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Date issued: mrt 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Da a conocer la realidad de las remesas en América Latina y el Caribe, viéndose influenciada por cuatro aspectos, durante el primer trimestre del 2008, tales como: la desaceleración económica de los…

Date issued: mrt 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El año 2008 marcó un importante hito tanto para el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo como para América Latina y el Caribe, región a la cual sirve. Fuimos golpeados por la crisis de los precios de…

Date issued: mrt 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Beintema, Nienke M.

This report reviews major institutional developments and investment and human resource trends in public agricultural R&D in LAC from 1981 to 2006, drawing from a set of country briefs and a…

Date issued: mrt 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La habilidad de BID para apoyar el desarrollo de conocimiento, políticas e instituciones definirá hasta que punto permanecerá como un socio relevante para los países de la región. Para ello es…

Date issued: mrt 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This country program evaluation (CPE) of Venezuela (RE-351) for the period 1999-2007 was prepared following the guidelines of a pre-established protocol that has made it possible to develop an…

Date issued: mrt 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Esta evaluación del programa de país (RE-351) para el periodo 1999-2007 fue elaborada de acuerdo a los lineamientos de un protocolo preestablecido para desarrollar una visión independiente y de largo…

Date issued: mrt 2009
Author(s): Galindo, Arturo;Pinzon, Mauricio

REVELA analyzes market expectations of growth and inflation in Latin American countries. The figures analyzed represent the results of surveys of private sector actors conducted by the central banks…

Date issued: mrt 2009
Author(s): Galindo, Arturo;Pinzon, Mauricio

REVELA analiza las expectativas de los mercados sobre crecimiento e inflación para algunos países latinoamericanos. Los valores analizados representan los resultados de encuestas en el sector privado…

Date issued: mrt 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This paper presents the reality of remittances in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be influenced by four points in the first quarter of 2008, such as:: the economic slowdown in the United States,…

Date issued: mrt 2009
Author(s): Galindo, Arturo;Pinzon, Mauricio

This database for Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA) was updated to March 2009. It includes data on inflation, growth, fiscal deficit, interest rate and other variables for each…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Un breve resumen del propósito, la historia, la estructura y las operaciones del Grupo BID. El Grupo BID comprende tres instituciones: el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, (1959), la Corporación…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

A brief summary of the purpose, history, structure and operations of the IDB group. The IDB Group comprises three institutions: the Inter-American Development Bank, (1959); the Inter-American…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

A pesar del contexto internacional afectado por la crisis financiera y crediticia disparada en el mercado hipotecario de Estados Unidos, el proceso de integración del Mercado Común del Sur continuó…

Date issued: feb 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Avilés, Maria Victoria;Cuesta, José A.

This paper explores how different levels of knowledge correlate with desirable preventive and curative practices against malaria in Honduras. The paper additionally analyzes information externalities…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Quesada Lastiri, Gabriela

El objetivo de esta presentación es analizar las ideas erróneas que se tienen acerca de las Alianzas Público Privadas y desmentir los paradigmas que se han creado al rededor de éstas. Asimismo,…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

An exhibition exploring the development of the City of Medellín, Colombia, and the connections that may exist between art and development. Medellín is the city selected by the IDB for the 2009 Annual…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This Annual Report 2008: A Year in Review contains a review of the Bank's operations in 2008, loans, guarantees and grants, and in a separate volume, Management's Discussion and Analysis:…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe anual consta de dos tomos: el primero contiene un examen de las operaciones del Banco en 2008 (préstamos, garantías y operaciones no reembolsables). En el segundo volumen, hay una…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Ce volume est le premier de deux qui constituent le rapport annuel de la Banque interaméricaine de développement. Ce rapport en deux volumes comporte un examen des activités de la Banque en 2008 (…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Este Relatório Anual 2008: Um Ano em Revista contém uma revisão das operações do Banco em 2008, empréstimos, garantias e subsídios, e em um volume separado, a Discussão e Análise da Administração:…

Date issued: feb 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Izquierdo, Alejandro

As the world confronts an oppressive credit crunch, it is useful to review the policy responses of countries to the systemic sudden stops of the 1990s. Countries have experimented widely, providing a…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Schneider, Ben Ross

This presentation discusses labor markets in Latin America including: 1) Incentives to invest in Human capital; 2) Politics of investment in training and education; 3) Labor regulation.

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This presentation was prepared for an IDB Seminar titled "Brainstorming Session: The Political Economy of Productivity: Actors, Arenas, and Policymaking," held on February 6th, 2009. This…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Przeworski, Adam

This presentation was created for the Seminar: Brainstorming Session: The Political Economy of Productivity: Actors, Arenas, and Policymaking. This discussion includes the point that changes of…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares

The IDB has been supporting the Plan Puebla Panama (PPP) since it was launched in 2001 by the Central American (CA) countries and Mexico as a regional strategy created to pursue economic and human…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares

El BID ha prestado un constante apoyo al Plan Puebla-Panamá (PPP) desde su puesta en marcha en 2001 por los países de América Central y México como estrategia regional para lograr el desarrollo…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Giuffrida, Antonio;El-Wahab, Shireen;Anta, Rafael

This paper examines the current and emerging trends in mobile health, with particular emphasis on lessons learned and on potential opportunities for Latin America to apply mobile services to health…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

An exhibition exploring the development of the City of Medellín, Colombia, and the connections that may exist between art and development.
The exhibition was run from February 19 to April 24…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Da a conocer la exposición que explora la evolución de Medellín, Colombia y las conexiones que han existido entre el arte y el desarrollo de la ciudad. La exposición estuvo abierta al público desde…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Murillo, Maria Victoria

This presentation discusses the policymaking process in Latin America and the real actors involved. The group structure, size, market incorporation and political incorporation all play a part. This…

Date issued: feb 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vallaeys, François;De la Cruz, Cristina;Sasia, Pedro M.

