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Date issued: Aug 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arbeláez, María Angélica;Camacho, Carolina;Fajardo, Johanna

This paper explores the role played by policy instruments in access to housing finance by low-income households. It also analyzes the impact of housing credit and subsidies on both the quality of…

Date issued: Aug 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Outes-Leon, Ingo;Porter, Catherine;Sánchez, Alan

This paper examines the causal link between early childhood nutrition and cognition, applying instrumental variables to sibling-differences for a sample of preschool aged Peruvian children. Child-…

Date issued: Aug 2011
Author(s): Gayá, Romina;Michalczewsky, Kathia

La presente nota técnica examina el salto exportador del MERCOSUR entre 2003 y 2008. Más allá del boom de las materias primas presenta un detallado análisis cuantitativo de la evolución de las ventas…

Date issued: Aug 2011
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

A ultima década tem sido marcada por crescentes manifestações por parte de lideres do Brasil e da Colômbia sobre a importância e urgência da integração dos dois países sul-americanos. O ex-presidente…

Date issued: Aug 2011
Author(s): Muñoz, Rodrigo;López-Peña, Paula;Vivo, Sigrid;McCoy, Sandra

The study reports on a randomized trial of 1,200 young adults enrolled in an employment training program, to determine the most cost-effective and appropriate interview mode for measuring youth risk…

Date issued: Aug 2011
Author(s): Muñoz, Rodrigo;López-Peña, Paula;Vivo, Sigrid;McCoy, Sandra

Este trabajo busca contrastar la costo-efectividad de cuatro modos de administrar encuestas utilizadas para medir eficazmente los comportamientos de riesgo entre jóvenes. Se estudiaron dos modos…

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

This edition of IDEA draws from a forthcoming IDB book, Export Pioneers in Latin America, which analyzes a series of case studies of successful new export activities throughout the region to learn…

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

Este número de IDEA se basa en un libro del BID que saldrá próximamente, "Los pioneros de las exportaciones en América Latina", que analiza una serie de estudios de caso de nuevas…

Date issued: Jul 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aterido, Reyes;Hallward-Driemeier, Mary;Pagés, Carmen

Seguro Popular (SP) was introduced in 2002 to provide health insurance to the 50 million Mexicans without Social Security. This paper tests whether the program has had unintended consequences,…

Date issued: Jul 2011
Author(s): Esmeral Berrío, Roberto

Esta presentación fue realizada en la 2ª Reunión sobre Cambio Climático del Diálogo Regional de Política realizada en La Antigua, Guatemala en Julio de 2011. El ella se discute el papel de las…