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Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Abbott Galvão, Luísa

El presente informe detalla los resultados obtenidos a partir de un estudio decaso realizado con el fin de analizar el modo en que los medios de comunicación retratan la violencia contra la mujer en…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This Breve is based on a webinar presented by Jonathan Dartnell and Aine Heaney, at NPS MedicineWise, on August 18 of 2015, to the members of CRITERIA, the IDB Knowledge Network on Health Benefits…

Date issued: Dec 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The present study contributes through a group of examples, closing identified data and informational gaps on adaptation actions to preserving services provided by key coastal ecosystems such as coral…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Wenner, Mark D.;Johnny, Teneisha

Guyana has high potential to develop a nature-based tourist niche market and help diversify its economic base, which now depends on the export of primary commodities. Despite many natural attractions…

Date issued: Dec 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mena, Gary;Hernani-Limarino, Werner L.

This document presents a quasi-experimental impact evaluation of Bolivia's Renta Dignidad, a universal and non-contributory old age pension. Causal effects on direct, future, and indirect…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Harris, Jeremy;Michalczewsky, Kathia;Ramos Martínez, Alejandro;Iannuzzi, Patricia

This report presents estimates of Latin American international trade flows in 2015 and an update through the first quarter of 2016. Prepared by the Integration and Trade Sector (INT) of the Inter-…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Harris, Jeremy;Michalczewsky, Kathia;Ramos Martínez, Alejandro;Iannuzzi, Patricia

Esta nota presenta las estimaciones de los flujos comerciales internacionales de America Latina y el Caribe para el año 2015 y una actualización hasta el primer trimestre de 2016, elaboradas por el…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Entre los años 2000 y 2013, América Latina y el Caribe tuvo una etapa de crecimiento sostenido que ha transformado las dinámicas sociales y económicas de la región. Como consecuencia, los ingresos de…

Date issued: Dec 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): von Schiller, Armin

This paper explores the effect of party system institutionalization on the relevance of the personal income tax in the tax composition. Based on a fiscal contractualism approach, it is argued that…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Garbero, Noelia;Amendolaggine, Julian;Gasparini, Leonardo;Bebczuk, Ricardo N.

This paper investigates the main patterns and drivers of the household saving rate in Latin America by assembling a broad dataset of official household surveys for 10 Latin American countries and 27…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ramos, María Clara;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Bolivar, Ángela;Wilches-Chaux, Gustavo

A healthy environment is made up of many elements that are indispensable for our physical and spiritual health, our cultural wellbeing, and our happiness. Among these are, of course, breatheable air…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ramos, María Clara;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Bolivar, Ángela;Wilches-Chaux, Gustavo

Un entorno saludable es aquel que nos proporciona los elementos indispensables para nuestra salud física y espiritual, nuestro bienestar cultural y nuestra felicidad. Entre ellos se encuentran, por…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ramos, María Clara;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Bolivar, Ángela;Wilches-Chaux, Gustavo

Like all living things, humans are "open systems." We're part of - not separate from - our environment, and we continually exchange materials, energy and information with it. What…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ramos, María Clara;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Bolivar, Ángela;Wilches-Chaux, Gustavo

Los humanos, al igual que todos los seres vivos, somos sistemas abiertos. Somos parte ¿no separada¿ de nuestro medio ambiente, e intercambiamos continuamente materiales, energía e información con él…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ramos, María Clara;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Bolivar, Ángela;Wilches-Chaux, Gustavo

"We are mostly water." True or false? Strange as it may seem, it's true! Our bodies are 75 percent water. In fact, some animals such as jellyfish are up to 99 percent water - about the…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ramos, María Clara;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Bolivar, Ángela;Wilches-Chaux, Gustavo

En gran parte, somos agua ¿Verdadero o falso? Por extraño que suene ¡Es verdad! Nuestros cuerpos están constituidos en un 75% por agua. De hecho, hay animales como las medusas cuyos organismos pueden…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Vieira de Carvalho, Arnaldo;Rojas Sánchez, Laura;Méndez, Paola;Flamand, Sébastien;Couture-Roy, Marie;Langlois, Pierre;Dufresne, Vincent

La Guía E: Programas de Normalización y Etiquetado de Eficiencia Energética presenta lineamientos para el establecimiento de programas de normalización y etiquetado (S&L por su siglas en inglés)…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

We are pleased to announce the winners for the ALAS-BID Awards! This year, more than 1,200 nominations were considered for recognition in the categories for Best Publication, Best Educator, Best…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

We are pleased to announce the winners for the ALAS-BID Awards! This year, more than 1,200 nominations were considered for recognition in the categories for Best Publication, Best Educator, Best…

Date issued: Dec 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Loy, Detlef;Klein, Johanna;Casado Cañeque, Fernando;Marzolf, Natacha C.

The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT) has received a Policy-Based Loan (PBL) (TT-L1023) from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). This PBL for the Sustainable Energy…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): African Development Bank;Asian Development Bank;Development Bank of Latin America;European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;European Investment Bank;Inter-American Development Bank;Islamic Development Bank

1. In the third year of the Multilateral Development Banks¿1 (MDBs) Joint Statement of 2012, our eight MDBs are on target to meet the goal of the Commitment to Sustainable Transport (hereafter the…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Huppi, Monika;Corrales, Maria Elena;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Khadr, Ali;Michelitsch, Roland;Alcántara, Rafael;Vargas, Felipe;Biau, Julie;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth;Cabrera, Maria

As part of its 2015 annual work plan, the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) is preparing the evaluation of the Bank's country program with Haiti for the period 2011-2015. This paper sets…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Huppi, Monika;Corrales, Maria Elena;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Khadr, Ali;Michelitsch, Roland;Alcántara, Rafael;Vargas, Felipe;Biau, Julie;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth;Cabrera, Maria

En el marco del plan de trabajo anual para 2015, la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) está preparando la Evaluación del Programa de País de Haití para el período comprendido entre 2011 y 2015…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Stone, Leslie F.;Fryer, Michelle;Alonso, Pablo;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Scholl, Lynn;Valdés Conroy, Héctor;Hernández, María José;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette;Maciel, Odette;Vargas, María José

En el marco del plan de trabajo anual para 2015, la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) está preparando la Evaluación del Programa de País de Suriname para el período comprendido entre enero de…

Date issued: Dec 2015
Author(s): Stone, Leslie F.;Fryer, Michelle;Alonso, Pablo;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Scholl, Lynn;Valdés Conroy, Héctor;Hernández, María José;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette;Maciel, Odette;Vargas, María José

As part of its 2015 annual work plan, the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) is preparing the evaluation of the Bank's country program with Suriname for the period January 2011-December…