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This paper discusses recent trends in investment in the oil sector, amid new challenges for national and international oil companies in an increasingly supply-constrained environment. After more than…
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Este estudio analiza la estructura del mercado laboral magisterial, su marco regulatorio y los incentivos implícitos que tienen los maestros para apoyar las confrontaciones con el Gobierno. También…
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El presente trabajo presenta la reforma del sector de agua y saneamiento en Colombia y sus resultados. Diversas evaluaciones del desempeño del sector de acueducto y alcantarillado en Colombia…
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La presente nota técnica tiene el objetivo de difundir los conocimientos que existen en el ámbito del tratamiento de aguas residuales con respecto a la emisión de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI),…
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This paper analyzes gender earnings gaps in Barbados and Jamaica, using amatching comparisons approach. In both countries, as in most of the Caribbean region, females educational achievement is…
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This paper estimates the impact of relative price volatility on sector-level investment allocation using a panel of 65 countries with data for 26 manufacturing industries over the period 1985-2003.…
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This document provides a guide to the key aspects of implementing Propensity-Score Matching (PSM) methodology. It summarizes the basic conditions under which PSM can be used to estimate the impact of…
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En muchos países de América Latina existen dudas sobre la posibilidad de implementar exitosamente políticas de apoyo al desarrollo productivo. Luego de presentar brevemente los antecedentes teóricos…
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Esta nota técnica forma parte de los de productos de conocimiento generados por la Iniciativa de Agua y Saneamiento, aprobada por el Directorio del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en Mayo del 2007…
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Do all exporters benefit the same from export promotion programs? Surprisingly, not matter how obvious this question may a priori be when thinking of the effectiveness of these programs there is…
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aug 2010
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Entering new export markets is primarily a discrete choice. Even though several empirical papers have used modeling strategies consistent with this fact, no study has examined the effects of public…
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Export promotion agencies provide exporters with a broad range of services, going from counseling to sponsoring their participation in international trade missions and fairs. These services may have…
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Information problems involved in trading differentiated goods are a priori acuter than those associated with trading more homogeneous products. The impact of export promotion activities intending to…
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How effective are export promotion activities in developing countries? What are the channels through which export promotion affects firms' exports, the intensive margin or the extensive margin?…
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Several countries have implemented programs to support their firms¿ internationalization efforts. Their impacts are likely to be heterogeneous over firm size categories because these programs are…
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This paper provides evidence on the channels through which export promotion institutions affect bilateral trade using a sample of Latin American and Caribbean countries over the period 1995-2004. We…
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Featuring 27 pieces from the art collections of the IDB and the Organization of American States, it is one of several smaller exhibits on Latin American art from the second half of the 20th century,…
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aug 2010
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This paper adapts the Crepon, Duguet, and Mairesse (1998) approach to estimate the relationship between innovation and productivity and the realities of innovative activities in developing countries…
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aug 2010
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Uruguays inability to sustain high levels of economic growth cannot be fully explained by external shocks, the prevailing institutional setting or the level of human capital accumulation. Instead,…
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The purpose of this guideline is to discuss the objectives and approaches of regional (subnational) development programs in order to provide guidance on issues related to evaluating the impact of…
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This paper develops a two-country, general equilibrium model of oligopoly in which the degree of horizontal product differentiation is endogenously determined by rms strategic investments in product…
Buenas Prácticas en el Servicio Nacional de Empleo en Mexico con Base en el Análisis de Tres Estados
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aug 2010
El presente estudio tiene como objeto investigar y documentar las buena prácticas del Servicio Nacional de Empleo (SNE) en México y asi contribuir tanto a su mejoramiento como al de los servicios…
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aug 2010
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A pesquisa "Melhores práticas em escolas de ensino médio no Brasil" originou-se em 2008, quando o Ministério da Educação (MEC) iniciou entendimentos com o BID tendo em vista a necessidade…
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This paper presents the main findings of a case study of the preservation of the historic center of Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. The historic center of Oaxaca can be considered a well-preserved area…
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This paper provides a detailed analysis of the Edinburgh World Heritage Site. The working methodology is based on constant interaction with the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust and all other…
