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Date issued:
feb 2012
La catastrófica deforestación y la degradación ambiental se han convertido en puntos de reflexión con respecto a los paisajes forestales en los trópicos de América Latina. Sin embargo, estas verdades…
Date issued:
feb 2012
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Este documento ofrece un análisis de los incentivos de los pequeños negocios para incluirse y permanecer en el Régimen Impositivo Simplificado Ecuatoriano (RISE) a través del pago cumplido de sus…
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feb 2012
Contemporary Uruguayan Artists is part of About Change: Art from Latin America and the Caribbean, a project of the World Bank Art Program in cooperation with the Cultural Center of the Inter-American…
Date issued:
feb 2012
Artistas contemporáneos uruguayos forma parte de El cambio: Arte de América Latina y el Caribe, un proyecto del Programa de Arte del Banco Mundial en colaboración con el Centro Cultural del Banco de…
Date issued:
feb 2012
O Informe MERCOSUL N° 16 (julho de 2010 - junho de 2011) analisa o panorama macroeconômico e os fluxos comerciais dos países do Mercado Comum do Sul (MERCOSUL), assim como os principais aspectos do…
Date issued:
feb 2012
Job training programs for vulnerable youth are the main response of Latin American governments to address the problem of inadequate employment opportunities for young people. Despite its importance,…
Date issued:
feb 2012
Esta nota técnica tiene como principal objetivo contribuir a cubrir ese vacío en la literatura, presentando nueva evidencia acerca de la efectividad de los programas de capacitación laboral para…
Date issued:
feb 2012
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Although many countries are aggressively implementing the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program, there is a lack of empirical evidence on its effects. This paper presents the impact of the first large…
Date issued:
feb 2012
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Aunque muchos países están implementando de manera intensa el Programa Una computadora por niño (OLPC, por sus siglas en inglés), existe una falta de evidencia empírica sobre sus efectos. Este…
Date issued:
jan 2012
This evaluation examines the IDB's Country Program with Guatemala for the 2008-2011 period. The assessment shows very positive results in terms of the program's relevance, consistency, and…
Date issued:
jan 2012
Esta evaluación examina el Programa del BID con Guatemala durante el periodo 2008-2011. La evaluación indica resultados muy positivos en términos de relevancia, consistencia y posicionamiento.…
Date issued:
jan 2012
This tool presented here in an Excel format was designed to evaluate the fulfillment of good corporate governance practices in primarily state owned water and sanitation companies in the region.
Date issued:
jan 2012
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While decreasing inequality is generally considered desirable, and there is a growing understanding of which policies do and do not promote equality, much less is known regarding why these policies…
Date issued:
jan 2012
This paper draws on the experience of Mexico in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and on the experiences of four Latin American countries in the implementation of their services and…
Date issued:
jan 2012
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Despite the large potential gains from credit by second-tier development banks, little is known about the actual impact of these banks' lending activity. This study partially fills that gap by…
Date issued:
jan 2012
This paper surveys housing finance in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama. The development of a secondary mortgage-backed securities market in Costa Rica is very limited despite a broad legal…
Date issued:
jan 2012
Este documento evalúa la sostenibilidad de la deuda pública en Guatemala mediante la aplicación de metodologías tradicionales. De acuerdo con el enfoque estándar, se requiere un superávit primario…
Date issued:
jan 2012
The 2011 Annual Business Review (ABR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The ABR reports on outputs, lending program priorities, and organizational indicators on a…
Date issued:
jan 2012
Low-income and self-employed Nicaraguans face two serious obstacles when looking to buy a home: a shortage of affordable housing, and difficulty in obtaining a mortgage.An innovative model is…
Date issued:
jan 2012
Aspiring college graduates from low-income Mexican families have seized the chance to fund their studies through the education financing company FINAE. Founded in 2006, the company has expanded its…
Date issued:
jan 2012
Financiación Social (Social Financing or FS), an EPM program, provides accessible credit to those at the base of the pyramid. The program leverages EPM's business platform to assess credit risk…
Date issued:
jan 2012
Mi Tienda provides door-to-door supply of grocery and basic products, as well as financing for merchandise purchase and business expansion to stores in rural communities with up to 5,000 inhabitants…
Date issued:
jan 2012
Microentrepreneurs in the food retail industry face challenges in accessing credit to undertake daily activities or to expand their businesses and in acquiring technical skills to sustainable grow.…
Date issued:
jan 2012
Many private companies in Latin America and the Caribbean have innovative ideas of ways to do business providing basic services such as health care, education, energy, and water to people at the base…
Date issued:
jan 2012
Haitians of all economic levels are interested in buying insurance products, increasingly so in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake of 2010. One traditional insurance company whose reputation…