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Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This second presentation discusses: 1) A framework of incentives for risk management; 2) The identification of economic instruments for environmental and natural resource management; 3) Strategic…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Fundación Natura;Sun Mountain International

This document was presented in the 4th Hemispheric Meeting for the Natural Disaster Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue celebrated on February 26th and 27th, 2004. This first presentation lays…

Date issued: feb 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This document was commissioned by the Natural Disaster Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the IV Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on February 26th and 27th, 2004.

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Presents an exhibition of folk objects and crafts from Peru, representing various regions in which tradition has evolved within oldage artistic expressions, was be presented at the Art Gallery of the…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Da a conocer la exposición de arte popular y artesanía que demuestra cómo la innovación se encuentra con la tradición en una industria cultural reconocida en el Perú y el mundo. La exhibición tuvo…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

An exhibition honoring Peru, and the city of Lima, host of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank, presented folk objects and crafts various regions…

Date issued: feb 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rojas, Eduardo

The present publication traces the history of the Bank's lending for urban development and discusses its approaches to current urban issues. It is intended for specialists and individuals…

Date issued: feb 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cox Edwards, Alejandra

There are four generalized trends observed in Latin American labor markets in the 1990s: (1) slow growth in GDP per capita; (2) high rates of unemployment; (3) rising wage differentials associated to…

Date issued: feb 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Raffe, David

Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Educación del Diálogo Regional de Política para la VI Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 19 y 20 de febrero de 2004.

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Cox Edwards, Alejandra

Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Educación del Diálogo Regional de Política para la VI Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 19 y 20 de febrero de 2004.

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Wolff, Laurence

Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Educación del Diálogo Regional de Política para la VI Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 19 y 20 de febrero de 2004.

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Nexus Associates, Inc.

Los Proyectos de Integración Productiva (PIPs) financiados por el BID buscan el mejoramiento de la competitividad de las pequeñas empresas en la región Latinoamericana. Los Directores de los…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2003. In addition, the Report contains a…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe anual contiene un sumario de la situación económica en América Latina y el Caribe y una revisión de las actividades del Banco en 2003. Además, el informe presenta una descripción por…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Uruguay Cultural Foundation for the Arts

The IDB Cultural Center proposed that the Uruguay Cultural Foundation for the Arts, in Washington, D.C., organize a drawing contest and exhibition for Uruguayan artists, and also sponsored it…

Date issued: feb 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Nogués, Julio J.

Worldwide, the Mercosur countries are probably the ones that face the most hostile trading system. Their strong comparative advantage in temperate agricultural and agro-industrial products make them…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Rico Frontaura, Víctor

Este documento fue presentado durante la II Cumbre de Presidentes, Santiago, Chile (17-19 de abril de 1998), en el cual se efectúa un análisis global de la evolución del proceso del Area de Libre…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Redrado, Martín;Lacunza, Hernán

Motiva este trabajo el deseo de transmitir al ámbito político y académico de la región latinoamericana mi experiencia, junto a un equipo de destacados profesionales, de dos años de gestión en el…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Villoria Siegert, Nelliana

This paper is intended primarily for those governments in Latin America that have public rental housing. Although there is currently not a great deal of public rental housing in the region, it is one…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report examines the resource needs for mounting a comprehensive HIV/AIDS program in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and provides information on estimated changes in the cost of selected…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Prud'homme, Rémy;Huntzinger, Hervé;Kopp, Pierre

In recent years a number of studies have been devoted to the twin issues of economic development and of decentralization in Argentina. Many papers have tried to understand the complex system of…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Sanguinetti, Pablo;Traistaru, Iulia;Volpe Martincus, Christian

This research aims at answering the following questions: How do specialization patterns look like in member countries of Mercosur and how have they evolved over time? How do concentration patterns…

Date issued: feb 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Casacuberta, Carlos;Fachola, Gabriela;Gandelman, Néstor

This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on labor and capital gross flows and productivity in the Uruguayan manufacturing sector. Uruguay opened its economy in the presence of -at least…

Date issued: feb 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Duryea, Suzanne;Morrison, Andrew

This study examines the impact of Superémonos, a conditional transfer program in Costa Rica, which provides poor families with a subsidy for the purchase of food conditional upon children regularly…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Guaipatín, Carlos

En términos operativos, los proyectos de integración productiva (PIP) son aquellos cuyo objetivo es mejorar la competitividad de un conjunto definido de empresas de pequeña escala, sectorial y…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Villoria Siegert, Nelliana

El presente trabajo está principalmente dirigido a aquellos gobiernos de la Región Latinoamericana y del Caribe que poseen vivienda pública de alquiler (VPA). Aún cuando en la actualidad no existen…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Sierra, Juan Fernando