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aug 2010
This study examines the state of the old cities of Aleppo in the Syrian Arab Republic, Shibam in Hadramaut/Yemen, and Sibiu (former Hermannstadt) in Romania. It focuses on the strategy of integrated…
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This paper presents a succinct overview of the implementation process of the Rehabilitation Plan for the Historic Center of Salvador and assesses the physical, spatial, social, and economic…
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This paper analyzes the Historic Center of Valparaiso, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003. The city's vernacular urban fabric and its layout, infrastructure, and…
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This study analyzes the Historic Center of Quito, which was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. The churches, squares, museums, and heritage monuments characterize this area and make…
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This case study of Marrakesh examines the characteristics of its urban dynamics, focusing on the changes brought about by investments made in the tourism and residential housing sectors in recent…
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This paper analyzes the city of Siracusa, Italy, and in particular the Historic Center of Ortigia. Siracusa and the rocky Necropolis of Pantalica (in the Cassaro, Ferla, and Sortino areas) were…
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The Oporto authorities currently face the challenge to revitalize the Historic Center of Oporto and make it attractive for investors without compromising the permanence of the traditional residents…
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This study analyzes the Historic Center of Verona, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. The recognition by UNESCO is certainly understood as an element of prestige on an…
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aug 2010
This report updates data on gross public debt for countries in the Latin American and Caribbean region up to December 2009. The data in this report were collected from a questionnaire sent to the LAC…
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aug 2010
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Esta obra es una publicación elaborada por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo para el diálogo de políticas con las autoridades de la República Dominicana. El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en…
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aug 2010
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Virtually all Latin American and Caribbean countries have established specialized organizations to promote their exports. Existing analyses of these organizations are at best partial and fragmentary…
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aug 2010
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This paper assesses role played by export promotion institutions in shaping the extensive margin of Latin American and Caribbean countries' exports over the period 1995-2004. The authors find…
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aug 2010
The Inter-American Development Bank has launched a significant, multi-year program of analytical work on Early Childhood Development (ECD) in Latin America and the Caribbean. The objective of this…
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aug 2010
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The available evidence on the effects of aid on growth is notoriously mixed. We use a novel empirical methodology, a heterogeneous panel vector-autoregression model identified through factor analysis…
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aug 2010
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, 2009. Ésta…
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This Country Program Evaluation with the Dominican Republic (RE-371) covers the period from 2004 to 2008 and it's the second evaluation by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the IDB…
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aug 2010
La presente Evaluación del programa de país con República Dominicana (RE-371) abarca el período de 2004 a 2008 y es la segunda evaluación que lleva adelante la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión…
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O caso do centro histórico de Salvador (Bahia, Brasil)/The Sustainability of Urban Heritage Preservation objetiva apresentar, de forma sucinta, o processo de implantação do Plano de Recuperação do…
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aug 2010
Export promotion is costly, and the resources it requires might be better employed elsewhere. In order to ascertain that these resources are, in fact, being well invested, it must be first determined…
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La promoción de exportaciones es costosa. A fin de evaluar si los recursos asignados a tal efecto se están invirtiendo bien, debería determinarse en primer lugar si las iniciativas de política…
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La città di Siracusa è situata nella parte sud est della Sicilia, isola a sud dell'Italia. E' capoluogo di provincia e confina a nord con la provincia di Catania ed a ovest con la provincia…
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La città di Verona è situata nella parte nord ovest della penisola italica, nella regione Veneto. E' capoluogo della provincia di Verona, che confina a nord con il Trentino-Alto Adige (Provincia…
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aug 2010
El centro histórico de Valparaíso fue declarado Sitio Patrimonio de la Humanidad por UNESCO en el año 2003. Este estudio evalúa la sustentabilidad económica y social del Sitio Patrimonial de…
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aug 2010
El Centro Histórico de Quito, Ecuador fue declarado por la UNESCO en 1978 Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad. Ha sido ampliamente estudiado, diagnosticado y se han determinado distintas formas de…
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aug 2010
This document provides a sample of the extensive work that analyzes what Guyana and the IDB have done together. Divided into three main sections, this publication investigates the main development…