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

The aftermath of the global financial crisis has reshaped world growth and demand patterns, leading to a two-speed recovery, with slow growth in industrial countries and fast growth in emerging…

Date issued: Mar 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Yáñez-Pagans, Patricia

This paper compares the dynamic consistency of targeting methodologies that use multidimensional welfare indicators with those based on means and proxy means tests using panel data from Mexico. To…

Date issued: Mar 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pineda Burgos, Allan Edgardo;Agüero Rodríguez, Marco Antonio;Espinoza, Sandra Karina

Honduran farmers are at a disadvantage when dealing with intermediaries because they lack timely information about market prices. This paper first analyzes which information and communications…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Segovia, Raul M.

This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2010 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of…

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

This report reviews and analyzes key aspects of the bloc's integration process in relation to both the internal and external agendas in the period from July 2009 to June 2010. The opening two…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Simpson, Murray;Scott, Daniel;Trotz, Ulric

In this technical note, the authors present the effects of climate change on tourism development in the Caribbean, focusing on sea level rise and approaches to sustainability managing climate change…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Da Gama Torres, Haroldo

This paper examines the environmental and social implications of peri-urban growth in small to medium sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean and proposes approaches to address this challenge…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Castro, Gonzalo

The emergence of the new South-South axis in commerce provides extraordinary opportunities for poverty alleviation, investment in clean technologies, and strong movement toward sustainable…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Maldonado, René;Bajuk, Natasha;Hayem, María Luisa

This paper deals with remittance trends in Latin America and the Caribbean, including statistics and indicators. In 2010, remittance flows to Latin America and the Caribbean marked the end of the…

Date issued: Mar 2011
Author(s): Nepstad, Daniel

In this technical note, the author discusses the implications of the rapid growth in agriculture in tropical Latin America and how new global and regional initiatives can support effective management…