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Date issued: 1月 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Regalia, Ferdinando;Connors, Ellen;Oliva, Carlos;Legovini, Arianna;Duryea, Suzanne;Stein, Ernesto H.;Álvarez, Carola;Mcphail, Heather;Deutsch, Ruthanne;Chakraborty, Shanka;Lustig, Nora;Echeverría, Ruben G.;Márquez, Gustavo;Bouillon, César P.;Charvériat, Céline;Morrison, Andrew;Kazan, Alexander;Salazar, Héctor

Protección social para la equidad y el crecimiento ofrece recomendaciones de política para disminuir la vulnerabilidad económica de los pobres a los shocks y ayudarlos a enfrentar la caída de sus…

Date issued: 1月 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Nigenda, Gustavo;Langer, Ana

The report explores the convergence of the health sector reform processes and the improvement of sexual and reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean. It includes the results of three…

Date issued: 1月 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Nigenda, Gustavo;Langer, Ana

En este libro se describe uno de los primeros proyectos de salud sexual y reproductiva (SSR) llevado a cabo en América Latina y el Caribe con el objeto de explorar estrategias que promuevan la…

Date issued: 1月 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Goto, Junichi

Although Japan is much richer than Latin America and income distribution in Japan generally is much more equitable than in Latin America, the Japanese gender gap is one of the worst in the world,…

Date issued: 1月 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Goto, Junichi

El Japón es más rico que América Latina y la distribución del ingreso es en general más equitativa, empero las diferencias por razón de sexo son de las más acentuadas del mundo, si se las compara con…

Date issued: 1月 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castro, Claudio de Moura;Levy, Daniel C.

"Myth, Reality, and Reform: Higher Education Policy in Latin America" analyzes Latin American higher education in terms of four major functions: academic leadership, professional…

Date issued: 1月 2000 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Knaul, Felicia Marie;Murrugarra, Edmundo;Hernández Alvarez, Carlos;Cortez, Rafael;Savedoff, William D.;Espinosa Ferrando, Jaime;Ribero Medina, Rocío;Valdivia, Martín;Schultz, T. Paul;Núñez, Jairo;Parker, Susan W.

Common sense suggests that healthier people are more productive and wealthier people can obtain things that make them healthier. This book asks whether investments in health also affect productivity…

Date issued: 1月 2000
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

One-page 2000 census map detailing by region the Latin American and Caribbean populations living in the US.

Date issued: 1月 2000
Author(s): Lea, Michael J.

This report is one of a series of best practice papers that stem from a regional conference on the development of mortgage securitization held at the IDB. Using Mexico as an example, this paper…

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

IDB America reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the IDB. It is published 10 times annually in Spanish and English.

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

EL BID informa sobre el desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y sobre las actividades del Banco. Se publica 10 veces al año en inglés, español, portugués y francés.

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This proposal (RE-243) was prepared in response to Recommendation 4 of the final report entitled "Strengthening Oversight and Rebuilding Evaluation in the Bank" (RE-238) by the Working…

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La presente propuesta (RE-243) es fruto de la cuarta recomendación del informe titulado "Fortalecimiento de la supervisión y reconstrucción del proceso de evaluación en el Banco" (RE-238),…

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Millán, Jaime

Almost two decades after the beginning of the Chilean and English experiments in power sector reform and privatization, many other countries have adopted or are in the process of adopting a model…

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Fifty-two contemporary craft, decorative and applied art objects by thirty-one members of the Norwegian Association for Arts and Handicrafts, made in wood, fiber, clay, glass and as jewelry, from the…

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Buvinic, Mayra;Vega, Gabriela;Bertrand, Mauricio;Urban, Anne-Marie;Truitt Nakata, Ginya

This report examines evidence from post-Mitch Central America and disasters in other parts of the world to identify the ways disasters affect women and to highlight women's participation in…

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Regalia, Ferdinando

This technical note provides a brief overview of the most commonly used methods to carry out impact evaluation of social programs. Impact evaluation is an indispensable tool to assess whether a…

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Resource Analysis

This paper provides a summary of conflict management issues and options in the challenging cultural, ecological, economic and social context of Latin America and the Caribbean. Dealing with conflicts…

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Mikkelsen, Lene

It has been established that access to profitable markets is a key factor which determines the long-term success for all businesses. For small and microenterprises, however, various constraints limit…

Date issued: 12月 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jaramillo, Carlos Felipe;Kelly, Thomas

En el presente documento se analiza la vinculación entre los derechos de propiedad y la deforestación en América Latina. Según ese análisis, hay dos esferas separadas en que las cuestiones…

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The IDB Cultural Center ended 1999 with a successful balance of diverse programs. Throughout the year, the IDB Cultural Center produced 32 events, including art exhibitions, concerts, music workshops…

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Centro Cultural del BID culminó 1999 con un balance exitoso de programación. A lo largo del año el Centro Cultural presentó 32 actividades, incluyendo exposiciones de arte, conciertos, talleres de…

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Millán, Jaime

Después de casi dos décadas de funcionamiento del experimento chileno, y una del inglés en bolsas de energía, numerosos países han adoptado un modelo que favorece la competencia en el mercado…

Date issued: 12月 1999
Author(s): Mockus, Antanas

El presente artículo busca sistematizar la experiencia de la Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá correspondiente al período 1995-1997 en cuanto a acciones y resultados de prevención y control de la violencia.…

Date issued: 12月 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castro, Claudio de Moura

Este ensaio apresenta e discute a experiência americana com os chamados Community Colleges, escolas que predominantemente oferecem cursos curtos de nível pós-secundário. O seu objetivo é descrever…

