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Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Castillo, Marola A.

This paper explains in detail the external sustainability assessment approach given by the stock-flow relationship between the net external positions, non-income current account plus net capital…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Ahmad, Ehtisham;Viscarra Andrade, Hernán

The Chilean National Investment System (Sistema Nacional de Inversiones, or SNI), is a model of consistent and transparent investment appraisal. However, the investment outcomes have exacerbated…

Date issued: Sep 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Wagner, Wolfgang;Brazil David, Renata;García Zaballos, Antonio

Access to information communications technologies (ICTs), in particular broadband, is critical for sustainable development. Increased access to broadband isolated communities in developing countries…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This file contains data at the firm level for the Enterprise survey 2010 and the Productivity, Technology and Innovation survey 2014 implemented in Jamaica financed by IDB. Two data sets are provided…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda;Schijman, Agustina;Stone, Leslie F.;Figueroa, Claudia;Seiwald, Raphael;Oliveira, Patricia;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana

This paper defines the scope and methodology for the evaluation of the IDB Group's country program with the Government of the Dominican Republic for the period 2013-2016. Taking an independent…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda;Schijman, Agustina;Stone, Leslie F.;Figueroa, Claudia;Seiwald, Raphael;Oliveira, Patricia;Ramirez-Goldin, Ana

Este documento define el alcance y la metodología para la Evaluación del Programa de País (CPE) del Grupo BID con el Gobierno de la República Dominicana para el periodo 2013-2016. El CPE analizará,…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Herrera, Diego

Alternative finance (AF) or "crowdfunding" is the most notable financial technology (fintech) business model in Latin America and the Caribbean. Although still small in volume, reaching US$…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): López, Andrés;Niembro, Andrés;Ramos, Daniela

La inversión extranjera directa (IED) ocupa actualmente un lugar central en las agendas públicas en materia de desarrollo económico, en especial en los países emergentes. Desde una óptica teórica, la…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Keller, Lukas;Rouse, Rebecca

This analytic brief presents the results of a quantitative analysis of the socioeconomic characteristics of the beneficiaries of international remittances in El Salvador. The analysis is based on…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Keller, Lukas;Rouse, Rebecca

This analytic brief presents the results of a quantitative analysis of the socioeconomic characteristics of the beneficiaries of international remittances in Guatemala. The analysis is based on…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Keller, Lukas;Rouse, Rebecca

Esta nota analítica presenta los resultados de un análisis cuantitativo de los perfiles socioeconómicos de los beneficiarios de remesas internacionales en Guatemala. El análisis se basa en datos de…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Keller, Lukas;Rouse, Rebecca

This analytic brief presents the results of a quantitative analysis of the socioeconomic characteristics of the beneficiaries of international remittances in Honduras. The analysis is based on…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Keller, Lukas;Rouse, Rebecca

Esta nota analítica presenta los resultados de un análisis cuantitativo de los perfiles socioeconómicos de los beneficiarios de remesas internacionales en Honduras. El análisis se basa en datos de la…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Keller, Lukas;Rouse, Rebecca

Esta nota analítica presenta los resultados de un análisis cuantitativo de los perfiles socioeconómicos de los beneficiarios de remesas internacionales en El Salvador. El análisis se basa en datos de…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Ons, Álvaro

Este documento presenta una recopilación y análisis de los principalesinstrumentos que Paraguay utiliza para la promoción de las inversiones,
aplicando una visión crítica de su diseño y…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

INTAL Connection informs on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean and disseminate IADB activities on this topics.

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Conexión INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. También es el medio para difundir las actividades realizadas por el BID…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Rubio-Codina, Marta;Tomé, Romina;Araujo, María Caridad

El Programa Nacional Cuna Más (PNCM) atiende a niños menores de 36 meses en zonas de pobreza y pobreza extrema con el objetivo de mejorar su nivel de desarrollo. El PNCM brinda dos servicios: el…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Domanick, Joe

This guidebook seeks to provide communicators with the practical tools and recommendations to do a better job, particularly in their dealings with reporters on issues from crisis management, violence…

Date issued: Sep 2016
Author(s): Domanick, Joe

Esta guía busca suministrar herramientas prácticas y recomendaciones a los comunicadores para que puedan mejorar su trabajo, particularmente en lo relacionado con los medios de prensa. Incluye…

Date issued: Sep 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Anríquez, Gustavo;Foster, William;Ortega, Jorge;Falconi, César;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

Economic theory and econometric evidence support the thesis that the displacement of government expenditures on public goods by subsidies to private goods inhibits the performance of the farm sector…

Date issued: Sep 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Anríquez, Gustavo;Foster, William;Ortega, Jorge;Falconi, César;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

La teoría económica y la evidencia empírica disponible apoyan la tesis de que el direccionamiento del gasto público hacia bienes de naturaleza privada, en detrimento del gasto en bienes públicos,…

Date issued: Sep 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alva-Hart, Viviana;Hardoy, Jorgelina;Almansi, Florencia;Amanquez, Carlos;Cutts, Ana;Lacambra Ayuso, Sergio;Di Paola, Vanina;Celis, Alejandra

Este documento contiene aportes de la mesa temática de riesgo de desastres -terremotos, inundaciones, entre otras amenazas naturales enfocada en la construcción de estrategias y en la identificación…

Date issued: Aug 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Heracleous, Maria;González, Mario;Winters, Paul

Using administrative data from the urban Mexican Oportunidades program, this paper analyzes why poor households choose less education for their children, even when offered financial compensation for…

Date issued: Aug 2016
Author(s): Obando, Nataly;Andrian, Leandro Gaston

This paper analyzes the change in poverty between 2002 and 2013 in Colombia. We find that more than 90 percent of the reduction in poverty is explained by economic growth, and that wages are the…