Competitividad: Estrategia sectorial (2003)
Aug 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
La presente estrategia de competitividad (GN-2243-1) del Banco busca apoyar a los países en mejorar la calidad del ambiente económico e institucional para el desarrollo sustentable de las actividades…
Health Services in Latin America and Asia
Jul 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Molina, Carlos Gerardo;Rey de Marulanda, Nohra;Fleury, Sonia;Ron, Aviva;Lavadenz M., Fernando;Trong Hai, Tran;Schuftan, Claudio;García Jiménez, Salvador;Suwanwela, Charas;Jatene, Adib;Xinhua, Li;Chen, Chunming;Wang, Kean;Londoño, Juan Luis;Flavier, Juan M.;Acuña, Cecilia;Gómez, José Pablo;Kadir, Khalid Abdul;Iunes, Roberto F.;Bhushan, Indu
This book uses case studies and cross-regional analyses to examine changes in basic health services, challenges for social health insurance, improvements in the equity and efficacy of health services…
Servicios de salud en América Latina y Asia
Jul 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Molina, Carlos Gerardo;Rey de Marulanda, Nohra;Fleury, Sonia;Ron, Aviva;Lavadenz M., Fernando;Trong Hai, Tran;Schuftan, Claudio;García Jiménez, Salvador;Suwanwela, Charas;Jatene, Adib;Xinhua, Li;Chen, Chunming;Wang, Kean;Londoño, Juan Luis;Flavier, Juan M.;Acuña, Cecilia;Gómez, José Pablo;Kadir, Khalid Abdul;Iunes, Roberto F.;Bhushan, Indu
Esta publicación es la primera de una serie que compara experiencias exitosas en gerencia social de América Latina y el Caribe con Asia. Esta serie surge de la iniciativa del Instituto Interamericano…
La trata de mujeres: Sus conexiones y desconexiones con la migración y los derechos humanos
May 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chiarotti, Susana
El presente documento trata el tema del tráfico de mujeres, un fenómeno que hunde sus raíces en la historia y que estuvo ligado desde sus orígenes a las guerras, la esclavitud y la objetivación…
Migraciones en el hemisferio: Consecuencias y relación con las políticas sociales
May 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castillo, Manuel Ángel
Este documento constituye una aproximación de algunas de las principales consecuencias de los fenómenos migratorios que ocurren en el hemisferio y un esbozo de algunas respuestas gubernamentales en…
Visión microeconómica de los impactos de la integración regional en las inversiones inter e intrarregionales: El caso de la CAN
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Universidad del Pacífico;Universidad de los Andes;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Esta investigación se plantea responder tres preguntas básicas. La primera busca identificar los factores más importantes en la atracción de IED y, en particular, explorar qué papel juegan los…
Medios privados para fines públicos: Participación privada en infraestructura en América Latina
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Tamayo, Gonzalo;Barrantes, Roxana;Alonso, Julio César;Chong, Alberto E.;Benavides, Juan;Paredes Molina, Ricardo D.;Sánchez, José Miguel;Távara, José;Rodríguez, Carlos Jorge;Pendra, Pedro Cavalcanti Gomes;Fainboim Yaker, Israel;Zavala, Verónica;De Oliveira, Luiz Guilherme Schymura;Sanhueza, Ricardo
Los países en América Latina y el Caribe han mostrado interés durante los últimos años en fomentar la participación del sector privado en proyectos de infraestructura. Eso ha permitido sanear las…
Regional Public Goods: From Theory to Practice
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Adhikari, Ramesh;Negroni, Mirka J.;Leino, Jessica;Rana, P. B.;Nguyen, Tam Robert;Rey de Marulanda, Nohra;Kremer, Michael;Rodríguez, Ennio;Arce M., Daniel G.;Sandler, Todd;Bronfman, Mario;Devlin, Robert;Rufín, Carlos;Sakai, Kazu;Kanbur, Ravi;Kahn, Matthew E.;Weiss, John;Wyplosz, Charles;Jessen, Anneke;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Tungwarara, Ozias;Hunt, Joseph Michael;Estevadeordal, Antoni;Martínez Nogueira, Roberto;Taccone, Juan José;Carnoy, Martin;Kendall, Tamil;Frantz, Brian;Wescott, Clay
This book is based on a conference entitled "Regional Public Goods and Regional Development Assistance", held in Washington, D.C. on November 6-7, 2002. It examines how the IDB and the ADB…
Focus on Capital: New Approaches to Developing Latin American Capital Markets
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Goldstein Rossotto, Karen;Peterson, Robert J.;Masci, Pietro;Giorgio, Luis Alberto;García, Valeriano F.;West, Derek;Lee, Ruben;Agatiello, Osvaldo R.;Hook, Andrew;Dowers, Kenroy;Sotomayor, Ivan;Gomez-Acebo, Felipe;Corcoran, Andrea M.;Chandler-Crichlow, Catherine;Lubrano, Mike;Kuserk, Gregory J.;Wittich, Georg;Korcsmaros, Kinga;Aggarwal, Reena;Wuertz, Karen K.;Takacs, Hannes;Vives, Antonio;Karmel, Roberta S.;Hobson, Ronald B.;Tafara, Ethiopis;Del Valle, Clemente
This book analyzes the status of the markets in Latin America and identifies the technical, political, and financial challenges to building vibrant capital markets and increasing the efficiency…
Who's In and Who's Out: Social Exclusion in Latin America
