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Date issued: Nov 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Georgoulias, Andreas;Arrasate, María Ignacia

Este informe investiga los beneficios, productos y efectividad de las políticas de Salvaguardias ambientales y sociales del BID. En un esfuerzo por identificar cómo y de qué manera contribuyen las…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Saldarriaga, Victor

El presente estudio explora el efecto de la variabilidad de la temperatura en la productividad agrícola y los precios de los principales productos agrícolas del Perú. Los datos utilizados se obtienen…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Kantis, Hugo;Federico, Juan;Magendzo, Adrián

Los motores que dinamizaron el crecimiento económico de los países de América Latina en la última década están mostrando claros signos de agotamiento. Esta situación plantea la necesidad de pensar en…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Levy, Alberto

2016 will surely be the hottest year since records began in the 19th century. The increase will be very close to the target set in the Paris Agreement to avoid an increase in global temperature by 1.…

Date issued: Nov 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Medina, Ramón;Tarre, Gustavo

Este estudio tiene como objeto comparar los marcos regulatorios de América Latina, centrándose en Brasil, Colombia, México y Venezuela, con la finalidad comprender cómo afectan el panorama petrolero.

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;International Energy Agency

El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y la Agencia Internacional de Energía (AIE) vienen apoyando a gobiernos y corporaciones en el uso de mejores prácticas para mejorar la eficiencia…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento;International Energy Agency

O Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) e a Agência Internacional de Energia (AIE) vêm apoiando governos e organizações na aplicação de boas práticas para melhorar a eficiência energética na…

Date issued: Nov 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bianchi, Carlos;Pittaluga, Lucía;Fuentes, Guillermo

En este trabajo se analizan tres organizaciones que implementan políticas de desarrollo productivo en Uruguay: la Dirección Nacional de Recursos Naturales Renovables, los consejos sectoriales, y la…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Madrigal, Lucía

The files that accompany the harmonized base offer to the user relevant data information to understanding how variables were created, level of comparability of the countries that are part of the base…

Date issued: Nov 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Caldecott, Ben;Harnett, Elizabeth;Cojoianu, Theodor;Kok, Irem;Pfeiffer, Alexander

Over the last few years, the topic of "stranded assets" resulting from environment-related risk factors has loomed larger. These factors include the effects of physical climate change as…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Mercer;Inter-American Development Bank

Investment in infrastructure is widely recognized as crucial to promoting economic and social growth through the development of essential services and assets. As the global population grows and…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2016 third quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Sturzenegger, Germán;Martinez, Sebastian;Gertner, Gastón

El acceso a agua potable y saneamiento continúa siendo uno de los retos de desarrollo más importantes de América Latina y el Caribe, especialmenteen zonas rurales. Entre 1990 y 2015, más de 200…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Galiani, Sebastián;Jaitman, Laura

La inseguridad es la principal preocupación de los ciudadanos en la región. El crimen y la violencia distorsionan la asignación de recursos de los gobiernos, de las firmas, y alteran las rutinas de…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

INTAL Connection informs on developments on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Conexión INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. También es el medio para difundir las actividades realizadas por el BID…

Date issued: Nov 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Dinkelman, Taryn;Martínez, Claudia;Romero, Dario

Schools that provide higher education often belong to either a merit-based selective system or an open-access less selective system. This paper presents the results of a field experiment that…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Salieri, Giulia;Ramos, Andrés

El objetivo de este estudio es proveer alternativas de métodos de ejecución de infraestructura escolar relevantes para América Latina y el Caribe. El documento describe dichos métodos y provee…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Bueso-Merriam, Jacqueline;Demichelis, Francisco;Fernández Díez, María Carmen;Giuliodori, David;Rodríguez, Alejandro;Stucchi, Rodolfo

A shortcoming of the current empirical impact evaluation literature is the lack of studies that measure the effect of access to credit in the medium and long term, as well as the impact on…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Bueso-Merriam, Jacqueline;Demichelis, Francisco;Fernández Díez, María Carmen;Giuliodori, David;Rodríguez, Alejandro;Stucchi, Rodolfo

Una limitación de la literatura empírica actual sobre evaluación de impacto es la carencia de estudios que midan los impactos del crédito en el mediano y largo plazo, así como en los tipos de…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Salieri, Giulia;Ramos, Andrés

This study aims to diagnose and compare the school infrastructure management processes of the different countries in the region to identify common challenges. It also focuses on identifying areas of…

Date issued: Nov 2016
Author(s): Salieri, Giulia;Ramos, Andrés

El objetivo de este estudio es diagnosticar y comparar los procesos de gestión de infraestructura escolar de los diferentes países de la región para facilitar la identificación de retos comunes, la…

Date issued: Oct 2016 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barajas, Adolfo;Restrepo, Sergio;Steiner, Roberto;Medellín, Juan Camilo;Pabón, César

After building up foreign currency-denominated (FC) liabilities over several years, the balance sheets of Colombian firms might be particularly vulnerable to a shift in external conditions. This…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Salo, James

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are major sources of natural resource consumption and environmental impacts such as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At the same time, MSMEs make up a…

Date issued: Oct 2016
Author(s): Salo, James

Managing value chain environmental impacts and natural resource use has become an important consideration in the purchasing decisions of large publicly traded companies. Suppliers, including micro,…