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Date issued:
mei 2011
This brochure presents the exhibit "Design with the Base of the Pyramid" supported by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) and the Opportunities for the Majority Sector (OMJ) of the Inter…
Date issued:
mei 2011
El sistema financiero de Honduras sufrió el impacto de la crisis financiera de 2009 con un deterioro de los indicadores de calidad de activos y de rentabilidad, que posteriormente experimentaron una…
Date issued:
mei 2011
The international community recognizes the need to join forces to avert dangerous climate change. This requires mobilizing financial resources from a wide range of sources, public and private,…
Date issued:
mei 2011
Each year, more than 1.3 million people die on the world's roads, and close to 50 million suffer nonfatal injuries. This brochure is part of the Road Safety Initiative which informs about this…
Date issued:
mei 2011
The objective of this Technical Note is to describe the necessary Bank requirements for the content and disclosure of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs), with a focus on the…
Date issued:
mei 2011
The objective of this report is to present an early update for the performance of the Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in regional, sub-regional and certain national markets at the close of the 2010…
Date issued:
mei 2011
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Previous studies indicate that Colombian farmers make production decisions based on informal sources of information, such as family and neighbors or tradition. In this paper the authors randomize…
Date issued:
mei 2011
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The existence of populist regimes led by outsiders is not new in history. In this paper a simple framework is presented that shows how and why a populist outsider can be elected to office, and under…
Date issued:
mei 2011
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This paper uses data from the Mexican Family Life Survey to estimate the impact of a household member's migration to the United States on the cognitive development of children remaining in…
Date issued:
mei 2011
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This paper examines early childhood development (ECD) outcomes and their association with family characteristics, investments, and environmental factors, with particular emphasis on the inter-…
Date issued:
mei 2011
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Government intervention in the construction sector as a way to boost the economy has been a constant in Colombia for the past 90 years. This paper explicitly tests the impact of the most recent of…
Date issued:
mei 2011
Este libro pretende llenar un vacío en la literatura sobre la Responsabilidad Social de la Empresa en América Latina. Se contactaron destacados académicos, ejecutivos, consultores y expertos en el…
Date issued:
mei 2011
El objetivo del informe es brindar un actualización del desempeño de las Instituciones Microfinancieras (IMF) del mercado regional, subregional y en algunos países seleccionados, al cierre del año…
Date issued:
mei 2011
This evaluation examines the IDB's Country Program with Honduras for the 2007-2010 period. This period was marked by a political crisis that halted operations with the country from June 2009 to…
Date issued:
mei 2011
Esta evaluación examina el Programa de País del BID con Honduras durante el periodo 2007-2010. Este período fue marcado por la crisis política que implicó la pausa de operaciones con el país entre…
Date issued:
mei 2011
Para abordar las debilidades en la capacidad de gestión de las entidades públicas, se estructuró la iniciativa "Coaching for Results", con el fin de aumentar los niveles de eficacia,…
Date issued:
mei 2011
Este estudio explora el estado de la infraestructura de las escuelas de educación básica de la región, usando la base de datos del SERCE. Se analiza las conexiones entre condiciones de…
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apr 2011
El presente documento informa sobre una herramienta desarrollada por la División de Agua y Saneamiento del BID para evaluar las prácticas utilizadas en la gestión de los clientes de las empresas de…
Date issued:
apr 2011
This paper explores options to minimize threats posed to IDB-financed physical investments by the impacts of climate change. A large proportion of projects are implemented in climate-sensitive…
Date issued:
apr 2011
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Esta publicação é o resultado de uma reflexão, desenvolvida conjuntamente por membros do governo brasileiro, a academia e o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, acerca do paradoxo que…
Date issued:
apr 2011
This presentation discusses the most important findings of the Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO) of 2010. The DEO is a reporting instrument of the Development Effectiveness Framework approved…
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apr 2011
This presentation provides effective management strategies and instruments to measure results of interventions at the project and country level. The presenter includes portions of the Development…
Date issued:
apr 2011
This self evaluation has been prepared by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) in response to a request from Executive Directors to support the work of the Independent Review Panel (IRP),…
Date issued:
apr 2011
Esta autoevaluación fue preparada por la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) en respuesta a un pedido de los Directores Ejecutivos para respaldar el trabajo del Panel de Revisión Independiente…
Date issued:
apr 2011
