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Date issued: Apr 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Molina, Danielken;Heuser, Cecilia;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

Este documento recoge los apéndices del estudio "Infraestructura y desempeño de las exportaciones en la Alianza del Pacífico". Incluye: a) Marco teórico, b) Estrategia de estimación, c)…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Lerner, Josh;Tighe, James;Dew, Steve;Bosiljevac, Vladimir;Leamon, Ann;Díez-Amigo, Sandro;Garcia-Robles, Maria Susana

In April 2015, the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, commissioned the research team to prepare a report on the effectiveness of some…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Lerner, Josh;Tighe, James;Dew, Steve;Bosiljevac, Vladimir;Leamon, Ann;Díez-Amigo, Sandro;Garcia-Robles, Maria Susana

In April 2015, the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, commissioned the research team to prepare a report on the effectiveness of some…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Lerner, Josh;Tighe, James;Dew, Steve;Bosiljevac, Vladimir;Leamon, Ann;Díez-Amigo, Sandro;Garcia-Robles, Maria Susana

In April 2015, the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, commissioned the research team to prepare a report on the effectiveness of some…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Lerner, Josh;Tighe, James;Dew, Steve;Bosiljevac, Vladimir;Leamon, Ann;Díez-Amigo, Sandro;Garcia-Robles, Maria Susana

In April 2015, the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, commissioned the research team to prepare a report on the effectiveness of some…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu

The Technical Note "Setting Targets for Results-Based Financing Programs: A Simple Cost Benefit Framework" is accompanied by this Excel tool for the calculation of targets according to the…

Date issued: Apr 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Molina, Danielken;Heuser, Cecilia;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

The launch of negotiations over the Pacific Alliance (PA) in 2011 gave new life to regional integration in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). With more pragmatic, market-oriented expectations and…

Date issued: Apr 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Molina, Danielken;Heuser, Cecilia;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

El inicio de las negociaciones sobre la Alianza del Pacífico (AP) en 2011 dio nueva vida al proceso de integración regional de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Con expectativas más pragmáticas y…

Date issued: Apr 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gibbons, María Amelia;Maffioli, Alessandro;Rossi, Martín

This paper evaluates the impact of two programs that provide public and private goods, in the form of irrigation canals and materials (such as hail nets). Using a twelve-year panel of wine producers…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Berstein, Solange;Bosch, Mariano;Oliveri, María Laura

This note, originally prepared as an appendix for the 2016 Development in the Americas Report, Saving for Development, surveys the methodology and assumptions used in the discussion of replacement…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Riquelme, Rodrigo;Méndez, Paola;Smith, Ianthe

This publication looks into the Solid Waste Sector situation in nine Caribbean countries: The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, Guyana, Haiti, Suriname, St Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. Adequate…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Dávila Lárraga, Laura G.

The Social Inclusion Program PROSPERA is the Mexico's conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, launched in 2014 after its predecessors: the Program for Human Development Oportunidades, and the…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Dávila Lárraga, Laura G.

El Programa de Inclusión Social PROSPERA es el programa de transferencias monetarias condicionadas (PTMC) de México, que comenzó en 2014 a partir de sus predecesores: el Programa de Desarrollo Humano…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Fernandez, Andres;Rud, Juan Pablo

This technical note considers whether low savings in Latin America and the Caribbean may result from low productivity rather than vice versa. Economies with low TFP growth tend to be economies in…

Date issued: Apr 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): González-Velosa, Carolina;Rosas-Shady, David

Este documento examina el sistema de formación para el trabajo en Colombia. Su definición de formación para el trabajo incorpora distintasmodalidades que se ofrecen actualmente en el país. En primer…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Alemann, Clara;Cowap, Alden;Juarez, Leticia;Buchbinder, Barbara

La presente nota analiza datos de la encuesta de evaluación de impacto del programa de transferencias monetarias condicionadas (PTMC) implementado en Honduras, el Programa Bono 10.000, para…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ramos, María Clara;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Bolivar, Ángela;Wilches-Chaux, Gustavo

Once upon a time, there was a place with good soil for plants and good sources of water for wild animals. Many, many plants grew there, and many wild animals made it their home. People liked it too.…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ramos, María Clara;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Bolivar, Ángela;Wilches-Chaux, Gustavo

Había una vez un lugar con buena tierra para las plantas y abundante agua para los animales salvajes. Muchas plantas y animales vivían y crecían allí. La gente también lo disfrutaba, tanto así que…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Frisancho, Verónica

This technical note examines demand-side constraints households in Latin America and the Caribbean face when making saving decisions, particularly households from lower income deciles. This emphasis…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Beintema, Nienke M.;Pérez, Sandra;Flaherty, Kathleen;Falconi, César

This report assesses trends in investments, human resource capacity, andresearch outputs in agricultural R&D -excluding the private (for-profit) sector- in LAC. It is an update of Stads and…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Beintema, Nienke M.;Pérez, Sandra;Flaherty, Kathleen;Falconi, César

Este informe evalúa las tendencias en la inversión, la capacidad en recursos humanos y los resultados de investigación en I+D agropecuario -excluyendo el sector privado (con fines de lucro)- en LAC.…

Date issued: Apr 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ruprah, Inder J.;Sierra, Ricardo;Sutton, Heather

This paper uses data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey toinvestigate the prevalence of health risk behaviors, in particular substance use, risky sexual behavior, and violence among…

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

El Informe anual contiene un examen de las operaciones del Banco en 2015 (préstamos, garantías y financiamiento no reembolsable). El segundo volumen contiene el conjunto completo de los estados…

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Le Rapport annuel examine les opérations de la Banque pour 2015 (prêts, garanties et subventions). Le second volume contient l'ensemble complet des états financiers des ressources de la Banque.

Date issued: Apr 2016
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

O Relatório Anual contém uma análise das operações do Banco em 2015 (empréstimos, garantias e concessões). O segundo volume contém também o conjunto completo de declarações financeiras sobre os…