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Jun 2017
INTAL Connection informs on developments on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue focuses on the update of COSIPLAN website “Integration and Development Hubs”, where…
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Jun 2017
Conexión INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. Esta edición se dedica a la renovación del sitio web de COSIPLAN “Ejes…
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May 2017
The objective of this document is to present an assessment of the current situation in the application of Smart Water Infrastructure Technologies (SWIT) and to provide a summary of potential key…
Date issued:
May 2017
El objetivo de este documento es presentar una evaluación de la situación actual en la aplicación de Tecnologías inteligentes para infraestructura hídrica (SWIT por sus siglas en ingles) y aportar…
Date issued:
May 2017
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Information and communications technology (ICT) plays an important role in promoting and enabling social, economic, and environmental well-being worldwide. Data centers are essential for the…
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May 2017
This work seeks to measure the impact of technology companies in Latin America have on the regional economy, as well as the global reach of their innovation. After a thorough process of survey and…
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May 2017
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Teachers vary considerably in their effectiveness, but identifying teacher characteristics that predict their impact on learning outcomes has been elusive. We analyze a teacher evaluation that is…
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May 2017
The Caribbean has promising resources and land, it is shocking to acknowledge that this region faces many development challenges that threat its magnificence and its sustainable development. This…
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May 2017
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This paper examines how financial fluctuations and macroeconomic stability interact in the case of Venezuela, acknowledging that financial conditions deteriorating the macroeconomic environment can…
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May 2017
The Brazilian Schools Panel database and Brazilian Municipal Education Panel Database combine and simplify 20 years' worth of data from the Brazilian School Census, educational testing, and…
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May 2017
While citizen security has become an ever-increasing concern for many Caribbean countries, the magnitude of the problem has not been matched with an equally robust response in terms of research. This…
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May 2017
El delito constituye sin duda un tema de preocupación para los responsables de las políticas y los ciudadanos del Caribe. Al contrario de las tendencias internacionales-que muestran bajas o…
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May 2017
Históricamente, la cartera de Costa Rica ha sido identificada como de bajo desempeño en términos de edad del portafolio y porcentaje de desembolsos. En efecto, programas de inversión bajo la…
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May 2017
El estudio evalúa el contexto institucional y operativo del reciclaje inclusivo en 12 ciudades de América Latina y el Caribe por medio de un conjunto de indicadores cualitativos y cuantitativos, con…
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May 2017
Quantitative analysis of a New Keynesian model with the Bernanke-Gertler accelerator and risk shocks shows that violations of Tinbergen's Rule and strategic interaction between policymaking…
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May 2017
This paper proposes a structural approach to measuring the effects of electoral accountability. A political agency model with imperfect information is modeled in order to identify and quantify…
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May 2017
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This document presents the results of a study that combines data on the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG measured in CO2 equivalents) from farming activities with the incidence of policy incentives…
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May 2017
This report represents an initial effort to systematically describe the commercial activities of Fintech in Latin America. In the first part, we offer an overview of the sector and its main trends in…
Date issued:
May 2017
Este informe constituye un primer esfuerzo por describir de manera sistemática la actividad empresarial relativa a las Fintech en toda América Latina. En el primer capítulo se ofrece una panorámica…
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May 2017
Este relatório é uma primeira tentativa de descrever de forma sistemática a atividade empresarial relativa às fintechs em toda a América Latina. O primeiro capítulo apresenta uma visão geral do setor…
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May 2017
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La presente publicación tiene por objetivo evaluar la introducción del gas natural como opción energética en Centroamérica en base a la estimación de la demanda potencial, análisis de estrategias y…
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May 2017
This paper presents updated information about crime and violence in Belize, and about current and recent initiatives that address these issues, with an emphasis on youth and on Southside Belize City…
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May 2017
This paper discusses the constantly changing definition of big data and portrays the landscape of the most widely used analytical techniques in the context of public policy formulation in Latin…
Date issued:
May 2017
El presente trabajo comenta la definición de "datos masivos", en evolución permanente, y describe un panorama de las técnicas analíticas más utilizadas en el contexto de la formulación de…
Date issued:
May 2017
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Over the past two decades, national and local governments in Caribbean and Pacific Small Island Development States have partnered with the donor community to implement over $55 billion in development…