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Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Urban, Anne-Marie;Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Pineda Mannheim, Carlos R.

El punto de partida de este documento fue el proyecto de cooperación técnica Género y el desarrollo municipal del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (NI-T1002), que financió el fondo -CABILICA- del…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Presentación que detalla los perfiles por países, sobre negocios para las microfinanzas en América Latina. Da a conocer le marco regulatorio, el clima para la inversión y el desarrollo institucional.

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

During 2007, remittances to LAC slowed from the double-digit annual increases of recent years because the two largest recipients in the region, Mexico and Brazil, departed significantly from past…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Navajas, Sergio;Pedroza, Paola A.;Bate, Peter

Esta nota resume los resultados de una reciente investigación sobre microfinanzas realizada por el BID. Incluye información acerca de las actividades de microfinanzas en 25 países1, así como una…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Navajas, Sergio;Pedroza, Paola A.;Bate, Peter

This note summarizes the results of a recently completed IDB survey of microfinance in the region. The survey includes information on microfinance activities in 25 countries as well as an initial…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit;Inter-American Development Bank

Prepared by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and commissioned by the IDB/MIF and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF).

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Yeon-Hak, Kim

Mobile Banking: A revolution to reach the unbanked. The experience of KTF in Korea.

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En este reporte se describe un modelo del entorno de negocios para las microfinanzas desarrollado por Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Este trabajo fue apoyado por el Banco Interamericano de…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit;Inter-American Development Bank

This paper describes the dynamic, weighted model on the microfinance business environment, built by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and supported with financing and advice by the Inter-American…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Casacuberta, David

Este informe describe el paradigma de las redes sociales distribuidas y de las posiblidades que éstas ofrecen para potenciar los diferentes sectores de las industrias culturales en Latinoamérica y…

Date issued: apr 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castillo, Marco;Petrie, Ragan;Torero, Máximo

This paper presents a series of experiments on discrimination in urban Lima, Peru. The experiments exploit degrees of information on performance as a way to assess how personal characteristics affect…

Date issued: apr 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cárdenas, Juan Camilo;Candelo, Natalia;Gaviria, Alejandro;Polanía, Sandra;Sethi, Rajiv

This paper uses an experimental field approach to investigate the pro-social preferences and behavior of social services providers and the behavior of potential beneficiaries in Bogota, Colombia.…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Izquierdo, Alejandro;Talvi, Ernesto;Catão, Luis;Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Powell, Andrew

Latin America is growing fast and fundamentals look healthier. Are these achievements here to stay? Strong commodity prices may not last forever and a US recession could have major repercussions in…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Social Inclusion Trust Fund is intended to support sustained and integrated programs and policies to address social inclusion in the IDB and in Latin America and the Caribbean member countries.…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) was launched to work toward an enlarged South American economic space anchored in principles of sustainable,…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La Iniciativa para la Integración de la Infraestructura Regional Suramericana (IIRSA) fue lanzada con el objeto de promover la formación de un espacio económico sudamericano ampliado bajo criterios…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Salazni, Mariana;Powell, Andrew

REVELA analyzes market expectations of growth and inflation in Latin American countries. The figures analyzed represent the results of surveys of private sector actors conducted by the central banks…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Salazni, Mariana;Powell, Andrew

REVELA analiza las expectativas de los mercados sobre crecimiento e inflación para algunos países latinoamericanos. Los valores analizados representan los resultados de encuestas en el sector privado…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

If Latin American and Caribbean governments, philanthropic foundations, non-governmental organizations, and aid agencies had $10 billion to solve the most urgent problems facing the region, how…

Date issued: apr 2008
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Si los gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe, las fundaciones filantrópicas, las organizaciones no gubernamentales y las agencias de desarrollo dispusieran de 10 mil millones de dólares para…

Date issued: apr 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Greene, Margarita;Rojas, Eduardo

The enabling approach to housing markets promotes financing systems based on family savings, public subsidies and mortgage loans to unleash the potential of individuals and communities to produce and…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Netherlands Development Organization;Inter-American Development Bank

The Private Sector Mapping Project takes a closer look at the current motives, strategies, incentives, obstacles, and benefits as perceived by firms to enter untapped majority markets.

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Servicio Holandés de Cooperación al Desarrollo;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Proyecto Mapeo del Sector Privado (MSP) constituye un esfuerzo inédito para recopilar información de primera mano de las personas que toman las decisiones en el sector privado y así comprender…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Wenner, Mark D.;Navajas, Sergio;Trivelli, Carolina;Tarazona, Alvaro

Este informe examina una muestra de 42 instituciones financieras con carteras agropecuarias en América Latina, e identifica cuáles son los principales riesgos percibidos, cómo evalúan los riesgos,…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Gordón, Roberto Alonso;Estrada-Nora Rodríguez, Manuel;Sartorius, Antonio

La guía tiene la finalidad de presentar las experiencias, usos y prácticas internacionales en procesos de dinamización y modernización de mercados minoristas.

