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Date issued: Oct 2011
Author(s): Chrisney, Martin D.

Esta presentación aborda información sobre empresas, costos, incentivos y factores estructurales.

Date issued: Oct 2011
Author(s): Kohon, Jorge

Esta nota técnica aborda el tema de los ferrocarriles de América Latina y el Caribe en sus tres modelos de negocio (Transporte de cargas, de pasajeros urbanos y suburbanos -trenes de cercanías-, y de…

Date issued: Oct 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ronconi, Lucas;Colina, Jorge

En este documento se describen las reformas dirigidas a simplificar el registro laboral y el pago de contribuciones sociales implementadas en Argentina en 2005 y 2007. En base al análisis de la…

Date issued: Oct 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Devlin, Robert;Moguillansky, Graciela

This book is motivated by the emerging rehabilitation of industrial policies as a tool for supporting economic transformation and high rates of growth in developing countries. It argues that…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Puerta, Juan Manuel;Almonacid, Monica;Corrales, Maria Elena;Alvarez, Lourdes;Ruiz, Nelson;Pardo, Alejandro;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.

This evaluation examines the IDB's Country Program with Haiti for the 2007-2011 period. IDB's strategic positioning in Haiti during this period was affected by the materialization of risks…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Puerta, Juan Manuel;Almonacid, Monica;Corrales, Maria Elena;Alvarez, Lourdes;Ruiz, Nelson;Pardo, Alejandro;Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.

Esta evaluación examina el Programa de País del BID con Haití para el período 2007-2011. El posicionamiento estratégico del BID en Haití durante este período se vio afectado por la materialización de…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Chrisney, Martin D.;Kamiya, Marco

Este documento presenta una contribución al desarrollo de una herramienta de análisis de programas de desarrollo productivo (PDP). La propuesta metodológica del Mapeo e Índice de Desempeño…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Roffe, Pedro;Genovesi, Luis Mariano

Este estudio tiene por propósito considerar la experiencia de un grupo de países en la implementación de los tratados de libre comercio (TLC) suscritos en años recientes con los Estados Unidos de…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Montiel, Gina;Guerrero, Rosa Matilde;Solórzano, Lorena;Espinosa, Silvia;Zack, Guido

La Gerencia de CID ha dado la prioridad desde el 2009 a la Gestión de Cartera por Resultados a través de la Planificación Estratégica de los Proyectos. Se planteó como un objetivo fortalecer el…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Bocalandro, Laura;Villa, Rafael

This technical note presents a blueprint for a Monitoring and Evaluation System for the Regional Public Goods Program. The blueprint took into consideration the improvements and continued…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Antón, Arturo;Hernández Trillo, Fausto

The proposal by Levy (2008) whereby a universal social insurance (USI) scheme is guaranteed to all workers, regardless of formality status, aims at abolishing the current contributory social…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Amarante, Verónica;Manacorda, Marco;Vigorito, Andrea;Zerpa, Mariana

This paper uses matched social security and program micro data from the Uruguayan Plan de Atención Nacional a la Emergencia Social to investigate the effect of social assistance on formal labor…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Ávila Akerberg, Andrés

El presente estudio tiene como objetivo analizar y comparar la experiencia de México, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador y Perú en la implementación de las provisiones ambientales de sus TLCs con Estados…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Zuñiga, Juan Luis;Staples, Brian Rankin

Este estudio abordará los desafíos y dificultades asociadas con la implementación y administración de las disposiciones sobre acceso a mercados, con especial énfasis en aquellas relacionadas con…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Rucci, Graciana

La presente nota técnica presenta un panorama del mercado laboral chileno y su contexto a nivel nacional. Esta nota incluye un diagnóstico del sector, la programación del BID para el período 2010-…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This document discusses the basics on microfranchising. It reviews the concept and key elements, lessons learned from other regions, including the Grameen Bank. Finally, an agenda for the development…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El presente documento expone los principios básicos del sistema de microfranquicias. Se explican el concepto y los elementos claves, las lecciones aprendidas de otras regiones, incluyendo la del…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Cuevas, Mario;Lée, Sigfrido;Bonilla, María Isabel

In Guatemala there are substantial and growing imbalances in the housing market; at the same time, financial markets remain shallow and underdeveloped. The analytical framework applied in this paper…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Chrisney, Martin D.;Kamiya, Marco

This document aims to contribute to the development of a tool to analyze Productive Development Programs (PDPs). The methodology for mapping and measuring of institutional performance (MIDI, from its…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Harbitz, Mia Elisabeth;Arcos Axt, Iván

This IDB technical note seeks to highlight the relationship that exists between a country's level of governance, the success of digital government strategies, and the identification policies…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Duarte, Jesús;Gargiulo, Carlos;Moreno, Martín

This study explores the state of infrastructure in the region's primary education schools, using the SERCE database, and analyzes the connection between school infrastructure conditions and…

Date issued: Sep 2011
Author(s): Saavedra, José Jorge

This presentation presents Compete Caribbean, which is a private sector development program that provides technical assistance grants and investment funding to support productive development policies…

Date issued: Sep 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Comisión Asesora en Alta Tecnología

This paper uses a randomized controlled experiment in Costa Rica to determine whether IB use by Banco Nacional de Desarrollo's micro and small enterprise (MSE) clients has an impact on their…

Date issued: Sep 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cristini, Marcela;Moya, Ramiro;Bermúdez, Guillermo

In the last three decades, the supply of housing in Argentina has not kept pace with demand. This study analyzes the main drivers of Argentina's housing market and relates them to the…

Date issued: Sep 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Garabato, Natalia;Ramada, Magdalena

This document surveys the Uruguayan housing market, first describing the main housing programs and policies, then comparing their design with households' characteristics and needs. The document…