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Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Duarte, Jesús;Bos, María Soledad;Moreno, Martín

Utilizando la base de datos del Segundo Estudio Regional Comparativo y Explicativo (SERCE) realizado en el 2006, se concluye que ni el tipo de gestión (público o privado) ni el tipo de financiamiento…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

O período coberto pelo Informe MERCOSUL N° 14 (julho de 2008 - junho de 2009) foi marcado pela crise internacional. A fase inflacionária desta crise -que se desenvolveu entre agosto de 2007 e junho…

Date issued: feb 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Melo, Marcus André;Pereira, Carlos;Souza, Saulo

This project examines fiscal reforms in Brazil since the 1990s, particularly in taxation, budgeting, and fiscal federalism. While recentralizing fiscal authority and massively expanding the…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

The purpose of this document is to contribute to the ongoing discussion on climate change in light of the available evidence on the possible channels of transmission of the economic impact of this…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Barbero, José A.

Este documento tiene como objeto identificar los principales obstáculos para el desempeño logístico en América Latina y el Caribe, y presentar una agenda para superarlos. Para ello, introduce…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Duarte, Jesús;Bos, María Soledad;Moreno, Martín

Utilizando la base de datos del Segundo Estudio Regional Comparativo y Explicativo (SERCE) realizado en el 2006, se confirma que existe una relación positiva y significativa entre la condición…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Bloomgarden, David R.

Presentation delivered during the Tercer Encuentro Técnico de Capacitación en Materia de Estructuración de Proyectos de Asociación Público Privada, celebrated in Mérida, Yucatán, México, during…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El objetivo de este documento es contribuir a la reflexión acerca del cambio climático sobre la base de la evidencia disponible respecto de los posibles canales de transmisión de dicho fenómeno a la…

Date issued: feb 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Daude, Christian;Fernández-Arias, Eduardo

This paper combines development and growth accounting exercises with economic theory to estimate the relative importance of total factor productivity and the accumulation of factors of production in…

Date issued: feb 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Camacho, Adriana;Conover, Emily

Following Hsieh and Klenow (2009), this paper studies productivity dispersions in Colombian industrial establishments using the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey (AMS) from 1982 to 1998. The…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Pew Hispanic Center;Bendixen and Amandi

Resultados y análisis de encuesta acerca de receptores de remesas en Mexico

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

An outlook of estimates for 2008 Remittances

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel

Analysis of a poll of nine of the major remittance recipient countries in order to understand the market of remittances, the major trends in money transfers and the macro-economic effects on their…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel

A presentation of remittances, money transfer companies and costs of service in 14 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel

Analysis of a poll of nine of the major remittance recipient countries in order to understand the market of remittances, the major trends in money transfers and the macro-economic effects on their…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel

Study on the Latin American transnational migration patterns and their relationship with development.

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel

This report is a comparative study of worldwide transfer costs to nine countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and specifically at costs for immigrants to send money from major sending countries…

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

Brochure de una conferencia en Lima, Peru Mayo 2004

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

Brochure on a conference in Washington DC March 2007

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

Brochure de una conferencia en Washington DC 2005

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Monge-González, Ricardo;Lizano Fait, Eduardo

Estudio sobre el caso de las remesas de Costa Rica hacia Nicaragua y la bancarización como mecanismo para reducir el costo de envío de las mismas

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel

A version of this article was presented to the World Council of Credit Unions in preparation for the conference Paving the Way Forward for Rural Finance: An International Conference on Best Practices

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel

This paper reports on the continued increase in remittances to Latin America, but also analyzes cost changes and the entry of new players, such as banks, into the Mexican market. The analysis looks…

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

Analysis of the relationship between remittances and the local economies in Central America, with special attention to Nicaragua and Guatemala. It also provides some policy recommendations to…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel

Transnational communities linking homes and countries, development, family remittances, tourism, transportation, telecommunication, and nostalgic trade

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel

Analysis of the relationship between remittances and the local economies in Central America, with special attention to Nicaragua and Guatemala. It also provides some policy recommendations to…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel

Analysis of the relationship between remittances and the local economies in Central America, with special attention to Nicaragua and Guatemala. It also provides some policy recommendations to…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Brochure sobre uma conferência em Washington, DC 2004

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

Brochure on a conference in Lima, Peru March 2004

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

Brochure giving details and general information and trends about remittances to Latin America from California, United States.

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

Brochure giving details and general information and trends about remittances to Latin America from Illinois, United States.

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

Brochure giving details and general information and trends about remittances to Latin America from New York.

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

: Brochure giving details and general information and trends about remittances to Latin America from Texas, United States.

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

Brochure on a conference in Lima, Peru May 2004

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

Brochure on a conference in Washington, D.C. March 2007

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

Brochure on a conference in Washington DC 2005

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel

Analysis in four Central American and Caribbean countries (El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Guatemala) of the government involvement in promoting an enabling environment conducive to…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Estruch Puertas, Elisenda

Analysis of migrant remittances from Peruvians and Argentines in Italy(demographic and sociological aspects), and feasibility study for building a program to direct and assess the remittances from…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Cadena, Ximena;Cárdenas, Mauricio

Reporte sobre el mercado de remesas en Colombia, la estructura de costos del mismo y la relación entre el mercado de remesas y el lavado de activos

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Stookey, Sarah

This paper outlines elements of demand for financial services among recent Latino immigrants, summarizes key factors contributing to their financial segregation, and describes products, services and…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Bair, Sheila C.

Research project on ways to improve Latin American immigrants¿ access to the U.S. banking system focused on access issues related to recent Latin American immigrants and particular attention to best…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Pew Hispanic Center;Bendixen and Amandi

Study on the characteristics of the remittance flow to Ecuador, the transfer of Remittances and the Banking System

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Orozco, Manuel

Analysis of the market of remittances from the United States to nine Central American and Caribbean countries from the perspective of business practices. (Cuba, Colombia, Jamaica, Dominican Republic…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Hernández, Ben

Research study about the remittance from hispanic immigrants living in the USA, their sending habits and relationship with Financial Institutions that offer remittance services

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Pew Hispanic Center

Research on how remitters choose the means to send money home, including projections of remittance flows to Mexico and Central America that illustrate the extraordinary growth in recent years and the…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Martes, Ana Cristina Braga;Fundação Getulio Vargas

Resultado de um survey para medir perfil sociodemográfico dos emigrantes brasileiros que enviam remessas de Boston, MA para o Brasil com estimaçoes de periodicidade, valor e finalidade das remessas e…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Peixoto, João;Marques, António Vasco

Estudo para o conhecimento do mercado de remessas de imigrantes de Portugal para o Brasil. O estudo inclui as tendências e características actuais da imigração brasileira em Portugal e o contexto…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Canadian Foundation for the Americas

Results and analysis of a poll of remittance recipients in Jamaica from Canada focused on mapping Internet Communications Technology usage. Survey on Remittance flows from Canada to Jamaica and to…

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Análisis de las remesas de emigrantes entre España y tres países latinoamericanos: Colombia, Ecuador y República Dominicana (aspectos demográficos y sociológicos)

Date issued: feb 2010
Author(s): Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Análisis de las remesas de emigrantes peruanos entre España y tres países latinoamericanos: Colombia, Ecuador y República Dominicana (aspectos demográficos y sociológicos).