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Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Dalberg Global Development Advisors

This presentation discusses the impact of the Program for the Development of the Industrial Districts in Brazil. It includes the program background, an output and outcomes comparison, the key…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Richards, Allan

In pursuit of its policy objective of supporting member countries in promoting the democratization of sub-national governments, the Inter-American Development Bank has commissioned studies on…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Dalberg Global Development Advisors

The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) supports activities that promote the creation and strengthening of support services that will spur development of SMEs and stimulate demand for the use of such…

Date issued: 10월 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schneider, Ben Ross

While effective industrial policy requires close cooperation between government and business, there is little agreement on what makes that cooperation work best. This paper analyzes institutional…

Date issued: 10월 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Crespi, Gustavo;Zuñiga, Pluvia

This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm labor productivity across six Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and…

Date issued: 10월 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cova, Pietro;Pisani, Massimiliano;Rebucci, Alessandro

This paper analyzes the macroeconomic impact of Chinas 2009-2010 fiscal stimulus package by simulating a dynamic general equilibrium multi-country model of the world economy, showing that the effects…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Iunes, Roberto F.

The Inter-American Development Bank is unique among the multilateral banks in the sense that it has provided concessional funding for its member countries since its inception, with the institution of…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Iunes, Roberto F.

El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo es una institución singular entre los bancos multilaterales, pues ha otorgado financiamiento concesional a sus países miembros desde el inicio de sus actividades…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Chisari, Omar O.;Galiani, Sebastián

This research agenda outlines pertinent issues needed to produce an informed assessment of the strategies and policies LAC and international organizations should adopt with respect to climate change…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Economist Intelligence Unit

This document describes the second edition of Infrascope, a learning tool and benchmarking index that assesses the capacity of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to carry out sustainable…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Alfonso, Mariana;Santiago, Ana

Having a good teacher is the most important school-related factor for student achievement, to the point of closing the gap between low and high-income students. However, the empirical literature is…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Ter-Minassian, Teresa

This paper explores the design of sound fiscal rules and their effective implementation and enforcement in the light of the existing literature and of available empirical evidence. It focuses in…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este documento describe la segunda edición de una herramienta de aprendizaje e índice de clasificación que evalúa la capacidad de los países de América Latina y el Caribe para llevar a cabo…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Gómez Sabaini, Juan C.

Este documento da un extenso análisis cualitativo y cuantitativo de las finanzas de los gobiernos locales y alternativas en República Dominicana. El país ha avanzado en detener la proliferación de…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Zapata, Juan Gonzalo

Recientemente se aprobó en Panamá una Ley de Descentralización (Ley No. 37 de junio de 2009), en la cual se establece que, en cuestión de pocos meses, se deben entregar nuevas fuentes de recursos y…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Guerra, Anayansi

Este documento analiza el proceso de descentralización de la administración pública en Panamá. La nación panameña está organizada en Estado soberano e independiente cuya denominación es Republica de…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Morales, Marcos

Este documento analiza el sistema tributario y la administración presupuestaria y financiera de los gobiernos locales en Costa Rica. El trabajo presenta, asimismo, una serie de recomendaciones de…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Gómez Sabaini, Juan C.

Este documento analiza las finanzas de los gobiernos locales en El Salvador. Presenta un diagnóstico y alternativas para su fortalecimiento. Se toman una serie de aspectos puntuales que son…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Pedroza, Paola A.

Este documento contiene información primaria recolectada por el Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones (FOMIN) e información relevante de la región de fuentes secundarias

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Focke, Kurt S.

This presentation discusses the strengths and challenges of the Caribbean financial sector and addresses global financial reform and its implications.

Date issued: 10월 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alvarez, Roberto;Bravo Ortega, Claudio;Navarro, Lucas

This paper uses two sources of information and different methodologies to analyze the causal effect of product and process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Marulanda, Beatriz;Fajury, Lizbeth;Paredes, Mariana;Gomez, Franz

Las instituciones de microfinanzas exitosas han sido ampliamente estudiadas para entender las razones que las condujeron en esa dirección y de esta forma extraer buenas prácticas que sean útiles para…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report has demonstrated a curious paradox: the term "evaluability" has become central to the Bank's understanding of how projects should be designed, but the actual evaluability…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El presente informe ha demostrado una curiosa paradoja: si bien el término "evaluabilidad" ha pasado a ser un elemento central de la doctrina del Banco respecto de cómo se deben diseñar los…

Date issued: 10월 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

As part of its duties, OVE regularly conducts ex post evaluations of the activities financed by the Bank. In this case, OVE is conducting an evaluation of the first generation of citizen security…