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May 2008
Presenta una exhibición documentando la historia y restauración del Teatro Colón en Buenos Aires, incluyendo obras de conservación y restauración más recientes, realizadas en ocasión de su centenario…
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May 2008
Latin American SMEs play a similar role in the economy as other SMEs worldwide, but possess distinctive characteristics to those in OECD countries. However, despite differences in the entrepreneurial…
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May 2008
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This paper analyzes the evolution of gender segregation in the workplace in Mexico between 1994 and 2004, using a matching comparisons technique to explore the role of individual and family…
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May 2008
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This paper explores the link between what people say they prefer to do and what they actually do. Using data from an experimental project exploring trust and pro-sociality for representative samples…
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May 2008
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El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo aportar una perspectiva sustentada en datos para el análisis del fenómeno de la inmigración mexicana y de las políticas adecuadas para atender este reto. En…
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May 2008
REVELA analyzes market expectations of growth and inflation in Latin American countries. The figures analyzed represent the results of surveys of private sector actors conducted by the central banks…
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May 2008
REVELA analiza las expectativas de los mercados sobre crecimiento e inflación para algunos países latinoamericanos. Los valores analizados representan los resultados de encuestas en el sector privado…
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May 2008
This exhibition organized by the IDB Cultural Center, and entitled "Extended Boundary: Latin American and Caribbean Artists in Miami", pays tribute to the City of Miami, which will host the…
An Experimental Study of Labor Market Discrimination: Gender, Social Class and Neighborhood in Chile
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May 2008
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The objective of this paper is to study the Chilean labor market and determine the presence or absence of gender discrimination. In order to transcend the limitations of earlier works, an…
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May 2008
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This paper analyzes gender differences in the Chilean labor market, formally addressing the selection of individuals into schooling levels and its impact on gender gaps. The paper utilizes a new and…
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May 2008
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This paper analyzes gender differences in three Chilean professional labor markets, business, law and medicine, utilizing a new and rich data set collected for this purpose. The results show that…
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Apr 2008
Este informe describe el paradigma de las redes sociales distribuidas y de las posiblidades que éstas ofrecen para potenciar los diferentes sectores de las industrias culturales en Latinoamérica y…
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Apr 2008
Portal de turismo rural que crea una serie de opciones para que los propietarios de alojamientos rurales en España puedan comunicarse entre ellos, compartir información, realizar consultas a la…
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Apr 2008
The phenomenal growth of remittances to Latin America in recent years slowed to single digits during 2007, raising the question of whether the change represents a bend in the road or a new direction…
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Apr 2008
Results and analysis of a poll of major remittance senders and a geographic map of the origin of remittances by state in the continental United States.
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Apr 2008
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This paper explores the extent to which individuals trust, reciprocate, cooperate and pool risk by using a battery of field experiments containing the trust game, the voluntary contributions…
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Apr 2008
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This study attempts to quantify female teenage sexual activity, pregnancy, and motherhood in Bolivia using the most recent Demographic and Health Survey. Descriptive results suggest that teenage…
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Apr 2008
El punto de partida de este documento fue el proyecto de cooperación técnica Género y el desarrollo municipal del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (NI-T1002), que financió el fondo -CABILICA- del…
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Apr 2008
The starting point for this document was the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) technical cooperation project Gender and Municipal Development (NI-T1002), which was financed by the Bank's…
Microscopio 2007: El entorno de negocios para las microfinanzas en América Latina: Perfiles por país
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Apr 2008
Presentación que detalla los perfiles por países, sobre negocios para las microfinanzas en América Latina. Da a conocer le marco regulatorio, el clima para la inversión y el desarrollo institucional.
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Apr 2008
During 2007, remittances to LAC slowed from the double-digit annual increases of recent years because the two largest recipients in the region, Mexico and Brazil, departed significantly from past…
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Apr 2008
Esta nota resume los resultados de una reciente investigación sobre microfinanzas realizada por el BID. Incluye información acerca de las actividades de microfinanzas en 25 países1, así como una…
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Apr 2008
This note summarizes the results of a recently completed IDB survey of microfinance in the region. The survey includes information on microfinance activities in 25 countries as well as an initial…
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Apr 2008
Prepared by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and commissioned by the IDB/MIF and the Andean Development Corporation (CAF).
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Apr 2008
Mobile Banking: A revolution to reach the unbanked. The experience of KTF in Korea.