Date issued: 12月 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Székely, Miguel;Hilgert, Marianne

The use of income distribution indicators in the economics literature has increased considerably in recent years. This work relies on household surveys from 18 LAC countries to take a step back from…

Date issued: 12月 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Székely, Miguel;Hilgert, Marianne

This paper argues that there is no country in Latin America where we can confidently say that income inequality improved during the 1990s. We document this fact for the 15 countries where comparable…

Date issued: 12月 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bolaños Zamora, Rodrigo

This study assesses macroeconomic volatility in Costa Rica, based largely on politically weak governments' inability or unwillingness to effect key reforms. Notable problems include volatility-…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The purpose of this document (RE-239) is to analyze the way in which the Bank has been supporting sector reform policies in various countries in recent years. It is based on a sample based on the…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este documento (RE-239) tiene como objetivo analizar la manera en la cual el Banco ha apoyado las políticas de reforma sectoriales en diversos países durante los últimos años. Para ello se utilizó…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Vives, Antonio;Millán, Jaime

Este documento se inicia con una visión de lo que podría ser la naturaleza del sector energético, continúa con una discusión sobre los retos que enfrentan los países de América Latina y el Caribe y…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Wilson, Steven R.;Maizza-Neto, Octavio

Este documento fue presentado en una conferencia auspiciada por el FOMIN y el BID con el fin de examinar el impacto de la calidad y las normas ISO de los sistemas de gestión sobre la competitividad…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Flaming, Mark;Holtmann, Martin;Mommartz, Rochus

El propósito que se pretende obtener con la publicación de esta Guía es proporcionar un formato estándar para el análisis de instituciones que prestan servicios financieros al sector de la…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Wilson, Steven R.;Maizza-Neto, Octavio

This paper was first presented at a conference sponsored by the MIF and the IDB to examine the impact of quality and the related issues of ISO management systems standards upon the competitiveness of…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Piñon, Nélida

Nélida Piñon (1937-), decorated Brazilian author of The Republic of Dreams (1984), Juan Rulfo Award (1995), member and former president of the Brazilian Academy of Letters.

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Piñon, Nélida

Nélida Piñon (1937-), condecorada novelista brasileña, autora de República de los sueños (1984), ganadora del Premio Juan Rulfo (1995), miembro y ex Presidenta de la Academia de Literatura.

Date issued: 11月 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Flug, Karnit;Spilimbergo, Antonio;Wachtenheim, Erik

The focus of this paper is the link between income volatility and the accumulation of human capital in the presence of credit constraints. Also, the effect of income inequality on the accumulation of…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Nelson, Gerald C.;Harris, Virginia;Stone, Steven

The Program for the Sustainable Development of Darién Province in Panama is a $70 million operation approved in 1998 and a major component of the program involves the resurfacing of the Pan American…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Flaming, Mark;Holtmann, Martin;Mommartz, Rochus

The purpose of this technical guide is to provide a standard format for the analysis of institutions that provide financial services to the microenterprise sector. The technical guide outlines the…

Date issued: 11月 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): De Sebastián, Luis

El presente escrito contiene la fundamentación teórica y la metodología de aplicación del análisis de involucrados, un instrumento de planificación que sirve especialmente para el diseño, la…

Date issued: 11月 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Briceño-León, Roberto;Pérez Perdomo, Rogelio;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Márquez, Patricia;Castillo, Anabel;Zubillaga, Veronica;Camardiel, Alberto;Avila, Olga;De Armas, Edoardo;Malpica, Claudia;González, Natascha

En la presentación de este trabajo se optado por comenzar con la fuente de conocimiento más obvia, las estadísticas policiales. En la primera parte se analizaron las dificultades de trabajar con…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Sustainable Development Department's Social Development Division (SDS/SOC) assists the IDB by providing technical support to operations and by helping to identify and promote new…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

In 1997, the Board of Executive Directors approved funding for a special program to improve the capacity of C and D countries to make effective use of Bank financing. The ultimate purpose of this…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En 1997 el Directorio Ejecutivo aprobó fondos para un programa especial destinado a mejorar la capacidad de los países de los grupos C y D para utilizar eficientemente el financiamiento del Banco. El…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Ghetea de Jaegerman, Nora;Vásquez R., Víctor

La presente note técnica describe el proyecto Matemática interactiva para educación básica, un programa diseñado para elevar la calidad de la enseñanza de la matemática en la primera etapa de…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Piñeiro, Martín;Martínez Nogueira, Roberto;Trigo, Eduardo;Torres, Filemón;Atal, Juan Pablo;Echeverría, Ruben G.

El objetivo de este documento de trabajo es describir la evolución de la institucionalidad en el Sector Público Agropecuario (SPA) de América Latina y proponer ideas que pueden servir de base para el…

Date issued: 11月 1999
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La División de Desarrollo Social del Departamento de Desarrollo Sostenible (SDS/SOC) presta asistencia al BID, brindando apoyo técnico a las operaciones financieras y contribuyendo a identificar y…

Date issued: 11月 1999 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Duryea, Suzanne;Behrman, Jere R.;Székely, Miguel

Schooling is a major factor in economic development. There is extensive empirical literature on what determines schooling attainment. But most of this literature uses micro data to explore…

Date issued: 10月 1999
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

IDB America reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the IDB. It is published 10 times annually in Spanish and English.

Date issued: 10月 1999
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

BID América cubre las tendencias del desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y las actividades del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. Se publica 10 veces al año en castellano e…