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Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Vodusek, Ziga;Granados, Jaime;Opertti, Fabrizio;Illarieti C., Pablo A.;Gutiérrez Rocha, Mario

Este informe presenta un diagnóstico y señala los principales desafíos que la República Dominicana enfrenta en su proceso de integración en la economía global, con el propósito de proponer algunas…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Gereffi, Gary;Castillo, Mario;Fernandez-Stark, Karina

Historically, services were considered non-tradable and offshoring was confined to the manufacturing sector. However, the evolution and diffusion of information and communication technologies has…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

This paper examines this agenda and argues that if Brazil really wants to fully enjoy the growth and welfare benefits of trade, it needs to further lower and rationalize its structure of protection;…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Guerrero, Pablo;Lucenti, Krista;Galarza S., Sebastián

During the past few decades, the landscape of the world economy has changed. New trade patterns reflect the globalization of the supply chain and intra-industry trade, and increasing flows between…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Díaz, Juan José;Jaramillo, Miguel

Da a conocer El impacto del programa PARSalud sobre la calidad de la atención de la salud materna en la población indígena. Menciona el impacto del programa en cuanto a calidad de la atención a las…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Labraga, Juan

En el presente trabajo se utiliza un modelo de Nueva Geografía Económica (NGE) para simular los efectos sobre la localización industrial en Uruguay de la aplicación de distintas alternativas de…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Angelelli, Pablo

Analiza las principales características, reformas recientes y desafíos del sistema nacional de innovación uruguayo. Este documento forma parte de un conjunto de estudios realizados por el Banco…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Shearer, Matthew;Almeida, Juliana;Gutiérrez Jr., Carlos H.

This IDB Working Paper is intended to provide an overview of how the agricultural sector is treated in regional trade agreements (RTAs) involving Latin American countries, whose exports tend to be…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Smith, Ellen

This report focuses on the determinants of the first type of research output: new knowledge. There are no direct measures of this type of research output, but several proxies have been typically used…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Zuleta, Gustavo;Álvarez, Patricia;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Giordano, Osvaldo

Uruguay posee uno de los sistemas de protección social más antiguos y extendidos de Latinoamérica. Tiene más de un siglo de antigüedad y absorbe aproximadamente el 21% del Producto Bruto interno (PBI…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Eguino, Huáscar;Aguilar, Juan Carlos

El presente estudio tiene por objetivo analizar las finanzas públicas municipales y la capacidad de gestión fiscal de los gobiernos departamentales en Uruguay para proporcionar un diagnóstico…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Eguino, Huáscar;Adler, Verónica

El Desarrollo Urbano debe pasar a ser una condición necesaria para la competitividad y la mejora de la calidad de vida de un país. La competitividad no sólo depende de factores económicos a nivel…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Arim, Rodrigo;Amarante, Verónica;Rubio, Mónica;Vigorito, Andrea

La presente nota tiene como objetivo contribuir a un debate relativamente reciente en Panamá, entorno a lo que debería ser un sistema de protección social (SPS) y cuáles son los retos que el país…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Toro Cepeda, Julio

En este documento se presentan los principales aspectos que fundamentan el Programa de Concesiones de Chile en los diferentes sectores de infraestructura, así como los principales aspectos…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This Country Program Evaluation (RE-361) focuses on the Bank's ability to adjust its programming from a context in which the demand was primarily for fast financing and crisis mitigation to a…

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

La evaluación que se presenta a continuación (RE-361) se enfoca en la capacidad del Banco para ajustar su programación pasando de un contexto en el cual existía una demanda principalmente de…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This issue of IDEA looks at the intensely political process that surrounds public budgeting in Latin America. It analyzes critical budget issues, recent legislation, the political actors involved and…

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

Esta edición de IDEA se centra en el proceso intensamente político que rodea al presupuesto público en América Latina. La misma analiza temas presupuestarios críticos, la legislación reciente, los…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Pietrobelli, Carlo

Esta presentación ofrece una revisión de los asuntos relacionados con cadenas de valor y la productividad de empresas. El documento explica conceptos como innovación, "upgrading",…

Date issued: 12월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lopez Boo, Florencia;Madrigal, Lucía;Pagés, Carmen

This paper investigates the relationship between part-time work and job satisfaction using a recent household survey from Honduras. In contrast to previous work for developed countries, this paper…

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Hornbeck, J. F.

Free Trade Agreements: U.S. Promotion and Oversight of Latin American Implementation

Date issued: 12월 2009
Author(s): Hart, Michael M.

Between 1986 and 1995, the government of Canada negotiated and implemented three major international trade agreements: the 1989 Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA), the 1994 North American Free…

Date issued: 11월 2009
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Cabrol, Marcelo;Ibarrarán, Pablo

Primary-school students in Argentina score low in international assessments of learning, particularly in math and science. To help remedy this situation, the Inter-American Development Bank is…

Date issued: 11월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Shearer, Matthew;Suominen, Kati;Estevadeordal, Antoni

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of liberalisation in RTAs in the Americas in comparison to agreements in other world regions, and to put forth policy recommendations for…

Date issued: 11월 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Iberti, Gonzalo;Blyde, Juan S.

Most microeconometric studies available for LAC have focused on measuring the direct impact of trade on plant productivity leaving aside other effects that arise through the market selection process…