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Date issued:
dec 2009
This Country Program Evaluation (RE-361) focuses on the Bank's ability to adjust its programming from a context in which the demand was primarily for fast financing and crisis mitigation to a…
Date issued:
dec 2009
La evaluación que se presenta a continuación (RE-361) se enfoca en la capacidad del Banco para ajustar su programación pasando de un contexto en el cual existía una demanda principalmente de…
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dec 2009
This issue of IDEA looks at the intensely political process that surrounds public budgeting in Latin America. It analyzes critical budget issues, recent legislation, the political actors involved and…
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dec 2009
Esta edición de IDEA se centra en el proceso intensamente político que rodea al presupuesto público en América Latina. La misma analiza temas presupuestarios críticos, la legislación reciente, los…
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dec 2009
Esta presentación ofrece una revisión de los asuntos relacionados con cadenas de valor y la productividad de empresas. El documento explica conceptos como innovación, "upgrading",…
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dec 2009
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This paper investigates the relationship between part-time work and job satisfaction using a recent household survey from Honduras. In contrast to previous work for developed countries, this paper…
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dec 2009
Free Trade Agreements: U.S. Promotion and Oversight of Latin American Implementation
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dec 2009
Between 1986 and 1995, the government of Canada negotiated and implemented three major international trade agreements: the 1989 Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA), the 1994 North American Free…
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dec 2009
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This IDB Working Paper is intended to provide an overview of how the agricultural sector is treated in regional trade agreements (RTAs) involving Latin American countries, whose exports tend to be…
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nov 2009
Primary-school students in Argentina score low in international assessments of learning, particularly in math and science. To help remedy this situation, the Inter-American Development Bank is…
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nov 2009
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of liberalisation in RTAs in the Americas in comparison to agreements in other world regions, and to put forth policy recommendations for…
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nov 2009
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Most microeconometric studies available for LAC have focused on measuring the direct impact of trade on plant productivity leaving aside other effects that arise through the market selection process…
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nov 2009
To enhance private sector development and increase the impact of Private Sector Development (PSD) Strategy Projects, there is a need for a comprehensive program that will link business climate…
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nov 2009
In a partnership spanning more than five decades, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and its member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have invested heavily in economic and…
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nov 2009
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This paper analyzes reforms and counter-reforms in Bolivia in recent decades and their effects on the policymaking process (PMP) and productivity. Bolivias PMP has shifted from a formal…
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nov 2009
Este documento, que se presentó en el Cuarto Congreso Latinoamericano de Clústers en Mendoza, Argentina, ofrece una presentación sobre los proyectos del BID en apoyo al desarrollo de clústers en…
Date issued:
nov 2009
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According to the Washington Consensus, developing countries' growth would benefit from a reduction in tariffs and other barriers to trade. But a backlash against this view now suggests that…
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nov 2009
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This paper uses self-reported data on victimization, subjective well being and ideology for a panel of individuals living in six Argentine cities. While no relationship is found between happiness and…
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nov 2009
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This paper maps out Rules of Origin (RoO) in regional trade agreements (RTAs) around the world, and observes that the restrictiveness and complexity of RoO are driven by factors specific to each RTA…
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nov 2009
The objective of the WTO¿s Aid for Trade (AFT) initiative is to help developing countries to build the supply-side capacity and trade related infrastructure needed to implement and benefit from trade…
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nov 2009
Guia educativo projetado para clientes da CAIXA, uma instituição pública de poupança e crédito. Nesta cartilha encontram-se informações básicas sobre educação financeira, dinheiro, bancos, crédito,…
Date issued:
nov 2009
The Fund, which is consistent with the priorities of the Aid for Trade (AFT) initiative of the WTO, will also help to coordinate and mobilize multi-sectoral expertise across governments, non-…
Date issued:
nov 2009