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Sojo, Carlos;Behrman, Jere R.;Pérez de Rada, Ernesto;Jiménez, Wilson;Gaviria, Alejandro;Calderón Martínez, Lissette;Alves, Denisard;Teruel, Graciela;Funkhouser, Edward;Pérez Saínz, Juan Pablo;Gray-Molina, George;Székely, Miguel;Lardé de Palomo, Anabella;Rubalcava, Luis;Timmins, Christopher;Parker, Susan W.;Vides de Andrade, Ana Regina
Social exclusion is closely linked with many economic problems in Latin America, as it prevents people from reaching their full productive potential -in turn constraining growth and revenues- and…
Keeping the Lights On: Power Sector Reform in Latin America
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Millán, Jaime;von der Fehr, Nils-Henrik M.;Ayala, Ulpiano;Walker, Ian;Benavides, Juan;Fundación Solar;Rufín, Carlos;Brown, Ashley
Power sector reforms across Latin America in the 1990s based on privatization, liberalization, and market forces were largely unavoidable. This book argues that while there is no turning back from…
Financial Crises in Japan and Latin America
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Masci, Pietro;Utsumi, Makoto;Trigo Loubière, Jacques;Okubo, Yoshio;Sato, Takafumi;De Krivoy, Ruth;Fukao, Mitsuhiro;Martínez Peria, María Soledad;Schmukler, Sergio;Chicoma, José;Demaestri, Edgardo C.;Iannariello, María Pia;Barnhill Jr., Theodore M.;Papapanagiotou, Panagiotis;Rietti Souto, Marco;Posen, Adam S.;Zahler, Roberto
This book looks at the key issues and lessons that policymakers must consider in designing an adequate framework for dealing with financial crises. These include structural problems and their causes…
Critical Decisions at a Critical Age: Adolescents and Young Adults in Latin America
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ureta, Manuelita;Filgueira, Carlos;Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino;Duryea, Suzanne;Obuchi, Richard;Andersen, Lykke E.;Filgueira, Fernando;Bruni Celli, Josefina;Flórez, Carmen Elisa;Núñez, Jairo;Fuentes, Alvaro;Cox Edwards, Alejandra
This book uses micro-level data for 18 Latin American countries to examine the choices adolescents make in three areas of behavior: their time allocation toward school and work, their sexual behavior…
The Family in Flux: Household Decision-Making in Latin America
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Attanasio, Orazio P.;Székely, Miguel;Behrman, Jere R.;Duryea, Suzanne
This book breaks away from the exclusively macroeconomic focus of development studies to bring the spotlight to the place where decisions are made: households. Complementing this microeconomic view…
Condiciones y efectos de la inversión extranjera directa y del proceso de integración regional en México durante los años noventa: Una perspectiva microeconómica
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Galindo Paliza, Luis Miguel;Dussel Peters, Enrique;Loría Díaz, Eduardo
México ha sido, desde los años noventa, uno de los principales países receptores de inversión extranjera directa (IED) en América Latina y en los países en vías de desarrollo. Adicionalmente, se ha…
Fiscal Federalism in Latin America: From Entitlements to Markets
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Wiesner Durán, Eduardo
The aim of this book is to provide policymakers in Latin America with the stylized facts of what works and what does not in decentralization policies and schemes, based on analysis of the recent…
Community Colleges: A Model for Latin America?
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castro, Claudio de Moura;Bernasconi, Andrés;Verdisco, Aimee;Levy, Daniel C.;Gomes, Candido;García, Norma M.;Regnier, Karla;Caruso, Luiz Antonio Cruz;Tigre, Paulo Bastos
This IDB book includes presentations from the international policy dialogue seminar entitled "New Options for Higher Education in Latin America: Lessons from the Community College Experience.…
El modelo del instituto técnico superior norteamericano: Lecciones para América Latina
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castro, Claudio de Moura;Bernasconi, Andrés;Verdisco, Aimee;Levy, Daniel C.;Gomes, Candido;García, Norma M.;Regnier, Karla;Caruso, Luiz Antonio Cruz;Tigre, Paulo Bastos
Los institutos técnicos superiores son instituciones educativas que ofrecen capacitación postsecundaria por medio de programas más cortos que los de las universidades. Este libro analiza las…
Escaping the Poverty Trap: Investing in Children in Latin America
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique;Birdsall, Nancy;Castañeda, Tarsicio;Brundtland, Gro Harlem;Sen, Amartya;Urrutia, Miguel;Myers, Robert G.;Morán, Ricardo
Escaping the Poverty Trap proposes early childhood investment policies that could decisively change the prospects for the next generation of the region's poor. Contributors include Nobel…
Bridges for Development: Policies and Institutions for Trade and Integration
Jan 2003 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Devlin, Robert;Estevadeordal, Antoni;Taylor, Alan M.;Venables, Anthony J.;Adserà, Alícia;Boix, Carles;Laird, Sam;Messerlin, Patrick A.;Torrent, Ramón;Cremona, Marise;Mattli, Walter;Jordana, Jacint;Ramió, Carles;Narula, Rajneesh;Evenett, Simon J.
This book analyzes the role of trade as a central pillar of the structural reform process and a bridge to capturing the dynamic development forces of an increasingly globalized world economy.