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Jan 2014
En este trabajo sobre políticas se pasa revista a las obras de investigación sobre la capacidad de los gobiernos que se han emprendido en el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, se resalta la…
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Jan 2014
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…
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Jan 2014
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…
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Jan 2014
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Many developing countries are allocating significant resources to expanding technology access in schools. Whether these investments will translate into measurable educational improvements remains an…
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Jan 2014
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This paper presents evidence of the relationship between the disparity in the academic performance of boys and girls in Colombia and the country's excessively high school dropout rates. By…
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Jan 2014
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This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools…
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Jan 2014
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There are few reliable estimates of the effects of violence on economic outcomes. This study exploits the manifold increase in homicides in 2008-2011 in Mexico resulting from its war on organized…
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Jan 2014
The Inter-America n Development Bank (IDB), through the Labour Markets and Social Security Unit, has been supporting a comprehensive labour market study (LMS) in The Bahamas to collect and analyse…
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Jan 2014
In Latin America and the Caribbean most people live in cities characterized by large gaps in access to housing, public spaces, urban services and infrastructure. Though urban management has improved…
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Jan 2014
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Management is an important input into agricultural production, as it a determinant of the uptake and proper implementation of productive technologies and practices. While there is a large literature…
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Jan 2014
En las últimas tres décadas, América Latina y el Caribe han mejoradosignificativamente el acceso a la educación en todos los
niveles educativos, sobre todo, para los estudiantes más pobres. Sin…
niveles educativos, sobre todo, para los estudiantes más pobres. Sin…
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Jan 2014
Los países de América Latina y el Caribe están experimentando una rápida transición epidemiológica.ientras que los casos de enfermedades transmisibles y reproductivas se mantienen vigentes en la…
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Jan 2014
El potencial de crecimiento de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) se ve inhibido por altos costos logísticos, de información, regulatorios y financieros. El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)…
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Jan 2014
El crecimiento económico, la calidad de vida y el nivel de pobreza de un país están directamente vinculados a las características de su sistema de transporte. Debido a esto, el Banco Interamericano…
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Jan 2014
This technical note presents a comparative analysis of Latin America's fragmented health systems. It provides a detailed account of health system fragmentation along six dimensions (…
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Jan 2014
This study develops a composite measure of primary care experience, using the Commonwealth Fund's 2010 International Health Policy Survey (IHP), applied on eleven high income OECD countries, and…
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Jan 2014
The 2013 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…
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Jan 2014
El Banco de Guayaquil (BG) es uno de los bancos más grandes de Ecuador con una cuota de mercado del 12% y casi 5.000 puntos de atención en el país, entre ellos 3.756 corresponsales no bancarios del…
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Jan 2014
An estimated 42 percent of homes in Costa Rica are in need of repair, expansion, or some other improvement, and nearly a quarter ofthose deficient dwellings are so dilapidated as to represent an…
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Jan 2014
Se estima que el 42% de los hogares en Costa Rica necesitan reparaciones, ampliaciones u otro tipo de mejoras y que casi la cuarta parte de esas viviendas en estado deficiente están tan deterioradas…
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Jan 2014
El sector agrícola paraguayo emplea directa o indirectamente a casi una cuarta parte de la población, aporta una quinta parte del PIB y da cuenta de tres cuartas partes de las exportaciones. No…
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Jan 2014
The agricultural sector has long been the foundation of the Paraguayan economy. The sector directly or indirectly employs nearly a quarter of the population, contributes a fifthof GDP, and accounts…
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Jan 2014
Women-owned small and micro enterprises at the base of the pyramid (BOP) account for nearly 20 percent of businesses in Paraguay, yet they generally cannot access credit because they lack…
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Jan 2014
Las micro y pequeñas empresas en cabeza de mujeres de la BDP constituyen casi el 20% de las empresas en Paraguay, pero generalmente no tienen acceso a crédito pues no pueden probar su capacidad de…
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Jan 2014
More than two-thirds of BOP Salvadorian homeowners lack access to financing to finish construction, make repairs, connect to basic services, or formalize their tenure. Many live in unhealthy and…