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Apr 2007
La presente evaluación (RE-327) abarca el periodo de 2001 a 2006. Dadas las particularidades de Haití y del programa del BID con el país entre 2001 y 2006, aspectos que se analizan a fondo en el…
Date issued:
Apr 2007
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This study explores the determinants of corporate bond spreads in emerging market economies. Using a largely unexploited dataset, the paper finds that corporate bond spreads are determined by firm-…
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Apr 2007
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Economic and political integration have been a perennial and neuralgic issue in the Caribbean agenda. This paper draws on the literature on trade, growth and regional agreements to discuss the…
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Apr 2007
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This paper reviews the contribution of agriculture and rural development to poverty reduction by examining the transformation of five territories in four countries of Asia (Malaysia and People's…
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Apr 2007
El alivio de la pobreza sigue siendo uno de los mayores problemas a los que se enfrentan los países de América Latina y el Caribe. El crecimiento y la mayor estabilidad macroeconómica de la última…
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Apr 2007
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Este trabajo analiza las dificultades metodológicas que se presentan al tratar de obtener valores precisos de mortalidad infantil en países que poseen sistemas de registro civil incompletos, así como…
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Apr 2007
This study attempts to quantify the impact of public interventions designed simultaneously to foster crime prevention and the formation of community-wide social capital. The relationship between…
Date issued:
Apr 2007
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Poorer countries have a much smaller public sector and correspondingly a smaller tax burden than richer countries, yet, their economic performance has not been necessarily better. Using a simple…
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Apr 2007
El presente informe examina el proceso analítico para la gestión del riesgo que comienza con la identificación de las principales amenazas a las que se encuentran expuestos los países de América…
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Apr 2007
La producción más limpia no solo contribuye a un mejor desempeño ambiental, sino también a incrementar la competitividad y la eficiencia global de la empresa. El presente manual instruye a las PyMEs…
Date issued:
Apr 2007
The period reviewed by the current Country Program Evaluation (RE-328) covers from 2001 to 2006. It spans the Bank's latest programming cycle, which includes the end of the Carlos Flores…
Date issued:
Apr 2007
En esta evaluación del programa de país (RE-328) se analiza el período 2001-2006. En él queda comprendido el último ciclo de programación del Banco, que incluye la última etapa del gobierno del…
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Apr 2007
This issue of IDEA examines the future of fiscal pacts as a means for correcting persistent deficiencies of the State in Latin America. The newsletter summarizes the main features of the region'…
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Apr 2007
Este número de IDEA examina el futuro de los pactos fiscales como mecanismo para corregir las deficiencias del Estado en América Latina. Resume los principales rasgos de las estructuras fiscales de…
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Apr 2007
El presente documento realiza un análisis comparativo acerca de los sistemas de compras gubernamentales en los países centroamericanos y República Dominicana. Al analizar los distintos aspectos que…
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Apr 2007
Este estudio pretende examinar el proceso de descentralización fiscal (DF) en Centroamérica --un lugar común en los planes de desarrollo y en el discurso político durante toda la década de 1990--…
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Apr 2007
Los desastres naturales han repercutido en las perspectivas de desarrollo de muchos de los países de América Latina y el Caribe. Nicaragua está al frente de esta infortunada realidad, estando…
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Apr 2007
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This publication reviews IDB activities and operations in Guatemala, providing an individual section for each major development initiative.
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Mar 2007
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This paper discusses the main ideas of the cluster literature and the more established modern economic thought. Based on the economic analysis, it proposes an evaluation methodology with a strong…
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Mar 2007
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This paper discusses whether a country should conduct fiscal policy by targeting a structural (or cyclically adjusted) fiscal balance. The paper is divided into three sections. The first section…
Date issued:
Mar 2007
Catálogo da exposição "Faces do Desenvolvimento", apresentada na sede do BID em março de 2007. Fotos ilustram as faces de brasileiros que participam de projetos do BID no Brasil.
Date issued:
Mar 2007
Presentación del Dr. Medici sobre los avances y retos en contabilidad en salud en América Latina y el Caribe
Date issued:
Mar 2007
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Using the 1996-2001 Chilean CASEN Panel Survey, this paper analyzes the impact on income of the switch from salaried employment to entrepreneurship (self-employment and leadership of micro-…
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Mar 2007
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This paper analyzes recent trends in Latin Americas institutional development regarding to investor protection. In spite of the underdevelopment of the regions financial markets, there is slow…
Date issued:
Mar 2007
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The private provision of educational services has been representing an increasing fraction of the Peruvian schooling system, especially in recent decades. While there have been many claims about the…