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Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Launched at the Fourth Global Review on Aid-for-Trade (AfT), the Aid-for-Trade Report 2012-2013 touts progress achieved with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group's AfT portfolio. As…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The exhibition "The Marvelous Real: Colombia Through the Vision of its Artists" at the Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), from July 8 to September 27, 2013, is a…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La exposición "Lo real maravilloso: Colombia a través de los ojos de sus artistas" del Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), efectuada del 8 de julio al 27 de…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The INTAL Monthly Newsletter reports on developments in integration and trade across Latin American and the Caribbean. It also serves as a forum for discussing the IDB¿s activities related to these…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La carta mensual del 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…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

A carta mensal do INTAL informa sobre os desenvolvimentos nas áreas de integração e comércio nas regiões da América Latina e do Caribe. É também um meio de difusão das atividades do BID sobre estes…

Date issued: Jul 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Sánchez Torres, Fabio;Pachón, Mónica

The present paper explores the relationship between political competition and effective public goods delivery systems in a decentralized context to study whether the awareness generated through such…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2013 second quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Rivas, Carlos Gabriel

This paper discusses whether the preconditions for implementing a fiscal rule that includes a structural fiscal balance component are met in Costa Rica. It concludes that from the 11 preconditions,…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Rivas, Carlos Gabriel

This paper discusses Argentina's preparedness to implement a structural fiscal balance (SFB) rule. The authors conclude that the country does not yet have the conditions required to consider…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Bulmer-Thomas, Victor

In order to thrive, small economies like Belize tend to depend heavily on the external sector to compensate for their limited domestic market. With a population of less than 350,000, Belize is too…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Vélez Álvarez, Luis Guillermo

En Colombia las Empresas Municipales de Cali - EMCALI - y las Empresas Públicas de Medellín - EPM - a finales de los 80 tuvieron un desempeño financiero, operacional y administrativo comparable con…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Mayorga Mora, Natalia

Este documento ofrece un análisis sobre el concepto de parques lineales, partiendo de una revisión de literatura y de investigación de terreno de proyectos finalizados o en curso, y rescata elementos…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Mayorga Mora, Natalia

Este documento oferece uma análise do conceito de parques lineares, partindo de uma revisão da literatura e de pesquisas de campo em projetos finalizados ou em andamento, além de resgatar elementos-…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Dos Santos Rocha, Wilson

El estudio del caso evaluó tres experiencias del modelo de prestación de servicios denominado SISAR (Sistema Integrado de Saneamiento Rural), de las cuales, dos fueron en el Ceará y otra en Piauí.…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Dos Santos Rocha, Wilson

O estudo de caso avaliou três experiências do modelo de prestação de serviços denominado SISAR (Sistema Integrado de Saneamento Rural), sendo dois no Ceará e um Piauí. Este modelo constitui-se em uma…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Araujo, María Caridad;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Puyana, Juan Manuel

This study collects and systematizes detailed, updated and comparable information about the design, management, funding and quality of child development services in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Araujo, María Caridad;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Puyana, Juan Manuel

Este estudio recoge y sistematiza información detallada, actualizada y comparable sobre el diseño, la gestión, el financiamiento y la calidad de los servicios de desarrollo infantil en América Latina…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Eguino, Huáscar;Ribeiro, Paulo;Vercillo, Maria Helena

Esta publicação compreende um conjunto de estudos desenvolvidos como parte da Cooperação Técnica entre o Ministério do Esporte do Brasil e o BID intitulada "Grandes Eventos Esportivos e…

Date issued: Jul 2013
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

A central feature of the annual Latin American Competition Forum (LACF), organised by the OECD and the IDB, is the peer review of a country's competition law and policy. In this voluntary…

Date issued: Jun 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Manacorda, Marco;Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux

This paper uses microdata from Brazilian vital statistics natality and mortality data between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence -measured by homicide rates-…

Date issued: Jun 2013
Author(s): Ossowski, Rolando

In a number of countries that depend on the export of oil and other nonrenewable resources, governments have put in place fiscal rules or fiscal guidelines and/or nonrenewable resource funds in the…

Date issued: Jun 2013
Author(s): Asociación Civil Observatorio Social;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La presente investigación ha tenido como objetivo realizar una evaluación del impacto de la Policía Metropolitana de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (CABA) sobre: las tasas de victimización, los…

Date issued: Jun 2013
Author(s): Maradona, Gustavo;Facet, Tomás B.;Lara, María Inés;Serio, Monserrat

El objetivo de esta investigación fue desarrollar una metodología de evaluación de impacto sobre la capacidad institucional de una organización, que fuera sólida en términos conceptuales y lo…

Date issued: Jun 2013
Author(s): Fundación Paz Ciudadana;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Actualmente, en Chile opera un sistema penitenciario bajo un modelo mixto de provisión de servicios, en el que confluyen cárceles operadas por el Estado y concesionadas. A fin de evaluar el…