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Jan 2000
Pricing policy recommendations infrastructure services are based on two principles. One is that prices should cover the total cost of the service. The other is that cross subsidy schemes should be…
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Jan 2000
Este informe anual sobre el medio ambiente y los recursos naturales examina las acciones del Banco durante 1999. Durante dicho año, las actividades ambientales y de recursos naturales del Banco se…
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Jan 2000
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En Latinoamérica, el crimen y la violencia acaparan los titulares de los periódicos, las palabras de los políticos y las angustias de los ciudadanos. En esta región, 140.000 personas son asesinadas…
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Jan 2000
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Las Cajas Municipales de Ahorro y Crédito (CMACs) son las principales proveedoras de micro créditos formales en Perú. En los años 90 sus préstamos a los hogares pobres aumentó substancialmente y fue…
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Jan 2000
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El presente trabajo analiza las políticas económicas implementadas en Paraguay, durante el período de liberalización de la economía, al igual que la evolución de la distribución del ingreso y la…
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Jan 2000
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En el presente trabajo se discuten los patrones y tendencias de la pobreza rural en América Latina, el crecimiento económico, los componentes de una estrategia para aliviar la pobreza y los desafíos…
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Jan 2000
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Esta publicación tiene por objeto establecer, empíricamente, la complementariedad entre el Estado y la sociedad civil en el marco de las políticas sociales y la lucha contra la pobreza.
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Jan 2000
Este trabajo proporciona información sobre cómo incorporar la biodiversidad, función y servicios de los ecosistemas de agua dulce a los proyectos de desarrollo hídrico. En la segunda sección de este…
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Jan 2000
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Policymakers in Latin America increasingly are turning to policies that have high economic rates of return and a favorable impact on income distribution. By providing financial services to small…
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Jan 2000
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The report explores the convergence of the health sector reform processes and the improvement of sexual and reproductive health in Latin America and the Caribbean. It includes the results of three…
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Jan 2000
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En este libro se describe uno de los primeros proyectos de salud sexual y reproductiva (SSR) llevado a cabo en América Latina y el Caribe con el objeto de explorar estrategias que promuevan la…
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Jan 2000
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Los responsables de la economía de América Latina están recurriendo a políticas que consiguen no sólo altas tasas de rendimiento económico sino también un impacto favorable en la distribución del…
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Jan 2000
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"Forest Resource Policy in Latin America" gathers the thinking of a score of experts on sustainable use and management of forests, including incentives for investment. The authors tackle…
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Jan 2000
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En este libro, varios especialistas en política forestal analizan mejores formas de manejo y conservación de los recursos forestales de la región. Asimismo evalúan los impactos económicos y sociales…
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Jan 2000
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The objective of this book is to provide policy recommendations to reduce the economic vulnerability of the poor to adverse shocks and help them cope with income downturns. The authors suggest that,…
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Jan 2000
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Protección social para la equidad y el crecimiento ofrece recomendaciones de política para disminuir la vulnerabilidad económica de los pobres a los shocks y ayudarlos a enfrentar la caída de sus…
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Jan 2000
The first article of this issue of the Microenterprise Development Review highlights four key issues that credit unions in Latin America must grapple with today to become effective financial…
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Jan 2000
El primer artículo de este número del Microempresa examina algunos de los desafíos cruciales que enfrentan las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito en América Latina hoy en día a fin de convertirse en…
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Jan 2000
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Although Japan is much richer than Latin America and income distribution in Japan generally is much more equitable than in Latin America, the Japanese gender gap is one of the worst in the world,…
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Jan 2000
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El Japón es más rico que América Latina y la distribución del ingreso es en general más equitativa, empero las diferencias por razón de sexo son de las más acentuadas del mundo, si se las compara con…
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Jan 2000
The Integration & Trade Journal includes articles on the different aspects of integration in Latin America and the Caribbean, on hemispheric integration and, furthermore, on similar processes in…
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Jan 2000
La Revista Integración & Comercio del BID incluye artículos referidos a las distintas manifestaciones del proceso de integración en América Latina y el Caribe, a la integración hemisférica y,…
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Jan 2000
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"Myth, Reality, and Reform: Higher Education Policy in Latin America" analyzes Latin American higher education in terms of four major functions: academic leadership, professional…
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Jan 2000
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Common sense suggests that healthier people are more productive and wealthier people can obtain things that make them healthier. This book asks whether investments in health also affect productivity…
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Jan 2000
One-page 2000 census map detailing by region the Latin American and Caribbean populations living in the US.
