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Date issued:
4月 1999
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…
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4月 1999
This presentation discusses the matching grant program started in Argentina in August of 1996. The objective of the program is to help increase the international competitiveness of small and medium…
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4月 1999
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The fact that most poor people in Latin America live in urban areas had implied that poverty in the region is regarded as largely an urban phenomenon. However, this document exposes what available…
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4月 1999
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El hecho de que la mayoría de los pobres en América Latina viva en zonas urbanas, ha implicado que la pobreza en la región se considere esencialmente un fenómeno urbano. Sin embargo, datos…
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4月 1999
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This book examines approaches to involving the private sector in preserving urban heritage. These include interventions by public and private stakeholders in Cartagena, Colombia; operation of a mixed…
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4月 1999
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This paper analyzes the role of particular social and economic actors in the forest sector, and the impact of existing policies in the region. The aim is to visualize the options that are available…
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4月 1999
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Included in this working paper is a discussion of the history of deforestation and forest degradation in Latin America and policy recommendations towards conserving natural forests. The author argues…
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4月 1999
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This paper is an attempt to clarify some of the key issues on trade and environment in the forestry sector. The two main emerging issues in the international trade of forest products within Latin…
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4月 1999
This technical note presents some policy guidance on main targeting mechanisms for social programs and criteria for their evaluation. Several methods exist to target social programs to the desired…
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3月 1999
The Annual Report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 1998.
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3月 1999
Este Informe anual contiene un examen de las operaciones del Banco en 1998.
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3月 1999
The purpose of this report is to investigate the effects of family background factors in determining the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Latin America, drawing on a review of recent…
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3月 1999
This documents explains the basic principles and concepts of the Business Development Centers (BDC) model of Swisscontact, a company providing professional and vocational training, environmental…
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3月 1999
This document describes the efforts of the Department of Labor of Rio de Janeiro to build a comprehensive institutional framework focused on the promotion of a long run, micro-firm based local…
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3月 1999
El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar --desde la perspectiva empresarial-- la importancia de los servicios de consultoría y capacitación como herramientas fundamentales para el desarrollo de las…
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3月 1999
This presentation discusses business development services and providers, in the context of developing a stronger industry.
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3月 1999
This document describes how pro-market aid works and gives practical lessons from specific schemes of aid projects. This presentation took place at the Inter-American Development Bank's…
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3月 1999
The Conference gave impetus to the changing paradigm for assistance to small enterprises: away from the direct provision of business development services by governments and donor agencies toward the…
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3月 1999
This paper sums up the experience of a Brazilian cluster of small and medium enterprises in the Sinos Valley. It shows that cooperation amongst local enterprises strengthens their ability to compete…
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3月 1999
This presentation discusses the promotion of SMEs through enterprise networks. Some of the benefits of clustering can be obtained through the promotion of networks of enterprises, often numbering…
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3月 1999
The presentation gives a brief overview of the most important aspects of adjustment strategies in the ceramic tile cluster in Criciúma and the textiles and clothing cluster in Itajaí Valley, Brazil.…
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3月 1999
This discussion paper addresses a study undertook a cross-country survey of nearly 300 exporters. The object of the survey was to determine what types of services exporters actually used, which ones…
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3月 1999
Este documento destaca las principales tendencias y líneas de acción en las iniciativas de fomento empresarial, desarrollo económico local y fortalecimiento municipal, que pueden deducirse de las…
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3月 1999
El presente documento describe el Sistema de Información Comercial y Tecnológica (TIPS, por sus siglas en ingles), un programa de las Naciones Unidas más concretamente del PNUD, el cual fue creado en…
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3月 1999
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El Perú experimentó entre 1990 y 1995 uno de los procesos de estabilización, liberalización, desregulación y privatización más ambiciosos de la región, en el marco de un contexto de "…
