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Date issued: apr 2017
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Palomino, Alejandro;Rivera, Johanan;Alejandre, Florencia

El objetivo de la evaluación es analizar la producción, el uso y la influenciade las evaluaciones de impacto contempladas en las operaciones de
préstamo y de cooperación técnica y las…

Date issued: apr 2017
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Palomino, Alejandro;Rivera, Johanan;Alejandre, Florencia

The objective of the evaluation is to analyze the production, use and influence of the Impact Evaluations (IE) included in IDB loan, technical cooperation (TC), and economic and sector work (ESW)…

Date issued: apr 2017
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Pecha, Camilo

This policy brief answers three main questions with respect to the no-user-fee policy adopted across public health centres in Jamaica: (i) Has the policy improved health status among working age…

Date issued: apr 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schady, Norbert;Carneiro, Pedro;Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu

We study the determinants of math achievement among children in early elementary school using data from a unique experiment. We find steep socioeconomic gradients and a substantial boy-girl gap in…

Date issued: apr 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chirinos-Leañez, Ana María;Pagliacci, Carolina

This paper evaluates whether fiscal and foreign exchange policy shocks canexplain both credit and credit supply in Venezuela. Empirical evidence suggests that between 65 and 90 percent of credit…

Date issued: apr 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bucacos, Elizabeth

This study analyzes the effects of "financial stress" on the Uruguayan macroeconomy in the 1998Q3-2016Q2 period with the underlying idea that financial shocks propagate differently during…

Date issued: apr 2017
Author(s): De Olloqui, Fernando;Fernández Díez, María Carmen

En este documento se describen intervenciones de política pública en el sector agroalimentario y en el sector rural orientadas a mejorar el acceso al financiamiento, como factor clave para lograr los…

Date issued: apr 2017
Author(s): Rivas, Axel;Delgado, Lucas Esteban

Graduate XXI explora iniciativas y tendencias innovadoras en educación para enfrentar el abandono escolar y las desigualdades sociales que azotan América Latina. Este documento forma parte de esa…

Date issued: apr 2017
Author(s): Astorga, Ignacio;Alonso, Paloma;Pinto, Diana M.;Freddi, Jazmin;Corredera Silván, Martín

Las APP son una modalidad de ejecución complementaria con los esquemas tradicionales, por lo que deben ser consistentes con los sistemas de planificación y preparación de proyectos de inversión…

Date issued: apr 2017
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Pierola, Martha Denisse;Sánchez-Navarro, Dennis

This paper assesses the LAC's import substitution response to the recent wave of currency devaluations. For this purpose, this document uses both descriptive data and a simple econometric model…