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Date issued:
jun 2016
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In this paper, we estimate the effects of transit systems that substantiallystreamline administrative processing of trade flows. In so doing, we use a
unique dataset that consists of the…
unique dataset that consists of the…
Date issued:
jun 2016
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Generative AI enabled
In this paper, we estimate the effects of custom-related delays on firms'exports. In so doing, we use a unique dataset that consists of the universe
of Uruguay's export transactions…
of Uruguay's export transactions…
Date issued:
jun 2016
This paper examines three intrinsic underlying variables affecting the provision of rural electricity services: household income, household location and a country's relative wealth in terms of…
Date issued:
jun 2016
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Generative AI enabled
El presente trabajo surge como una respuesta al problema de los sobrecostos en los proyectos de infraestructura que financia el BID, y busca aportar al abordaje técnicamente consistente de los costos…
Date issued:
jun 2016
The April 2016 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that simple average growth expectations for 2016 for the eight countries covered by REVELA…
Date issued:
jun 2016
This technical note examines the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) and research and development (R&D) investment on innovation and productivity in Chilean firms, in…
Date issued:
jun 2016
How to build a convergence within the diversity of integrationist experiences? How can global efforts converge with regional and national realities through a glocal (global + local) governance that…
Date issued:
jun 2016
¿Cómo construir una convergencia en la diversidad de las experiencias integracionistas? ¿Cómo pueden confluir esfuerzos globales con realidades regionales y nacionales a través de una gobernanza…
Date issued:
jun 2016
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Latin America and the Caribbean is the most violent region in the world, with an annual homicide rate of more than 20 per 100,000 population and with an increasing trend. Yet most evidence of crime…
Date issued:
jun 2016
As part of its 2016 annual work plan, the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) is preparing the evaluation of the Inter-American Development Bank country program with Guyana for the period July…
Date issued:
jun 2016
Como parte de su plan operativo anual de 2016, la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) está preparando la evaluación del programa de país del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo con Guyana…
Date issued:
jun 2016
As part of its 2016 work plan, the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) is preparing the country program evaluation (CPE) for Guatemala covering the 2012-2016 period. This approach paper…
Date issued:
jun 2016
Como parte de su plan anual de trabajo 2016, la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) está preparando la Evaluación del Programa de País (CPE) con Guatemala durante el periodo 2012-2016. Este…
Date issued:
jun 2016
This study describes progress on the international exchange of tax information from the end of the Second World War -a period marked by the complete absence of interinstitutional international…
Date issued:
jun 2016
Este trabajo describe los avances del intercambio internacional de información tributaria, iniciando desde los finales de la segunda guerra mundial, caracterizado por la total ausencia de…
Date issued:
jun 2016
This qualitative study explores the degree to which the merit-based selectionof public managers leads to better public sector performance. Based on the
findings from eight case studies in…
findings from eight case studies in…
Date issued:
jun 2016
Este estudio cualitativo explora en qué medida la selección de directivos públicos bajo sistemas de mérito conduce a un mejor desempeño por parte de las instituciones públicas. A la luz de los…
Date issued:
jun 2016
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has historically been very active in engaging in the region in urban projects, particularly urban improvement programs. This document presents OVE's…
Date issued:
jun 2016
El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) ha desempeñado un papel muy activo desde un punto de vista histórico para participar en la región en proyectos urbanos, en particular en programas de…
Date issued:
mei 2016
Monitoring project investments and progress toward climate resilience in the private sector requires extensions to the normal project-level indicators of output. Based on a conceptual framework of a…
Date issued:
mei 2016
Monitorear las inversiones en proyectos y el progreso hacia la resilienciaclimática del sector privado requiere ampliar los indicadores más allá de
insumos y producción del proyecto. Basada en…
insumos y producción del proyecto. Basada en…
Date issued:
mei 2016
To a large extent, policy outcomes are shaped by governance, including institutional arrangements and forums for cooperation among and within different layers of government. In turn, the…
Date issued:
mei 2016
We do not live in a vacuum. Instead, we are connected to innumerable other living entities, and our individual vantage point is only one among many. When we hear people talk about protecting the…
Date issued:
mei 2016
Los seres humanos no existimos en la nada sino que siempre estamos inmersos en algún paisaje. Observamos a quienes están a nuestro alrededor y al paisaje que lo conforma y simultáneamente los demás…
Date issued:
mei 2016
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Generative AI enabled
This paper documents that seasonal temperatures have significant and systematic effects on the U.S. economy, both at the aggregate level and across a wide crosssection of economic sectors. This…