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Apr 2008
En este reporte se describe un modelo del entorno de negocios para las microfinanzas desarrollado por Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Este trabajo fue apoyado por el Banco Interamericano de…
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Apr 2008
This paper describes the dynamic, weighted model on the microfinance business environment, built by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and supported with financing and advice by the Inter-American…
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Apr 2008
Este informe describe el paradigma de las redes sociales distribuidas y de las posiblidades que éstas ofrecen para potenciar los diferentes sectores de las industrias culturales en Latinoamérica y…
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Apr 2008
The Social Inclusion Trust Fund is intended to support sustained and integrated programs and policies to address social inclusion in the IDB and in Latin America and the Caribbean member countries.…
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Apr 2008
The Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) was launched to work toward an enlarged South American economic space anchored in principles of sustainable,…
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Apr 2008
La Iniciativa para la Integración de la Infraestructura Regional Suramericana (IIRSA) fue lanzada con el objeto de promover la formación de un espacio económico sudamericano ampliado bajo criterios…
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Apr 2008
REVELA analyzes market expectations of growth and inflation in Latin American countries. The figures analyzed represent the results of surveys of private sector actors conducted by the central banks…
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Apr 2008
REVELA analiza las expectativas de los mercados sobre crecimiento e inflación para algunos países latinoamericanos. Los valores analizados representan los resultados de encuestas en el sector privado…
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Apr 2008
If Latin American and Caribbean governments, philanthropic foundations, non-governmental organizations, and aid agencies had $10 billion to solve the most urgent problems facing the region, how…
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Apr 2008
Si los gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe, las fundaciones filantrópicas, las organizaciones no gubernamentales y las agencias de desarrollo dispusieran de 10 mil millones de dólares para…
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Apr 2008
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The enabling approach to housing markets promotes financing systems based on family savings, public subsidies and mortgage loans to unleash the potential of individuals and communities to produce and…
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Apr 2008
Latin America is growing fast and fundamentals look healthier. Are these achievements here to stay? Strong commodity prices may not last forever and a US recession could have major repercussions in…
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Apr 2008
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This paper presents a series of experiments on discrimination in urban Lima, Peru. The experiments exploit degrees of information on performance as a way to assess how personal characteristics affect…
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Apr 2008
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This paper uses an experimental field approach to investigate the pro-social preferences and behavior of social services providers and the behavior of potential beneficiaries in Bogota, Colombia.…
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Mar 2008
El Proyecto Mapeo del Sector Privado (MSP) constituye un esfuerzo inédito para recopilar información de primera mano de las personas que toman las decisiones en el sector privado y así comprender…
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Mar 2008
The Private Sector Mapping Project takes a closer look at the current motives, strategies, incentives, obstacles, and benefits as perceived by firms to enter untapped majority markets.
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Mar 2008
Este informe examina una muestra de 42 instituciones financieras con carteras agropecuarias en América Latina, e identifica cuáles son los principales riesgos percibidos, cómo evalúan los riesgos,…
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Mar 2008
Producida para Expodesarrollo 2009, la feria que se llevó a cabo en el marco de la Reunión Anual del BID en Medellín, esta publicación tiene un mensaje de la nueva gerente del FOMIN, Julie Katzman, y…
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Mar 2008
La guía tiene la finalidad de presentar las experiencias, usos y prácticas internacionales en procesos de dinamización y modernización de mercados minoristas.
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Mar 2008
MIF has benefited from fifteen years of intense testing, experimentation, and searching. During this time MIF and its partners have put over two billion dollars to work in Latin America and the…
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Mar 2008
El FOMIN tiene la ventaja de contar con quince años de intensa actividad de pruebas, experimentación e investigación. Durante este período, con más de 1.100 donaciones para proyectos y alrededor de…
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Mar 2008
Produced for Expodesarrollo 2009, a fair organized in parallel with the IDB Annual Meeting in Medellín, this publication includes a message from the new MIF Manager, Julie Katzman, and an overview of…
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Mar 2008
Presenta two exhibitions featuring selections from the Art Collection of the Inter-American Development Bank was open in Miami at the end of March in anticipation of the IDB Annual Meeting of…
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Mar 2008
En este informe se reseñan la información correspondiente al año fiscal 2007 sobre nuestro desempeño en el campo de la sostenibilidad tanto de las actividades del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo…