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Date issued:
Aug 2005
Este estudio se propone explorar las infraestructuras inalámbricas de Internet y el costo de sus aplicaciones en salud, educación, gobierno y comercio. Analiza su efectividad en relación a los costos…
Date issued:
Aug 2005
El estudio que se presenta a continuación fue elaborado por Econometría S.A. para la Alcaldía de Medellín. Contiene la evaluación de impactos del programa de Escuelas populares del deporte de…
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Aug 2005
Swimming against the prevailing economic tide, public banks are still a major force in the financial sector. This edition of IDEA examines the record of public banks and research on the theoretical…
Date issued:
Aug 2005
La banca pública sigue siendo una fuerza importante del sector financiero, a pesar de que naden a contracorriente de las teorías económicas imperantes. IDEA analiza el historial de los bancos…
Date issued:
Aug 2005
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The Millennium Development Goals were formalized in the Millennium Declaration, which was endorsed by 189 Heads of State and Government at the United Nations Millennium Summit of 2000. Achieving…
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Jul 2005
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The Programa Nacional de Becas Estudiantiles is a conditional cash transfer program designed to promote long-term human capital accumulation among Argentine youth and to reduce poverty. This study…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
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In this working paper the authors present evidence on the reliability of propensity score matching to estimate the bias associated with the effect of treatment on the treated, exploiting the…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
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This working papers offers an impact evaluation of two innovative programs cash transfer schemes from the Mexican Government: PROGRESA, which is a national anti-poverty scheme directed at chronic…
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Jul 2005
During the period 1990-2004, the IDB group provided significant support for financial market development in Latin America and the Caribbean. IDB group efforts were aimed at promoting economic…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
The purpose of this paper is building a platform for analysis and action on these issues in the region.
Date issued:
Jul 2005
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Política para la IV Reunión Hemisférica celebrada el día 19 de julio de 2005. Da a conocer los objetivos de los…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
Results and analysis of a poll in Brazil of remittance recipients.
Date issued:
Jul 2005
The average value of a residential dwelling owned by a typical Latin American family is worth close to six years of that family's total income. However, les than one-fourth of all housing in…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
El valor de la vivienda de una familia latinoamericana promedio equivale a casi seis años de ingresos familiares. Sin embargo, en América Latina menos de una cuarta parte de las viviendas que se…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
This report describes the application in 12 countries of a system of four indicators that measure the potential impact of natural hazards, the key element of those countries' vulnerability, and…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
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On 1 July 2000 regulations to liberalize trade flows between Mexico and the European Union came into force, after more than six years of diplomatic work and complex negotiations. These regulations…
Crecimiento, empleo y estabilidad del ingreso en Chile: Propuestas de reforma al seguro de desempleo
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Jul 2005
En este trabajo se presenta la evidencia nacional e internacional de los beneficios y costos de la alta rotación de trabajadores en Chile. Por el lado de los beneficios se analiza la literatura…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
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In spite of deep structural reforms, Central American countries have failed to experience rapid and stable growth in recent years. This paper explores whether and to what extent we can consider lack…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
Much has been written recently about the problems for emerging markets that might result from a mismatch between foreign-currency denominated liabilities and assets (or income flows) denominated in…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
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En América Latina y el Caribe está aún muy arraigada la idea de que las empresas deben dedicarse exclusivamente a las actividades económicas, mientras que el Estado, las organizaciones no…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
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El Instituto Interamericano para el Desarrollo Social (INDES) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), creó en 2002 el Programa Nacional en Honduras, con el fin de ampliar la masa crítica de…
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Jul 2005
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Substantial attention has been paid in recent years to the risk of maturity mismatch in emerging markets. Although this risk is microeconomic in nature, the evidence advanced thus far has taken the…
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Jul 2005
The concept of public good, as defined by Musgrave, Samuelson, and others, was also largely a nationally based concept. As in the classic case of defense spending, the public good was assumed to…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
This document is the summary report of the IDB-sponsored system of disaster risk and risk management indicators presented at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe, Japan, 2005. The…
Date issued:
Jul 2005
Los desastres son eventos socioambientales cuya materialización es el resultado de la construcción social del riesgo. El propósito del sistema de indicadores propuesto en el presente trabajo es…