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Date issued: Dec 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lobo, Susy;Marin, Maritza;Rudin, Victoria;Salas, Fiorella

Este estudio, que analiza los retos que enfrentan los actores para desarrollar la cadena de valor de reciclaje en Centroamérica, nace a partir de diálogos de los socios de la IRR con empresas que…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Bonzi Teixeira, Augusto;Anaya, Fernando

This Energy Dossier is part of a series of publications produced by the Energy Division of the Infrastructure and Energy Department of the Inter-American Development Bank. It is designed to increase…

Date issued: Nov 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Esquivel, Maricarmen;Grunwaldt, Alfred;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Rodríguez-Flores, Enrique

Centroamérica es una de las regiones más vulnerables al cambio climático. Dado que más del 50% de su generación eléctrica depende de las hidroeléctricas existentes al 2015, la seguridad energética de…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Hogarth, Terence

Increasingly, skills are seen as a key component of competitiveness. Employer Skill Surveys (ESS) have an important role to play in: (i) demonstrating the skills that are in most demand and where…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Hogarth, Terence

Cada vez más se identifica que las habilidades son un componente clavepara la competitividad. Las encuestas a empleadores sobre habilidades
(ESS) juegan un rol fundamental para: (i) demostrar…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Uyarra, Elvira;Moñux, Diego;Li, Yanchao;Esteban, Adrián;Rigby, John;Ospina, María José;Edler, Jakob

Public procurement accounts for a significant proportion of overall demand for goods and services. Thus, it could be a useful tool for fostering innovation and economic growth. While interest in the…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Huppi, Monika;Azuara Herrera, Oliver;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda;Hernández, María José;Rivera, Johanan;Torres, Mauricio;Jansson, Maya

This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for Guatemala covers the period 2012-2016. It is the fourth occasion on which OVE has evaluated the Bank's program with the country. The previous…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Huppi, Monika;Azuara Herrera, Oliver;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda;Hernández, María José;Rivera, Johanan;Torres, Mauricio;Jansson, Maya

Esta Evaluación del Programa de País (CPE) con Guatemala cubre el periodo 2012-2016, y es la cuarta oportunidad en que la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) evalúa el programa con el país. Las…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Valdés Conroy, Héctor;Azuara Herrera, Oliver;Corrales, Maria Elena;González, Ángela;Di Tata, Juan Carlos;Haarsager, Ulrike;Mendieta Umaña, Maria Paula;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette;Palomino, Alejandro;Ramírez, Nadia;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana

This country program evaluation (CPE) for Peru covers the period 2012-2016, during which the Bank's work was guided by the country strategy with Peru (2012-2016) (document GN-2668). This CPE…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Valdés Conroy, Héctor;Azuara Herrera, Oliver;Corrales, Maria Elena;González, Ángela;Di Tata, Juan Carlos;Haarsager, Ulrike;Mendieta Umaña, Maria Paula;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette;Palomino, Alejandro;Ramírez, Nadia;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana

La presente Evaluación del Programa de País (CPE) con Perú abarca el periodo 2012-2016, durante el cual el trabajo del Banco estuvo guiado por la Estrategia de País con Perú (2012-2016) (GN-2668).…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Lasida, Javier;Restrepo, Clara Inés;Sandoya, Jimena;González Ávila, Liliana

This publication aims to present a series of dimensions, standards and indicators of quality that will enable entities that provide career guidance, training and job placement services to youth under…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Lasida, Javier;Restrepo, Clara Inés;Sandoya, Jimena;González Ávila, Liliana

Esta publicación tiene como propósito presentar una serie de dimensiones, estándares e indicadores de calidad que le permita a las entidades proveedoras de servicios de orientación, formación e…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Lasida, Javier;Restrepo, Clara Inés;Sandoya, Jimena;González Ávila, Liliana

O objetivo desta publicação é apresentar uma série de dimensões, padrões e indicadores de qualidade para permitir que organizações que prestam serviços de orientação, capacitação e inserção…

Date issued: Nov 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Betts, Tracy;Castillo Paez, Paula;Kearney, Matthew C.

With the global development community's renewed commitment to achieving gender equality and empower all women, this study seeks to identify potential opportunities to enhance gender…

Date issued: Nov 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Pecha, Camilo

This study examines whether Jamaica's free public healthcare policy affectedhealth status and labor supply of adult individuals. It compares outcomes of
adults without health insurance…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Sosa, Mariano;Powell, Andrew

The August 2016 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that the simple average growth rate expected for 2016 for the eight countries covered by…

Date issued: Nov 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bobba, Matteo;Frisancho, Verónica

This paper designs and implements a field experiment that provides students from less advantaged backgrounds with individualized feedback on academicperformance during the transition from middle to…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Bernal, Richard L.

China has recently become the third largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the world and is a major source of development aid for developing countries, including those in the Caribbean…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Esquivel, Maricarmen;Grunwaldt, Alfred;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Rodríguez-Flores, Enrique

Central America is one of the most vulnerable regions to the effects of climate change. With more than 50% of the electricity generation depending on existing hydroelectric plants by 2015, the region…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Esquivel, Maricarmen;Grunwaldt, Alfred;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Rodríguez-Flores, Enrique

Centroamérica es una de las regiones más vulnerables al cambio climático. Dado que más del 50% de su generación eléctrica depende de las hidroeléctricas existentes al 2015, la seguridad energética de…

Date issued: Nov 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banerjee, Onil;Cicowiez, Martin;Vargas, Renato;Horridge, Mark

This paper develops and operationalizes the Integrated Economic-Environmental Modelling (IEEM) platform which integrates environmental data organized under the first international standard for…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Fryer, Michelle;Stone, Leslie F.;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Scholl, Lynn;Fevre, Chloe;Vargas, María José;Hernández, María José;Maciel, Odette;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette;Fajgenbaum, Jose

As part of its 2015-16 work plan, the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) prepared the evaluation of the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) country program with Trinidad and Tobago for…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Fryer, Michelle;Stone, Leslie F.;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Scholl, Lynn;Fevre, Chloe;Vargas, María José;Hernández, María José;Maciel, Odette;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette;Fajgenbaum, Jose

En el marco de su plan de trabajo para 2015-2016, la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) complete la evaluación del programa de país del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo con Trinidad y Tobago…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Suárez, Fabiola;Duque, Ángela;Pava, Margarita;Estupiñán, Sandra;Calderón, Silvia;Romero, Germán;Ordóñez, Daniel A.;Álvarez, Andrés;Sanchez-Aragon, Leonardo;Ludeña, Carlos E.

Esta infografía resume la metodología y los resultados del estudio "Impactos económicos del cambio climático en Colombia" del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), la Comisión Económica…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Suárez, Fabiola;Duque, Ángela;Pava, Margarita;Estupiñán, Sandra;Calderón, Silvia;Romero, Germán;Ordóñez, Daniel A.;Álvarez, Andrés;Sanchez-Aragon, Leonardo;Ludeña, Carlos E.

Esta infografía resume la metodología y los resultados del estudio "Impactos económicos del cambio climático en Colombia" del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), la Comisión Económica…