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Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este Informe anual contiene un examen de las operaciones del Banco en 1998.

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Castañeda, Tarsicio;Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique

The purpose of this report is to investigate the effects of family background factors in determining the intergenerational transmission of poverty in Latin America, drawing on a review of recent…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Hagnauer, H.;Rivera, Cecilia;Valcarcel, José A.

This documents explains the basic principles and concepts of the Business Development Centers (BDC) model of Swisscontact, a company providing professional and vocational training, environmental…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Urani, André

This document describes the efforts of the Department of Labor of Rio de Janeiro to build a comprehensive institutional framework focused on the promotion of a long run, micro-firm based local…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Angelelli, Pablo;Gatto, Francisco;Yoguel, Gabriel

El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar --desde la perspectiva empresarial-- la importancia de los servicios de consultoría y capacitación como herramientas fundamentales para el desarrollo de las…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Meyer-Stamer, Jörg

The presentation gives a brief overview of the most important aspects of adjustment strategies in the ceramic tile cluster in Criciúma and the textiles and clothing cluster in Itajaí Valley, Brazil.…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): McKean, Cressida S.

This discussion paper addresses a study undertook a cross-country survey of nearly 300 exporters. The object of the survey was to determine what types of services exporters actually used, which ones…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Gibson, Alan

This presentation discusses business development services and providers, in the context of developing a stronger industry.

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Singer, Andrew

This document describes how pro-market aid works and gives practical lessons from specific schemes of aid projects. This presentation took place at the Inter-American Development Bank's…

Date issued: Mar 1999
Author(s): Steel, William F.

The Conference gave impetus to the changing paradigm for assistance to small enterprises: away from the direct provision of business development services by governments and donor agencies toward the…