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Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Cooperation between Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is rapidly increasing in the spirit of South-South cooperation. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Inter-American Development…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Baena Olabe, Paloma;Kahn, Theodore

This technical note considers the role of information and communications technology (ICT) in promoting the use of information and active participation among various stakeholders in the context of…

Date issued: 5月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Blyde, Juan S.

Our knowledge of the trade effects of domestic infrastructure is very limited. The reason is twofold. First, data needed to examine these effects are not readily available. Second, identifying such…

Date issued: 5月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Micco, Alejandro;Parrado, Eric;Piedrabuena, Bernardita;Rebucci, Alessandro

The Chilean system of housing finance is a mixture of public and private elements that has arguably been very successful. This paper provides an up-to-date review of the main instruments, actors,…

Date issued: 5月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Morón, Eduardo;Salgado, Edgar;Seminario, Cristhian

This paper examines the link between financial deepening and formalization in Peru. Using data from the National Household Survey, Bloomberg and the Central Bank of Peru Central Bank, the Catão,…

Date issued: 5月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Caballero, Julián

This paper asks whether bonanzas (surges) in net capital inflows increase the probability of banking crises and whether this is necessarily through a lending boom mechanism. A fixed effects…

Date issued: 5月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ibarrarán, Pablo;Ripani, Laura;Taboada, Bibiana;Villa, Juan Miguel;García, Brígida

This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the impact of the program on traditional labor market…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Bonet, Jaime Alfredo;Zapata, Juan Gonzalo;Rueda, Fabio

En la medida en que la escasez de recursos propios no permite a los gobiernos locales atender adecuadamente las nuevas competencias asignadas por los procesos de descentralización de la región,…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Gattoni, George;Goethert, Reinhard;Chávez, Roberto

Este estudio longitudinal examina y documenta el proceso de viviendas construidas incrementalmente por familias de escasos recursos durante los últimos cuarenta años. Tiene los objetivos de evaluar…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Esta publicação é parte da Cooperação Técnica BR-T1232 que visa apoiar o Governo Brasileiro para preparação para a Rio+20. A estratégia do projeto foi promover uma discussão sobre economia verde de…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Stone, Leslie F.;Huppi, Monika;Fryer, Michelle;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Noboa-Hidalgo, Grace;Poggio, Virginia;Quijano, Ursula;Vélez-Grajales, Viviana

The main objective of this evaluation is to identify lessons from IDB's support to secondary education policies and systems in LAC since 1995, with a particular focus on quality of education and…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Stone, Leslie F.;Huppi, Monika;Fryer, Michelle;Crespo, Anna Risi Vianna;Noboa-Hidalgo, Grace;Poggio, Virginia;Quijano, Ursula;Vélez-Grajales, Viviana

El objetivo de la evaluación es identificar lecciones aprendidas a partir del apoyo del BID a las políticas y sistemas de la educación secundaria en América Latina y el Caribe desde 1995, con…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This document is about CARICOM, SIECA stresses Central American trade dynamism, SIECA, launches Regional Quality Infrastructure and SPS Systems in Central, Andean CommunityProgress in Andean…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Presenta información acerca de CARICOM, SIECA, los acuerdos regionales de países andinos, Foro Económico Mundial para América Latina, El cambio climático en las agendas de los bloques…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Este artigo é sobre CARICOM, SIECA, Sieca lança Programa Regional de Apoio à Qualidade e à Aplicação de Medidas Sanitárias e Fitossanitárias na América Central, Avanço nos acordos regionais de países…

Date issued: 4月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Este é o segundo de dois volumes que compõem o Relatório Anual do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID). Este volume contém a discussão e análise da Administração: capital ordinário e as…

Date issued: 4月 2012
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Meza Monge, Nilo;Muniz Costa, Sérgio Paulo;Berrettoni, Daniel;Brandi, Juan Pedro;Lucángeli, Jorge

El presente número de la Revista está dedicado a la integración física latinoamericana. Al diseñar los contenidos que se reseñan a continuación, el Comité Editorial procedió de la manera habitual,…

Date issued: 4月 2012
Author(s): Treadway, Michael;Funaro, Rita

This edition of IDEA focuses on secondary education in Latin America and examines the serious mismatch between what employers are seeking in terms of knowledge and skills, and what young people are…

Date issued: 4月 2012
Author(s): Treadway, Michael;Funaro, Rita

Este número de IDEA se centra en la educación secundaria en América Latina y examina la fuerte desconexión entre los conocimientos y habilidades que los empleadores buscan y lo que realmente aprenden…

Date issued: 4月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Blanco Blanco, Andrés;Fretes Cibils, Vicente;Boruchowicz, Cynthia;Herrera, Katia;Medellín, Nadin;Muñoz Miranda, Andrés;Azevedo, Viviane;Bouillon, César P.

Los barrios marginales representan una perenne ofensa visual en América Latina y el Caribe. Existe un mayor número de personas que moran en viviendas en pésimo estado en esta región que en otros…

Date issued: 4月 2012
Author(s): Cesa-Bianchi, Ambrogio;Pesaran, M. Hashem;Rebucci, Alessandro;Xu, TengTeng

This is the data used for the estimation of the GVAR model as in "China's Emergence in the World Economy and Business Cycles in Latin America" (access the study in the related URL…

Date issued: 4月 2012
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma

Los Premios ALAS-BID nacen de la necesidad de reconocer el compromiso de tantas personas que trabajan por el desarrollo infantil temprano en América Latina y el Caribe. Los premios son otorgados por…

Date issued: 4月 2012
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma

The ALAS-IDB Awards arise from the need to recognize the dedication, innovation, and excellence of so many people who work in early childhood development in Latin America and the Caribbean. Presented…

Date issued: 4月 2012
Author(s): Duarte, Jesús;Bos, María Soledad;Moreno, Martín

This Technical Note describes the learning inequalities faced by Colombian students and analyzes the equity in the allocation of resources among schools and their relation to learning. Using the…

Date issued: 4月 2012
Author(s): Duarte, Jesús;Bos, María Soledad;Moreno, Martín

Esta Nota Técnica describe la desigualdad en los aprendizajes de los alumnos colombianos y analiza la equidad en la distribución de los recursos y procesos que ocurren en la escuela y su relación con…