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jun 2006
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El presente estudio identifica y analiza los principales problemas para la conservación y manejo de la biodiversidad a través de los sistemas nacionales de áreas protegidas, incluyendo un diagnóstico…
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jun 2006
This document is aimed at discussing the concept of employability, characterizing the level, structure and trends of employment and unemployment in the Southern Cone, and suggesting policy directions…
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jun 2006
This report constitutes a review of the Youth Worker Training subprogram named "Jóvenes en Acción" which was a component of the Social Safety Net Program (CO0247). This document presents…
Date issued:
jun 2006
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The purpose of this study is to document and give deeper substance to the link between math and science achievement and the economic performance of firms in the information and communications…
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jun 2006
This Annual Report details the activities of the Japanese Special Fund and the Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services for 2005. The Japan Special Fund (JSF) is the largest active trust fund at…
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jun 2006
The greater openness of developing countries¿ economies and the free trade agreements negotiated in recent years have spurred arguments in favor of greater integration in the world; they have also…
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jun 2006
Presents an exhibition featuring both utilitarian utensils made by the Guyanese Amerindians, and painting, sculpture, leather and fiber objects by contemporary Guyanese artists from different ethnic…
Date issued:
jun 2006
Presenta la exposición en la que se presentan utensilios utilitarios creados por amerindios guyaneses, así como cuadros, esculturas y objetos en cuero y en fibra de artistas guyaneses contemporáneos…
Date issued:
jun 2006
More than fifty objects made by the Amerindian population as well as painting and sculpture representing contemporary artists drawn from several private and public collections, pay tribute to…
Date issued:
jun 2006
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The topics covered in the chapters of the report were presented and discussed in a conference organized by the IDB in Port of Spain on July 13th, 2004. After more than a decade of economic growth and…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Educación del Diálogo Regional de Política para la IX Reunión Hemisférica celebrada entre los días 8y 10 de noviembre de 2006.
Date issued:
mei 2006
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Esta publicación presenta un diagnóstico y señala los principales desafíos y alternativas de política que Costa Rica ha de enfrentar en la actual coyuntura en relación con su proceso de integración…
Date issued:
mei 2006
Results and Analysis of a poll in Portugal about Brazilian workers and remittance receivers in Brazil
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mei 2006
This report analyzes current trends in money transfers, paying attention to the gradual decline in costs and some of the factors influencing the decline. The report also highlights the fact that both…
Date issued:
mei 2006
The aim of this paper is to help project teams develop results indicators for housing projects. These indicators are intended, primarily, as an instrument for managing projects and should help staff…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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This paper is intended to synthesise available evidences on the emergence of a generational approach to learning and knowledge management strongly influenced by having always been living surrounded…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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Este documento pretende sintetizar las evidencias disponibles acerca de la emergencia de nuevas formas de aproximarse a la enseñanza y a la gestión del conocimiento fuertemente influidas por el hecho…
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mei 2006
This presentation discusses the background of the survey/questionnaire on formal budget institutions, practices and procedures that was completed in 2003 by 45 countries. The results are in a…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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Este documento busca responder a las siguientes preguntas: ¿Hasta qué punto el CAFTA limita a estos países para emprender una negociación ambiciosas con la UE?, ¿Cuáles serían los desafíos y las…
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mei 2006
Presentación sobre el cluster de turismo sostenible. Da a conocer el concepto de buenas prácticas, implementación de buenas prácticas y por último, una guía para estructurar un plan de buenas…
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mei 2006
Presentación que da a conocer la actividad de Rainforest Alliance respecto al turismo sostenible. Asimismo, presenta los logros y compromisos de esta alianza.
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mei 2006
Este folleto presenta las actividades de prevención de desastres en las ciudades de Estelí (Nicaragua), La Mancomunidad de Municipios del Centro del Departamento de Atlántida (Honduras), Managua (…
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mei 2006
Este folleto describa la campaña para la prevención local de desastres en Centroamérica. Centroamérica es una de las zonas del mundo más vulnerable a las amenazas naturales. Experimenta una elevada…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss the possibilities of making progress in coordinating government strategic programming through the allocation and implementation of public budgetary resources,…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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The paper discusses the magnitude of commitment in the legal and contractual budget that different governments need to stand by during each fiscal year and realize the gaining momentum.