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This paper develops a framework for analyzing different policymaking styles, their causes and their consequences in Latin America, finding that lower institutionalization and greater use of…
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nov 2009
Report commissioned by MIF and produced by consultant Ricardo Monge-González: First Study on Remittance senders and recipients from Costa Rica to Nicaragua. It includes size of remittances and…
Date issued:
nov 2009
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Reporte para FOMIN realizado por consultores: Ricardo Monge González, Oswald Céspedes Torres y Juan Carlos Vargas Aguilar. Es el primer estudio sobre remitentes y receptores de remesas de Costa Rica…
Date issued:
nov 2009
Presentación expuesta durante el Cuarto Encuentro Técnico de Capacitación en Materia de Estructuración de Proyectos de Asociación Público Privada, llevado a cabo en Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México…
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nov 2009
El presente informe reseña el desempeño de la implementación de los módulos informáticos para el plan de aseguramiento de vida y salud en el actual sistema de la Cooperativa Mujeres Unidas, CONEXUS,…
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nov 2009
Le Centre culturel de la Banque interaméricaine de développement annonce que les candidatures sont ouvertes pour la Vème Biennale interaméricaine d¿art vidéo qui se tiendra en décembre 2010 à la…
Date issued:
nov 2009
Latin America and the Caribbean (Latin America for short) and Asia and the Pacific (Asia for short) are dynamic and diverse emerging markets in the global economy. Collectively, they constitute a…
Date issued:
nov 2009
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This paper argues that where institutions are strong, actors are more likely to participate in the political process through institutionalized arenas, while where they are weak, protests and other…
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nov 2009
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The use of expedited debt-restructuring alternatives allows debtors and creditors to negotiate the terms of an agreement in a shorter period of time than traditional reorganization procedures,…
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nov 2009
Failure to register births and lack of legal identity are considered to have a direct effect on possibilities and opportunities for full participation in social, political, and economic life. In…
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nov 2009
This report presents the results of a consultancy on private-public partnerships in Jamaica. The purpose of the consultancy is to identify and map the several council and groups for fostering public-…
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nov 2009
This paper discusses the regional and national sector prioritising initiatives that are part of the long-term overall strategic planning approach to advance economically and socially in the Caribbean…
Date issued:
nov 2009
This report updates on gross public debt for countries in the LAC region up to June 2009. The data presented in this report was collected from a questionnaire sent to the LAC debt offices in August…
Date issued:
nov 2009
Uruguay es un país con una estructura demográfica envejecida para los parámetros de la región. Esto se debe al proceso demográfico tradicional que combina la disminución progresiva de la natalidad…
Date issued:
nov 2009
This Country Program Evaluation covers two Bank strategies that spanned from 2001 to 2008. The Bahamas has the highest per capita income of any borrowing member of the Bank. The country's social…
Date issued:
nov 2009
La presente evaluación del programa de país (RE-358 ) abarca dos estrategias del Banco que se sucedieron en el período 2001-2008. Bahamas tiene el ingreso per cápita más alto de todos los miembros…
Date issued:
nov 2009
This Country Program Evaluation (RE-359) covers the period from 2005 to 2009. OVE's most significant recommendation stemming from the analysis is that, if this is one of the new administration…
Date issued:
nov 2009
La presente evaluación de programa de país (RE-359) abarca el periodo entre 2005 a 2009. La recomendación más importante de OVE que se desprende del análisis es que, si está dentro de las prioridades…
Date issued:
nov 2009
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This paper examines a much overlooked link between credit markets and formalization: since access to bank credit typically requires compliance with tax and employment legislation, firms are more…
Date issued:
okt 2009
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In the last years, intra-regional and extra-regional bilateral trade agreements have proliferated in the developing world, particularly in Asia and the Americas, where countries often belong to more…
Date issued:
okt 2009
Presentación expuesta durante el seminario "Desarrollo de Infraestructura para un Crecimiento Económico Sostenible. Lecciones Aprendidas de la Experiencia Española", llevado a cabo en…
Date issued:
okt 2009
Presentación expuesta durante el seminario "Desarrollo de Infraestructura para un Crecimiento Económico Sostenible. Lecciones Aprendidas de la Experiencia Española", llevado a cabo en…
Date issued:
okt 2009
Esta presentación provee una breve descripción de la cartera de proyectos ferroviarios de Globalvia Infraestructuras. Entre ellos se cuentan líneas de metro y tranvía en la ciudad e Madrid y en otras…
Date issued:
okt 2009
Esta presentación provee una reseña de la experiencia de la empresa Ferrovial en Chile y describe los factores clave que contribuyeron a proyectos exitosos en el país, incluido el marco regulatorio…
Date issued:
okt 2009
Presentation delivered during the seminar "Desarrollo de Infraestructura para un Crecimiento Económico Sostenible. Lecciones Aprendidas de la Experiencia Española", celebrated in Madrid,…