The Role of the Primary Mortgage Market in the Development of a Successful Secondary Mortgage Market
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Jan 2000
This report is one of a series of best practice papers that stem from a regional conference on the development of mortgage securitization held at the IDB. Using Mexico as an example, this paper…
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Jan 2000
These publication is a series of 12 Technical Notes on Reproductive Health. The connections between poverty and reproductive ill health are multidimensional. This publication covers reproductive…
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Jan 2000
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The objective of this paper is to assesses the Central American power sector reforms and suggest an integrated framework for promoting sustainability of electricity sector reform in the six countries…
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Jan 2000
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This essay attempts to document the funds invested by the IDB and its counterparts and how the resources were used in the restricted field of protected areas in Brazil, during the period 1990-1999.…
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Jan 2000
This Annual Report details the Bank's activities in environment and natural resources during 1999. Overall in 1999, the Bank's environmental and natural resource activities were focused in…
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Dec 1999
IDB America reports on economic and social development trends in Latin America and the Caribbean and on the activities of the IDB. It is published 10 times annually in Spanish and English.
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Dec 1999
EL BID informa sobre el desarrollo económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y sobre las actividades del Banco. Se publica 10 veces al año en inglés, español, portugués y francés.
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Dec 1999
This proposal (RE-243) was prepared in response to Recommendation 4 of the final report entitled "Strengthening Oversight and Rebuilding Evaluation in the Bank" (RE-238) by the Working…
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Dec 1999
La presente propuesta (RE-243) es fruto de la cuarta recomendación del informe titulado "Fortalecimiento de la supervisión y reconstrucción del proceso de evaluación en el Banco" (RE-238),…
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Dec 1999
Almost two decades after the beginning of the Chilean and English experiments in power sector reform and privatization, many other countries have adopted or are in the process of adopting a model…
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Dec 1999
Fifty-two contemporary craft, decorative and applied art objects by thirty-one members of the Norwegian Association for Arts and Handicrafts, made in wood, fiber, clay, glass and as jewelry, from the…
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Dec 1999
This paper provides a summary of conflict management issues and options in the challenging cultural, ecological, economic and social context of Latin America and the Caribbean. Dealing with conflicts…
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Dec 1999
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En el presente documento se analiza la vinculación entre los derechos de propiedad y la deforestación en América Latina. Según ese análisis, hay dos esferas separadas en que las cuestiones…
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Dec 1999
Después de casi dos décadas de funcionamiento del experimento chileno, y una del inglés en bolsas de energía, numerosos países han adoptado un modelo que favorece la competencia en el mercado…
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Dec 1999
El Centro Cultural del BID culminó 1999 con un balance exitoso de programación. A lo largo del año el Centro Cultural presentó 32 actividades, incluyendo exposiciones de arte, conciertos, talleres de…
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Dec 1999
El presente artículo busca sistematizar la experiencia de la Alcaldía Mayor de Bogotá correspondiente al período 1995-1997 en cuanto a acciones y resultados de prevención y control de la violencia.…
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Dec 1999
The IDB Cultural Center ended 1999 with a successful balance of diverse programs. Throughout the year, the IDB Cultural Center produced 32 events, including art exhibitions, concerts, music workshops…
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Dec 1999
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Este ensaio apresenta e discute a experiência americana com os chamados Community Colleges, escolas que predominantemente oferecem cursos curtos de nível pós-secundário. O seu objetivo é descrever…
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Dec 1999
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The use of income distribution indicators in the economics literature has increased considerably in recent years. This work relies on household surveys from 18 LAC countries to take a step back from…
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Dec 1999
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This paper argues that there is no country in Latin America where we can confidently say that income inequality improved during the 1990s. We document this fact for the 15 countries where comparable…
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Dec 1999
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This study assesses macroeconomic volatility in Costa Rica, based largely on politically weak governments' inability or unwillingness to effect key reforms. Notable problems include volatility-…
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Dec 1999
It has been established that access to profitable markets is a key factor which determines the long-term success for all businesses. For small and microenterprises, however, various constraints limit…
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Dec 1999
This report examines evidence from post-Mitch Central America and disasters in other parts of the world to identify the ways disasters affect women and to highlight women's participation in…
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Dec 1999
This technical note provides a brief overview of the most commonly used methods to carry out impact evaluation of social programs. Impact evaluation is an indispensable tool to assess whether a…
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Nov 1999
The purpose of this document (RE-239) is to analyze the way in which the Bank has been supporting sector reform policies in various countries in recent years. It is based on a sample based on the…