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Date issued: aug 2016
Author(s): FONTAGRO

This publication, produced by FONTAGRO with the support of the Global Environment Facility and our sponsors, combines a wealth of knowledge and experience gained from eleven successful cases that…

Date issued: aug 2016
Author(s): FONTAGRO

Concurso de casos exitosos FONTAGRO 2015. FONTAGRO organizó un concurso con el fin de identificar casos exitosos de adaptación al cambio climático en la agricultura familiar, y difundir las lecciones…

Date issued: aug 2016
Author(s): FONTAGRO

Cette publication produite par FONTAGRO, avec le soutien du Fonds pour l¿environnement mondial et de nos partenaires, recueille l¿ensemble des connaissances et des expériences à partir de onze cas de…

Date issued: aug 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jaramillo, María

The present case study analyzes Bancolombia's business practices related to facilitating access to financial products among remittance recipients in Colombia and Colombian migrants abroad. It…

Date issued: aug 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jaramillo, María

Este estudio de caso analiza las practicas de negocio de Bancolombia acerca de facilitar el acceso a productos financieros entre la población receptora de remesas en Colombia y los migrantes…

Date issued: aug 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes;Vásquez, Javiera

La baja participación de los hogares más vulnerables en los servicios públicos sigue siendo uno de los grandes desafíos para el diseño e implementación de políticas. Existe una vasta literatura…

Date issued: aug 2016
Author(s): von Sperling, Marcos

The major focus of this report is the description and critical analysis of the main wastewater treatment processes used in Brazil. Special emphasis is given to small to medium size communities with…

Date issued: aug 2016
Author(s): Gurría, Martín;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

This technical note presents a review of the main agricultural support indicators available in the IADB Agrimonitor Database as of December 2015 and represents a synthesis of agricultural support…

Date issued: aug 2016
Author(s): Gurría, Martín;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

Este informe analiza las políticas de apoyo a la agricultura de 18 países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), que en conjunto representan el 92% del valor agregado agrícola de la región. A pesar de…

Date issued: aug 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Carlino, Hernán;Lucena, André F. P.;Miranda, Raúl;Perczyk, Daniel;Rathmann, Régis;Schaeffer, Roberto;Soria, Rafael

En América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) hay un vigoroso impulso para el desarrollo de las energías renovables no convencionales (ERNC). Sin embargo, la participación de la ERNC es todavía (de manera…

Date issued: jul 2016
Author(s): Goldsmith, Stephen;Crawford, Susan;Weinryb Grohsgal, Benjamin

Predictive analytics, although widely utilized in the private sector, still stir uncertainty and concern on the part of public sector leaders. Daily, however, some national or subnational government…

Date issued: jul 2016
Author(s): Goldsmith, Stephen;Crawford, Susan;Weinryb Grohsgal, Benjamin

El análisis predictivo, pese a ser muy utilizado en el sector privado, aún provoca incertidumbre y preocupación entre los líderes del sector público. Sin embargo, todos los días algún gobierno…

Date issued: jul 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Verdisco, Aimee;Cueto, Santiago;Thompson, Jennelle

This paper presents findings from the Regional Project on Child Development Indicators, PRIDI for its acronym in Spanish. PRIDI created a new tool, the Engle Scale, for evaluating development in…

Date issued: jul 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bando, Rosangela;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Li, Xia

This study explores sex differences in language and socio-emotional skills. It focuses on children 7 months old to 6 years old in Chile in 2012 and Nicaragua in 2013. A focus on young children…

Date issued: jul 2016
Author(s): Burgess, Elizabeth;Martínez, Mariana;Magnoni, Barbara;Carballo, Ignacio E.;Hainze, Anna

Durante los últimos 15 años, el sector de las microfinanzas y las instituciones de microfinanzas (IMF) que lo componen en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), han pasado por un proceso de maduración…

Date issued: jul 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Larrea, Sylvia Virginia;Binato, Silvio;Provenzano, Dario;Jeifetz, Carlos

The objective of this study is to assess the potential for electrical interconnection of power systems in the Arco Norte region of South America, which consists of the countries of Guyana, Suriname,…

Date issued: jul 2016
Author(s): Michelitsch, Roland;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Vargas, Felipe;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Biau, Julie;Jansson, Maya;Huppi, Monika;Khadr, Ali;Alcántara, Rafael;Cabrera, Maria;Corrales, Maria Elena;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth

The country strategy with Haiti for the 2011-2015 period is the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) first post-earthquake strategy and coincides with the start of the mandate of the Ninth…

Date issued: jul 2016
Author(s): Michelitsch, Roland;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Vargas, Felipe;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Biau, Julie;Jansson, Maya;Huppi, Monika;Khadr, Ali;Alcántara, Rafael;Cabrera, Maria;Corrales, Maria Elena;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth

La Estrategia del Banco en el País (EBP) 2011-2015 es la primera estrategia del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (en adelante BID o el Banco) post-terremoto que coincide con el inicio del mandato…

Date issued: jul 2016
Author(s): Michelitsch, Roland;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Vargas, Felipe;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Biau, Julie;Jansson, Maya;Huppi, Monika;Khadr, Ali;Alcántara, Rafael;Cabrera, Maria;Corrales, Maria Elena;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth

La Stratégie de la Banque avec le Pays (EBP) 2011-2015 est la première stratégie de la Banque Interaméricaine de Développement (BID) postérieurement au trem-blement de terre. Elle fut approuvée après…

Date issued: jul 2016
Author(s): Wenner, Mark D.;Clarke, Dillon

Chinese and Caribbean economic relations have deepened over the past decade and a half. The paper analyzes the impetus for China's foreign economic policy to reach out to developing regions such…

Date issued: jul 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Carrasco, Haydeeliz;García, Emma;Parodi, Sandro;Vásquez, Madiery

Previo a la implementación del Sistema Único de Beneficiarios (SIUBEN), primer sistema de focalización individual de la República Dominicana, los recursos de protección social no contributiva no…

Date issued: jul 2016
Author(s): Gualavisi, Melany;Oliveri, María Laura

El objetivo de este documento es doble. Primero presenta una medida sistemática y comparable de movilidad laboral para 14 países América Latina y el Caribe para el periodo 2006-2014. Segundo, analiza…

Date issued: jul 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Borensztein, Eduardo;Queijo Von Heideken, Virginia

The effectiveness of exchange rate adjustments depends critically on the extent to which depreciations "pass through" to inflation, an effect that is known as exchange rate pass-through (…

Date issued: jul 2016
Author(s): Lewis, James Andrew

Access to the Internet increases productivity, national income, and employment. Access to information catalyzes growth. However, these opportunities come with risk. Digital technologies are not…

Date issued: jul 2016
Author(s): Lewis, James Andrew

El acceso a Internet provoca un aumento de la productividad, del ingreso nacional y del empleo, y el acceso a la información cataliza el crecimiento. Sin embargo, estas oportunidades también…