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Dez 2011
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This paper discusses the evolution of housing conditions in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995 to 2006 based on data from household surveys done in 18 countries that comprise 95…
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Dez 2011
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The main contribution of this paper with respect to previous work is the use of data on subjective perceptions to identify the Latin American middle classes. This paper provides a set of comparisons…
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Dez 2011
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This paper attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of Bolivia's labor market institutions, particularly the Plan Nacional de Empleo de Emergencia (PLANE). It is found that unemployment as…
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Dez 2011
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This paper takes advantage of several reforms that provide time and cross sectional variation to identify the effects of unemployment insurance and severance payments on the duration of unemployment…
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Dez 2011
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This paper considers a conditional cash transfer program targeting poor households in small rural villages and studies the effects of the geographic proximity between villages on individual…
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Dez 2011
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This is the first study that uniformly analyzes health perceptions in all of Latin America and tests in a systematic way their relation to economic conditions at the country, income group and…
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Dez 2011
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The recent financial crisis has forced a rethink of banking regulation and supervision and the role of financial innovation. This paper develops a model where prudent banks may signal their type…
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Dez 2011
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The presidential politics literature depicts presidents either as all-powerful actors or figureheads and seeks to explain outcomes accordingly. The president and the executive branch are nonetheless…
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Dez 2011
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This paper provides a rationale for developing countries to announce future credible commitments to reduce GHG emissions even if these are not to materialize in the short run, and for domestic…
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Dez 2011
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Studies of the effects of pre-school programs on child development in developing countries have found scant impact. This study was conducted to reconcile the importance of daycare for child…
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Dez 2011
The IDB's Indicators of Disaster Risk and Risk Management allow countries to better assess countries' disaster risk, serving as a useful guide for policymaking and government actions to…
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Dez 2011
International headlines often focus on the drama of U.S.- Mexico border, but the borders of Latin America are becoming more active transit points for work across the region. Today, migration…
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Dez 2011
The IDB's mandate to promote development in the Latin America and Caribbean region includes a strategic approach along a climate-resilient and low-carbon path. Our adaptation and mitigation work…
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Dez 2011
Los IFR tienen un interés evidente en explorar el mercado de crédito de pequeñas empresas, pero carecen frecuentemente del know-how necesario para hacerlo de manera sostenible. Esta guía esboza las…
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Dez 2011
The Integration & Trade Journal includes articles on the different aspects of integration in Latin America and the Caribbean, on hemispheric integration and, furthermore, on similar processes in…
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Dez 2011
Latin American and Caribbean countries are the most urban in the developing world, enjoy very high homeownership rates, and boast high average family incomes by developing world standards. However,…
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Dez 2011
Los países de América Latina y el Caribe son los más urbanizados del mundo en desarrollo, tienen altos índices de propiedad de la vivienda y un promedio igualmente alto de ingresos familiares, según…
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Dez 2011
La Revista Integración & Comercio del BID incluye artículos referidos a las distintas manifestaciones del proceso de integración en América Latina y el Caribe, a la integración hemisférica y,…
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Dez 2011
Los indicadores de riesgo de desastres y gestión de riesgos del BID permitirá a los países evaluar mejor el riesgo que afrontan los países en casos de desastre, y sirven como una guía útil para…
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Dez 2011
Since the eruption of the global financial crisis in 2008 international setting bodies and local regulators around the world have been hard at work designing and implementing new regulatory…
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Dez 2011
This paper discusses the suitability of using free zones as a mechanism for the promotion of the offshore industry in MERCOSUR countries, both from a legal and a broader policy perspective. From a…
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Nov 2011
El presente documento contribuye al debate de por qué y cómo se puede utilizar el acceso a la información para la prevención y el control de la corrupción. El acceso a la información no solamente…
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Nov 2011
As part of its Technical Cooperation "Energy Efficiency for Caribbean Water and Sanitation Companies", the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI) of the Inter-American…
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Nov 2011
Como parte da iniciativa de segurança no transito, o BID vem trabalhando juntamente com parceiros estratégicos no intuito de aumentar a conscientização a respeito da importância da segurança viária…