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Por que deve haver mudanças no Código Florestal? Essa pergunta esta na cabeça de muitos brasileiros que acompanham, basicamente pela mídia, os calorosos debates sobre alterações no marco legal que…
Date issued:
apr 2011
The introduction of technology in education is gaining momentum worldwide. One model of incorporating technology into education that has gained tremendous traction in Latin America and the Caribbean…
Date issued:
apr 2011
This paper aims at evaluating the impacts of innovation promotion programs administrated by the Colombian Innovation Agency (COLCIENCIAS). Although the agency implements multiple programs, the focus…
Date issued:
apr 2011
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La indocumentación y el subregistro presentan un desafío para las posibilidades de desarrollo con inclusión social en América Latina. Usando datos de la Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud (ENDES) en…
Date issued:
apr 2011
The 2011 first 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:
apr 2011
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This paper attempts to establish a formal relationship between innovation and productivity using Colombian firm-level data. It is found that the production of goods and services new to the firm and…
Date issued:
apr 2011
La Secretaria de Integración Económica Centroamericana (SIECA), conjuntamente con el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y el Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (BCIE), han venido…
Date issued:
apr 2011
This evaluation examines the IDB's Country Program with Uruguay for the 2005-2009 period. The engagement of the IDB with Uruguay during this period was relevant as the Program's objectives…
Date issued:
apr 2011
Esta evaluación examina el Programa del BID con Uruguay durante el periodo 2005-2009. El BID jugó un papel relevante durante este período, acompañando las prioridades definidas por el Gobierno,…
Date issued:
apr 2011
Este documento recoge los principales hallazgos de un conjunto de estudios de los Sistemas Integrados de Información Social, resultado de un trabajo de cooperación entre el Banco Interamericano de…
Date issued:
apr 2011
El presente documento presenta una evaluación preliminar del impacto que el programa de subvenciones a la investigación y desarrollo tiene en la dinámica innovadora de las firmas panameñas. Dentro de…
Date issued:
apr 2011
Los programas de Transferencias Monetarias Condicionadas (TMC) se expandieron rápidamente en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) desde mediados de los noventa. Desde entonces, el BID ha hecho…
Date issued:
apr 2011
La introducción de la tecnología en la educación está adquiriendo impulso en todo el mundo. En América Latina y el Caribe, los Modelos Uno a Uno han adquirido una fuerza formidable. El término Uno a…
Date issued:
apr 2011
A introdução da tecnologia na educação está ganhando força no mundo todo. Na América Latina e no Caribe, os Modelos Um para Um vêm ganhando enorme força. O termo Um para Um refere-se à proporção de…
Date issued:
mrt 2011
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This paper studies the incentive effects of social security benefits on labor market informality following a policy reform in Uruguay. The reform extended health benefits to dependent children of…
Date issued:
mrt 2011
The Cultural Center 2010 Business Plan included a Regional Summit of Ministers of Culture to discuss the progress made by individual countries to include culture in their national development…
Date issued:
mrt 2011
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This paper examines the efficacy of three conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs in Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua in mitigating the potential negative effects of an income shock caused by falling…
Date issued:
mrt 2011
En el curso de la Tercera Reunión de los Ministros de Hacienda de América y el Caribe celebrada en Lima el 28 de mayo de 2010, los presentes deliberaron sobre cómo reducir las brechas de integración…
Date issued:
mrt 2011
New empirical evidence produced for this policy brief supports the conclusion that in a postcrisis environment, the value of integration is increasing. Meanwhile, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC…
Date issued:
mrt 2011
Crime and insecurity are increasingly common features of life in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly in urban areas. Victimization rates in the region are the highest in the world, with the…
Date issued:
mrt 2011
El delito y la inseguridad son hechos cada vez más comunes en la vida de América Latina y el Caribe, particularmente en zonas urbanas. Las tasas de victimización en la región están entre las más…
Date issued:
mrt 2011
The Water and Sanitation Division (INE/WSA) of the IADB is developing tools to assist operators of water companies in the identification and adoption of best practices in various management areas. At…
Date issued:
mrt 2011
El objetivo de la presente aplicación Excel es ayudar a las empresas de agua y saneamiento a evaluar los avances su gestión comercial en base de varios criterios, entre ellos facturación, ingresos,…
Date issued:
mrt 2011
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This paper studies the probability of receiving employer-paid training and other training independent of who finances it for permanent and temporary workers in Chile. The authors use data from the…
Date issued:
mrt 2011
This evaluation conducts an ex post review of the mitigation measures in the Samalayuca II and Monterrey III thermal power generation projects in Mexico. In general, it can be concluded that both…
Date issued:
mrt 2011
Esta evaluación realiza un análisis ex-post de las medidas de mitigación en los proyectos de generación térmica de Samalayuca II y Monterrey III en México. En términos generales se puede concluir que…