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Date issued: Feb 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Crespi, Gustavo;Dohnert, Sylvia;Maffioli, Alessandro;Hoelz Pinto Ambrozio, Antônio Marcos;Barron, Manuel;Bernini, Federico;Figal Garone, Lucas;Grant, Kayla;Mohan, Preeya;Morris, Diego;Presbitero, Andrea;Rabellotti, Roberta;Lage de Sousa, Filipe;Strobl, Eric;Watson, Patrick

This monograph explores productivity, innovation, and firm performance, important issues that affect private sector development in the Caribbean region. Using unique and recently available datasets…

Date issued: Feb 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jaitman, Laura;Caprirolo, Dino;Granguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio;Keefer, Philip;Leggett, Ted;Lewis, James Andrew;Mejía-Guerra, José Antonio;Mello, Marcela;Sutton, Heather;Torre, Iván

This publication is the first to provide a comprehensive, systematic, and rigorous analysis of the costs of crime in Latin America and the Caribbean. The main challenges in the region are addressed:…

Date issued: Feb 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jaitman, Laura;Caprirolo, Dino;Granguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio;Keefer, Philip;Leggett, Ted;Lewis, James Andrew;Mejía-Guerra, José Antonio;Mello, Marcela;Sutton, Heather;Torre, Iván

Este volumen es el primero en proporcionar un análisis integral, sistemático y riguroso de los costos de la delincuencia en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Se abordan los principales desafíos de la…

Date issued: Feb 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jaitman, Laura;Caprirolo, Dino;Granguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio;Keefer, Philip;Leggett, Ted;Lewis, James Andrew;Mejía-Guerra, José Antonio;Mello, Marcela;Sutton, Heather;Torre, Iván

Este volume é o primeiro a fornecer uma análise abrangente, sistemática e rigorosa dos custos do crime na América Latina e no Caribe. São abordados os principais desafios da região: o custo social…

Date issued: Feb 2017
Author(s): Jaitman, Laura;Caprirolo, Dino;Granguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio;Keefer, Philip;Leggett, Ted;Lewis, James Andrew;Mejía-Guerra, José Antonio;Sutton, Heather;Torre, Iván

This publication is the first to provide a comprehensive, systematic and rigorous analysis of the costs of crime in Latin America and the Caribbean. The main challenges in the region are addressed:…

Date issued: Feb 2017
Author(s): Jaitman, Laura;Caprirolo, Dino;Granguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio;Keefer, Philip;Leggett, Ted;Lewis, James Andrew;Mejía-Guerra, José Antonio;Sutton, Heather;Torre, Iván

Este volumen es el primero en proporcionar un análisis integral, sistemático y riguroso de los costos de la delincuencia en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Se abordan los principales desafíos de la…

Date issued: Feb 2017
Author(s): Jaitman, Laura;Caprirolo, Dino;Granguillhome Ochoa, Rogelio;Keefer, Philip;Leggett, Ted;Lewis, James Andrew;Mejía-Guerra, José Antonio;Sutton, Heather;Torre, Iván

Este volume é o primeiro a fornecer uma análise abrangente, sistemática e rigorosa dos custos do crime na América Latina e no Caribe. São abordados os principais desafios da região: o custo social…

Date issued: Feb 2017
Author(s): Caprirolo, Dino;Jaitman, Laura;Mello, Marcela

Em 2014, a violência custou US$75.894 milhões para ao Brasil ou 3,14% do PIB. Esse valor representa 53% do custo total da criminalidade na América Latina e no Caribe (ALC). O Brasil se destaca por…

Date issued: Feb 2017
Author(s): Siqueira Moraes, Marcos;Reyes-Tagle, Gerardo

Parcerias Público-Privadas (PPP) são um modelo de realização de investimentos em infraestrutura pública que gera diversos tipos de efeitos fiscais para os governos que as implementam. Esses efeitos…

Date issued: Feb 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): López, Arnoldo;Prat, Jordi;Solera, Marco;Loo-Kung, Rudy;Linares, Jennifer;Lagarda, Guillermo;Maldonado, Leonardo;Manzano, Osmel

The macroeconomic context of Central America and the Dominican Republic has been characterized by positive perspectives. The economic recovery of United States, lower commodity prices, and the low…

