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okt 2011
China's meteoric emergence in the last decade and its profound impact on the economic performance of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has eclipsed the importance of the region's other…
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okt 2011
China's meteoric emergence in the last decade and its profound impact on the economic performance of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has eclipsed the importance of the region's other…
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okt 2011
En este informe se presentan los hallazgos del Economist Intelligence Unit tras analizar en profundidad el entorno de negocios para las microfinanzas en 55 países. El índice en el que se basa el…
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okt 2011
El principal objetivo de esta publicación, es brindar en un solo documento, un resumen de las principales cifras del sector de microfinanzas de América Latina y el Caribe. Este documento contiene…
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okt 2011
Este estudio tiene como finalidad mostrar cómo los servicios de las microfinanzas pueden sufrir los impactos del cambio climático, analizar las oportunidades que se presentan para las instituciones…
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okt 2011
Esta presentación aborda información sobre empresas, costos, incentivos y factores estructurales.
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okt 2011
Esta nota técnica aborda el tema de los ferrocarriles de América Latina y el Caribe en sus tres modelos de negocio (Transporte de cargas, de pasajeros urbanos y suburbanos -trenes de cercanías-, y de…
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okt 2011
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En este documento se describen las reformas dirigidas a simplificar el registro laboral y el pago de contribuciones sociales implementadas en Argentina en 2005 y 2007. En base al análisis de la…
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okt 2011
This book is motivated by the emerging rehabilitation of industrial policies as a tool for supporting economic transformation and high rates of growth in developing countries. It argues that…
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sep 2011
This evaluation examines the IDB's Country Program with Haiti for the 2007-2011 period. IDB's strategic positioning in Haiti during this period was affected by the materialization of risks…
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sep 2011
Esta evaluación examina el Programa de País del BID con Haití para el período 2007-2011. El posicionamiento estratégico del BID en Haití durante este período se vio afectado por la materialización de…
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sep 2011
Este documento presenta una contribución al desarrollo de una herramienta de análisis de programas de desarrollo productivo (PDP). La propuesta metodológica del Mapeo e Índice de Desempeño…
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sep 2011
Este estudio tiene por propósito considerar la experiencia de un grupo de países en la implementación de los tratados de libre comercio (TLC) suscritos en años recientes con los Estados Unidos de…
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sep 2011
La Gerencia de CID ha dado la prioridad desde el 2009 a la Gestión de Cartera por Resultados a través de la Planificación Estratégica de los Proyectos. Se planteó como un objetivo fortalecer el…
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sep 2011
This technical note presents a blueprint for a Monitoring and Evaluation System for the Regional Public Goods Program. The blueprint took into consideration the improvements and continued…
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sep 2011
The proposal by Levy (2008) whereby a universal social insurance (USI) scheme is guaranteed to all workers, regardless of formality status, aims at abolishing the current contributory social…
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sep 2011
This paper uses matched social security and program micro data from the Uruguayan Plan de Atención Nacional a la Emergencia Social to investigate the effect of social assistance on formal labor…
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sep 2011
El presente estudio tiene como objetivo analizar y comparar la experiencia de México, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador y Perú en la implementación de las provisiones ambientales de sus TLCs con Estados…
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sep 2011
Este estudio abordará los desafíos y dificultades asociadas con la implementación y administración de las disposiciones sobre acceso a mercados, con especial énfasis en aquellas relacionadas con…
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sep 2011
La presente nota técnica presenta un panorama del mercado laboral chileno y su contexto a nivel nacional. Esta nota incluye un diagnóstico del sector, la programación del BID para el período 2010-…
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sep 2011
This document discusses the basics on microfranchising. It reviews the concept and key elements, lessons learned from other regions, including the Grameen Bank. Finally, an agenda for the development…
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sep 2011
El presente documento expone los principios básicos del sistema de microfranquicias. Se explican el concepto y los elementos claves, las lecciones aprendidas de otras regiones, incluyendo la del…
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sep 2011
In Guatemala there are substantial and growing imbalances in the housing market; at the same time, financial markets remain shallow and underdeveloped. The analytical framework applied in this paper…
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sep 2011
This document aims to contribute to the development of a tool to analyze Productive Development Programs (PDPs). The methodology for mapping and measuring of institutional performance (MIDI, from its…
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sep 2011
This IDB technical note seeks to highlight the relationship that exists between a country's level of governance, the success of digital government strategies, and the identification policies…
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sep 2011
This study explores the state of infrastructure in the region's primary education schools, using the SERCE database, and analyzes the connection between school infrastructure conditions and…
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sep 2011
This presentation presents Compete Caribbean, which is a private sector development program that provides technical assistance grants and investment funding to support productive development policies…
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sep 2011
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This paper uses a randomized controlled experiment in Costa Rica to determine whether IB use by Banco Nacional de Desarrollo's micro and small enterprise (MSE) clients has an impact on their…
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sep 2011
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In the last three decades, the supply of housing in Argentina has not kept pace with demand. This study analyzes the main drivers of Argentina's housing market and relates them to the…
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sep 2011
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This document surveys the Uruguayan housing market, first describing the main housing programs and policies, then comparing their design with households' characteristics and needs. The document…
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sep 2011
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Despite a recent expansion in housing finance, Brazil still faces a severe housing shortage, especially among lower-income people, and it is important to examine the development, limitations and…
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sep 2011
Los Sistemas de Información Territorial (SIT) apoyados en los Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) constituyen un soporte de gestión de la información y un excelente medio para la visualización y…
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sep 2011
El presente estudio tiene como objetivo evaluar los impactos de la implementación en los países de la América Latina de las directrices divulgadas por el documento Basilea III: Marco regulador global…
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sep 2011
Given the contributions of the Development Effectiveness Matrix (DEM) and the self-evaluation system of evaluability, OVE can now move away from a wholly separate system of reviewing project…
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sep 2011
Gracias a las contribuciones de la Matriz de Efectividad en el Desarrollo (DEM) y el sistema de autoevaluación de la evaluabilidad de proyectos, OVE está en condiciones de remplazar el sistema…
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sep 2011
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This document represents a contribution made by the Tripartite Committee comprising the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Economic Commission…
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sep 2011
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…
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sep 2011
Trade agreements imply preferential trade treatment among the parties. As such, they must in principle meet the conditions of Articles XXIV of GATT and V of GATS. This means that an agreement must…
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sep 2011
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This paper investigates how changes in trade linkages between China, Latin America, and the rest of the world have altered the transmission of international business cycles to Latin America.…
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aug 2011
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…
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aug 2011
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…
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aug 2011
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…
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aug 2011
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
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…
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aug 2011
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
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…
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aug 2011
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
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
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
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…