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Nov 2011
En esta monografía se aborda la relación entre las redes de seguridad financiera, la supervisión integral basada en riesgos, consolidada y transfronteriza, y el marco normativo que respalda la…
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Nov 2011
This presentation provides the comparative results of a project carried out by the Inter-American Development Bank to understand the links between innovation and employment in Latin America and the…
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Nov 2011
This approach paper presents the framework for the evaluation of IDB's regional operations between 2000 and 2011. The objective of the evaluation is to assess the IDB's role in identifying…
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Nov 2011
Este documento presenta el marco para la evaluación de las operaciones regionales del BID entre 2000 y 2011. El objetivo de la evaluación es determinar la función del BID en lo que se refiere a…
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Nov 2011
A partir de dos décadas exitosas de experiencia con asociaciones público-privadas (APP) en otras regiones del planeta (Europa y Asia), América Latina empezó a interesarse por sus ventajas para la…
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Nov 2011
This bulletin announces the opening of the exhibition "New Visions: A Selection of the Latest Acquisitions from the IDB Art Collection, 2008-2011". This exhibition is part of the 19th…
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Nov 2011
Este documento presenta la Iniciativa de Ciudades Emergentes y Sostenibles del BID, y muestra como planea asistir en la planificación e implementación de los planes de desarrollo urbano, mientras se…
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Nov 2011
Esta presentación muestra el trabajo de la Fundación AVINA con su red de ciudades sostenibles en Latinoamérica y el Caribe. Esta organización fue invitada a participar como sociedad civil para…
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Nov 2011
National and local governments, international organizations and donors are increasingly using the instrument of cluster development programs (CDP) to promote economic development. This paper builds…
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Nov 2011
Cluster development programs (CDPs) have been adopted widely in many countries worldwide. Many such programs aim to promote economic development by forming and strengthening inter-organizational…
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Nov 2011
Housing for most Peruvians is improving but is still grossly inadequate. Nonetheless, public housing finance policies mainly involve programs that subsidize middle-income families and banks that lend…
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Nov 2011
In 2001, Mexico introduced a comprehensive federal housing policy package. The results have been quantitatively impressive; however, there are qualitative concerns. It is also uncertain whether…
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Nov 2011
The purpose of this guideline is to provide ideas and technical advice on how to measure the effectiveness of Science, Technology and Innovation Programs (STIP). The paper addresses the specific…
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Nov 2011
This paper analyzes mortgage loan demand in Argentina using a new survey administered in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area. It finds that recurring macro volatility and violation of financial…
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Nov 2011
This paper contributes to the debate around why and how access to information can be used to prevent and control corruption. Access to information can not only bring corruption cases to light, it can…
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Nov 2011
To date, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has considered the impact of its projects on community health and safety on an ad hoc basis. Although the IDB's 2006 Environmental and…
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Nov 2011
International organizations most often recommend a virtual one stop shop such as the Single Window for Foreign Trade (Spanish acronym: VUCE). This model is undoubtedly the most successful scheme…
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Nov 2011
Logistics is becoming a critical element of competitiveness and economic performance both in itself and within the context of increasing globalization. Most Latin American and Caribbean countries are…
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Nov 2011
This article proposes a person-centered model for entrepreneurship, rather than one based on an idea or business plan. It analyzes the characteristics of entrepreneurship development programs…
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Nov 2011
Recent research conducted by the IDB shows that innovation positively affects productivity growth in the Latin American and Caribbean region, although the evidence comes almost exclusively from the…
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Nov 2011
This paper aims to present a snapshot of some of the best practices in the promotion and use of renewable energy, and provide practical examples of the development of renewable energy markets that…
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Nov 2011
The logistics industry is one of utmost relevance and principally serves as a motor of private sec-tor development and growth of the economic sectors of a country or region. A logistics industry that…
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Nov 2011
This paper deals with how to promote distributed generation (DG) done with renewable energy in emerging markets of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with the purpose of increasing…
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Nov 2011
The objective of this Technical Note is to describe the necessary Bank requirements for the content of an Environmental and Social Analysis (ESA), with a focus on the particular issues related to…
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Nov 2011
When investing in small and mid-size hotel projects, the IDB, as a general rule, requires that the Sponsor develop and implement an environmental and social management system (ESHSMS). The ESHSMS is…
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Nov 2011
The overall objectives of this technical note are as follows: (a) develop and provide specific, detailed Use of Country Systems (UCS) guidance for "Equivalence Analysis" for the borrowing…