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Date issued: Ago 2013
Author(s): Alvarez Prado, Lourdes;Morales, Carlos;Marto, Ricardo;Medieta, María Paula;Suarez, David;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Scholl, Lynn;Corrales, Maria Elena;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Verner, Dorte

En esta evaluación de la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) se documentan -a la vez que se extraen las respectivas lecciones- las acciones emprendidas por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo…

Date issued: Ago 2013
Author(s): Rezende, Fernando

The tax reform of 1965 in Brazil sought to streamline state taxation, replacing the old tax on sales and consignment (IVC) with a modern value added tax on the circulation of goods (ICM) as part of a…

Date issued: Ago 2013
Author(s): Rodrigues Afonso, José Roberto;Morais Soares, Julia;Pacheco Castro, Kleber

This study performs an up-to-date diagnostic of the Brazilian tax system in order to provide a basis for reform discussions among technical analysts, authorities and congressmen. It is based on the…

Date issued: Ago 2013
Author(s): Arias Ortiz, Elena;Covacevich, Catalina;Bassi, Marina

Mejorar la calidad y la pertinencia de la educación secundaria técnica en América Latina y el Caribe es clave para fortalecer la preparación de la fuerza laboral joven. Este Aporte presenta las…

Date issued: Ago 2013 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Vegas, Emiliana;Ganimian, Alejandro

The past decade has seen the emergence of numerous rigorous impact evaluations of teacher policies. This paper reviews the economic theory and empirical evidence on eight teacher policy goals: (1)…

Date issued: Ago 2013 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Vegas, Emiliana;Ganimian, Alejandro

La década pasada ha sido testigo del surgimiento de un gran número de rigurosas evaluaciones de impacto de políticas docentes. En este trabajo se revisa la teoría económica y la evidencia empírica…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Le Fort V., Guillermo

This paper presents an estimation of the structural fiscal balance for Trinidad and Tobago, and discusses the current situation of the country in meeting the preconditions for the establishment of a…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Levy, Paulo

Fiscal policy has been at the center of Brazil's economic dynamics and performance for more than 30 years. In this line, the approval and implementation of a Fiscal Responsibility Law in 2000…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Le Fort V., Guillermo

This paper presents a design and simulation of a structural fiscal policy in Uruguay. The design includes the derivation of a metric for the structural balance that is most adequate for the country…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Esquivel, Gerardo;Peralta, Williams

This paper analyzes the convenience of adopting a structural fiscal balance rule in Mexico, and whether the necessary conditions exist in the country for the adoption of such a rule. Adjustments are…

Date issued: Jul 2013 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Tommasi, Mariano;Scartascini, Carlos;Caruso, Germán

The understanding of the economic effect of formal institutional rules has progressed substantially in recent decades. These formal analyses have tended to take for granted that institutional arenas…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Abuelafia, Emmanuel;Thomas, Desmond;Leon, Javier;Schmid, Juan Pedro;Kamau, Musheer O.;Mercer-Blackman, Valerie

The Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin provides economic conjunctural and structural information about this particular region. This issue highlights the high debt ratios and fiscal concerns that…

Date issued: Jul 2013 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Barham, Tania;Macours, Karen;Maluccio, John A.

Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs have become the anti-poverty program of choice in many developing countries. Numerous evaluations, often based on rigorous experimental designs, leave little…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Benchaita, Tayeb

The study encompasses background information on the relevant processing and "value chains" in the petrochemical industry within LAC, the current GHG emission control technologies available…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Giuliani, Elisa;Maffioli, Alessandro;Pacheco, Manuel;Pietrobelli, Carlo;Stucchi, Rodolfo

Do the programs that aim to promote and develop industry clusters (also known as Cluster Development Programs) work? Do they have an impact on enterprise development? This paper offers an insight…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este documento se realizó con información oficial proporcionada por seis Sub Unidades Técnicas (SUT) de los países miembro del Sistema Regional de Indicadores Estandarizados de Convivencia y…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Reymondin, Louis;Argote, Karolina;Jarvis, Andy;Navarrete, Carolina;Coca, Alejandro;Grossman, Denny;Villalba, Alberto;Suding, Paul Hugo

The present publication is a summary of the results from the five case studies including an overview of the methodology. VPS/ESG is further examining the possibilities of this methodology to use it…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Arce, Fernando;Powell, Andrew

The June 2013 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that average growth expectations have fallen slightly while inflation expectations remained…

Date issued: Jul 2013 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Castellani, Francesca;Lora, Eduardo

This paper provides a summary of the findings contained in a forthcoming issue of the Latin American Journal of Economics on entrepreneurship in Latin America as a vehicle for upward social mobility…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Partridge, William L.;Mejía, María Clara

This paper presents the principal issues related to socio-cultural analyses carried out in conjunction with IDB operations as a tool for maximizing project benefits to poor and excluded groups and…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Castro, Lucio;Szenkman, Paula;Jorrat, Diego

En 2008, la habilitación de un emprendimiento productivo o comercial en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (CABA) era un proceso complejo y costoso con impactos negativos sobre la radicación de inversiones, y…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Borensztein, Eduardo;Piedrabuena, Bernardita;Ossowski, Rolando;Mercer-Blackman, Valerie;Miller, Sebastián J.

El manejo adecuado de los ingresos fiscales por Recursos Naturales No Renovables (RNNR) busca cumplir tres objetivos: evitar la desestabilización macroeconómica, redistribuir equitativamente la…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Replogle, Michael;Ríos Flores, Ramiro Alberto;Porter, Christopher;Tao, Wendy;Iannariello, María Pia;Dutt, Gautam

Rising incomes in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) portend rising use of motor vehicles, with attendant challenges to manage traffic congestion, air pollution, energy security, and global…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Replogle, Michael;Ríos Flores, Ramiro Alberto;Porter, Christopher;Tao, Wendy;Iannariello, María Pia;Dutt, Gautam

El aumento del ingreso per cápita en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) trae a la par un incremento en el uso de automotores, con el consiguiente desafío de tener que lidiar con los congestionamientos…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This document sets out the basic principles that should guide public consultation and stakeholder engagement in IDB-financed projects. It is intended to complement existing safeguards policy…