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Date issued: 1월 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): García-Huitrón, Manuel;Impavido, Gregorio;Lasagabaster, Esperanza

This book has three main objectives: (i) discusses the main implications for the functioning of mandatory defined contribution pensions of consumers' inability to make rational choices; (ii)…

Date issued: 1월 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The growth of economic migrants seeking better lives for themselves and their families has increased four times faster than the worlds¿ population. The information contained in this study presents…

Date issued: 1월 2010
Author(s): Tromanhauser, Darcy

The Appleseed Foundation helps promote Center work, identifies and secures funding for projects, serves as a clearinghouse, and provides training and technical assistance to link Centers and allow…

Date issued: 1월 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ellis, Amanda N.;Orlando, María Beatriz;Muñoz Boudet, Ana Maria;Piras, Claudia;Reimao, Maira;Cutura, Jozefina;Frickenstein, Judith;Perez, Ane;De Castro, Orsi

Entrepreneurship contributes to a vibrant private sector and can stimulate broader economic growth. Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced an important growth of…

Date issued: 1월 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian

Despite progress in communication technologies, lack of information still severely handicaps companies seeking to operate in international markets. Furthermore, the investments that these companies…

Date issued: 1월 2010
Author(s): González, Mario;Maffioli, Alessandro;Salazar, Lina;Winters, Paul

The volume Assessing the Effectiveness of Agricultural Interventions is the Special Topic for the Development Effectiveness Overview 2008-2009. The Special Topic provides an in-depth analysis of what…

Date issued: 1월 2010
Author(s): Sitja Rubio, Susana;Linares, Ana María;Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu;Meduña, Patricia;Winters, Paul;Toda, Ichiro;Neret, Matilde;Ibarrarán, Pablo;González, Mario;Rodríguez, César;Di Maro, Vincenzo;Díaz, Luis;Cossens, Shakirah;Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes

Development Effectiveness Overview 2008-2009 is a tool by which the IDB accounts for the effectiveness of its work. It reports on the progress made in the Development Effectiveness agenda of the Bank.

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement


Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El período que cubre el Informe MERCOSUR N° 14 (julio de 2008 - junio de 2009) estuvo marcado por la crisis internacional. La fase inflacionaria de dicha crisis -que se desarrolló entre agosto de…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Noy, Ilan

Natural disasters are by no means new, yet the evolving understanding of their relevance to economic development and growth is still in its infancy. This paper summarizes the state of the economic…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Armacost, Nicola;Magallon, Daniel;López de Llergo, Guadalupe;Sánchez, María Deni;Felix, Katleen

The goal of this market research was to determine the feasibility of promoting the use of remittances as a means to purchase clean energy. The project was designed to test the attractiveness to…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Estevadeordal, Antoni

This paper examines the impact of trade policy on production specialization patterns in ten Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay and…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Gómez, Sandra Milena

According to the economic theory and recent empirical evidence, improved market access through trade arrangements is likely to favor export diversification. In this paper, we assess whether this has…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Weiss Fagen, Patricia;Dade, Carlo;Maguire, Robert;Felix, Katleen;Nicolas, David;Dathis, Noriac;Maher, Katelin


Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo;Ñopo, Hugo R.

En este artículo se presenta una visión comparada de la formación de economistas en cinco países de América Latina. Para tal fin, se analizan la currícula, los libros de texto comúnmente utilizados,…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pineda, José;Blyde, Juan S.

We investigate whether greater microeconomic flexibility facilitates the process of creative destruction in the context of new trade models with heterogeneous firms (Bernard et al., 2003 and Melitz,…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Asociación para el Desarrollo del Entorno;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El presente documento es el manual instructivo del Sistema de Gestión de la Cadena de Suministro para los usuarios de la plataforma Proart Puno de la ONG Asociación para el Desarrollo del Entorno,…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Echarte, Luis;Barrera, Francisco;Ringvald, Miguel;Barreto, Teresa;Estévez, Justo;Méndez, Arturo;Schneider, Gabriel

El estudio caracteriza el funcionamiento del mercado de crédito para la pequeña empresa en cinco países de América Latina y el Caribe: Ecuador y Perú (América del Sur), Guatemala (Centroamérica),…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rodríguez-Montemayor, Eduardo;García, Pablo M.

Migration has recently taken an important place in the agenda of many governments around the world. But the phenomenon of international mobility of individuals is not new. Following Massey [2003],…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Andreula, Nicoló;Chong, Alberto E.;Guillén, Jorge

This paper uses new data on fiscal transparency for a cross-section of countries; these data possess several advantages. First, the data are based on in-depth reports using a standardized methodology…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jorratt, Michel;Villela, Luiz Arruda;Lembruger Viol, Andrea

Tax expenditures are generally defined as those government expenditures carried out through tax legislation, regulations, and practices that reduce or defer taxes for some taxpayers. There is a…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jorratt, Michel;Villela, Luiz Arruda;Lembruger Viol, Andrea

Los gastos tributarios son generalmente definidos como aquellos gastos del gobierno realizados por medio de disposiciones de la legislación tributaria, reglamentos y práctica que reducen o postergan…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Harris, Jeremy;Staples, Brian Rankin

Presents information about several mechanisms by which the barriers imposed by rules of origin may be reduced through effective trade facilitation efforts. Also
discussed are the functional…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Volpe Martincus, Christian;Ando, Mitsuyo

This paper explores the relationship between preferential and multilateral trade liberalization at the sectoral level using a unique dataset that includes data on most favored nation (MFN) and…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): González, Anabel

El Tratado de Libre Comercio entre República Dominicana, Centroamérica y Estados Unidos (en adelante, CAFTA-RD) entró en vigencia para Costa Rica el 1 de enero del 2009, catorce meses después de su…