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Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Spiller, Pablo T.;Stein, Ernesto H.;Tommasi, Mariano;Alston, Lee J.;Melo, Marcus André;Mueller, Bernardo;Pereira, Carlos;Aninat, Cristóbal;Londregan, John;Navia, Patricio;Vial, Joaquín;Cárdenas, Mauricio;Pachón, Mónica;Mejía Acosta, Andrés;Araujo, María Caridad;Pérez-Liñán, Aníbal;Saiegh, Sebastián;Lehoucq, Fabrice;Negretto, Gabriel;Aparicio, Francisco Javier;Nacif, Benito;Benton, Allyson Lucinda;Molinas, José R.;Montero, Marcela;Monaldi, Francisco;González de Pacheco, Rosa Amelia;Obuchi, Richard;Penfold, Michael

¿Qué determina la capacidad de los países para diseñar, aprobar e implementar políticas públicas efectivas? Para abordar esta pregunta, este libro analiza el proceso de formulación de políticas en…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jiménez, Fernando;Fernández de Lucio, Ignacio;Menéndez, Arturo;Crespi, Gustavo;D'Este, Pablo;Llisterri, Juan J.;Pietrobelli, Carlo

Este documento resume los principales resultados y las conclusiones de la investigación realizada por la División de Ciencia y Tecnología (SCT) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. El trabajo…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Reyero y Aranda, María Rosa

The study seeks to survey the prevalence of institutional factors posing risks or vulnerabilities to selected Bank operations and the time at, and mechanisms through which these are addressed. As a…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Vosti, Stephen;Msangi, Siwa;Lima, Eirivelthon;Quiroga, Ricardo;Batka, Miroslav;Zanocco, Chad

This study employs the IFPRI IMPACT model to examine the effects of a hypothetical ban on the clearing of native vegetation for agriculture in tropical areas within LAC on GHG emissions, food…

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

The 2010 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 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report provides the Bank and the public with an overview of the Office of Institutional Integrity's activities and findings during 2010. The Office of Institutional Integrity (OII)…

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

This Annual Report discusses the developments in 2010 for IDB grant financing. The year 2010 was one of great change in the IDB's approach to grant financing and resulting accomplishments in…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Pedraza, Arturo;Rosas, Ramón

As part of its Technical Cooperation "Energy Efficiency for Caribbean Water and Sanitation Companies," the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI) of the IDB financed the…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Falck-Zepeda, José;Sulser, Timothy;Zambrano, Patricia;Falconi, César

This report analyzes the current state of R&D in agricultural biotechnology in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of development of the sector. The objectives of this report where…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bastos, Paulo;Castro, Lucio;Cristia, Julian P.;Scartascini, Carlos

This paper exploits unique features of a recently introduced tariff schedule for natural gas in Buenos Aires to estimate the short-run impact of price shocks on residential energy utilization. The…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hallerberg, Mark;Scartascini, Carlos

The recent financial crisis has initiated pressures for not only policy reform but also fundamental institutional fiscal reforms. This paper explores the connection between economic crises and…

Date issued: Jan 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Sánchez, Gabriel;Butler, Inés;Rozemberg, Ricardo

In contrast to the limited impact of aggregate-level productive development policies (PDPs) in Argentina, micro-level PDPs in several sectors have proven highly successful. This study seeks to…

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

The Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Division, as part of its Knowledge Management Strategy, designed a tool to standardize the analysis and classification of projects financed by the…

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

This Social Strategy was prepared to guide the operational and analytical work of the Inter-American Development Bank in supporting the overarching goals of reducing poverty and inequality, and…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Monge-González, Ricardo;Céspedes-Torres, Oswald;Vargas-Aguilar, Juan Carlos

El presente estudio, procura brindar un poco de luz en el campo del impacto de los flujos de remesas en América Latina, al estudiar la importancia relativa del corredor Costa Rica-Nicaragua (sur-sur…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Monge-González, Ricardo;Céspedes-Torres, Oswald;Vargas-Aguilar, Juan Carlos

El presente documento trata de abordar una serie de interrogantes sobre el corredor de migración y remesas Costa Rica-Nicaragua, con el fin de generar conocimiento para la formulación de políticas…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Las pequeñas y medianas empresas (PyMEs) se están posicionando como parte estratégica del negocio de los bancos de América Latina y del Caribe (LAC), que cada vez fomentan más políticas activas de…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Covarrubias, Francisco;Irarrázaval, Ignacio;Morandé, M. de los Angeles

El presente trabajo se centra en el análisis del Sistema Integrado de Información Social (SIIS) implementado en Chile y hace una descripción detallada de su operación en tanto eje de la estrategia de…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Blyde, Juan S.;Combes, Pierre-Philippe;Sánchez Reaza, Javier;Granato, María F.;Moncarz, Pedro E.;Barbero, José A.;Thorpe, Andy;Sizeland, Faye;Feistel, Paulo R.;Barrantes Hidalgo, Álvaro;Guardianelli, Oscar;Juárez, Gerardo;Ferreira, Edeon Vaz;Pineda Hoyos, Saúl;De la Mora, Luz María;Sotelsek, Daniel;Verdes-Montenegro Escánez, Francisco J.;Jiménez Piernas, Carlos

The IDB's Integration & Trade Journal includes articles on the different aspects of integration in Latin America and the Caribbean, on hemispheric integration and, furthermore, on similar…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Pedraza, Arturo;Rosas, Ramón

Afin d'accroître et d'améliorer l'approvisionnement en eau potable dans les pays d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes, l'Initiative pour l'énergie durable et le changement…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Blyde, Juan S.;Combes, Pierre-Philippe;Sánchez Reaza, Javier;Granato, María F.;Moncarz, Pedro E.;Barbero, José A.;Thorpe, Andy;Sizeland, Faye;Feistel, Paulo R.;Barrantes Hidalgo, Álvaro;Guardianelli, Oscar;Juárez, Gerardo;Ferreira, Edeon Vaz;Pineda Hoyos, Saúl;De la Mora, Luz María;Sotelsek, Daniel;Verdes-Montenegro Escánez, Francisco J.;Jiménez Piernas, Carlos

La Revista Integración & Comercio del BID incluye artículos referidos a las distintas manifestaciones del proceso de integración en América Latina y el Caribe, a la integración hemisférica y,…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Garcia-Robles, Maria Susana

Established in 1993 as part of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) was created to develop effective approaches to advance private sector…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Garcia-Robles, Maria Susana

El Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones (FOMIN) fue establecido en 1993 como parte del grupo del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y fue creado con el propósito de idear métodos eficaces para…

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

Almost one fifth of children under five in El Salvador are anemic because their diets contain too little iron. In rural areas, that number rises to 25 percent; the disorder extends across Central…

Date issued: Jan 2011
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En El Salvador casi una quinta parte de los niños menores de cinco años sufren de anemia pues sus dietas contienen muy poco hierro. En las zonas rurales esta cifra se eleva al 25%. Darles a los niños…