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Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Ludeña, Carlos E.;Netto, Maria

In order to understand the implications of GHG emissions reduction targets in the Brazilian economy it is important to understand the sector composition of these emissions in Brazil. According to the…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Con el fin de mejorar el entendimiento del riesgo de desastre y el desempeño de la gestión del riesgo, el Instituto de Estudios Ambientales (IDEA) de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Chávez, Jorge F.;Iunes, Roberto F.;Conroy, Hector;Ramos, Johanna;Cusato, Antonio;Fontes, Tatiani;Espinoza, Viviane

This evaluation examines the IDB's Country Program with Colombia for the 2007-2011 period. The evaluation found social investment and decentralization as two areas in which the IDB maintained…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Chávez, Jorge F.;Iunes, Roberto F.;Conroy, Hector;Ramos, Johanna;Cusato, Antonio;Fontes, Tatiani;Espinoza, Viviane

La evaluación identifica la inversión social y la descentralización como dos áreas en las que el BID mantuvo presencia y relevancia durante este periodo. En inversión social, el BID se convirtió en…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Ruíz Muller, Manuel

Este informe parte de los avances ya presentados en el documento "Implementación de acuerdos comerciales preferenciales en Latinoamérica: la experiencia peruana en su TLC con Estados Unidos de…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Angel, Félix;Rossi, Cristina

This catalogue belongs to the exhibit that celebrates the 150th Anniversary of Italy's Unification. The exhibition includes a selection of art works by Latin American artists of Italian descent…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Pedraza, Arturo;Rosas, Ramón

Con el propósito de mejorar el servicio de agua potable que se brinda a la sociedad de los países de América Latina, a través del desarrollo de una metodología regional de eficiencia energética y…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Pedraza, Arturo;Rosas, Ramón

Con el propósito de mejorar el servicio de agua potable que se brinda a la sociedad de los países de América Latina, se ha desarrollado una metodología regional de eficiencia energética y…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Pedraza, Arturo;Rosas, Ramón

Con el propósito de mejorar el servicio de agua potable que se brinda a la sociedad de los países de América Latina, se ha desarrollado una metodología regional de eficiencia energética y…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Kugler, Adriana

This paper surveys the macro and micro empirical evidence on the effects of different types of labor taxes (in particular, payroll and income taxes) on firm performance and worker behavior. There is…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This documents contains Disaster Risk and Disaster Management indicators for Belize calculated according to the methodology developed by the Bank. This System of Indicators had three specific…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Dengel, Cristina;Horton, John

The IDB's strategy in Brazil seeks to promote and further the reform and modernization of the public sector, to support efforts to improve the competitiveness of Brazilian goods, to support the…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Castillo-Ruiz, Paz

Women account for 66% of the global workforce and earn 10% of the income. They produce 50% of the food globally and own 1% of the property. Besides, women represent the majority of the global poor,…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

La última década ha estado marcada por numerosas manifestaciones por parte de líderes brasileños y colombianos, en cuanto a la importancia y urgencia de la integración regional de los dos países…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2011 second quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Tomic, Esteban;Novoa, Rodrigo

Chile, hace ya más de tres décadas, optó por una economía abierta, competitiva y orientada al libre comercio, disciplinada en el acatamiento de las normativas internacionales y con una política…

Date issued: aug 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arbeláez, María Angélica;Camacho, Carolina;Fajardo, Johanna

This paper explores the role played by policy instruments in access to housing finance by low-income households. It also analyzes the impact of housing credit and subsidies on both the quality of…

Date issued: aug 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Outes-Leon, Ingo;Porter, Catherine;Sánchez, Alan

This paper examines the causal link between early childhood nutrition and cognition, applying instrumental variables to sibling-differences for a sample of preschool aged Peruvian children. Child-…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Gayá, Romina;Michalczewsky, Kathia

La presente nota técnica examina el salto exportador del MERCOSUR entre 2003 y 2008. Más allá del boom de las materias primas presenta un detallado análisis cuantitativo de la evolución de las ventas…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

A ultima década tem sido marcada por crescentes manifestações por parte de lideres do Brasil e da Colômbia sobre a importância e urgência da integração dos dois países sul-americanos. O ex-presidente…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Muñoz, Rodrigo;López-Peña, Paula;Vivo, Sigrid;McCoy, Sandra

The study reports on a randomized trial of 1,200 young adults enrolled in an employment training program, to determine the most cost-effective and appropriate interview mode for measuring youth risk…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Muñoz, Rodrigo;López-Peña, Paula;Vivo, Sigrid;McCoy, Sandra

Este trabajo busca contrastar la costo-efectividad de cuatro modos de administrar encuestas utilizadas para medir eficazmente los comportamientos de riesgo entre jóvenes. Se estudiaron dos modos…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This edition of IDEA draws from a forthcoming IDB book, Export Pioneers in Latin America, which analyzes a series of case studies of successful new export activities throughout the region to learn…

Date issued: aug 2011
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este número de IDEA se basa en un libro del BID que saldrá próximamente, "Los pioneros de las exportaciones en América Latina", que analiza una serie de estudios de caso de nuevas…

Date issued: jul 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aterido, Reyes;Hallward-Driemeier, Mary;Pagés, Carmen

Seguro Popular (SP) was introduced in 2002 to provide health insurance to the 50 million Mexicans without Social Security. This paper tests whether the program has had unintended consequences,…