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Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Blenman, Shamar;Khadan, Jeetendra;Wenner, Mark D.;Bollers, Elton;Waithe, Kimberly;Wright, Allan;Schmid, Juan Pedro

This Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin looks at the year in review. 2017 has been a mixed year for the countries of the Caribbean Country Department of the IDB. While The Bahamas, Barbados and…

Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Trapnell, Stephanie

The Inter-American Development Bank Transparency Fund was created to strengthen the institutional capacity of the borrowing member countries of the IDB to design and implement transparency policies,…

Date issued: Dec 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique

En Latinoamérica, la productividad ha sido identificada en numerosos estudios como una de las principales barreras hacia el desarrollo. La economía digital, y en concreto el ecosistema de nuevas…

Date issued: Dec 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Libertun de Duren, Nora Ruth

A lo largo de seis decenios, el déficit de vivienda adecuada en las ciudades de América Latina se ha tornado endémico. Lo único que ha cambiado ha sido quién va adónde. En la década de los años 1960…

Date issued: Dec 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lagunes, Paul;Pocasangre, Oscar

El objetivo de las Leyes de Libertad de Información (FOIAs, por su sigla en inglés, Freedom of Information Acts) consiste en facilitar un intercambio canalizado entre ciudadanos y funcionarios…

Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Vasquez, Gustavo M.

Since 2015, Belize has experienced de-risking, the withdrawal of correspondent banking relationships. The impact on the banking sector and other financial institutions has been adverse, with…

Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Maleronka, Camila;Hobbs, Jason

Esta publicação é fruto de uma pesquisa contratada pelo BID em 2015 que se dedicou ao estudo e avaliação das operações urbanas implementadas na cidade de São Paulo, cuja experiência comumente se…

Date issued: Dec 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Jaitman, Laura

The IDB has been supporting Sports-for-Development (SFD) initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2004. This document reviews IDB-sponsored initiatives in 18 countries to shed light on…

Date issued: Dec 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Jaitman, Laura

Desde 2004 el BID ha venido apoyando iniciativas de deporte para el desarrollo (DPD) en América Latina y el Caribe. Este documento revisa iniciativas patrocinadas por el BID en 18 países para arrojar…

Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Nalesso, Mauro;Coli, Pedro

Hydro-BID es una herramienta de simulación creada por el Banco Inter-Americano de Desarrollo (BID) para dar soporte a la región de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (LAC) en el manejo y planificación del…

Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo;Sabel, Charles;Stein, Ernesto H.;Trejos, Alberto

This paper summarizes the findings of the recent Inter-American Development Bank book Two to Tango: Public-Private Collaboration Productive Development Policies, based on case studies of 25…

Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Multilateral Investment Fund

In March 2017, the city of Bogotá, Colombia, was home to the first Global Summit on Social Innovation. The event, hosted by The Rockefeller Foundation, the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-…

Date issued: Dec 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pecha, Camilo


Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Schoolderman, Ruurd;Bicer, Bulent;Valencia J., Adriana M.

The growing demand for sustainable energy drives the need for a local workforce to fulfill the demand for experienced and skilled technicians and professionals at various levels, who are capable of…

Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Ahumada, Jose Miguel;Banerjee, Chandrajit;Bartesaghi, Ignacio;Beliz, Gustavo;Bery, Suman;Bhojwani, Deepak;Caro Vargas, Soraya;Celaya, Dario;Cesarin, Sergio M.;Chakrabarti, Rajesh;Das, Ram Upendra;Estevadeordal, Antoni;Garg, Ankita;Giri, Tuhinsubhra;Juma, Jill Atieno;Kahn, Theodore;Mangla, Sanjay Kumar;Mavroeidi, Vasiliki;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Moreno Mejía, Luis Alberto;Perez-Restrepo, Camilo;Ramaswamy, Dave;Rasquinha, David;Rebolledo, Andrés;Seshasayee, Hari;Singh, Harsha Vardhana;Turzi, Mariano;Vasquez, Edgar;Viswanathan, Rengaraj;Wignaraja, Ganeshan

More than thirty experts from India and Latin America imagine the future of cooperation between the two regions. They point to South-South integration as the inevitable path to export diversification…

Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Ahumada, Jose Miguel;Banerjee, Chandrajit;Bartesaghi, Ignacio;Beliz, Gustavo;Bery, Suman;Bhojwani, Deepak;Caro Vargas, Soraya;Celaya, Dario;Cesarin, Sergio M.;Chakrabarti, Rajesh;Das, Ram Upendra;Estevadeordal, Antoni;Garg, Ankita;Giri, Tuhinsubhra;Juma, Jill Atieno;Kahn, Theodore;Mangla, Sanjay Kumar;Mavroeidi, Vasiliki;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Moreno Mejía, Luis Alberto;Perez-Restrepo, Camilo;Ramaswamy, Dave;Rasquinha, David;Rebolledo, Andrés;Seshasayee, Hari;Singh, Harsha Vardhana;Turzi, Mariano;Vasquez, Edgar;Viswanathan, Rengaraj;Wignaraja, Ganeshan

Más de treinta expertos de la India y América Latina imaginan el futuro de la cooperación entre ambas regiones. La integración Sur-Sur luce como un camino ineludible hacia la diversificación…

Date issued: Dec 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Muñoz Miranda, Andrés;Pineda, Emilio;Radics, Axel

Un sistema de transferencias fiscales intergubernamentales que promueva una mayor igualación fiscal entre gobiernos subnacionales (GSN) es un componente esencial de todo proceso de descentralización…

Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Martinez, Diego;Borja, Tathiana;Borja, Tathiana;Medellín, Nadin;Cueva, Pedro

El Bono de Desarrollo Humano (BDH) es el programa de transferencias monetarias condicionadas (PTMC) de Ecuador que inició operaciones en 2003, sucediendo así al programa de transferencias no…

Date issued: Dec 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Agüero, Jorge M.;Frisancho, Verónica

A growing literature seeks to identify policies that could reduce intimate partner violence. However, in the absence of reliable administrative records, this violence is often measured using self-…

Date issued: Dec 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Paredes, Juan Roberto

La Red del Futuro es un ejercicio de planificación energética independiente llevado a cabo por el BID con el objetivo de contribuir a la discusión de una integración efectiva de las energías…

Date issued: Dec 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dibner-Dunlap, Aaron

Bank accounts can provide a secure way for low-income households to build their assets to make large investments or protect themselves against unforeseen expenses. Yet many poor households don’t use…

Date issued: Dec 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Levy, Alberto;Anaya, Fernando;Vieira de Carvalho, Arnaldo

La elevada dependencia de la generación hidráulica de Centroamérica conlleva riesgos al suministro de electricidad que son difíciles de mitigar. Aunque esta dependencia ha disminuido progresivamente…

Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Russell, Nathaniel

Increasing productivity is generally considered to be the only sustainable way of improving living standards in the long term. The Brazilian economy has had periods of strong growth, particularly…

Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Russell, Nathaniel

El aumento de la productividad se considera en general como el único modo sostenible de mejorar las condiciones de vida a largo plazo. Los períodos de firme crecimiento que ha conocido la economía…

Date issued: Dec 2017
Author(s): Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Russell, Nathaniel

Em geral, o aumento da produtividade é considerado o único modo sustentável para se melhorar os padrões de vida no longo prazo. A economia brasileira teve períodos de forte crescimento, em especial…