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Jun 2016
INFOGRÁFICO: No Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, temos a visão de uma região com cidades limpas, capazes de proporcionar serviços integrais de manejo dos resíduos sólidos para a toda a…
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Jun 2016
This case study is one of ten international case studies developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in association with the Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), for…
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Jun 2016
Este estudio de caso es uno de diez estudios de casos internacionales desarrollados por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en asociación con el Instituto Coreano de Investigación para los…
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Jun 2016
INFOGRAFÍA: En las últimas dos décadas, la región de América Latina y el Caribe ha estado a la altura de los desafíos en términos de acceso a servicios de agua y saneamiento: entre 1990 y el 2015,…
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Jun 2016
INFOGRAFIA: En las últimas dos décadas, la región de América Latina y el Caribe ha estado a la altura de los desafíos en términos de acceso a servicios de agua y saneamiento: entre 1990 y el 2015,…
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Jun 2016
INFOGRAFIA: En las últimas dos décadas, la región de América Latina y el Caribe ha estado a la altura de los desafíos en términos de acceso a servicios de agua y saneamiento: entre 1990 y el 2015,…
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Jun 2016
INFOGRÁFICO: Nas duas últimas décadas, a região da América Latina e Caribe esteve à altura dos desafios em termos de acesso a serviços de água e saneamento: entre 1990 e 2015, mais de 220 milhões de…
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Jun 2016
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Furnas fue creada por el decreto nº 41.066, de 28 de febrero de 1957, paraconstruir y operar la primera central hidroeléctrica de gran tamaño en Brasil,
así como el sistema de transmisión…
así como el sistema de transmisión…
Date issued:
Jun 2016
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Furnas foi criada pelo Decreto nº 41.066, de 28 de fevereiro de 1957, para construir e operar a primeira usina hidrelétrica de grande porte no Brasil, bem como o sistema de transmissão a ela…
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Jun 2016
Este documento investiga las siguientes preguntas relacionadas con las políticas de desarrollo infantil en América Latina y el Caribe: 1) ¿Cuáles son los principales marcos institucionales y legales…
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Jun 2016
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It takes two to tango. Strong public-private collaboration is key for discovering and implementing effective productive development policies to bring out the best in existing economic activities and…
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Jun 2016
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En el marco del estudio de Impactos Económicos del Cambio Climático de Colombia (EIECC) se identificaron medidas y políticas de adaptación para disminuir los impactos o aprovechar las oportunidades…
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Jun 2016
This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, pushing past the limits of traditional macroeconomic…
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Jun 2016
This publication tells the story of the collaboration between the Inter-American Development Bank, PepsiCo, and the PepsiCo Foundation. At a February 2011 ceremony in Mexico City, a five-year…
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Jun 2016
This paper shows, using probit analysis, that low national savings increase the risk of macroeconomic crisis. Foreign savings are a poor substitute of national savings not only for domestic…
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Jun 2016
Savings in an economy matter for development. At the macro level, savings determine how much a country can invest, and they have implications for growth and economic stability. At the individual…
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Jun 2016
In advanced economies, the vast majority of savings are intermediated through formal financial instruments. This intermediation can take one of three forms: direct financing, with individuals holding…
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Jun 2016
Why save more? One good reason is to invest more. Economies that save more can take advantage of investment opportunities and thus grow faster. Investing to improve access to education and health,…
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Jun 2016
Countries invest in physical capital in order to grow. In principle, domestic investment can be financed with either national or foreign financing. However, foreign financing is not a good substitute…
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Jun 2016
When it comes to consumption and saving, there are two groups of people: those who produce resources actively in the labor market, and those who depend on what others produce because they are either…
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Jun 2016
Pension systems in Latin America and the Caribbean are broken. To begin with, they cover less than half the population. Moreover, flaws in structure and financing make some of them unsustainable,…
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Jun 2016
Increasing national saving requires everyone to pitch in, including the government. Traditionally, policies to boost public saving have focused on either raising taxes or cutting spending—or both.…
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Jun 2016
Ultimately, Latin America’s low saving rate can be traced back to individual households throughout the region. Why do they—or do they not—save and how? Answering this question is not an easy task.…
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Jun 2016
Saving rates are relatively low in Latin America and the Caribbean, as is productivity growth. Are these two facts related? Much of this book has argued that indeed, a relationship exists and that…
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Jun 2016
This book argues that Latin America and the Caribbean suffers from two interrelated problems: saving is low, and those meager savings are used inefficiently. The two problems are connected and…