Este manual presenta un conjunto de instrumentos dirigidos a ayudar a las instituciones de educación superior a identificar más cabalmente su rol fuera de las aulas e incorporar medidas que permitan…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Trànsit Projectes;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Presentación que ofrece información sobre las implicaciones sociales, culturales y económicas de la introducción de las redes sociales en el contexto de las industrias creativas. Detalla sobre las…

Date issued: feb 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aragón, Edgar;Fouquet, Anne;Campos, Marcia

This paper consists of three case studies of the emergence of three successful export activities in Mexico: avocado production, the manufacture of catheters, and call center outsourcing. Each case…

Date issued: feb 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Casacuberta, Carlos;Domingo, Rosario;Pittaluga, Lucía;Pastori, Héctor

This paper consists of four case studies of the emergence of four successful export activities in Uruguay: computer software, forest products, caviar and sturgeon meat, and animal vaccines. Each case…

Date issued: feb 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Agosin, Manuel R.;Bravo Ortega, Claudio

This paper surveys overall export growth in Chile and focuses on three case studies of the emergence of successful export activities in Chile: wine, pork and blueberries. Each case study discusses…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Bocalandro, Laura;Villa, Rafael

El presente documento de trabajo tiene por finalidad presentar una introducción al Programa de Bienes Públicos Regionales del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), destacando su calidad de…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): De la Barra, Mauricio

Presentación expuesta durante el "Primer Encuentro Técnico de capacitación en materia de estructuración de Proyectos de Asociación Público Privada", llevado a cabo en México, febrero, 2008…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Espelt Otero, Ramón

Presentación expuesta en el Primer Encuentro Técnico de capacitación en materia de estructuración de Proyectos de Asociación Público Privada, llevado a cabo en México, febrero, 2009. El objetivo de…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Galindo, Arturo;Pinzon, Mauricio

REVELA analyzes market expectations of growth and inflation in Latin American countries. The figures analyzed represent the results of surveys of private sector actors conducted by the central banks…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Galindo, Arturo;Pinzon, Mauricio

REVELA analiza las expectativas de los mercados sobre crecimiento e inflación para algunos países latinoamericanos. Los valores analizados representan los resultados de encuestas en el sector privado…

Date issued: feb 2009
Author(s): Millán, Germán

Este documento presenta una descripción general de lo que se consideran los aspectos principales de la experiencia británica en el desarrollo y uso de las Alianzas Publico-Privadas en general, y la…

Date issued: jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Higuera, Lucas

Las encuestas LAPOP (Latin American Public Opinion Project) son un instrumento útil y relevante en el análisis cuantitativo de las instituciones políticas y su relación con los ciudadanos de los…

Date issued: jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chong, Alberto E.;La Ferrara, Eliana

This paper studies the link between television and divorce in Brazil by exploiting variation in the timing of availability of the signal of Rede Globo -the network that had a virtual monopoly on…

Date issued: jan 2009
Author(s): Murray, Betsy

The fourth contribution to the MIF Retrospectives series, Notes from the Field: MIF Projects and the Real World by Betsy Murray, MIF Specialist in Costa Rica, discusses project management and the…

Date issued: jan 2009
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Un bref résumé de la finalité, l'histoire, la structure et les opérations du Groupe de la BID. Le Groupe de la BID se compose de trois institutions: la Banque interaméricaine de développement, (…

Date issued: jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Daude, Christian;Fernández-Arias, Eduardo;Blyde, Juan S.

This paper analyzes the long-run relationship between output collapsesdefined defined as GDP falling substantially below trendand total factor productivity (TFP), using a panel of 71 developed and…

Date issued: jan 2009
Author(s): Loossens, Rudi

De cara a profundizar el conocimiento y la caracterización de los empresarios dinámicos en America Latina y el Caribe, y en particular los factores determinantes en la innovación y creación de valor…

Date issued: jan 2009
Author(s): Loossens, Rudi

In order to deepen the understanding and characterization of dynamic entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean and, in particular, the drivers of innovation and value creation in High Growth…

Date issued: jan 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ríos, Vanessa;Chong, Alberto E.;Ñopo, Hugo R.

This paper argues that welfare programs are linked with the destruction of social capital, as measured by interpersonal trust in laboratory games. The paper employs experimental data for…

Date issued: jan 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Um breve resumo da finalidade, a história, a estrutura e as operações do BID grupo. O Grupo do BID compreende três instituições: o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, (1959), a Corporação…