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Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Chile.
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Jul 2016
This report sets out to present some of the highlights from a more in depth study carried out on social entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems in Chile.
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Jun 2016
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Interventions designed to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are popular among policy makers, given the role SMEs play in job creation around the world. Business support interventions in low…
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Jun 2016
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This article challenges recent findings that democracy has sizable effects on economic growth. As extensive political science research indicates that economic turmoil is responsible for causing or…
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Jun 2016
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We investigate empirically the factors related to price uncertainty in the markets for two key Central American commodities: coffee and sugar (“softs”). Specifically, we analyze the predictive power…
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Jun 2016
This case study is one of ten international studies developed by the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), in association with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), for the…
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Jun 2016
This case study is one of ten international case studies developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in association with the Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), for…
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Jun 2016
Este estudio de caso es uno de diez estudios de casos internacionales desarrollados por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en asociación con el Instituto Coreano de Investigación para los…
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Jun 2016
This case study is one of ten international studies developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in association with the Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), for the…
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Jun 2016
Este estudo de caso de Cidades Inteligentes faz parte de um conjunto de dez estudos de casos internacionais desenvolvidos pelo Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) em colaboração com o…
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Jun 2016
This paper shows that, in spite of recent progress in the usage of alternative financial services by adult populations, Latin America's financial inclusion gaps relative to either high-income…
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Jun 2016
This case study is one of ten international studies developed by the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), in association with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), for the…
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Jun 2016
This case study is one of ten international studies developed by the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), in association with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), for the…
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Jun 2016
This case study is one of ten international studies developed by the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), in association with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), for the…
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Jun 2016
This case study is one of ten international studies developed by the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), in association with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), for the…
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Jun 2016
This case study is one of ten international studies developed by the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), in association with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), for the…
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Jun 2016
This online appendix presents a thorough analysis of the nature, dynamics, and most important events for 38 cases of democratization, including the list of democracy experts and key country-specific…
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Jun 2016
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Este libro desea reflejar el paso de la política de innovación en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) hacia una etapa de creciente sofisticación y de mayor impacto sobre el desarrollo. Una evolución…
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Jun 2016
Esta nota técnica busca ofrecer los lineamientos para respaldar la incorporación de la perspectiva de género en los proyectos financiados por el BID que abordan presupuestos subnacionales (es decir,…
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Jun 2016
This report is part of an IDB technical note series on crime and violence in the Caribbean. The overall aim is to establish a baseline in the crime prevention arena against which progress can be…
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Jun 2016
This report is part of an IDB Technical Note series on crime and violence in the Caribbean. The overall aim is to establish a baseline of the crime prevention arena against which progress can be…
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Jun 2016
This report is part of an IDB technical note series on crime and violence in the Caribbean. The overall aim is to establish a baseline of the crime prevention arena against which progress can be…
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Jun 2016
This report is part of the Inter-American Development Bank's Technical Note Series on Crime and Violence in the Caribbean. The overall aim is to establish a baseline of the crime-prevention…
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Jun 2016
This case study is one of ten international case studies developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in association with the Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), for…
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Jun 2016
Este estudio de caso es uno de los 10 estudios de casos internacionales desarrollados por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en asociación con el Instituto Coreano de Investigación para los…
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Jun 2016
This case study is one of ten international case studies developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in association with the Korean Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), for…
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Jun 2016
Este estudio de caso es uno de diez estudios de casos internacionales desarrollados por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en asociación con el Instituto Coreano de Investigación para los…
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Jun 2016
INFOGRAFÍA. En el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo tenemos la visión de una región con ciudades limpias, capaces de proveer servicios integrales para el manejo de los residuos sólidos a la…
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Jun 2016
INFOGRÁFICO: No Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, temos a visão de uma região com cidades limpas, capazes de proporcionar serviços integrais de manejo dos resíduos sólidos para a toda a…
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Jun 2016
INFOGRAFÍA: En las últimas dos décadas, la región de América Latina y el Caribe ha estado a la altura de los desafíos en términos de acceso a servicios de agua y saneamiento: entre 1990 y el 2015,…
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Jun 2016
INFOGRAFIA: En las últimas dos décadas, la región de América Latina y el Caribe ha estado a la altura de los desafíos en términos de acceso a servicios de agua y saneamiento: entre 1990 y el 2015,…
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Jun 2016
INFOGRAFIA: En las últimas dos décadas, la región de América Latina y el Caribe ha estado a la altura de los desafíos en términos de acceso a servicios de agua y saneamiento: entre 1990 y el 2015,…
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Jun 2016
INFOGRÁFICO: Nas duas últimas décadas, a região da América Latina e Caribe esteve à altura dos desafios em termos de acesso a serviços de água e saneamento: entre 1990 e 2015, mais de 220 milhões de…
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Jun 2016
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Furnas fue creada por el decreto nº 41.066, de 28 de febrero de 1957, paraconstruir y operar la primera central hidroeléctrica de gran tamaño en Brasil,
así como el sistema de transmisión…
así como el sistema de transmisión…
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Jun 2016
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Furnas foi criada pelo Decreto nº 41.066, de 28 de fevereiro de 1957, para construir e operar a primeira usina hidrelétrica de grande porte no Brasil, bem como o sistema de transmissão a ela…
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Jun 2016
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It takes two to tango. Strong public-private collaboration is key for discovering and implementing effective productive development policies to bring out the best in existing economic activities and…
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Jun 2016
Este documento investiga las siguientes preguntas relacionadas con las políticas de desarrollo infantil en América Latina y el Caribe: 1) ¿Cuáles son los principales marcos institucionales y legales…
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Jun 2016
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En el marco del estudio de Impactos Económicos del Cambio Climático de Colombia (EIECC) se identificaron medidas y políticas de adaptación para disminuir los impactos o aprovechar las oportunidades…
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Jun 2016
This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, pushing past the limits of traditional macroeconomic…
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Jun 2016
This publication tells the story of the collaboration between the Inter-American Development Bank, PepsiCo, and the PepsiCo Foundation. At a February 2011 ceremony in Mexico City, a five-year…
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Jun 2016
This paper shows, using probit analysis, that low national savings increase the risk of macroeconomic crisis. Foreign savings are a poor substitute of national savings not only for domestic…
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Jun 2016
Why should people -and economies- save? The typical answer usually focuses on the need to protect against future shocks, to smooth consumption during hard times, in short, to save for the proverbial…
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Jun 2016
Savings in an economy matter for development. At the macro level, savings determine how much a country can invest, and they have implications for growth and economic stability. At the individual…
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Jun 2016
In advanced economies, the vast majority of savings are intermediated through formal financial instruments. This intermediation can take one of three forms: direct financing, with individuals holding…
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Jun 2016
Why save more? One good reason is to invest more. Economies that save more can take advantage of investment opportunities and thus grow faster. Investing to improve access to education and health,…
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Jun 2016
Countries invest in physical capital in order to grow. In principle, domestic investment can be financed with either national or foreign financing. However, foreign financing is not a good substitute…
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Jun 2016
When it comes to consumption and saving, there are two groups of people: those who produce resources actively in the labor market, and those who depend on what others produce because they are either…
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Jun 2016
Pension systems in Latin America and the Caribbean are broken. To begin with, they cover less than half the population. Moreover, flaws in structure and financing make some of them unsustainable,…
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Jun 2016
Increasing national saving requires everyone to pitch in, including the government. Traditionally, policies to boost public saving have focused on either raising taxes or cutting spending—or both.…
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Jun 2016
Ultimately, Latin America’s low saving rate can be traced back to individual households throughout the region. Why do they—or do they not—save and how? Answering this question is not an easy task.…