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Date issued: Apr 2014
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo;Pérez Pérez, Jorge Eduardo

Fiscal policy in Latin America has been historically imprudent and continues to be viewed with skepticism. At the same time, most countries have remained out of trouble for several years and were…

Date issued: Apr 2014
Author(s): Blanco Blanco, Andrés;Fretes Cibils, Vicente;Muñoz Miranda, Andrés

This study emphasizes the importance of the rental housing market and its potential as a tool for solving the main housing problems in the Latin American and Caribbean region, such as quantitative…

Date issued: Apr 2014
Author(s): Blanco Blanco, Andrés;Fretes Cibils, Vicente;Muñoz Miranda, Andrés

Esta investigación demuestra la importancia del alquiler y su potencial en lasolución de los principales problemas habitacionales como los déficits cuantitativos y cualitativos, la limitada…

Date issued: Apr 2014
Author(s): Blanco Blanco, Andrés;Fretes Cibils, Vicente;Muñoz Miranda, Andrés

Esta pesquisa demonstra a importância da locação de imóveis e de seu potencial para resolver os principais problemas habitacionais na região da América Latina e Caribe, como os déficits quantitativos…

Date issued: Apr 2014
Author(s): Bos, María Soledad;Ganimian, Alejandro;Vegas, Emiliana

En el 2012, ocho países de América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, México, Perú y Uruguay) participaron en el Programa para la Evaluación Internacional de Alumnos (PISA, por…

Date issued: Apr 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Herron, Hope;Bohn, Bill;Roy, Sujoy;Evans, Warren

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Environmental Safeguards Unit (ESG) initiated this study to address the need to better understand how to assess and address climate change related risks in…

Date issued: Apr 2014
Author(s): García, Pablo M.;Bafundo, Fiorella

The global services industry shows steady growth and a very dynamic pathcharacterized by unprecedented fast movements towards higher value services, constant changes in business as well as in service…

Date issued: Apr 2014
Author(s): Cadot, Olivier;Graziano, Alejandro;Harris, Jeremy;Volpe Martincus, Christian

This paper estimates empirically the effect of preference utilization on export growth at the level of the firm using a unique transaction-level dataset of Colombia's imports from Argentina,…

Date issued: Apr 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Van Biesebroeck, Johannes

While many studies explain the correlation between firm-level productivity and export status entirely by better firms self-selecting into exporting, a few studies find evidence of reverse causation.…

Date issued: Apr 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2014 first 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: Apr 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Una de las actividades fundamentales de la gestión del riesgo de desastres a nivel de país es la evaluación del riesgo de catástrofe. No obstante, pocas metodologías permiten realizar un análisis del…

Date issued: Apr 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Una de las actividades fundamentales de la gestión del riesgo de desastres a nivel de país es la evaluación del riesgo de catástrofe. No obstante, pocas metodologías permiten realizar un análisis del…

Date issued: Apr 2014
Author(s): Heikel, María Victoria;Piras, Claudia

El objeto de esta nota es presentar el diagnóstico y análisis de la situación de la perspectiva de género en el Paraguay, con el fin de identificar áreas de continuidad, profundización e innovación…

Date issued: Apr 2014
Author(s): Carballo, Jerónimo;Graziano, Alejandro;Schaur, Georg;Volpe Martincus, Christian

Time delays in international transactions impose trade costs. We examine transaction level Peruvian import data to show that firms are subject to significant costs of port-of-entry delays. At the…

Date issued: Apr 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alvarez, Roberto;Zahler, Andrés

In this paper we analyze changes in the export mix of Chilean firms, looking particularly at differences between large firms and SMEs. To do that, we use detailed information of exported products by…

Date issued: Mar 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Annual Report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 2013 (loans, guarantees and grants). The second volume contains the full set of the financial statements of the Bank's…

Date issued: Mar 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Informe anual contiene un examen de las operaciones del Banco en 2013 (préstamos, garantías y financiamiento no reembolsable). El segundo volumen contiene el conjunto completo de los estados…

Date issued: Mar 2014
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Le Rapport annuel examine les opérations de la Banque pour 2013 (prêts, garanties et subventions). Le second volume contient l'ensemble complet des états financiers des ressources de la Banque.

Date issued: Mar 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

O Relatório Anual contém uma análise das operações do Banco em 2013 (empréstimos, garantias e concessões). O segundo volume contém também o conjunto completo de declarações financeiras sobre os…

Date issued: Mar 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2013 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of…

Date issued: Mar 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este es el segundo de dos volúmenes que constituyen el Informe Anual del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) 2013. El presente volumen contiene la discusión y análisis de la Administración:…

Date issued: Mar 2014
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Ce rapport est le second de deux volumes qui constituent ensemble le rapport annuel 2013 de la Banque Interaméricaine de Développement. Ce rapport contient la discussion et analyse de la Direction:…

Date issued: Mar 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Este é o segundo de dois volumes que compõem o Relatório Anual do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) 2013. Este volume contém a discussão e análise da Administração: capital ordinário e as…

Date issued: Mar 2014
Author(s): Powell, Andrew

Monetary normalization may be a chronicle foretold, but countries still have the power to influence the outcome for their own economies. This report focuses on the risks Latin American and Caribbean…

Date issued: Mar 2014
Author(s): Powell, Andrew

Puede que la normalización monetaria sea una crónica anunciada, pero los países siguen teniendo la capacidad de influir en el destino de sus propias economías. Este informe se centra en los riesgos…