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Producida para Expodesarrollo 2009, la feria que se llevó a cabo en el marco de la Reunión Anual del BID en Medellín, esta publicación tiene un mensaje de la nueva gerente del FOMIN, Julie Katzman, y…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Bloomgarden, David R.;Sullivan, Norah;Terry, Donald F.;Wilson, Steven R.

El FOMIN tiene la ventaja de contar con quince años de intensa actividad de pruebas, experimentación e investigación. Durante este período, con más de 1.100 donaciones para proyectos y alrededor de…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Bloomgarden, David R.;Sullivan, Norah;Terry, Donald F.;Wilson, Steven R.

MIF has benefited from fifteen years of intense testing, experimentation, and searching. During this time MIF and its partners have put over two billion dollars to work in Latin America and the…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Produced for Expodesarrollo 2009, a fair organized in parallel with the IDB Annual Meeting in Medellín, this publication includes a message from the new MIF Manager, Julie Katzman, and an overview of…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Presenta two exhibitions featuring selections from the Art Collection of the Inter-American Development Bank was open in Miami at the end of March in anticipation of the IDB Annual Meeting of…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En este informe se reseñan la información correspondiente al año fiscal 2007 sobre nuestro desempeño en el campo de la sostenibilidad tanto de las actividades del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This document, as its name states, is a guide for borrowers and executors on procurement of projects financed by the Bank (part I), planning and execution of procurement (part II) and…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

This newsletter presents articles about Borrowers Guide when the Bank finances, PROJOVEN experience, Procurement Ex ¿ Post Review, Presenting a Procurement Plan is Mandatory and a g a list withthe…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Le bulletin présente des articles sur les guide pour l¿Emprunteur pour les projets financés par la Banque, Partage d¿expérience, Révision ex-post des processus de passation de marchés, Le Plan de…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

O boletim apresenta artigos sobre os Guia para o uso de Mutuários, o Revisão ex-post das Aquisições, Obrigatoriedade do Plano de Aquisições (PA), e uma lista com os documentos mais consultados em…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2007. In addition, the report contains a…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe anual contiene un breve resumen de la situación económica de América Latina y el Caribe y un examen de las operaciones del Banco en 2007. Asimismo, el informe contiene una descripción…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Ce rapport annuel contient un bref aperçu de la situation économique de l'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes, ainsi qu'un examen des activités de la Banque en 2007. Il contient aussi une…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

O relatório anual contém um breve resumo da situação econômica na América Latina e no Caribe e um exame das atividades do Banco em 2007. Contém também uma descrição das operações do Banco -…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Presenta el estado de las remesas en el año 2007, donde se observa que las remesas a América Latina y el Caribe disminuyeron a comparación de los últimos años, debido a que los dos mayores receptores…

Date issued: mrt 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mednik, Matias;Rodríguez, César;Ruprah, Inder J.

This paper tests the hysteresis hypothesis in unemployment for 13 Latin American countries covering the period 1980-2005. The tests exploit the time series and the cross sectional variation of the…

Date issued: mrt 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Marcano, Luis;Ruprah, Inder J.

High delinquency rate of publicly provided mortgages in social housing programs are often interpreted to be due to moral hazard. In this working paper, the authors show that the typically used…

Date issued: mrt 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ibarrarán, Pablo;Sarzosa, Miguel;Soares, Yuri

This paper assesses the welfare impacts of local investments projects in rural areas of Guatemala. Using census track data from two rounds of the Guatemalan population census, as well as…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Salazni, Mariana;Powell, Andrew

REVELA analyzes market expectations of growth and inflation in Latin American countries. The figures analyzed represent the results of surveys of private sector actors conducted by the central banks…

Date issued: mrt 2008
Author(s): Salazni, Mariana;Powell, Andrew

REVELA analiza las expectativas de los mercados sobre crecimiento e inflación para algunos países latinoamericanos. Los valores analizados representan los resultados de encuestas en el sector privado…

Date issued: feb 2008
Author(s): Towle, Kathy

Power Point: Linking Remittances Flows to Housing: Experience: "Su Casita - México"

Date issued: feb 2008
Author(s): Bhatia, Romi

Power Point: Linking Remittances to Housing Microfinance

Date issued: feb 2008
Author(s): Rosal González, Víctor Manuel


Date issued: feb 2008
Author(s): Bonet, Antonio;Atienza, Laura

El presente informe presenta una metodología para un "Sistema de Identificación e Intercambio de Mejores Prácticas" para los proyectos del Cluster de Comercio e Inversiones del FOMIN.

Date issued: feb 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Flórez, Carmen Elisa;Soto, Victoria Eugenia

Este documento resume el estado de la salud sexual y reproductiva (SSR) en algunos países de América Latina y el Caribe, usando las encuestas de Demografía y Salud para seleccionar países de acuerdo…