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Dec 2018
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This report analyzes agricultural policy in Argentina, in particular with respect to the degree of support producers and consumers receive. Available evidence suggests that: (i) as a result of export…
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Dec 2018
This paper discusses the main issues concerning sovereign fiscal and financial risks from public–private partnerships (PPPs) with a focus on contingent liabilities (CLs). It is based on the…
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Dec 2018
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A booming literature has argued that mission-based motives are a central feature of mission-oriented labor markets. This paper shifts the focus to task-based motivation and finds that it yields…
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Dec 2018
The divergence in the development of the countries that correspond to the Inter-American Development Bank’s Caribbean Country Department and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)…
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Dec 2018
Guarantees are powerful tools to scale up private investment in infrastructure and enhance the catalytic role Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) play in mobilizing private resources to bridge the…
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Dec 2018
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This paper quantifies the impacts of transport infrastructure investments on economic activity in Haiti, proxied by satellite luminosity data. Our identification strategy exploits the differential…
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Dec 2018
This Technical Note aims to analyze project characteristics associated with problems in execution as reported in the Progress Monitoring Report (PMR), a tool used by the Inter-American Development…
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Dec 2018
The Barbados economy has been challenged over the last decade by elevated fiscal deficits and a rapid build-up in debt. While the country has made efforts to address this challenge through revenue…
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Dec 2018
This paper uses the crime economics framework to shed light on the main drivers of crime and proposes avenues for future research and action in the region to reduce crime and its social and economic…
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Dec 2018
This paper studies the relative effectiveness of these and other mechanisms by way of a formal model in which workers choose between job opportunities in the formal and informal sectors. Although the…
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Dec 2018
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This paper studies the effects of areal cable cars on mode of transport, time use and employment in the metropolitan area of La Paz, Bolivia. Using an instrumental variables approach, we estimate…
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Dec 2018
En este volumen se realiza un relevamiento de las principals cadenas agroindustriales del país, enfatizando en los movimientos de cargas que se realizan a lo cadena de valor, la logística utilizada,…
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Dec 2018
En este documento se presenta un modelo de equilibrio general estático de decisión ocupacional con heterogeneidad en habilidades laborales y empresariales, capaz de generar elevados niveles de…
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Dec 2018
Esta nota presenta los resultados de la evaluación PISA-D en Guatemala, incluye los resultados del estudio a escala nacional. Uno de cada tres jóvenes de 15 años abandonó el sistema escolar, y la…
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Dec 2018
This paper argues that the need for metropolitan-wide government is higher the larger the unrealized benefits from economies of scale and externalities. It contends that there is no trade-off between…
Date issued:
Dec 2018
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Impact evaluation has gained recognition over the last decade as an essential component of project development. Impact evaluation details how and to what extent policies and project interventions…
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Dec 2018
+ SOL + LUZ põe na mão de qualquer pessoa, numa linguagem e formato simples, as respostas a muitas das inquietudes em relação ao que são sistemas fotovoltaicos, como funcionam, por que utilizá-los,…
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Dec 2018
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This paper examines gaps in child development by socioeconomic status (SES) using a large nationally representative sample of children 0–59 months old in Bolivia and a rich set of child health and…
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Dec 2018
The 2018 third quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…
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Dec 2018
The guidelines, addressed to team leaders and executors, explain how buildings, both of social infrastructure and other sectors, can contribute to meeting the 30% goal of climate financing that the…
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Dec 2018
Los lineamientos, dirigidos a los jefes de equipo y los ejecutores, explican cómo los edificios, tanto de infraestructura social como de otros sectores, pueden contribuir al cumplimiento de la meta…
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Dec 2018
As diretrizes, dirigidas aos líderes de equipe e executores, explicam como os edifícios, tanto de infraestrutura social quanto de outros setores, podem contribuir para cumprir a meta de 30% de…
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Dec 2018
Este documento tiene como objetivo presentar un recuento de las lecciones aprendidas y los retos en la implementación de sistemas de transporte público. El presente estudio analiza cinco proyectos…
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Dec 2018
Análisis temático comparativo de 10 países para documentar, examinar y sistematizar información clave sobre la implementación de la Guía de estándares de calidad NEO en más 230 proveedores de…
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Dec 2018
Este catálogo presenta experiencias ejemplares de innovación en infraestructura escolar en América Latina y el Caribe, con alto nivel de innovación en: condiciones de confort, sustentabilidad…