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Date issued:
Dec 2012
This paper focuses on carbon-intensive export industries in Latin America and the Caribbean in order to analyze how climate change mitigation policies in the developed countries of the Organization…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
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¿Qué determina la sensación de inseguridad frente al delito y qué podemos hacer al respecto? En este estudio se propone y pone a prueba un modelo correlacional que combina diferentes determinantes…
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Dec 2012
This paper analyzes empirically the relationship between innovation and productivity in the Chilean services sector. Consistent with recent evidence on developed countries, we find that services…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
In this paper, the links between the investment in innovation activities, innovation outputs (technological and non-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
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Generative AI enabled
This paper presents results from a randomized control trial in which approximately 1,000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children attending primary schools in Lima, Peru. The…
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Dec 2012
This discussion paper presents a survey of the changes in Latin America's energy consumption over the last 30 years, before considering the trends that will affect the region in the coming…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
This paper examines the potential for shale gas in Latin America, and the technical and institutional obstacles to the industry's development. The first part of the paper analyzes the…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
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Although cervical cancer is considered one of the most preventable types of cancer, mortality rates in many developing countries are extremely high. This paper exploits the randomized research design…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
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This paper studies whether policymakers should wait to intervene until a financial crisis strikes or rather act in a preemptive manner. This question is examined in a relatively simple dynamic…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
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This paper uses data from the Argentine House of Representatives to study the relationship between legislative effort and political success, as measured by reelection, becoming a leader of the House…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
El proyecto de bienes públicos regionales (BPR) en fortificación masiva de alimentos de alto consumo que el BID co-financió en el 2007 para el conjunto de los siete países de la región, se diseñó…
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Dec 2012
This study analyzes the current situation of the rental market of Argentina. It is characterized by a growing percentage of households demanding houses for renting up to the point that, for first…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
El objetivo del presente estudio es, en primer lugar, introducir el estado actual del marco normativo e institucional vigente para la promoción de recursos energéticos…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
Esta nota técnica tiene tres secciones principales, se describen primero los datos utilizados y la elección de los grupos de países de comparación, luego se presentan los resultados promedios de cada…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
This evaluation of the IDB's Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM, more commonly known by its Spanish acronym MICI) responds to two separate mandates. First, the policy…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
This evaluation of the Inter-American Development Bank's Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM, more commonly known by its Spanish acronym MICI) responds to two separate…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
La presente evaluación del Mecanismo Independiente de Consulta e Investigación (MICI) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo responde a dos mandatos. Por una parte, en la política constitutiva del…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
La presente evaluación del Mecanismo Independiente de Consulta e Investigación (MICI) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo responde a dos mandatos. Por una parte, en la política constitutiva del…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
This study combines detailed datasets on 39.1 million hospital discharges in six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean with summary statistics for the remaining countries in the region in…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
En esta Nota técnica se resumen los principales problemas nutricionales en la población colombiana utilizando la información disponible de la Encuesta Nacional de la Situación Nutricional (ENSIN)…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
La hospitalización evitable (HE) por condiciones sensibles la atención primaria (ASCS) es un indicador directo del volumen de actividad hospitalaria potencialmente prevenible mediante cuidados…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
Analiza el panorama macroeconómico y los flujos comerciales de los países del Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR), además de los principales aspectos del proceso de integración del bloque, tanto en su…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
Analisa os fluxos macroeconômicos e do comércio dos países do Mercado Comum do Sul (Mercosul), além dos principais aspectos do processo de integração do bloco, tanto em sua programação interna e…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
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Generative AI enabled
This paper explores whether the level of financial integration of banks in a country increases the incidence of systemic banking crises. The paper uses a de facto proxy for financial integration…
Date issued:
Dec 2012
The general objective of this study is to provide an overview of fossil-fuel-based electric power technologies other than coal-fired technologies (coal-fired technologies are the subject of a…