Date issued: Feb 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): López, Arnoldo;Prat, Jordi;Solera, Marco;Loo-Kung, Rudy;Linares, Jennifer;Lagarda, Guillermo;Maldonado, Leonardo;Manzano, Osmel

El contexto macroeconómico de Centroamérica y República Dominicana ha estado caracterizado por tener expectativas positivas. La recuperación económica de Estados Unidos, a los bajos precios de las…

Date issued: Feb 2017
Author(s): García Larumbe, Javier;Garcia Merino, Lucio Javier;Sasaki, Keisuke

La División de Agua y Saneamiento (INE/WSA) del BID lanzó en el año 2011 una herramienta para apoyar a las empresas operadoras de agua potable y alcantarillado sanitario en la identificación y…

Date issued: Feb 2017
Author(s): Ashcroft, John

This document is the eleventh of the PLAC Network Technical Assistance Document Series and is entitled “Technical assistance on the application of risk-based pension fund supervision by the…

Date issued: Jan 2017
Author(s): Vargas, Luis Hernán;Cueva, Pedro;Medellín, Nadin

La Ley del Ingreso Ético Familiar (IEF) establece Transferencias Monetarias Condicionadas (PTMC) y da origen al Subsistema Seguridades y Oportunidades, que tiene asociadas transferencias monetarias…

Date issued: Jan 2017
Author(s): Jimenez Mori, Raul Alberto

What do we know about the effects of improved access to electricity? Does the research tell a unified story? To answer these questions, this brief examines 50 impact evaluation studies, focusing on…

Date issued: Jan 2017
Author(s): Jara Maleš, Patricia;Ochoa, Francisco;Sório, Rita Elisabeth

The social development gains made by Latin America and the Caribbean have driven the need for differentiated services to enhance the inclusion of specific groups and to respond more effectively to…

Date issued: Jan 2017
Author(s): Jara Maleš, Patricia;Ochoa, Francisco;Sório, Rita Elisabeth

Los avances experimentados por América Latina y el Caribe en materia de desarrollo social han impulsado la necesidad de servicios diferenciados para potenciar la inclusión de grupos específicos y…

Date issued: Jan 2017
Author(s): López, César Augusto;Salazar, Lina;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

The primary objective of this study is to synthesize lessons derived from rigorous impact evaluations (IEs) implemented in rural LAC to shed light on the effects of different types of private…

Date issued: Jan 2017
Author(s): López, César Augusto;Salazar, Lina;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

El principal objetivo de este estudio es sintetizar las lecciones que se derivan de las rigurosas evaluaciones de impacto (EI) implementadas en el sector rural de ALC para dar luces acerca de los…

Date issued: Jan 2017
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Con el fin de responder a la Política sobre Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (GN-2354-5) cuyo objetivo es promover la inclusión apropiada de aspecto y actividades de Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (…

Date issued: Jan 2017
Author(s): Wright, Allan

From productivity performance indicators derived from the World Bank, The Bahamas is underperforming relative to our Caribbean economies and even other small economies within Latin America and the…

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

This Toolkit is intended to provide concrete guidance on how to mainstreamgender throughout the project cycle in Multilateral Investment
Fund (MIF) projects. These tools are suggested for…

Date issued: Jan 2017
Author(s): Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones

El Toolkit está diseñado para brindar orientación concreta sobre cómo integrarel género a lo largo del ciclo del proyecto en los proyectos del Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones (FOMIN). Estas…

Date issued: Jan 2017
Author(s): Harker, Arturo;Taboada, Bibiana;Villalba, Harold;Castellani, Francesca

Esta nota técnica presenta el informe de línea de base de la evaluación de impacto del Programa de Madres Adolescentes de la Fundación Juan Felipe Gómez Escobar. La Fundación busca mejorar la calidad…

Date issued: Jan 2017
Author(s): Tarre, Alejandro;Granada, Isabel;Nevo, Miroslava;Serebrisky, Tomás;Ramirez, Maria Cecilia;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor

A través de esta serie de casos de estudio, el Departamento de Infraestructura y Energía del BID pretende dar a conocer su trabajo en la región, los problemas que aborda, los retos en la…