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Date issued:
Jan 2015
This document presents the results of the evaluation of the Bank's country program with Costa Rica for the period 2011-2014. This is the fourth time the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE)…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
Este documento presenta los resultados de la evaluación del Programa de País (CPE) del BID con Costa Rica para el periodo 2011-2014. Esta es la cuarta oportunidad en la que OVE provee una mirada…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
After a long period of stagnating prices, the global bauxite market is experiencing changes which are expected to drive prices higher. To a large extent, these changes are driven by increasing demand…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
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This paper augments a relatively standard dynamic general equilibrium model with financial frictions in order to quantify the macroeconomic effects of the credit deepening process observed in many…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
A carta mensal do INTAL informa sobre os desenvolvimentos nas áreas de integração e comércio nas regiões da América Latina e do Caribe. É também um meio de difusão das atividades do BID sobre estes…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
The INTAL Monthly Newsletter reports on developments in integration and trade across Latin American and the Caribbean. It also serves as a forum for discussing the IDB's activities related to…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
La carta mensual del 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…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
This paper is the first of the IDB's "Innovations in Public Service Delivery" series, which identifies and analyzes innovative experiences of promising practices in Latin America and…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
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This paper documents how informal employment in Mexico is countercyclical, lags the cycle and is negatively correlated to formal employment. This contributes to explaining why total employment in…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
The 2014 Annual Business Review (ABR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The ABR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and organizational indicators on a…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
El presente estudio realiza un análisis cuantitativo y descriptivo de los factores causantes de las caídas en pobreza y desigualdad en el periodo 1992-2012. El análisis presentado nos dice que, en…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
Los indicadores de riesgo de desastres y gestión de riesgos del BID permitirá a los países evaluar mejor el riesgo que afrontan los países en casos de desastre, y sirven como una guía útil para…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
Los indicadores de riesgo de desastres y gestión de riesgos del BID permitirá a los países evaluar mejor el riesgo que afrontan los países en casos de desastre, y sirven como una guía útil para…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
Los indicadores de riesgo de desastres y gestión de riesgos del BID permitirá a los países evaluar mejor el riesgo que afrontan los países en casos de desastre, y sirven como una guía útil para…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
Este documento analiza el patrón de intervenciones en el mercado cambiario y el costo de esterilización en un conjunto de economías seleccionadas. En un contexto de grandes y frecuentes entradas de…
Date issued:
Jan 2015
Oil producers small enough to be price takers without barriers to investment or production should have reacted positively to the fourfold price increase after 2002. The seven largest Latin American…
Date issued:
Dec 2014
The purpose of this technical note is to provide further guidance on implementing Policy Directive B.10 as it relates to pesticide use, and to propose incorporating the FAO's International Code…
Date issued:
Dec 2014
To test the effectiveness of a public awareness campaign on women's political participation in a developing country, we conducted a randomized field experiment across 40 municipalities in…
Date issued:
Dec 2014
Para probar la eficacia de una campaña de sensibilización pública sobre la participación política de las mujeres en un país en desarrollo, realizamos un experimento de campo aleatorizado en 40…
Date issued:
Dec 2014
The process of developing a methodology for the management of education infrastructure in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean began with an analysis and discussion of types of variables…
Date issued:
Dec 2014
El desarrollo de una metodología para la gestión de la infraestructura educativa para América Latina y el Caribe (ALyC) requirió en su etapa inicial el análisis y discusión de tipologías de variables…
Date issued:
Dec 2014
In modern public management the use of statistics for decision making is essential. Evidence-based policy, as well as results-based public management, cannot operate effectively without reliable and…
Date issued:
Dec 2014
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A growing body of research argues that early adverse experiences have lasting effects not only on later health outcomes, but also on human capital accumulation. This paper investigates the…
Date issued:
Dec 2014
The Caribbean's location at the crossroads of global container shipping routes gives the region excellent maritime connectivity that could translate into significant commercial opportunities.…
Date issued:
Dec 2014
Este documento detalla los elementos principales de los análisis y recomendaciones que conforman el Marco Sectorial de Agua y Saneamiento del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en lo referente al…