Date issued:
mei 2006
This presentation was commissioned by the Public Management and Transparency Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the VII Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on May 8th and 9th, 2006. This…
Date issued:
mei 2006
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Gestión Pública y Transparencia del Diálogo Regional de Política para la VII Reunión Hemisférica celebrada los días 8 y 9 de mayo de 2006.
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mei 2006
Presentación que abarca información sobre las características esperadas de los proyectos FOMIN, los errores comunes en torno al concepto de sostenibilidad, el concepto de Capital Semilla y los…
Date issued:
mei 2006
Presentación que da a conocer la evaluación de resultados de los proyectos del FOMIN, así como los instrumentos a nivel del proyecto y las etapas de vida del cluster de turismo sostenible.
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mei 2006
In this technical paper, the author addresses pertinent issues that affect reform in the power sector and the status of current efforts. The objective of the paper is such: 1) It explains the…
Date issued:
mei 2006
This paper highlights the importance of youth entrepreneurship in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by young entrepreneurs. The authors analyze the…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Integración y Comercio del Diálogo Regional de Política para la Reunión Subregional de Centro América que será celebrada el día 8 de noviembre de 2006 en…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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Is there any relation between education and democracy? Once we correct for weak instruments and identify education as "weakly exogenous" we find new
evidence that education…
evidence that education…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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This paper shows that a large fraction of the variability of emerging market bond spreads is explained by the evolution of global factors such as risk appetite (as reflected in the spread of high…
Date issued:
mei 2006
En enero de 2004, los países de América Central concluyeron las negociaciones con Estados Unidos para la firma del Tratado de Libre Comercio: el Acuerdo de Libre Comercio Centroamericano (Central…
Date issued:
mei 2006
This paper is based on the premise that investment in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has a positive impact on economic development because of its contribution to growth and labor…
Date issued:
mei 2006
Despite numerous efforts and a large investment by the Ecuadorian Government and the international community, fishery management in Galapagos remains highly conflictive and essentially ineffective.…
Date issued:
mei 2006
This presentation was commissioned by the Public Management and Transparency Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the 7th Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on May 8th and 9th, 2006. The purpose…
Revisiting the Employability Effects of Training Programs for the Unemployed in Developing Countries
Date issued:
mei 2006
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Data sets used for evaluations in developing countries do not lend themselves to measuring the impact of training programs on the re-employment dynamics of trainees. An exception is a data set…
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mei 2006
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This paper assesses the effects of total public debt (external and domestic) on social expenditure worldwide and in Latin America using an unbalanced panel of around 50 countries for the period 1985-…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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This paper seeks to understand why political actors, institutions and legal reforms have systematically failed to produce cooperation in the Ecuadorian policymaking process. From a comparative and…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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This paper analyzes the evolution of the gender wage gap in Chile during the period 1992 to 2003 using the decomposition approach developed in Ñopo (2004). This approach, which decomposes the wage…
Date issued:
mei 2006
Esta presentación se realizó por encargo del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo para la reunión de la Red de Gestión y Transparencia de la Política Pública: Efectividad en el desarrollo y gestión…
Date issued:
mei 2006
El presente documento se propone presentar al lector los resultados del proyecto impulsado por el BID para la evaluación de sistemas nacionales de Servicio Civil (SC) en América Latina y el Caribe.…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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This document summarizes the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) experience as one of the main sources of multilateral development financing in Latin America and the Caribbean. From 2000 to 2005,…
Date issued:
mei 2006
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Este documento discute la experiencia del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) como la principal fuente de financiamiento multilateral para el desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe. Entre 2000…
Date issued:
mei 2006
Este documento tiene como objetivo hacer avanzar la discusión generada alrededor del tema de cohesión social así como informar sobre las acciones emprendidas por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo…
Date issued:
apr 2006
Este documento fue presentado en la 8va Reunión Hemisférica de Red de Reducción de la Pobreza y Protección Social del Diálogo Regional de Política, celebrada los días 24 y 25 de abril de 2006. Este…
Date issued:
apr 2006
Esta presentación fue realizada por Viviane Azevedo, BID- SDS/POV y por Ignacio Irarrázaval, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, durante la VIII Reunión de la Red de Pobreza y Protección Social…