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Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Americas Business Dialogue (ABD) is a private sector led initiative facilitated by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) aimed at fostering a high-level public-private policy dialogue between…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Diálogo Empresarial de las Américas (ABD, por su siglas en inglés) es una iniciativa liderada por el sector privado y facilitada por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), con el fin de…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Putic, Melanie;Ramirez Abarca, Nadia;Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda;Hernández, María José;Soriano, Alejandro;Russell, Nathaniel

Este resumen ejecutivo presenta los principales hallazgos y las recomendaciones incluidas en el documento que evalúa el programa del BID con Nicaragua. La evaluación busca contribuir al proceso de…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Khadan, Jeetendra

Human capital, as reflected in education levels and skills, and innovation are two important engines of economic growth. The Caribbean is deficient in both: lower than expected GDP growth rates are…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Gray, Cheryl;Alonso, Pablo;Schijman, Agustina;Ahumada, Alejandro;Alejandre, Florencia;Carpanelli, María del Mar;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Elliott, Victoria;Florimon, Andrea;García, Juan Felipe;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Gwin, Catherine;Haarsager, Ulrike;Hernández, María José;Huppi, Monika;Khadr, Ali;Legarreta, Regina;Linares, Ana María;Michelitsch, Roland;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Putic, Melanie;Setien Santianez, Loreto;Soldano, Miguel;Soriano, Alejandro;Szwedzki, Roni;Wattenbach, Horst

This executive summary sums up OVE´s evaluation "IDB’s Ninth General Capital Increase: Implementation and Results". This evaluation reviews IDB’s implementation of the IDB-9 mandates and…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Gray, Cheryl;Alonso, Pablo;Schijman, Agustina;Ahumada, Alejandro;Alejandre, Florencia;Carpanelli, María del Mar;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Elliott, Victoria;Florimon, Andrea;García, Juan Felipe;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Gwin, Catherine;Haarsager, Ulrike;Hernández, María José;Huppi, Monika;Khadr, Ali;Legarreta, Regina;Linares, Ana María;Michelitsch, Roland;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Putic, Melanie;Setien Santianez, Loreto;Soldano, Miguel;Soriano, Alejandro;Szwedzki, Roni;Wattenbach, Horst

Este resumen ejecutivo recoge los principales hallazgos y lecciones generales de la evaluación de OVE "Noveno Aumento General de los Recursos del Banco: Implementaci'on y Resultados",…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Rodriguez Porcel, Manuel;Bernal González, Jonathan;Beltrán Real, Óscar Mauricio

Caso de Estudio del Programa de los Sistemas Estratégicos de Transporte Público de Colombia, pretende mostrar los avances, retos y lecciones aprendidas en la implementación del Programa, tanto (i)…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Sparkman, David;Sturzenegger, Germán

Sustainable Development Goal #6 (SDG6) set ambitious sanitation and wastewater treatment targets. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries have committed to achieving them by 2030.…

Date issued: May 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aiello, Roberto Gabriel;Levy, Alberto;Vogt-Schilb, Adrien;Carlino, Hernán;Gutman, Verónica;Iezzi, Marcelo;Carlino, Micaela

Esta asignación, denominada “Examen de instrumentos económicos para la fijación de precios al carbono”, ha sido desarrollada con el objetivo último de entregar un análisis claro y comprensivo de las…

Date issued: May 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pombo, Cristina;Gupta, Ravi;Stankovich, Miriam

Disruption is the new norm and the digital transformation can spur innovation growth across many activities. Emerging technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) can help governments…

Date issued: May 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pombo, Cristina;Gupta, Ravi;Stankovich, Miriam

Disrupción es la nueva norma y la transformación digital puede detonar innovación en un amplio rango de actividades. Las tecnologías emergentes de la cuarta revolución industrial (conocida como 4IR)…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Los adultos de América Latina obtienen una puntuación promedio mayor que los jóvenes en el Índice de Mejores Trabajos. La brecha generacional en el promedio de los 17 países del índice es,…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En el promedio de los 17 países que conforman el Índice de Mejores Trabajos, la brecha de género es de 22,5 puntos (68,7 frente a 46,2). La diferencia de puntuación entre ambos géneros es mayor en la…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Schmid, Juan Pedro;Giles Álvarez, Laura;Waithe, Kimberly

This policy brief presents a summary of the development challenges facing the country of Barbados

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Wenner, Mark D.;Bollers, Elton

This policy brief presents a summary of the development challenges facing the country.

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Mooney, Henry;Schmid, Juan Pedro

This policy brief presents a summary of the development challenges facing the country.

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Smets, Lodewijk

This policy brief presents a summary of the development challenges facing the country

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Wright, Allan

This policy brief presents a summary of the development challenges facing the country.

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Khadan, Jeetendra

This policy brief presents a summary of the development challenges facing the country

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): African Development Bank;Asian Development Bank;European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;Inter-American Development Bank

Recent technological innovation in fields such as robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence have reduced the number of workers required in a range of sectors, while lowering costs and…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): African Development Bank;Asian Development Bank;European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Las recientes innovaciones tecnológicas en campos como la robótica, la automatización y la inteligencia artificial han reducido la cantidad de trabajadores requeridos en una variedad de sectores, al…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Barreto-Dillon, Leonellha;Basani, Marcello;De Simone, Francesco;Cotlear, Blanche

La adopción de prácticas de transparencia es uno de los determinantes principales de la eficiencia de los proveedores y reguladores de servicios de agua y saneamiento (AyS). Esta es una de las…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Sample, Kristen

Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have seen, in recent years, a sharp uptick in public mobilization against corruption, as well as the adoption of transparency and accountability-enhancing…

Date issued: May 2018
Author(s): Albuquerque, Pedro;Cravo, Tulio;Justino, Leandro;Quintana, Rodrigo

The location of offices of public employment services matters. It can bring jobseekers and vacancies closer together to accelerate the matching process and make the best use of resources. In the case…

Date issued: Apr 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Giedion, Úrsula;Distrutti, Marcela;Muñoz, Ana Lucía;Pinto, Diana M.;Díaz, Ana M.

Esta monografía utiliza un enfoque sistémico para abordar la priorización explícita en salud, lo que facilita la comprensión de los procesos que la integran, los actores que involucra y su relación…