La Fundación Internacional para la Juventud (FIJ) y el Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones (FOMIN) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, en asocio con la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Afonso, José Roberto;Araujo, Erika Amorim;Vianna, Salvador Teixeira Werneck

Este trabalho tem por objetivo aplicar uma metodologia para a mensuração de efeitos distributivos relacionados à incidência de impostos indiretos sobre as despesas de consumo das famílias brasileiras…

Date issued: feb 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Bank has prepared a new set of strategies, presented in this volume, for the two overarching objectives established (Sustainable Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social…

Date issued: feb 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Banco ha preparado un nuevo conjunto de estrategias, que se presentan en este volumen, para sus dos objetivos fundamentales establecidos (Crecimiento Económico Sustentable y de Reducción de. la…

Date issued: feb 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

During 2003-04, a completely virtual project was organized to promote regional integration through the use of new information and communication technologies for development among other things. A…

Date issued: jan 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rezk, Ernesto

El objetivo general es examinar la carga tributaria efectiva sobre los servicios y las inversiones en infraestructura en los sectores de actividad del Transporte de Carga Terrestre (por camión) y…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Barreix, Alberto Daniel;Villela, Luiz Arruda;Roca, Jerónimo

La perspectiva de un acuerdo comercial hemisférico de amplio alcance, definitivamente cambiará la estructura de las economías de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), y deberá ser acompañado de ajustes…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The objective of this report (MIF/GN-78-11) is to present the results of the evaluation of the initiative taken by the MIF to support Venture Capital Development in the region. The point of departure…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El objetivo de este informe (MIF/GN-78-11) consiste en presentar los resultados de la evaluación de la iniciativa adoptada por el FOMIN de prestar apoyo al desarrollo del capital de riesgo en la…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report (MIF/GN-78-13) is the outcome of evaluation of a group of 17 MIF environment projects, as part of the work program of the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) to evaluate MIF…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este documento (MIF/GN-78-13) es el resultado de la evaluación de un grupo de 17 proyectos del FOMIN en el área de medio ambiente, enmarcado dentro del programa de trabajo de evaluación del FOMIN…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The purpose of this paper (MIF/GN-78-14) is to evaluate a set of projects in the MIF's "Market Functioning" portfolio, which includes 12 projects for a total MIF contribution of US$7.6…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El objetivo de la presente evaluación (MIF/GN-78-14) es evaluar un grupo de proyectos del FOMIN integrantes de la cartera de "Funcionamiento del Mercado" que incluye 12 proyectos por un…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Un estudio nacional que informa sobre las remesas hacia Colombia, considerando el volumen total, el perfil socio económico del receptor, cómo son transferidos y gastados y la cultura bancaria, que en…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Working with public, private, and nonprofit sector partners, MIF has invested in the development of skills standards and certification systems with fifteen projects in Latin America and the Caribbean…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Quality management systems offer companies a practical approach to organizing their productive processes to ensure ongoing adherence to these standards, as well as fostering a culture of continuous…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

As the selection of arbitrators and mediators is transparent and mutually agreed, their independence of any ties to the respective parties is ensured, promoting impartiality and professionalism on…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Zucker, Andrew A.

Un obstáculo mayor para el uso de las computadoras en las escuelas ha sido la dificultad de acceso cuando y donde fuera necesario. Es evidente que existe una realidad nueva y diferente en los miles…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Terry, Donald F.

Este Manual intenta promover la creación y fomentar la profesionalización de una industria local de capital riesgo, promover una nueva herramienta de financiación de empresas, y contribuir a mejorar…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

O período que se inicia no primeiro semestre de 2003 abriu uma janela de oportunidade para a agenda interna do MERCOSUL. A convergência das políticas cambiais dos países membros, a retomada do…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Campino, Antonio C. Coelho;Serra, Rodrigo A. Moreno

El Programa de Salud de Familia (PSF) en Brasil ha sido encarado positivamente por su impacto social en la cobertura de salud primaria en las comunidades más pobres del país. El presente artículo…

Date issued: jan 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Suominen, Kati;Estevadeordal, Antoni

Rules of origin (RoO) are a central topic both in the Inter-Regional Association Agreement negotiations between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), and in the 34-…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo;Pagés, Carmen;Panizza, Ugo;Stein, Ernesto H.

The Research Department of the IDB (RES) performs innovative, comparative research on the development issues of greatest concern to the region today. It generates a wide variety of products based on…

Date issued: jan 2004
Author(s): Pietrobelli, Carlo;Rabellotti, Roberta

This study focuses on how Latin America¿s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can participate in global markets in a way that provides for sustainable growth. In addition, it study analyzes…