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Date issued: Jun 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alberti, Juan;Pereyra, Andrés

La preinversión es la etapa fundacional del proyecto, y concluye con la estructuración contractual y comienzo de la implementación. Una preinversión con estudios técnico-económicos completos lleva a…

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique

Latin American and Caribbean countries are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. To prevent these effects from occurring, entrepreneurs are working collaboratively with…

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique

Los países de América Latina y el Caribe son particularmente vulnerables a los impactos del cambio climático. Para evitar estos efectos, potenciando el uso de las nuevas tecnologías digitales, los…

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Schmid, Juan Pedro;Wright, Allan;Bollers, Elton;Khadan, Jeetendra;Smets, Lodewijk;Mooney, Henry;Giles Álvarez, Laura;Schwartz, Moises;Waithe, Kimberly

The year 2017 brought mixed results for the countries of the Caribbean Country Department of the Inter-American Development Bank, and the situation remains similar in 2018. While The Bahamas,…

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Wright, Allan;Grenade, Kari

This Policy Brief examines The Bahamas’ Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2018, juxtaposing it against some standard principles that typically guide the formation of a fiscal responsibility framework. Key…

Date issued: Jun 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Miralles-Wilhelm, Fernando;Muñoz Castillo, Raúl

The concept of the energy, water, and land (EWL) nexus encompasses a growing concern on the availability of vital resources derived from these intertwined systems, and how to manage the nexus…

Date issued: Jun 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ruiz-Arranz, Marta;Beverinotti, Javier;Andrian, Leandro Gaston;Stucchi, Rodolfo;Lotti, Giulia;Castellani, Francesca;Castilleja Vargas, Liliana;Borensztein, Eduardo;Martin, Lucia;Garay Rodriguez, Pablo Andrés;Avellán, Leopoldo;Carrillo, Paul E.;Chacón, Nelson;Leal Calderon, Zulima;Deza, María Cecilia

Este reporte plantea una agenda de crecimiento para los países de la región andina basada en la productividad y la inversión. Ello parte por identificar los principales síntomas de la baja…

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Arza, Valeria

This study contributes to our understanding of how barriers to innovation affect firms of different size. We review the literature on obstacles to innovation. We found that there is a gap regarding…

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Abuelafia, Emmanuel

El flujo migratorio los países del Triángulo Norte de Centroamérica (TN) hacia los EE. UU. es muy significativo, alcanzando un stock de 3 millones de ciudadanos de esos países que viven, en su…

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Castilleja Vargas, Liliana

This policy brief presents a summary of the development challenges that the country faces

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Castilleja Vargas, Liliana

Este policy brief presenta un resumen de los desafios de desarrollo que enfrenta el país.

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Beverinotti, Javier

This policy brief presents a summary of the development challenges facing the country.

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Beverinotti, Javier

Este policy brief presenta un resumen de los desafíos de desarrollo que enfrenta el país.

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Díaz Cassou, Javier

This policy brief presents a summary of the development challenges facing the country.

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Díaz Cassou, Javier

Este policy brief presenta un resumen de los desafíos de desarrollo que enfrenta el país.

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Watson Williams, Carol

This study was specifically designed to collect information on women’s health and their experiences of violence in Jamaica. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods was used to collect…

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Landa, Elixabete;Vega, Gabriela;Hidalgo, Nidia

Esta herramienta describe los contenidos y la metodología para llevar a cabo la inducción y capacitación inicial del personal de un programa de servicios integrados para el empoderamiento de la…

Date issued: Jun 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Sánchez Chico, Ana;Macours, Karen;Maluccio, John A.;Stampini, Marco

Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs are important anti-poverty programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. There is little evidence, however, of the effectiveness of ongoing CCT programs…

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Marulanda, Beatriz;Fajury, Lizbeth;Paredes, Mariana

Los gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe tienen una gran capacidad de impacto en el desarrollo de la digitalización de un país, debido a la escala de sus pagos y recaudos, y a las externalidades…

Date issued: Jun 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Oliveira, Leise Kelli de;Matos, Bárbara Abreu;Dablanc, Laetitia;Ribeiro, Karisa;Isa, Selma Setsumi

No documento apresenta conceitos sobre Soluções de Logística Urbana de Baixo Carbono, o contexto dos planos de mobilidade de carga no Brasil, exemplos de formas de obtenção de dados e sugestões de…

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Jarquín, María José;Molina, Evelyn;Roseth, Benjamin

La Auditoría de Desempeño es una de las áreas más importantes de la evolución de las Entidades Fiscalizadoras Superiores de América Latina y el Caribe en las últimas dos décadas. A partir de la…

Date issued: Jun 2018
Author(s): Khadan, Jeetendra;Baxter, Sasha

This paper examines the effectiveness of Guyana’s fiscal framework as the country prepares to usher in an era of oil wealth. The paper draws on a large body of literature to determine the key…

Date issued: Jun 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berlinski, Samuel

We analyze the effects on teacher retention and between school mobility of a program that rewards excellence in pedagogical practice in Chile. Teachers apply voluntarily for the award and those who…

Date issued: Jun 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Garegnani, Lorena;Gómez Aguirre, Maximiliano

In 2016 the Central Bank of Argentina began to announce inflation targets. In this context, providing authorities with good estimates of relevant macroeconomic variables is crucial for making…

Date issued: Jun 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fuertes, Alberto;Gimeno, Ricardo;Marqués, José Manuel

In this paper we estimate inflation expectations for several Latin American countries using an affine model that takes as factors the observed inflation and the parameters generated from zero-coupon…