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May 2017
While citizen security has become an ever-increasing concern for many Caribbean countries, the magnitude of the problem has not been matched with an equally robust response in terms of research. This…
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May 2017
El delito constituye sin duda un tema de preocupación para los responsables de las políticas y los ciudadanos del Caribe. Al contrario de las tendencias internacionales-que muestran bajas o…
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May 2017
Históricamente, la cartera de Costa Rica ha sido identificada como de bajo desempeño en términos de edad del portafolio y porcentaje de desembolsos. En efecto, programas de inversión bajo la…
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May 2017
El estudio evalúa el contexto institucional y operativo del reciclaje inclusivo en 12 ciudades de América Latina y el Caribe por medio de un conjunto de indicadores cualitativos y cuantitativos, con…
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May 2017
Quantitative analysis of a New Keynesian model with the Bernanke-Gertler accelerator and risk shocks shows that violations of Tinbergen's Rule and strategic interaction between policymaking…
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May 2017
This paper proposes a structural approach to measuring the effects of electoral accountability. A political agency model with imperfect information is modeled in order to identify and quantify…
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May 2017
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This document presents the results of a study that combines data on the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG measured in CO2 equivalents) from farming activities with the incidence of policy incentives…
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May 2017
This report represents an initial effort to systematically describe the commercial activities of Fintech in Latin America. In the first part, we offer an overview of the sector and its main trends in…
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May 2017
Este informe constituye un primer esfuerzo por describir de manera sistemática la actividad empresarial relativa a las Fintech en toda América Latina. En el primer capítulo se ofrece una panorámica…
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May 2017
Este relatório é uma primeira tentativa de descrever de forma sistemática a atividade empresarial relativa às fintechs em toda a América Latina. O primeiro capítulo apresenta uma visão geral do setor…
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May 2017
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La presente publicación tiene por objetivo evaluar la introducción del gas natural como opción energética en Centroamérica en base a la estimación de la demanda potencial, análisis de estrategias y…
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May 2017
This paper presents updated information about crime and violence in Belize, and about current and recent initiatives that address these issues, with an emphasis on youth and on Southside Belize City…
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May 2017
This paper discusses the constantly changing definition of big data and portrays the landscape of the most widely used analytical techniques in the context of public policy formulation in Latin…
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May 2017
El presente trabajo comenta la definición de "datos masivos", en evolución permanente, y describe un panorama de las técnicas analíticas más utilizadas en el contexto de la formulación de…
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May 2017
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Over the past two decades, national and local governments in Caribbean and Pacific Small Island Development States have partnered with the donor community to implement over $55 billion in development…
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May 2017
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El presente documento busca analizar más allá de cuánto invertir en infraestructura, el cómo financiar la inversión privada en infraestructura en tres países de ALC. En particular se busca…
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May 2017
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In this paper, we build a heterogeneous agents-dynamic general equilibrium model wherein saving constraints interact with credit constraints. Saving constraints in the form of fixed costs to use the…
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May 2017
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While citizen security has become an ever-increasing concern for many Caribbean countries, the magnitude of the problem has not been matched with an equally robust response in terms of research. This…
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May 2017
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The 2008 Financial Crisis and subsequent financial turbulence has triggered economists and policymakers to revisit the extent to which capital account liberalization is optimal for all countries at…
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May 2017
Apesar dos avanços da inclusão financeira no Brasil, grande parte dos microempreendedores de baixa renda ainda não possui acesso ao crédito produtivo. Esse é um desafio enfrentado especialmente por…
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May 2017
This document presents an evaluation by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the Country Program of the Inter-American Development Bank with Guyana over the period 2012-2016. This Country…
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May 2017
Este documento presenta una evaluación de la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) sobre el Programa de País del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo con Guyana durante el período 2012-2016. Esta…
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May 2017
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This study uses simulations of state-dependent distributions of fiscal limits for 18 economies in Central America and the Caribbean to better understand governments¿ ability to service their debt,…
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May 2017
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In this study we develop an evidence-based tool to help to guide policy and investment choices, to maximize developmental returns from tourism. Specifically, we develop a tourism-extended social…
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May 2017
This report presents estimates of Latin American and Caribbean international trade flows in 2016 and an update through the first quarter of 2017. It was prepared by the Integration and Trade Sector (…