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

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

Date issued: dec 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: nov 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: nov 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…