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Date issued: nov 2016
Author(s): Madrigal, Lucía

The files that accompany the harmonized base offer to the user relevant data information to understanding how variables were created, level of comparability of the countries that are part of the base…

Date issued: nov 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2016 third 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: nov 2016
Author(s): Mercer;Inter-American Development Bank

Investment in infrastructure is widely recognized as crucial to promoting economic and social growth through the development of essential services and assets. As the global population grows and…

Date issued: nov 2016
Author(s): Sturzenegger, Germán;Martinez, Sebastian;Gertner, Gastón

El acceso a agua potable y saneamiento continúa siendo uno de los retos de desarrollo más importantes de América Latina y el Caribe, especialmenteen zonas rurales. Entre 1990 y 2015, más de 200…

Date issued: nov 2016
Author(s): Galiani, Sebastián;Jaitman, Laura

La inseguridad es la principal preocupación de los ciudadanos en la región. El crimen y la violencia distorsionan la asignación de recursos de los gobiernos, de las firmas, y alteran las rutinas de…

Date issued: nov 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Dinkelman, Taryn;Martínez, Claudia;Romero, Dario

Schools that provide higher education often belong to either a merit-based selective system or an open-access less selective system. This paper presents the results of a field experiment that…

Date issued: nov 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

INTAL Connection informs on developments on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Date issued: nov 2016
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Conexión INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. También es el medio para difundir las actividades realizadas por el BID…

Date issued: nov 2016
Author(s): Salieri, Giulia;Ramos, Andrés

El objetivo de este estudio es proveer alternativas de métodos de ejecución de infraestructura escolar relevantes para América Latina y el Caribe. El documento describe dichos métodos y provee…

Date issued: nov 2016
Author(s): Salieri, Giulia;Ramos, Andrés

This study aims to diagnose and compare the school infrastructure management processes of the different countries in the region to identify common challenges. It also focuses on identifying areas of…

Date issued: nov 2016
Author(s): Salieri, Giulia;Ramos, Andrés

El objetivo de este estudio es diagnosticar y comparar los procesos de gestión de infraestructura escolar de los diferentes países de la región para facilitar la identificación de retos comunes, la…

Date issued: nov 2016
Author(s): Bueso-Merriam, Jacqueline;Demichelis, Francisco;Fernández Díez, María Carmen;Giuliodori, David;Rodríguez, Alejandro;Stucchi, Rodolfo

A shortcoming of the current empirical impact evaluation literature is the lack of studies that measure the effect of access to credit in the medium and long term, as well as the impact on…

Date issued: nov 2016
Author(s): Bueso-Merriam, Jacqueline;Demichelis, Francisco;Fernández Díez, María Carmen;Giuliodori, David;Rodríguez, Alejandro;Stucchi, Rodolfo

Una limitación de la literatura empírica actual sobre evaluación de impacto es la carencia de estudios que midan los impactos del crédito en el mediano y largo plazo, así como en los tipos de…

Date issued: okt 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barajas, Adolfo;Restrepo, Sergio;Steiner, Roberto;Medellín, Juan Camilo;Pabón, César

After building up foreign currency-denominated (FC) liabilities over several years, the balance sheets of Colombian firms might be particularly vulnerable to a shift in external conditions. This…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Salo, James

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are major sources of natural resource consumption and environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At the same time, MSMEs make up a…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Salo, James

Managing value chain environmental impacts and natural resource use has become an important consideration in the purchasing decisions of large publicly traded companies. Suppliers, including micro,…

Date issued: okt 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Freund, Caroline;Pierola, Martha Denisse

This paper uses firm-level data on manufacturing trade from 40 developing countries to explore how the five largest exporters in a country contribute to export growth and diversification. The origins…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Martinez-Cordova, Sofia;Insfran, Sebastian;Harris, Donna Oretha

We explored the hypothesis that the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), Jamaica's conditional cash transfer program, contributes to breaking the inter-generational…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Martinez-Cordova, Sofia;Insfran, Sebastian;Harris, Donna Oretha

Exploramos la hipótesis de que el Programa de Transferencia Monetaria Condicionada de Jamaica, Programa de Avance a través de la Salud y Educación (PATH, por sus siglas en inglés), contribuye a…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Bancalari, Antonella;Gertner, Gastón;Martinez, Sebastian

El acceso a soluciones de saneamiento mejorado y a fuentes de agua segura continúa siendo uno de los principales desafíos de política pública en Bolivia. Según la información del último censo de 2012…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Bustelo, Monserrat;Martinez, Sebastian;Pérez, Michelle;Rodríguez Silva, Julio

Ciudad Mujer (CM) es un programa liderado por el Gobierno de El Salvador a través de la Secretaría de Inclusión Social (SIS) con el apoyo del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), que pretende…

Date issued: okt 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ellingstad, Paul;Love, Charmian

This briefing paper provides a look at corporate venturing-related activities underway specifically in the Caribbean, and opportunities in this area moving forward.

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Sosa, Mariano;Powell, Andrew

The July 2016 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that the simple average growth rate expected for 2016 for the eight countries covered by…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Salazar, Lina;Balcázar, Fernando;Tarre, Alejandro;Aramburu, Julián;Serebrisky, Tomás;Ramirez, Maria Cecilia;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor

A través de esta serie de casos de estudio, el Departamento de Infraestructura y Energía del BID pretende dar a conocer su trabajo en la región, los problemas que aborda, los retos en la…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Gischler, Christiaan;Tarre, Alejandro;Serebrisky, Tomás;Ramirez, Maria Cecilia;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor

A través de esta serie de casos de estudio, el Departamento de Infraestructura y Energía del BID pretende dar a conocer su trabajo en la región, los problemas que aborda, los retos en la…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Mitnik, Oscar A.;Ripani, Laura;Rosas-Shady, David

The evidence on the effectiveness of youth training programs in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) tends to be encouraging regarding the quality of employment of beneficiaries (positive impacts…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit;Inter-American Development Bank

The Global Microscope assesses the regulatory environment for financial inclusion across 12 indicators and 55 countries. The Microscope was originally developed for countries in the Latin American…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Microscopio global 2016: Análisis del entorno para la inclusión financieraevalúa el entorno normativo para la inclusión financiera con base en 12
indicadores en 55 países. El Microscopio…

Date issued: okt 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Trujillo, Verónica;Navajas, Sergio

This report seeks to facilitate a deeper understanding of the financial systems in the region, combining aspects of sustainability and financial inclusion. The 2016 report includes information from…

Date issued: okt 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Trujillo, Verónica;Navajas, Sergio

Este reporte busca dar a conocer más a detalle los sistemas financieros de la región, combinando aspectos de sostenibilidad e inclusión financiera. El reporte comprende información de 20 países de la…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Centro Interamericano de Administraciones Tributarias

En este resumen se presentan los principales resultados del análisis de la imposición sobre las rentas del trabajo en 20 economías de América Latina y el Caribe en 2013. Se enfatiza la cuña fiscal--…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016
Author(s): Shik, Olga;Boyce, Rachel;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Kim, Namho

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available…

Date issued: okt 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Solymosi, Katalin;Braun, Andrea;Dijk, Suzanne van;Grulke, Markus

The world population is expected to increase from approximately 2.5 billion in 1950 to almost 10 billion in 2050, exhibiting the highest population growth rates in history. Securing the supply of…