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3月 1999
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El presente trabajo propone desagregar el análisis de la experiencia argentina ocupándose de la trayectoria de un conjunto de políticas de reforma extraído del vasto cambio institucional realizado…
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3月 1999
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En este estudio se analiza el caso boliviano de reformas institucionales durante el periodo 1993-1997. Se centra la atención sobre tres reformas en particular: la Reforma de Participación Popular, la…
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3月 1999
A functional weakness of the training market is the extreme difficulty with which potential purchasers of "training" can gauge the quality of training programs in advance of payment.…
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3月 1999
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the issues involved when introducing consumer choice into the power sector. Section 1 describes the approaches used by several countries to introduce tetail…
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3月 1999
Esta presentación trata sobre el desarrollo de las PyMes mexicanas a partir de la apertura económica y la reforma institucional, políticas que fomentaron la innovación tecnológica. El análisis se…
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3月 1999
El presente documento expone la experiencia del Instituto de Investigaciones Socioeconómicas y Tecnológicas (INSOTEC) de Ecuador, que brinda asistencia técnica y capacitación para pequeños…
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3月 1999
En esta presentación se describen los programas de generación de redes empresariales más exitosos en América Latina y el Caribe. Además, se sintetizan principales enseñanzas metodológicas aprendidas…
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3月 1999
El presente informe presenta los resultados de la cooperación técnica no reembolsable BID-CRRH N° ATN/SF-5758-RG. "Apoyo para políticas y estrategias de manejo integrado de recursos hídricos en…
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3月 1999
¿Qué es lo que gatilla la violencia en América Latina y el Caribe? ¿Qué se puede hacer para controlar la violencia tanto dentro como fuera del hogar? ¿Qué se puede aprender de la experiencia que…
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3月 1999
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Recent economic developments highlight Latin America's vulnerability to economic and financial turmoil that is triggered by events in distant corners of the globe. The Asian financial crisis…
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3月 1999
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Financial liberalization and integration have generated disappointing results. They were supposed to set up a win-win situation: capital would flow from capital-abundant, low-return, aging industrial…
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3月 1999
Considering the high prevalence of domestic and social violence and their linkages, the focus of this analysis is the broader subject of violence rather than the narrower one of criminal violence. A…
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3月 1999
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This paper argues for a multi-level explanatory model for understanding institutional reform. Using the case of Uruguay, the authors seek to show how a changed political environment combined with…
Date issued:
2月 1999
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:
2月 1999
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…
Date issued:
2月 1999
Forty-five limited edition prints (primarily etching and engraving, but also lithography, silkscreen, and computer-generated images, among others) by French printmakers under forty years of age.…
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2月 1999
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El propósito del presente trabajo es identificar y estudiar los principales determinantes de los spreads en las tasas de interés bancarias en el Uruguay. Después de una detallada caracterización del…
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2月 1999
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In this paper, social mobility is measured by looking at the extent to which family background determines socioeconomic success. Roughly speaking, social mobility can be measure by means of two…
Date issued:
1月 1999
This monograph is part of a larger investigation of the political economy of institutional reform in Latin America undertaken by the Latin American Research Network. It examines some hypotheses…
Date issued:
1月 1999
El segundo semestre de 1998 señala un punto de inflexión en la evolución macroeconómica de los países del MERCOSUR y deberá marcar, muy probablemente, el comienzo de una nueva fase en las relaciones…
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1月 1999
O segundo semestre de 1998 assinala um ponto de inflexão no desempenho econômico dos países do MERCOSUL e deverá marcar, muito provavelmente, o início de uma nova fase no relacionamento entre seus…
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1月 1999
Este informe anual sobre medio ambiente y recursos naturales examina la acción del Banco durante 1998. Durante dicho año, el Banco continuó ejecutando el mandato establecido en el Octavo Aumento…
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1月 1999
On 4 July 1998, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. CARICOM is one of the oldest integration schemes in the Western Hemisphere, the largest in terms of…
Date issued:
1月 1999
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This paper uses household data from two cities in Panama to evaluate the determinants of the tenure decision in the context of two models. The key factors explaining the decision to rent or own are…
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1月 1999
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Too Close to Home is a collection of essays by international authorities ranging from psychologists and doctors to economists and communication experts. Several authors analyze the economic and…