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Jul 2012
El objetivo de la evaluación es valorar la función del BID con respecto a su contribución a la búsqueda de soluciones coordinadas ante desafíos transnacionales durante el período 2000-2011. La…
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Jul 2012
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This paper estimates the relationship between parents educational attainment and income and children's schooling in Uruguay between 1982 and 2010. This relationship is interpreted as a measure…
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Jul 2012
Los aprendizajes escolares de los alumnos colombianos son altamente desiguales. Alumnos de mayor nivel socioeconómico y que asisten a escuelas urbanas y privadas obtienen mejores resultados en las…
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Jul 2012
Existe un amplio reconocimiento en la literatura sobre la gran importancia que tiene el apoyo post-construcción a prestadores rurales (comunitarios) para incrementar la sostenibilidad de los…
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Jul 2012
El presente resumen de políticas realiza una revisión sistemática de la metodología de estimación del Balance Estructural (BE) en Chile. Esta revisión no sólo recapitula y evalúa la justificación de…
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Jul 2012
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This paper follows an income-based, time-dependence approach to measure social mobility in Uruguay between 1982 and 2010. The paper finds that social mobility in Uruguay is considerable and reports…
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Jul 2012
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This paper uses the Mexican Social Mobility Survey 2006 to analyze intergenerational social mobility as it relates to entrepreneurial activity. First, the paper analyzes whether entrepreneurs…
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Jul 2012
Este informe representa un primer acercamiento al problema en América Latina, donde no existen estudios comparativos sobre la viabilidad y el impacto económico de los PCT. El objetivo es analizar el…
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Jul 2012
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Does entrepreneurship contribute to improving social mobility in Ecuador? This paper constructs a pseudo-panel to analyze the dynamic effect of entrepreneurship on Ecuadorian household incomes during…
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Jul 2012
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Free Trade Agreements (FTA) attract significant interest, but after these treaties are signed not all exporters use them. We provide a model of heterogeneous utilization, also developing a novel…
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Jul 2012
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Iron deficiency anemia is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency in the world, affecting more than 2 billion people in developing countries. We show that a modest cash transfer substantially…
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Jul 2012
Este documento aplica el marco analítico de diagnóstico de crecimiento para identificar las restricciones más activas que impiden un crecimiento económicomás acelerado en Guatemala y su convergencia…
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Jul 2012
The 2012 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…
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Jul 2012
This note summarizes, as told from their personal experiences, the transition process of young people, mostly non-teachers, recruited by Enseña Perú to serve as teachers for a period of two years in…
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Jul 2012
Esta nota resume el proceso de inserción a la docencia, contado a partir de sus propias experiencias, de jóvenes mayoritariamente no docentes reclutados por Enseña Perú para desempeñarse como…
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Jul 2012
Elige Educar is a Chilean public-private initiative that seeks to improve the appreciation of teachers and encourage high-performing students to study education by means of media campaigns, talks to…
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Jul 2012
Elige Educar es una iniciativa público-privada chilena que busca mejorar la valoración de los docentes e incentivar que estudiantes destacados estudien pedagogía, a partir de campanas mediáticas,…
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Jun 2012
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Unemployment is a pressing problem in many countries in Latin America. Financial crises and increased globalization increase job turnover and therefore the risk of unemployment. To protect workers…
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Jun 2012
En este trabajo se analizan las condiciones políticas y técnicas que han permitido u obstaculizado el desarrollo de oficinas técnicas de apoyo presupuestario en los parlamentos de seis países de la…
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Jun 2012
Dada la evidencia existente de que pueden existir beneficios tangibles en términos de sostenibilidad, eficiencia y efectividad del gasto público de una utilización más plena de los presupuestos por…
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Jun 2012
This policy brief reviews the experience of the countries under the Euro currency, focusing on those that have been under significant pressure in recent years- Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain,…
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Jun 2012
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The main goal of this book is to disseminate the useful lessons learned from urban development and favela urbanization operations in Brazil financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and the…
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Jun 2012
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El objetivo principal de este libro es la diseminación de lecciones útiles extraídas de operaciones de desarrollo urbano y de urbanización de favelas financiadas en Brasil por el Banco Interamericano…
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Jun 2012
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O objetivo principal deste livro é a disseminação de lições úteis extraídas de operações de desenvolvimento urbano e de urbanização de favelas financiadas pelo Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento…
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Jun 2012
The microinsurance market in Latin America is still in its embryonic phase. The purpose of this technical note is to better inform donors, national governments, and insurance companies interested in…