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Date issued: 3月 2012
Author(s): Borensztein, Eduardo;Lora, Eduardo;Panizza, Ugo

Este documento forma parte del curso La Realidad Fiscal: Una Introducción a los Problemas y Políticas Fiscales en América Latina. El presente módulo tiene por objetivos: conocer el significado de…

Date issued: 3月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This document is about Commitment to the Central America Security Strategy, First negotiating round between the EFTA and Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama and others IDB-INTAL Activities.

Date issued: 3月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Brinda información acerca del Compromiso con la Estrategia de Seguridad de Centroamérica, la Primera Ronda de negociación entre la Asociación Europea de Libre Comercio y Costa Rica, Guatemala,…

Date issued: 3月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Este artigo é sobre 1ª Rodada de Negociações entre a Associação Europeia de Livre Comércio e a Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras e Panamá e atividades do BID-INTAL.

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Lemo, Edison;Garzón, Elvira Inés;Álvarez, Ana;Zuluaga, Carlos;Yitani, José;Torres, Marcelo;Robles, Mario;Menjivar, Milton;Cruz, Myriam;Jiménez, Noemí;Cunibertti, Roberto;Ávila, Margarita;Jaramillo, Marta;Coronado, Orlando;Oportus, Patricio;Tono, Teresa M.;Ávila, Juan

La presente publicación, es un valioso aporte para conocer en profundidad cómo se aplica el conocimiento adquirido en cursos del INDES. Esta aplicación se muestra desde las dimensiones técnicas,…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Funaro, Rita

This presentation brochure of the Inter-American Development Bank's Research Department (RES) contains general information intended for an external audience. This brochure promotes the…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Soares Filho, Britaldo;Lima, Letícia;Bowman, Maria;Viana, Letícia

Este artículo se examina la retroalimentación que existe entre cambio climático, deforestación y expansión agropecuaria, y presenta escenarios relativos a la demanda agropecuaria y a las políticas de…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Soares Filho, Britaldo;Lima, Letícia;Bowman, Maria;Viana, Letícia

This paper discusses the feedbacks between climate change, deforestation, and agricultural expansion and presents scenarios of agricultural demand and forest conservation and restoration policies in…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Severin, Eugenio;Peirano, Claudia;Falck, Denise

El presente documento se dirige a quienes diseñan, implementan y toman decisiones respecto a proyectos Tecnologías para la Educación (TEd) y tiene por objetivo motivar el desarrollo de procesos de…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Alvarez, Roberto;Crespi, Gustavo;Cuevas, Conrado

This paper evaluates the impact of two public programs, FONTEC and FONDEF, aimed at fostering innovation in Chilean firms. With the cooperation of several public agencies, participants and non-…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Martinelli, Luiz Antonio

This document discusses Latin America's dual role as a conservator of natural resources and producer of agricultural services. The author addresses the expansion of agriculture across the…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Hecht, Susanne B.

Catastrophic deforestation and environmental degradation have become habits of thought about forest landscapes in Latin America's tropics. Yet these truisms blind analysts to three surprising…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report provides an overview of the Office of Institutional Integrity's activities and findings during 2011. The Office of Institutional Integrity is a resource to the IDB Group and a…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Hooten, Christopher;Pietrobelli, Carlo

This paper presents a retrospective review of several key areas of work of the Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Division (CMF) of the Inter-American Development Bank. Presented with each…

Date issued: 2月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Macours, Karen;Schady, Norbert;Vakis, Renos

Cash transfer programs have become extremely popular in the developing world. There is a large literature on the effects of these programs on schooling, health and nutrition, but relatively little is…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe ofrece una reseña de las actividades y hallazgos de la Oficina de Integridad Institucional (OII) en 2011. La Oficina de Integridad Institucional es un recurso para el Grupo BID y un…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Terraza, Horacio;Rocco, Américo;Adler, Verónica;Bervejillo, Federico;Páez, Tania;Scodelaro, Federico;Soulier Faure, Martin

Con el propósito de orientar el crecimiento sostenible de Montevideo, maximizando sus beneficios y limitando su potencial negativo sobre la sociedad, el territorio y el medio ambiente, un equipo de…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Moguillansky, Graciela

Las Comisiones y Consejos de Competitividad surgen como un instrumento para aunar los intereses de distintos sectores económicos -en particular el público y el privado- tras las políticas de…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Hecht, Susanne B.

La catastrófica deforestación y la degradación ambiental se han convertido en puntos de reflexión con respecto a los paisajes forestales en los trópicos de América Latina. Sin embargo, estas verdades…

Date issued: 2月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Granda, María L.;Zambrano, Carla

Este documento ofrece un análisis de los incentivos de los pequeños negocios para incluirse y permanecer en el Régimen Impositivo Simplificado Ecuatoriano (RISE) a través del pago cumplido de sus…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Moreno Mejía, Luis Alberto;Duque Márquez, Iván

Contemporary Uruguayan Artists is part of About Change: Art from Latin America and the Caribbean, a project of the World Bank Art Program in cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Inter-American…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Moreno Mejía, Luis Alberto;Duque Márquez, Iván

Artistas contemporáneos uruguayos forma parte de El cambio: Arte de América Latina y el Caribe, un proyecto del Programa de Arte del Banco Mundial en colaboración con el Centro Cultural del Banco de…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

