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Date issued: nov 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The first detailed state-by-state analysis of remittances from the United States to Latin America, presenting insight into new migration patterns reaching geographic locations well beyond the…

Date issued: nov 2004
Author(s): Frumkin, Samuel

This slide is about a gateway to banking for unbanked immigrants. Also presents topics on banks interested, remittances work and risks and regulatory issues.

Date issued: nov 2004
Author(s): Álvarez, Carmen Cristina

This slide is about a Statement of Direction for the Remittances business In Dominican Republic. Presents a vision statement, ReD Growth Strategy, Distribution Channels, RED Growth, Rural Coop's…

Date issued: nov 2004
Author(s): Levy Yeyati, Eduardo;Micco, Alejandro;Panizza, Ugo

This paper surveys the theoretical and empirical literature on the role of state-owned banks and also presents some new results and a robustness analysis. The paper shows that state-owned banks…

Date issued: nov 2004
Author(s): Micco, Alejandro;Panizza, Ugo;Yañez, Mónica

This paper builds a new dataset on bank ownership and bank performance covering approximately 50,000 observations for 119 countries over the 1995-2002 period. The paper then uses the dataset to…

Date issued: okt 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Elías, Víctor;Ruiz Núñez, Fernanda;Cossa, Ricardo;Bravo, David

The Youth Training Program (YTP) was an important component of Argentina's active labor policy of the 1990s. The program offered courses of three months' duration, divided equally between…

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report (RE-298) summarizes OVE's evaluation of the IDB's program in Brazil during 1993-2003. The paper starts with a selective, brief analysis of background that is needed to inform…

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El presente informe (RE-298) hace un resumen de la evaluación del programa del BID en Brasil realizada por OVE para el período comprendido entre 1993 y 2003. El informe brinda un análisis breve y…

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Presentación que da a conocer el propósito del taller, los proyectos aprobados, las actividades del cluster, los beneficios, las sinergias y economías de escala.

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Instituto Mexicano de Contadores Públicos

Presentación que ofrece información sobre la meta del proyecto, la descripción, el análisis del desarrollo, la tecnología y recursos, los recursos económicos, las estrategias a seguir (corto plazo) y…

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Presentación que brinda información acerca de las comunidades virtuales. Da algunos ejemplos de las herramientas de colaboración, así como de la portada de una comunidad virtual. Finalmente indica…

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Coletta, Nat J.

The intended goal of this paper is to expand the IDB's current disaster policy in the area of human-driven disasters. This paper explores and expands on the definition and scope of "human-…

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Tanzi, Vito

Globalization is not a new phenomenon. However, the current form is qualitatively different from past experiences. It provides great opportunities for some countries and challenges to others. A first…

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Langhammer, Rolf J.;Sturzenegger, Federico;Sanguinetti, Pablo;Schweickert, Rainer;Licandro, Omar;Fanelli, José M.;Ventura, Jaume

Latin American and Caribbean countries are today at an important juncture in their international economic relations. Since the end of the 1980s the countries of the region have been pursuing a…

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Agosin, Manuel R.;Rodas Martini, Pablo;Saavedra-Rivano, Neantro

This study covers the impact of the emergence of China on Central American economies, with special emphasis on Guatemala and Honduras. The issue of the China¿s impact is generally approached from the…

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Blyde, Juan S.;Fernández-Arias, Eduardo

In order to analyze how satisfactory the growth process in Latin America has been over the past 40 years it is important to make relevant comparisons with other experiences. To tackle this issue, the…

Date issued: okt 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Nogués, Julio J.

A nivel mundial los países del MERCOSUR son probablemente los que experimentan el sistema de comercio más hostil. Su fuerte ventaja comparativa en los productos agrícolas templados y los productos…

Date issued: okt 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Wegelin, Emiel;Rojas, Eduardo;Rodríquez Villaescusa, Eduardo

Este libro estudia las características del problema de la recuperación de áreas urbanas centrales, presentando distintas opciones de financiamiento y ejecución de programas de rehabilitación urbana.

Date issued: okt 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Morimoto, Amelia;Araki, Raúl;De Freitas, Sônia Maria;Amemiya, Kozy;Misawa, Tekehiro;Sakurai, Célia;Lin Chou, Diego;Kasamatsu, Emi;Hu-DeHart, Evelyn;Rodríguez Pastor, Humberto;Siu, Lok;Bialogorski, Mirta;Laumonier, Isabel Jacqueline;Estrada, Baldomero

Oriente no es una latitud geográfica y culturalmente lejana. Es una presencia viva en América Latina y el Caribe. Llegó en los baúles de los culíes chinos que en el siglo XIX reemplazaron a la mano…

Date issued: okt 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Morgenstern, Richard D.

This report builds on three sector-specific case studies commissioned by the IDB that examined opportunities for GHG mitigation in urban transport, landfill management, and forestry. The three…

Date issued: okt 2004 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kraemer, R. Andreas;Kampa, Eleftheria;Interwies, Eduard

This working paper first introduces tradable permits as part of an overall taxonomy of economic instruments in the field of water management. In this context, three fundamentally different fields of…

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank


Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Condo, Arturo

En Centroamérica, las PyMEs, que conforman la gran base empresarial de la región, se enfrentan con problemas de productividad. Esta presentación discute el competitividad y productividad de las PyMEs…

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Fischer, Ronald;Serra, Pablo

Este estudio analiza las privatizaciones de los servicios de saneamiento, electricidad y telecomunicaciones en Chile. Se evalúa la evolución de los servicios públicos desde su privatización, y por lo…

Date issued: okt 2004
Author(s): Nascimento, José Rente;Mota Villanueva, José Luis B.

Una de las formas de enfrentar los problemas derivados de la fragmentación de las tierras de vocación forestal (TVF) es la adopción de estrategias de intervención que lleven a la integración de las…