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Date issued: Jun 2011
Author(s): Navia Díaz, María del Rosario

The Government of Guyana requested a loan in order to improve the provision of potable water in Linden through improvements in the water production facilities and reductions of NRW levels. Using…

Date issued: Jun 2011
Author(s): Abizanda, Beatriz

This is a presentation for the Caribbean Regional ConSoc Retreat held on June 16, 2011 in Kingston, Jamaica. This document outlines crime and violence as major roadblocks to development in the…

Date issued: Jun 2011
Author(s): Blyde, Juan S.;Volpe Martincus, Christian;Becker, Sascha O.;Ekholm, Karolina;Chen, Lurong;De Lombaerde, Philippe;Flores, Manuel;Vaillant, Marcel;López, Andrés;Niembro, Andrés;Ramos, Daniela;Martínez Álvarez, Javier;Herrero, Daniel;Sequeira Picado, Jorge E.;Carciofi, Ricardo;Castillo Argañarás, Luis Fernando;Supervielle, María M.

Esta edición de la Revista Integración & Comercio está dedicada a examinar los factores determinantes y las implicancias de la fragmentación internacional de la producción, desde el punto de…

Date issued: Jun 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Veramendi, Gregory;Urzúa, Sergio

This paper presents a comprehensive empirical analysis of the impact of attending a child day care center on early childhood development (ECD) in Chile, examining child development from a multi-…

Date issued: Jun 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kuramoto, Juana R.

This paper analyzes quantitative findings on the innovative behavior of firms in the production chains of pisco and shoe manufacture in Peru, which are served by the network of Technological…

Date issued: Jun 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Matsumoto, Akito;Cova, Pietro;Pisani, Massimiliano;Rebucci, Alessandro

This paper studies equity price volatility in general equilibrium with news shocks about future productivity and monetary policy. As West (1998) shows, in a partial equilibrium present discounted…

Date issued: Jun 2011
Author(s): Blyde, Juan S.;Volpe Martincus, Christian;Becker, Sascha O.;Ekholm, Karolina;Chen, Lurong;De Lombaerde, Philippe;Flores, Manuel;Vaillant, Marcel;López, Andrés;Niembro, Andrés;Ramos, Daniela;Martínez Álvarez, Javier;Herrero, Daniel;Sequeira Picado, Jorge E.;Carciofi, Ricardo;Castillo Argañarás, Luis Fernando;Supervielle, María M.

This journal contains a collection of articles on integration and trade in Latin American and the Caribbean. The topics addressed are as follows: international fragmentation of production and its…

Date issued: Jun 2011
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Binstock, Georgina

El interés de este informe es comprender los factores determinantes de los embarazos en adolescentes y cómo estos influyen en las trayectorias educativas, preocupación que se deriva de la relación…

Date issued: Jun 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): González Vallejo, Leticia

Este informe presenta la Evaluación Final del Convenio de Cooperación Técnica no reembolsable ATN/ME 9561-ME del programa ¿Desarrollo de Nuevas Oportunidades de Mercado en la Base Económica de la…

Date issued: Jun 2011
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma

Argentina and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) joined forces to test a new math education model called Mathematics for All (MAT). After just one academic year, learning increased in schools…

Date issued: Jun 2011
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma

Argentina y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) unieron fuerzas para poner a prueba un nuevo modelo de educación en matemáticas llamado Matemáticas para Todos (MAT). El aprendizaje mejoró…

Date issued: Jun 2011
Author(s): García Rapp, Jorge;Collich, Guillermo J.

El objetivo central de este trabajo ha sido identificar, a través un diagnóstico consensuado con los principales actores del mercado de seguros de Argentina, una agenda de temas y problemáticas que…

Date issued: May 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Moreno Mejía, Luis Alberto

Con un particular enfoque, este libro esboza el actual panorama económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y sus desafíos para el futuro. Luis Alberto Moreno, Presidente del Banco…

Date issued: May 2011
Author(s): Fryer, Michelle

This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) is an independent assessment of the effectiveness of the Bank's program with the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Bolivia) over the span 2008-2010. This…

Date issued: May 2011
Author(s): Fryer, Michelle

Esta Evaluación de Programa de País (CPE) evalúa de forma independiente la eficacia del programa del Banco con el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (Bolivia) durante el período 2008-2010. Su objetivo…

Date issued: May 2011
Author(s): Forde, Wayne;Glenday, Graham;Kelly, Roy

The report present an overview and performance of the revenue base of the Bahamas exploring the nature and seriousness of the emerging public debt build up. It analyzes the existing tax structures…

Date issued: May 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Shapiro, Jeremy P.;Berlinski, Samuel;Pinzon, Mauricio;Severin, Eugenio;Azevedo, Viviane;Cathles, Alison;Cristia, Julian P.;Crespi, Gustavo;Grazzi, Matteo;Savonitto, Beniamino;Galindo, Arturo;Busso, Matías;Chong, Alberto E.;De Mendoza, Gabriela;Bouillon, César P.;Glassman, Amanda;León, Gianmarco

Formuladores de políticas públicas y académicos concuerdan en que las computadoras, Internet y la telefonía celular, entre otras tecnologías de la información, pueden contribuir al desarrollo…

Date issued: May 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Chong, Alberto E.

This executive summary describes the motivation behind this book, the methodologies used, and both the breadth and limits of the studies. The impact evaluations on which the book is based cover the…

Date issued: May 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Chong, Alberto E.

En este resumen ejecutivo se describen la motivación que alienta este libro, las metodologías empleadas y tanto la amplitud como los límites de los estudios. Las evaluaciones experimentales en las…

Date issued: May 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Contemporary Jamaican Artists is part of ABOUT CHANGE, a project implemented by the World Bank Art Program in cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center, and the Art Museum…

Date issued: May 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Un Techo Para Mi País

This brochure presents the exhibit "Design with the Base of the Pyramid" supported by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) and the Opportunities for the Majority Sector (OMJ) of the Inter…

Date issued: May 2011
Author(s): Guerrero, Rosa Matilde;Focke, Kurt S.;Cueva Armijos, Simón

El sistema financiero de Honduras sufrió el impacto de la crisis financiera de 2009 con un deterioro de los indicadores de calidad de activos y de rentabilidad, que posteriormente experimentaron una…

Date issued: May 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;African Development Bank;Asian Development Bank;European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;European Investment Bank;International Finance Corporation;World Bank

The international community recognizes the need to join forces to avert dangerous climate change. This requires mobilizing financial resources from a wide range of sources, public and private,…

Date issued: May 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Each year, more than 1.3 million people die on the world's roads, and close to 50 million suffer nonfatal injuries. This brochure is part of the Road Safety Initiative which informs about this…

Date issued: May 2011
Author(s): Hoagland-Grey, Hilary

The objective of this Technical Note is to describe the necessary Bank requirements for the content and disclosure of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs), with a focus on the…