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Date issued: Feb 2016
Author(s): Schijman, Agustina;Haarsager, Ulrike;Khadr, Ali;Hernández, María José;Jansson, Maya

In recent years, the IDB has created several contingent lending instruments designed to anticipate needs caused by external economic shocks or natural disasters. The Board of Executive Directors has…

Date issued: Feb 2016
Author(s): Schijman, Agustina;Haarsager, Ulrike;Khadr, Ali;Hernández, María José;Jansson, Maya

En años recientes, el BID ha creado varios instrumentos de financiamiento contingente diseñados para anticiparse a necesidades ocasionadas por conmociones económicas externas o desastres naturales.…

Date issued: Feb 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Montolio, Daniel

This paper examines how an infrastructure investment policy, implemented nationwide at the local level, has affected local crime rates. This policy, developed in the wake of the global recession of…

Date issued: Feb 2016
Author(s): Díaz, Manuel;Clerc, Jacques

El objetivo general del estudio es revisar la literatura internacional y las mejores prácticas para desarrollar un marco metodológico capaz de cuantificar el aumento de las inversiones requeridas…

Date issued: Feb 2016
Author(s): Pereira da Silva, Luiz A.;Agénor, Pierre-Richard

This paper discusses, from an analytical and operational perspective, the use of reserve requirements and loan loss provisions as countercyclical macroprudential instruments. In recent years both of…

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

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

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

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

Date issued: Feb 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Navarro, Juan Carlos;Benavente, José Miguel;Crespi, Gustavo

The main purpose of this study is to present the conceptual basis that supports science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It starts by clarifying STI…

Date issued: Feb 2016
Author(s): Rennó, Lucio;Huberts, Alyssa;Zucco, Cesar;Smith, Amy Erica;Ames, Barry;Velasques de Paula Machado, Fabiana;Samuels, David

This report provides a summary introduction to some of the questions examined in the Brazilian Electoral Panel Study (BEPS) 2014 dataset. Following up on the 2010 Brazilian Electoral Panel Study, and…

Date issued: Feb 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Campos, Javier;Serebrisky, Tomás;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor

La elección de la tasa social de descuento constituye uno de los elementos críticos en los procesos de evaluación de proyectos públicos, y en particular en el análisis costo-beneficio sobre el que…

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

Este es un resumen en formato de folleto corto y conciso del trabajo del BID en los temas de Innovación, Ciencia y Tecnología. Aquí podrá encontrar información sobre los principales desafíos de la…

Date issued: Feb 2016
Author(s): Lafuente, Mariano;Manning, Nick

This discussion paper summarizes the proceedings at the Second China-Latin America and the Caribbean Policy and Knowledge Summit, focusing on leadership and capacity building for public sector…

Date issued: Feb 2016
Author(s): Lafuente, Mariano;Manning, Nick

Este documento resume las ponencias y actividades de la Segunda Cumbre de Conocimiento y Políticas entre China y América Latina y el Caribe, centrada en el liderazgo y el desarrollo de capacidades de…

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

The 2015 Annual Business Review (ABR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The ABR reports on outputs, lending program priorities, and organizational indicators on a…

Date issued: Feb 2016
Author(s): Fernández Illescas, Coral;Buss, Stefan

Las inundaciones son un fenómeno global que pueden causar devastación generalizada, daños económicos y pérdida de vidas (Banco Mundial 2011). Entre 1970-2013, el desastre natural por inundación fue…

Date issued: Feb 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Maldonado, Leonardo;Manzano, Osmel;Lagarda, Guillermo;Quijada, José Alejandro

Central America and the Dominican Republic are enjoying a favorable external environment. The U.S. economic recovery, the main trade partner of the region, and the marked fall in oil prices has made…

Date issued: Feb 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Maldonado, Leonardo;Manzano, Osmel;Lagarda, Guillermo;Quijada, José Alejandro

Centroamérica y la República Dominicana experimentan un contexto externo favorable. La recuperación de Estados Unidos, principal socio comercial, y la significativa reducción del precio del petróleo…

Date issued: Jan 2016
Author(s): Cruz, Cesi;Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos

The Database of Political Institutions presents institutional and electoral results data such as measures of checks and balances, tenure and stability of the government, identification of party…

Date issued: Jan 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This document is an edited synthesis of the Strategy of the Inter-American Development Bank with Colombia 2015-2018.

Date issued: Jan 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este documento es una síntesis editada de la Estrategia del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo con Colombia 2015 - 2018.

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

This Technical Note is primarily intended for use by Chinese investors and EPC firms, specifically senior management and decision makers responsible for the planning, design and delivery of the EHS…

Date issued: Jan 2016
Author(s): Usher, Ximena;Bukstein, Daniel;Hernández, Elisa

Esta investigación tiene como objetivo evaluar los impactos de los instrumentos de promoción de la innovación empresarial implementados por la Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación (ANII).…

Date issued: Jan 2016
Author(s): Ruiz, José Juan;Muratori, Umberto;Llopis, Jimena;Izquierdo, Alejandro

The Priorities for Productivity and Income(PPIs) database provides indicators used in estimations covering the period 2000-2012 (in their original version and their normalized version), as well as a…