul E.;Castro, Edgar;Scartascini, Carlos

This paper evaluates the effect of positive inducements on tax behavior by exploiting a natural experiment in which a municipality of Argentina randomly selected 400 individuals among more than 72,…

Date issued: 4月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Carlino, Hernán;Netto, Maria;Cabrera, María Margarita

El BID se encuentra apoyando a la Agencia Financiera de Desarrollo de Paraguay (AFD) en su rol de promoción de una transición hacia una economía verde y sostenible en el Paraguay, en particular en el…

Date issued: 4月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Carlino, Hernán;Netto, Maria;Cabrera, María Margarita

El BID se encuentra apoyando a la Agencia Financiera de Desarrollo de Paraguay (AFD) en su rol de promoción de una transición hacia una economía verde y sostenible en el Paraguay, en particular en el…

Date issued: 4月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bukstein, Daniel;Gandelman, Néstor

This paper presents evidence that female researchers have 7.1 percentage points lower probability of being accepted into the largest national research support program in Uruguay than male researchers…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Bernal, Raquel;Eslava, Marcela

The Colombian 2012 tax reform reduced payroll taxes and employer contributions to health insurance by 13.5%, while also increasing corporate income taxes, and leaving untouched the benefits to…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Galizia, Federico

This essay takes a non-mainstream approach to small business finance and investment, with a particular focus on Europe. We advocate for banks to provide quasi-equity finance to support investment in…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Zegarra Méndez, Eduardo

El Canal de Panamá es un importante motor de la economía panameña y del mundo, ya que aporta 6,8% al PIB panameño y es el punto focal del transporte asociado al 6% del comercio mundial. Este depende…

Date issued: 4月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Benzell, Seth G.

Will smart machines replace humans like the internal combustion engine replaced horses? If so, can putting people out of work, or at least out of good work, also put the economy out of business? Our…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Social security systems in Latin America and the Caribbean face important challenges. Achieving universal coverage requires rethinking the pension systems in the region and establishing solid…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Los sistemas de seguridad social de los países de América Latina y el Caribe afrontan desafíos importantes. Alcanzar la cobertura universal hace necesario repensar los sistemas de pensiones de la…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Con este proyecto se busca generar una estrategia para promover y facilitar el desarrollo de un mercado financiero regional más eficiente propendiendo por la armonización de las regulaciones y…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Cortés, René;Caldo, Alejandra;Granada, Isabel

Este documento busca desarrollar un marco conceptual de lo que se considera un megaproyecto de transporte con el objetivo de facilitar la definición, identificación y tratamiento diferencial de…

Date issued: 4月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Echevarría, Carlos;Jesurun-Clements, Nancy;Mercado Díaz, Jorge Enrique;Trujillo, Carlos

En 2016 se cumplieron veinte años de la firma del Tratado Marco del Mercado Eléctrico de América Central (1996) por los Presidentes de las seis naciones del Istmo Centroamericano, así como cuarenta…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

This project seeks to generate a strategy to promote and facilitate the development of a more efficient regional financial market by promoting the harmonization of regulations and seeking to…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): De Colstoun Werebe, Claudia

The Office of Mediation serves all IDB Group Employees (Staff and Contractuals) who are dealing with work-related issues and or grievances. The Office of Mediation is managed by the Mediation…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): De Colstoun Werebe, Claudia

La Oficina de Mediación ofrece servicios a todos los empleados (Personal y Consultores) del Grupo BID que tienen algún tipo de conflicto laboral. La Oficina de Mediación es dirigida por la…

Date issued: 4月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rodríguez, Manuel;Pinto Ayala, Ana María;Páez, Daniel;Ortiz, Miguel Ángel;Buis, Jeroen

En América Latina las autoridades urbanas están prestando cada vez más interés en promover la bicicleta como medio de transporte cotidiano y enrescatar el valor que ha tenido por décadas como…

Date issued: 4月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Echevarría, Carlos;Monge Guevara, Guillermo

En contraposición con el modelo de expansión tradicional de los sistemas eléctricos, basados en generación centralizada, la generación distribuida (GD) se perfila como un nuevo paradigma disruptor…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

