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Date issued:
Dec 2005
Socially and environmentally responsible business practices contribute to poverty relief and business success. This report presents some examples and lessons from private initiatives to solve…
Date issued:
Dec 2005
El período que va entre el segundo semestre de 2004 y los primeros seis meses de 2005 puede ser caracterizado como de convergencia en la evolución macroeconómica regional. Los países del Mercado…
Date issued:
Dec 2005
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Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Medio Ambiente del Diálogo Regional de Política para la 4a Reunión Hemisférica celebrada el día 19 de julio de 2005. Se trata de una síntesis de los…
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Dec 2005
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El Programa Global de Crédito para la Microempresa del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) provee financiamiento a los bancos comerciales y otros intermediarios financieros formales para…
Date issued:
Dec 2005
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En 1996, el BID junto a la Corporación Justicia y Democracia de Chile, presidida por el ex presidente Patricio Aylwin, dio inicio al Proyecto Regional Diálogo de Política Social (DPS) o Iniciativa…
Date issued:
Dec 2005
El presente informe recoge las experiencias del grupo BID durante el período 1990-2004. En su carácter de organismo regional de desarrollo, el grupo BID ha realizado esfuerzos en colaboración con los…
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Dec 2005
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This paper discusses coordination failures, their relevance to developing countries, and the circumstances under which they occur, arguing that that clusters can be seen as agglomerations of firms…
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Dec 2005
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Industrial agglomerations or 'clusters' arise in the presence of industry-specific and local externalities, also called Marshallian externalities. The standard argument is that such…
Date issued:
Dec 2005
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This paper studies the relationship between creditor protection and credit volatility. During the negative phase of the business cycle, credit contracts more in countries with poor creditor…
Date issued:
Dec 2005
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We suggest that foreign banks may represent a trade-off for their developing country hosts. A portfolio model is developed to show that a more diversified international bank may be one of lower,…