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Foreign Aid in the Aftermath of Large Natural Disasters
Foreign Aid in the Aftermath of Large Natural Disasters

Date issued: Aug 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Becerra, Oscar;Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Noy, Ilan

This paper examines Official Development Assistance (ODA) in the aftermath of large natural disasters between 1970 and 2008. Using an event-study approach, the paper finds that while the median…
Effectiveness of Weather Derivatives as a Cross-Hedging Instrument against Climate Change: The Cases of Reservoir Water Allocation Management in Guanajuato, Mexico and Lambayeque, Peru
Effectiveness of Weather Derivatives as a Cross-Hedging Instrument against Climate Change: The Cases of Reservoir Water Allocation Management in Guanajuato, Mexico and Lambayeque, Peru

Date issued: Aug 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Juarez-Torres, Miriam;Sanchez-Aragon, Leonardo

Ongoing climate change will increase competition for water. Diversified demand for water-in contrast with the rigid design of water systems, institutions and infrastructure-could hinder the…
(In)Formal and (Un)Productive: The Productivity Costs of Excessive Informality in Mexico
(In)Formal and (Un)Productive: The Productivity Costs of Excessive Informality in Mexico

Date issued: Aug 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Fazio, Maria Victoria;Levy Algazi, Santiago

The laws that regulate relations between firms and workers in Mexico distinguish sharply between salaried and non-salaried workers, and they are at the root of the existence of informality. This…
Manna from Heaven: The Impact of Nonrenewable Resource Revenues on Other Revenues of Resource Exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean
Manna from Heaven: The Impact of Nonrenewable Resource Revenues on Other Revenues of Resource Exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Date issued: Aug 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ossowski, Rolando;Gonzáles-Castillo, Alberto

This paper examines the impact of the availability of fiscal revenues from nonrenewable resources on other revenues of Latin American and Caribbean resource-exporting countries. It compares the…
Brochure of the Neglected Infectious Diseases Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean
Brochure of the Neglected Infectious Diseases Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean

Date issued: Aug 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Neglected Infectious Diseases (NIDs) remain one the most underfunded disease categories in global health despite their far-reaching impact and the availability of affordable treatments. The Inter-…
Folleto de la Iniciativa de Enfermedades Infecciosas Desatendidas para América Latina y el Caribe
Folleto de la Iniciativa de Enfermedades Infecciosas Desatendidas para América Latina y el Caribe

Date issued: Aug 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Las Enfermedades Infecciosas Desatendidas (EID) se encuentran entre las categorías de enfermedades a nivel mundial a las que se dedica menor financiamiento, a pesar del potencial de impacto y de la…
El ICMS: Génesis, mutaciones, actualidad y caminos para su recuperación
El ICMS: Génesis, mutaciones, actualidad y caminos para su recuperación

Date issued: Aug 2012
Author(s): Rezende, Fernando

La reforma tributaria del año 1965 buscó racionalizar la tributación estatal, substituyendo el antiguo impuesto sobre ventas y consignaciones - IVC por un moderno impuesto sobre el valor agregado en…
O ICMS: Gênese, mutações, atualidade e caminhos para recuperação
O ICMS: Gênese, mutações, atualidade e caminhos para recuperação

Date issued: Aug 2012
Author(s): Rezende, Fernando

A reforma tributária de 1965 buscou racionalizar a tributação estadual, substituindo o antigo imposto sobre vendas e consignações - IVC por um moderno imposto sobre o valor adicionado na circulação…
Sub-national Revenue Mobilization in Latin America and Caribbean Countries: The Case of Venezuela
Sub-national Revenue Mobilization in Latin America and Caribbean Countries: The Case of Venezuela

Date issued: Aug 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ríos, Germán;Ortega, Federico;Scrofina, J. Sebastián

This paper analyzes the high fiscal dependence of Venezuelan states and municipalities on the central government and the political economy process embedded in the interaction between the central…
Developing and Evaluating Citizen Security Programs in Latin America: A Protocol for Evidence-Based Crime Prevention
Developing and Evaluating Citizen Security Programs in Latin America: A Protocol for Evidence-Based Crime Prevention

Date issued: Aug 2012
Author(s): Sherman, Lawrence W.

This protocol is designed mainly for people working to reduce crime and improve justice in Latin America, but it discusses principles that can be used anywhere in the world. Those principles can be…