At the IDB, we know that our partners -public sector institutions, private enterprises, philanthropic organizations, universities, and others- are vitally important to achieving the Bank's goals…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2016 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este es el segundo de dos volúmenes que constituyen el Informe Anual del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) 2016. El presente volumen contiene la discusión y análisis de la Administración:…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Beliz, Gustavo;Sánchez Sorondo, Marcelo;Stern, Nicholas;Conte Grand, Mariana;Sterner, Thomas;Corderi, David;Caffera, Marcelo;Alpízar, Francisco;Madrigal, Róger;Figueres, Christiana;Espinosa, Patricia;González, Arancha;Michaelowa, Axel;Maskin, Eric;Campos, Sergio;Sugathan, Mahesh;Letouzé, Emmanuel;Sangokoya, David;Ricard, Julie;Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada;Edenhofer, Ottmar;Schultes, Anselm;Terraza, Horacio;Yépez-García, Ariel;Barbero, José A.;Kolstad, Charles;Cienfuegos, Rodrigo;Zamagni, Stefano;Valdés, Alberto;Rabassa, Mariano;Fernández, Víctor;Calvo, Cristina

Inspired by the encyclical Laudato Si', by Pope Francis, Nobel prizes and world experts pose concrete options for advancing in a regional eco-integration where social and environmental dimension…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Beliz, Gustavo;Sánchez Sorondo, Marcelo;Stern, Nicholas;Conte Grand, Mariana;Sterner, Thomas;Corderi, David;Caffera, Marcelo;Alpízar, Francisco;Madrigal, Róger;Figueres, Christiana;Espinosa, Patricia;González, Arancha;Michaelowa, Axel;Maskin, Eric;Campos, Sergio;Sugathan, Mahesh;Letouzé, Emmanuel;Sangokoya, David;Ricard, Julie;Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada;Edenhofer, Ottmar;Schultes, Anselm;Terraza, Horacio;Yépez-García, Ariel;Barbero, José A.;Kolstad, Charles;Cienfuegos, Rodrigo;Zamagni, Stefano;Valdés, Alberto;Rabassa, Mariano;Fernández, Víctor;Calvo, Cristina

Inspirados por la encíclica Laudato Si' del Papa Francisco, premios Nobel y expertos mundiales plantean opciones concretas para avanzar en una eco-integración regional donde la dimensión social…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Annual Report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 2016 (loans, guarantees and grants). The second volume contains the full set of the financial statements of the Bank's…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Informe anual contiene un examen de las operaciones del Banco en 2016 (préstamos, garantías y financiamiento no reembolsable). El segundo volumen contiene el conjunto completo de los estados…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Le Rapport annuel examine les opérations de la Banque pour 2016 (prêts, garanties et subventions). Le second volume contient l'ensemble complet des états financiers des ressources de la Banque.

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

O Relatório Anual contém uma análise das operações do Banco em 2016 (empréstimos, garantias e concessões). O segundo volume contém também o conjunto completo de declarações financeiras sobre os…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Arreguí, Mikel

La Red de Apoyo Técnico de los Servicios de Empleo de América Latina y el Caribe financia programas para que los servicios públicos de empleo aprendan de las mejores experiencias entre países de la…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The development of a country depends to a large extent on its labor force, and public employment services play a central role so that people can find good jobs and companies can get qualified workers…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Fiszbein, Ariel;Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes;Araujo, María Caridad

This note, prepared by M. Caridad Araujo, Ariel Fiszbein and Mercedes Mateo Díaz, summarizes the agreements reachedduring a seminar in Washington, DC organized by the Inter-American Dialogue and the…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Fiszbein, Ariel;Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes;Araujo, María Caridad

Esta nota, preparada por M. Caridad Araujo, Ariel Fiszbein y Mercedes Mateo Díaz, resume los consensos a los que se arribódurante un seminario convocado en la ciudad de Washington, DC (EEUU) por el…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

INTAL Connection informs on developments on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue focuses on the symposium and presentation of the book “Eco integration in Latin…

Date issued: 4月 2017
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. Esta edición se dedica al coloquio y presentación del libro “…

Date issued: 4月 2017
Author(s): Guerriero, Leila;Robles, Juan Manuel;Lezcano, Arturo;Álvarez, Juan Miguel;Alemán, Gabriela;Lauría, Sol;Román Aponte, Luján;Zárate, Joseph;Prenz, Miguel;Bianchi, César;Sinay, Javier

Hay aquí diez historias relacionadas con, entre otras cosas, la innovación, la educación, la ciencia y la tecnología en América Latina, contadas por algunos de los mejores periodistas de la región…

Date issued: 3月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernández, Manuel;Messina, Julián

Earnings inequality declined rapidly in Argentina, Brazil and Chile during the 2000s. A reduction in the experience premium is a fundamental driver of declines in upper-tail (90/50) inequality,…

Date issued: 3月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ferreira, Francisco H. G.;Firpo, Sergio P.;Messina, Julián

The Gini coefficient of labor earnings in Brazil fell by nearly a fifth between 1995 and 2012, from 0.50 to 0.41. The decline in earnings inequality was even larger by other measures, with the 90-10…

Date issued: 3月 2017
Author(s): Wiseman, Jane

So much of our daily business can be done with a swipe or a mouse click. Citizens have come to expect and rely on a certain amount of convenience in their daily lives as technology evolves to suit…

Date issued: 3月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Corral, Leonardo;McCarthy, Nancy

Do quality at entry assessments enhance the delivery of development projects? In this paper we take advantage of approval and execution systems in place at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)…

Date issued: 3月 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2017 first quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…

Date issued: 3月 2017
Author(s): Powell, Andrew

The 2017 Macroreport considers recent developments in the global economy and how they may affect Latin America and the Caribbean. It reviews how countries are adapting to external conditions and how…

Date issued: 3月 2017
Author(s): Powell, Andrew

El Informe Macroeconómico 2017 considera acontecimientos recientes en la economía global y cómo podrían afectar a América Latina y el Caribe. Analiza la forma en que los países se están adaptando a…

Date issued: 3月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Torres, Javier;Agüero, Jorge M.

This paper uses seven nationally representative time use surveys in Latin America to identify key stylized facts regarding the quantity and quality of parental time investment on the skill formation…

Date issued: 3月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mohan, Preeya;Strobl, Eric;Watson, Patrick

In-firm training is a crucial innovative activity in modern knowledge-based economies which face increasing global competition and rapidly changing technology. Nevertheless, there are few studies…

Date issued: 3月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ibarrarán, Pablo;Medellín, Nadin;Regalia, Ferdinando;Stampini, Marco;Parodi, Sandro;Tejerina, Luis;Cueva, Pedro;Vásquez, Madiery

Twenty years have passed since conditional cash transfer programs were first implemented in Latin America and the Caribbean. This book takes the opportunity to critically review the design options…

Date issued: 3月 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ibarrarán, Pablo;Medellín, Nadin;Regalia, Ferdinando;Stampini, Marco;Parodi, Sandro;Tejerina, Luis;Cueva, Pedro;Vásquez, Madiery

Los programas de transferencias monetarias condicionadas cumplen veinte años de implementación en América Latina y el Caribe. Este libro aprovecha dicha ocasión para revisar críticamente las opciones…

Date issued: 3月 2017
Author(s): Khadan, Jeetendra;Pradelli, Juan Jose;Schmid, Juan Pedro;Wenner, Mark D.;Wright, Allan;Clarke, Dillon;Waithe, Kimberly

This Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin explores constraints to private sector development in the Caribbean. With economic growth weak and dependent on only a few sectors -either tourism or…

Date issued: 3月 2017
Author(s): Michelitsch, Roland;Soriano, Alejandro;Cuestas, Ernesto;Funes Aguilera, Rocio;Churanek, Danya;Sadeghi, Patricia;Glen, Jack

The Board of Executive Directors of the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) requested that the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) produce this technical study to inform IIC's…

Date issued: 3月 2017
Author(s): Michelitsch, Roland;Soriano, Alejandro;Cuestas, Ernesto;Funes Aguilera, Rocio;Churanek, Danya;Sadeghi, Patricia;Glen, Jack

El Directorio Ejecutivo de la Corporación Interamericana de Inversiones (CII) pidió a la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión OVE que preparara este estudio técnico en apoyo del interés renovado de la…