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Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Alves, Denisard;Pereda, Paula C.;Nadal, Raquel

This study examines potential policy instruments for agricultural climate change adaptation based on empirical analysis of a theoretical model for Brazil. Risk management approaches, such as…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Bosch, Mariano;Berstein, Solange;Castellani, Francesca;Oliveri, María Laura;Villa, Juan Miguel

Colombia necesita una reforma del sistema pensional. Esa reforma tiene que tener como objetivo solucionar los problemas de la falta de cobertura, la alta inequidad del sistema, los potenciales…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Kahn, Theodore;Estevadeordal, Antoni;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

INT's research program over the past several years has sought to fill this gap. Beginning in 2008, the Sector has published a series of analytically rigorous and policy relevant studies of the…

Date issued: 6月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pecha, Camilo;Ruprah, Inder J.

This paper explores the role of religion in mitigating the degree to whichunemployment reduces subjective well-being and it examines its support of
social programs. The paper goes beyond…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Scholl, Lynn;Guerrero, Alejandro;Quintanilla, Oscar;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth;Sadeghi, Patricia

This document presents a summary of the evaluation "Comparative Case Studies of Three IDB-supported Urban Transport Projects" completed by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight at the…

Date issued: 6月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cruz, Cesi;Keefer, Philip

The challenge of public administration reform is well-known: politicians often have little interest in the efficient implementation of government policy. Using new data from 439 World Bank public…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;World Bank;International Finance Corporation;European Investment Bank;European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;Asian Development Bank;African Development Bank

The Joint Report on MDB Climate Finance captures a particular context of activities that Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) carry out in developing and emerging economies. The context is built on…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Scholl, Lynn;Guerrero, Alejandro;Quintanilla, Oscar;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth;Sadeghi, Patricia

Bus rapid transit (BRT) systems have become an increasingly popular approach to addressing mobility and environmental problems in urban areas in Latin America and around the world. In line with this…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Scholl, Lynn;Guerrero, Alejandro;Quintanilla, Oscar;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth;Sadeghi, Patricia

Los sistemas de tránsito rápido por autobús (BRT) se están utilizando cada vez más como enfoque para resolver los problemas de movilidad y ambientales en zonas urbanas de América Latina y en todo el…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Ordoñez, Romina;Valdés Conroy, Héctor;Rose, Jonathan

This is the third of seven detailed reports published with the evaluation Review of the Bank's Support to Agriculture, 2002-2014: Evidence from Key Thematic Areas conducted by the Office of…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Ordoñez, Romina;Valdés Conroy, Héctor;Rose, Jonathan

Este documento es el tercero de siete informes detallados que acompañan la evaluación Revisión del Apoyo del Banco al Sector Agropecuario, 2002-2014: Evidencia de Áreas Temáticas Clave llevada a cabo…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Mendieta Umaña, Maria Paula;Valdés Conroy, Héctor;Rose, Jonathan

This is the first of seven detailed reports published with the evaluation Review of the Bank's Support to Agriculture, 2002-2014: Evidence from Key Thematic Areas, conducted by the Office of…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Mendieta Umaña, Maria Paula;Valdés Conroy, Héctor;Rose, Jonathan

Este documento es el primero de siete informes detallados que acompañan la evaluación Revisión del Apoyo del Banco al Sector Agropecuario, 2002-2014: Evidencia de Áreas Temáticas Clave llevada a cabo…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Valdés Conroy, Héctor;Schijman, Agustina;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette

This is the second of seven detailed reports published with the evaluation Review of the Bank's Support to Agriculture, 2002-2014: Evidence from Key Thematic Areas conducted by the Office of…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Valdés Conroy, Héctor;Schijman, Agustina;Molina Garsón, Adriana Lizette

Este documento es el segundo de siete informes detallados que acompañan la evaluación Revisión del Apoyo del Banco al Sector Agropecuario, 2002-2014: Evidencia de Áreas Temáticas Clave llevada a cabo…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Scholl, Lynn;Guerrero, Alejandro

This case study presents the main findings and lessons learned from implementing a BRT system in Cali, to inform a larger comparative case study evaluation of IDB-supported integrated mass transit…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Scholl, Lynn;Celse L'Hoste, Margareth

This case study evaluates the design, implementation, and results of the IDB-supported exclusive and preferential bus corridors financed in Montevideo through the Montevideo Urban Transportation…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Scholl, Lynn;Quintanilla, Oscar

This case study, an input to a comparative project evaluation of IDB-supported urban transport projects, examines the project's design, implementation, results, and sustainability. It starts by…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Lacambra Ayuso, Sergio;Suarez, Ginés;Hori, Tsuneki;Salazar, Lina;Sanahuja, Haris;Torres, Ana María;Gurza, Laura;Visconti, Ernesto

La República de México cuenta con un marco normativo impulsado por las leyes marco de Protección Civil, que sientan las bases jurídico-institucionales para la gestión de riesgos de desastres en el…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Marchán, Estefanía;Sucre, Carlos

The rise of fast-growing, populous economies in Asia has increased demand for Latin American primary commodities to unprecedented levels, quickly raising Asia's importance as an economic partner…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Marchán, Estefanía;Sucre, Carlos

El surgimiento al escenario mundial de las economías asiáticas, de rápido crecimiento y grandes poblaciones, ha incrementado la demanda por materias primas de América Latina a niveles sin precedentes…

Date issued: 6月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Armijo, Marianela;Cuesta, Juan Pablo;Feinstein, Osvaldo Néstor;García López, Roberto;García Moreno, Mauricio;Kaufmann, Jorge;Makón, Marcos Pedro;Pimenta, Carlos;Sanginés, Mario;Sanín Ángel, Héctor;Santiso, Carlos;Urra, Francisco Javier;Varea, Marco

Improving public services, using State resources efficiently, and managing State agencies effectively have been ongoing concerns of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) governments since the beginning…

Date issued: 6月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Armijo, Marianela;Cuesta, Juan Pablo;Feinstein, Osvaldo Néstor;García López, Roberto;García Moreno, Mauricio;Kaufmann, Jorge;Makón, Marcos Pedro;Pimenta, Carlos;Sanginés, Mario;Sanín Ángel, Héctor;Santiso, Carlos;Urra, Francisco Javier;Varea, Marco

Mejorar los servicios públicos, usar de manera eficiente los recursos y gestionar de forma efectiva las instituciones del Estado ha sido una preocupación constante de los gobiernos de América Latina…

Date issued: 6月 2015
Author(s): Arce, Fernando;Powell, Andrew

The April 2015 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that both the simple average growth expectations for 2015 and the GDP weighted average…

Date issued: 6月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fuentes, J. Rodrigo;Melgarejo, Karl Alexander;Mercer-Blackman, Valerie

A renewed interest in explaining growth in the Caribbean countries is motivated by the somewhat slow but uneven performance in the past decade: per capita GDP gaps in Caribbean countries have widened…