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Date issued: Aug 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kang, Joong Shik;Prati, Alessandro;Rebucci, Alessandro

The available evidence on the effects of aid on growth is notoriously mixed. We use a novel empirical methodology, a heterogeneous panel vector-autoregression model identified through factor analysis…

Date issued: Aug 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jordana, Jacint;Volpe Martincus, Christian;Gallo, Andrés

Virtually all Latin American and Caribbean countries have established specialized organizations to promote their exports. Existing analyses of these organizations are at best partial and fragmentary…

Date issued: Aug 2010 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Estevadeordal, Antoni;Gallo, Andrés;Luna, Jessica

This paper assesses role played by export promotion institutions in shaping the extensive margin of Latin American and Caribbean countries' exports over the period 1995-2004. The authors find…

Date issued: Aug 2010
Author(s): Araujo, María Caridad

The Inter-American Development Bank has launched a significant, multi-year program of analytical work on Early Childhood Development (ECD) in Latin America and the Caribbean. The objective of this…

Date issued: Aug 2010
Author(s): Quartesan, Alessandra;Romis, Monica

This paper presents the main findings of a case study of the preservation of the historic center of Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. The historic center of Oaxaca can be considered a well-preserved area…

Date issued: Aug 2010
Author(s): Zappino, Vincenzo

This paper provides a detailed analysis of the Edinburgh World Heritage Site. The working methodology is based on constant interaction with the Edinburgh World Heritage Trust and all other…

Date issued: Aug 2010
Author(s): Spiekermann, Meinolf

This study examines the state of the old cities of Aleppo in the Syrian Arab Republic, Shibam in Hadramaut/Yemen, and Sibiu (former Hermannstadt) in Romania. It focuses on the strategy of integrated…

Date issued: Aug 2010
Author(s): Zancheti, Sílvio Mendes;Gabriel, Jordelan

This paper presents a succinct overview of the implementation process of the Rehabilitation Plan for the Historic Center of Salvador and assesses the physical, spatial, social, and economic…

Date issued: Aug 2010
Author(s): Trivelli, Pablo;Nishimura, Yasuyo

This paper analyzes the Historic Center of Valparaiso, which was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003. The city's vernacular urban fabric and its layout, infrastructure, and…

Date issued: Aug 2010
Author(s): Jaramillo, Pedro

This study analyzes the Historic Center of Quito, which was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. The churches, squares, museums, and heritage monuments characterize this area and make…