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Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Valverde, Gilbert;Näslund-Hadley, Emma

A través de este estudio buscamos una mayor comprensión de la condición de la educación en matemáticas y ciencias naturales en la etapa preescolar, primaria y secundaria de los sistemas educativos en…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Binstock, Georgina

Our interest in understanding the determinants of adolescent childbearing and how adolescent childbearing influences educational trajectories derive from a concern about the inverse relationship…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): King, Dana Michael;Benítez Molina, Juan Carlos

Teniendo en cuenta la importancia de las ventanillas únicas empresariales (VUE) para mejorar la eficiencia del desarrollo de los negocios, el presente trabajo procura examinar las diferentes…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Economist Intelligence Unit

This report outlines the findings of the Economist Intelligence Unit's in-depth analysis of the microfinance business environment in 55 countries. The index that underlies this report allows…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Cuéllar Boada, Fidel H.

This technical note contains a methodology to promote the use of good corporate governance practices for water and sanitation enterprises (especially SOEs) in Latin America and the Caribbean, based…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Monge-González, Ricardo;Céspedes-Torres, Oswald;Vargas-Aguilar, Juan Carlos

Migration, while certainly not new, is on the increase all over the world. Indeed, the United Nations estimates that from 1990 to 2000 alone, the number of people who left their countries of origin…

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

The Integration and Trade Sector prepares its Annual Report on a yearly basis. In the Report, INT experts analyze all of the developments related to regional integration and trade in Latin America…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Arbelaez, Jorge Perez;Marzolf, Natacha C.

This monograph provides a thorough analysis of Jamaica's energy policy and planning, its electricity sector (institutional, regulatory, technical and economic aspects); the dynamics played by…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Jourdain, Jean-Loup

The following is a tool developed by the Water and Sanitation Division of the IDB for evaluating customer management practices in use by water and sewerage utilities. In order to facilitate the use…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Pedraza, Arturo;Rosas, Ramón

Con el propósito de mejorar el servicio de agua potable que se brinda a la sociedad de los países de América Latina, se ha desarrollado una metodología regional de eficiencia energética y…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Spiller, Pablo T.;Stein, Ernesto H.;Tommasi, Mariano;Alston, Lee J.;Melo, Marcus André;Mueller, Bernardo;Pereira, Carlos;Aninat, Cristóbal;Londregan, John;Navia, Patricio;Vial, Joaquín;Cárdenas, Mauricio;Pachón, Mónica;Mejía Acosta, Andrés;Araujo, María Caridad;Pérez-Liñán, Aníbal;Saiegh, Sebastián;Lehoucq, Fabrice;Negretto, Gabriel;Aparicio, Francisco Javier;Nacif, Benito;Benton, Allyson Lucinda;Molinas, José R.;Montero, Marcela;Monaldi, Francisco;González de Pacheco, Rosa Amelia;Obuchi, Richard;Penfold, Michael

¿Qué determina la capacidad de los países para diseñar, aprobar e implementar políticas públicas efectivas? Para abordar esta pregunta, este libro analiza el proceso de formulación de políticas en…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jiménez, Fernando;Fernández de Lucio, Ignacio;Menéndez, Arturo;Crespi, Gustavo;D'Este, Pablo;Llisterri, Juan J.;Pietrobelli, Carlo

Este documento resume los principales resultados y las conclusiones de la investigación realizada por la División de Ciencia y Tecnología (SCT) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. El trabajo…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Reyero y Aranda, María Rosa

The study seeks to survey the prevalence of institutional factors posing risks or vulnerabilities to selected Bank operations and the time at, and mechanisms through which these are addressed. As a…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Vosti, Stephen;Msangi, Siwa;Lima, Eirivelthon;Quiroga, Ricardo;Batka, Miroslav;Zanocco, Chad

This study employs the IFPRI IMPACT model to examine the effects of a hypothetical ban on the clearing of native vegetation for agriculture in tropical areas within LAC on GHG emissions, food…

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

The 2010 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: Jan 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report provides the Bank and the public with an overview of the Office of Institutional Integrity's activities and findings during 2010. The Office of Institutional Integrity (OII)…

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

This Annual Report discusses the developments in 2010 for IDB grant financing. The year 2010 was one of great change in the IDB's approach to grant financing and resulting accomplishments in…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Pedraza, Arturo;Rosas, Ramón

As part of its Technical Cooperation "Energy Efficiency for Caribbean Water and Sanitation Companies," the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI) of the IDB financed the…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Falck-Zepeda, José;Sulser, Timothy;Zambrano, Patricia;Falconi, César

This report analyzes the current state of R&D in agricultural biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of development of the sector. The objectives of this report where…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bastos, Paulo;Castro, Lucio;Cristia, Julian P.;Scartascini, Carlos

This paper exploits unique features of a recently introduced tariff schedule for natural gas in Buenos Aires to estimate the short-run impact of price shocks on residential energy utilization. The…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hallerberg, Mark;Scartascini, Carlos

The recent financial crisis has initiated pressures for not only policy reform but also fundamental institutional fiscal reforms. This paper explores the connection between economic crises and…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Sánchez, Gabriel;Butler, Inés;Rozemberg, Ricardo

In contrast to the limited impact of aggregate-level productive development policies (PDPs) in Argentina, micro-level PDPs in several sectors have proven highly successful. This study seeks to…

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

The Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Division, as part of its Knowledge Management Strategy, designed a tool to standardize the analysis and classification of projects financed by the…

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

This Social Strategy was prepared to guide the operational and analytical work of the Inter-American Development Bank in supporting the overarching goals of reducing poverty and inequality, and…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Monge-González, Ricardo;Céspedes-Torres, Oswald;Vargas-Aguilar, Juan Carlos

El presente estudio, procura brindar un poco de luz en el campo del impacto de los flujos de remesas en América Latina, al estudiar la importancia relativa del corredor Costa Rica-Nicaragua (sur-sur…