O Informe MERCOSUL N° 16 (julho de 2010 - junho de 2011) analisa o panorama macroeconômico e os fluxos comerciais dos países do Mercado Comum do Sul (MERCOSUL), assim como os principais aspectos do…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): González-Velosa, Carolina;Ripani, Laura;Rosas-Shady, David

Job training programs for vulnerable youth are the main response of Latin American governments to address the problem of inadequate employment opportunities for young people. Despite its importance,…

Date issued: 2月 2012
Author(s): González-Velosa, Carolina;Ripani, Laura;Rosas-Shady, David

Esta nota técnica tiene como principal objetivo contribuir a cubrir ese vacío en la literatura, presentando nueva evidencia acerca de la efectividad de los programas de capacitación laboral para…

Date issued: 2月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cristia, Julian P.;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Cueto, Santiago;Santiago, Ana;Severin, Eugenio

Although many countries are aggressively implementing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, there is a lack of empirical evidence on its effects. This paper presents the impact of the first large…

Date issued: 2月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cristia, Julian P.;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Cueto, Santiago;Santiago, Ana;Severin, Eugenio

Aunque muchos países están implementando de manera intensa el Programa Una computadora por niño (OLPC, por sus siglas en inglés), existe una falta de evidencia empírica sobre sus efectos. Este…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Arráiz, Irani;Vélez-Grajales, Viviana;Szwedzki, Roni

This evaluation examines the IDB's Country Program with Guatemala for the 2008-2011 period. The assessment shows very positive results in terms of the program's relevance, consistency, and…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Arráiz, Irani;Vélez-Grajales, Viviana;Szwedzki, Roni

Esta evaluación examina el Programa del BID con Guatemala durante el periodo 2008-2011. La evaluación indica resultados muy positivos en términos de relevancia, consistencia y posicionamiento.…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This tool presented here in an Excel format was designed to evaluate the fulfillment of good corporate governance practices in primarily state owned water and sanitation companies in the region.

Date issued: 1月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Velasques de Paula Machado, Fabiana

While decreasing inequality is generally considered desirable, and there is a growing understanding of which policies do and do not promote equality, much less is known regarding why these policies…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Staples, Brian Rankin

This paper draws on the experience of Mexico in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and on the experiences of four Latin American countries in the implementation of their services and…

Date issued: 1月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Eslava, Marcela;Maffioli, Alessandro;Meléndez Arjona, Marcela

Despite the large potential gains from credit by second-tier development banks, little is known about the actual impact of these banks' lending activity. This study partially fills that gap by…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Sancho, Francisco;Rivera, Luis;Rosales-Tijerino, Julio

This paper surveys housing finance in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama. The development of a secondary mortgage-backed securities market in Costa Rica is very limited despite a broad legal…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Armendáriz, Edna;Schaeffer, María José

Este documento evalúa la sostenibilidad de la deuda pública en Guatemala mediante la aplicación de metodologías tradicionales. De acuerdo con el enfoque estándar, se requiere un superávit primario…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2011 Annual Business Review (ABR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The ABR reports on outputs, lending program priorities, and organizational indicators on a…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Low-income and self-employed Nicaraguans face two serious obstacles when looking to buy a home: a shortage of affordable housing, and difficulty in obtaining a mortgage.An innovative model is…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Aspiring college graduates from low-income Mexican families have seized the chance to fund their studies through the education financing company FINAE. Founded in 2006, the company has expanded its…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Financiación Social (Social Financing or FS), an EPM program, provides accessible credit to those at the base of the pyramid. The program leverages EPM's business platform to assess credit risk…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Mi Tienda provides door-to-door supply of grocery and basic products, as well as financing for merchandise purchase and business expansion to stores in rural communities with up to 5,000 inhabitants…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Microentrepreneurs in the food retail industry face challenges in accessing credit to undertake daily activities or to expand their businesses and in acquiring technical skills to sustainable grow.…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Many private companies in Latin America and the Caribbean have innovative ideas of ways to do business providing basic services such as health care, education, energy, and water to people at the base…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Haitians of all economic levels are interested in buying insurance products, increasingly so in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of 2010. One traditional insurance company whose reputation…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Small and medium-scale farmers and agricultural producers are Paraguay's economic powerhouse, but their business growth has been constrained by lack of access to capital. Paraguay's first…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

As global consumption of organic food -including organic sugar- has risen, so have prices and demand. Yet small Paraguayan producers in one of the world's main organic sugar production centers…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Corner stores in Uruguay¿s suburbs and outlying areas are crucial cornerstones of their neighborhoods, selling everything from tomatoes to toothpaste. But no matter how loyal their customers, small…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Large numbers of Nicaraguans have moved to urban areas over the past thirty years, building rough houses in spontaneous neighborhoods that lack roads, water, sanitation and energy. Nicaragua's…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Credit is the boost small and medium enterprises in Latin America need most. It gives companies that anchor distribution chains the opportunity to integrate small producers into the formal economy.…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Upwardly mobile Peruvians who want to invest in their children's education have few choices of private elementary and secondary schools that provide solid and modern academic grounding at…

Date issued: 1月 2012
Author(s): Useche Melo, Claudia

Esta Nota no pretende hacer un análisis exhaustivo sobre las causas de la problemática de cobertura rural, sino más bien mostrar algunos de los aspectos a considerar en el diseño de nuevas…