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Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Anuario Estadístico de Logística de Carga del BID es el primer esfuerzo regional de recolección y estandarización de datos del sector en los 26 países miembros prestatarios del Banco. Las fuentes…

Date issued: 4月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Robles, Marcos;Sáenz, Mayra;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Medellín, Nadin

Between 2000 and 2013, Latin America has considerably reduced poverty (from 46.3% to 29.7% of the population). In this paper, we use synthetic panels to show that, despite progress, the region…

Date issued: 4月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Robles, Marcos;Sáenz, Mayra;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Medellín, Nadin

Entre 2000 y 2013, la pobreza disminuyó considerablemente en América Latina ¿ del 46,3% al 29,7% de la población. En este documento, utilizamos paneles sintéticos para demostrar que, a pesar de los…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos

This document presents the codebook for a novel database of tax reforms for Latin America between 1990 and 2004 using the Worldwide Tax Summaries of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The constraint we…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): D'Erasmo, Pablo N.

This file contains the distribution of firm size at the industry level for formal firms in Brazil.

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Franco, Maria

The Database of Political Institutions presents institutional and electoral results data such as measures of checks and balances, tenure and stability of the government, identification of party…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Seddon Wallack, Jessica

This paper presents a new dataset on electoral systems and outlines its potential uses in further research exploring the connections between electoral systems and economic outcomes. The dataset…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Filc, Gabriel;Scartascini, Carlos

Medium Term Fiscal Frameworks (MTFs) have become one of the most popular reforms to the budgetary process in Latin America during the last decade, and introducing MTFs seemed to be the magic solution…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Candelo, Natalia

Database from the Research Department on Social Exclusion and Experiments in Six Cities of Latin America

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos

This dataset compiles publicly available data that proxies for the quality of the public policies that affect productivity at the national level, along with proxies for the articulation and…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Chong, Alberto E.

Macro bilateral trade data. This dataset was created to support Trade Intensity and Business Cycle Synchronization.

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Jaimovich, Dany;Panizza, Ugo

Commonly used datasets on the level of public debt provide incomplete country and period coverage. This paper presents a new dataset that includes complete series of central government debt for 89…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo

Most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have been growing slowly for a long time and see themselves still poor relative to the rest of the world, both advanced countries and peer…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Arce, Fernando;Powell, Andrew

The February 2015 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that the simple average growth expectations for 2015 for the eight countries covered has…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Russell, Mariko;Muñoz-Ayala, Jorge E.

No existe actualmente un método o instrumento que permita medir y evaluar el uso de las estadísticas para el diseño de las políticas públicas. La evaluación del desarrollo estadístico de los países…

Date issued: 4月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Prada, María Fernanda;Rucci, Graciana;Urzúa, Sergio

This paper studies the effect of mandated employer-provided child care on the wages of women hired in large firms in Chile. We use a unique employer-employee database from the country's…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Herron, Hope;Roy, Sujoy;Bohn, Bill;Courtney, Catherine;Hoagland-Grey, Hilary

This Technical Note identifies climate change risk management options that can be incorporated into IDB investments and presents considerations for monitoring and evaluation strategies to track the…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2015 first quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este libro es un homenaje del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo a la memoria de Gabriel García Márquez, especialmente a su esposa Mercedes Barcha, -incansable compañera de vida-, y a esa infinita…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The INTAL Monthly Newsletter reports on developments in integration and trade across Latin American and the Caribbean. It also serves as a forum for discussing the IDB's activities related to…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La carta mensual del INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. También es el medio para difundir las actividades realizadas…

Date issued: 4月 2015
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

A carta mensal do INTAL informa sobre os desenvolvimentos nas áreas de integração e comércio nas regiões da América Latina e do Caribe. É também um meio de difusão das atividades do BID sobre estes…

Date issued: 3月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Estache, Antonio;Garsous, Grégoire;Seroa da Motta, Ronaldo

This paper investigates the effects of political (mis)alignment on public service delivery when mandates are shared between state and local governments. We analyze sewage treatment policies in the…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Beneke, Margarita;Lustig, Nora;Oliva, José Andrés

El análisis muestra que los programas de transferencias directas (a veces también llamados programas sociales), en general, se concentran mayormente en los hogares con menores ingresos, pero que,…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Ludeña, Carlos E.;Yoon, Sang Won

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate interdisciplinary research on vulnerability indexes to climate change. The paper presents a systematized analysis of recent literature on agriculture, coastal…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): O'Brien, Cherran;Thomas, Chrystol;Wenner, Mark D.;Gomez Osorio, Camillo;Khadan, Jeetendra;Dukharan, Marla;Malcolm, Xavier;Salazni, Mariana;Schmid, Juan Pedro

The Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin discusses recent economic developments in the 6 IDB-member Caribbean countries, as well as the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Being the first…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Annual Report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 2014 (loans, guarantees and grants). The second volume contains the full set of the financial statements of the Bank's…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Informe anual contiene un examen de las operaciones del Banco en 2014 (préstamos, garantías y financiamiento no reembolsable). El segundo volumen contiene el conjunto completo de los estados…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Le Rapport annuel examine les opérations de la Banque pour 2014 (prêts, garanties et subventions). Le second volume contient l'ensemble complet des états financiers des ressources de la Banque.

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

O Relatório Anual contém uma análise das operações do Banco em 2014 (empréstimos, garantias e concessões). O segundo volume contém também o conjunto completo de declarações financeiras sobre os…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): D'Erasmo, Pablo N.

This file contains aggregate indicators of the situation of non-agricultural formal and informal small businesses. The survey gives especial attention to small businesses in the informal sector. The…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2014 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este es el segundo de dos volúmenes que constituyen el Informe Anual del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) 2014. El presente volumen contiene la discusión y análisis de la Administración:…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Ce rapport est le second de deux volumes qui constituent ensemble le rapport annuel 2014 de la Banque Interaméricaine de Développement. Ce rapport contient la discussion et analyse de la Direction:…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Este é o segundo de dois volumes que compõem o Relatório Anual do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) 2014. Este volume contém a discussão e análise da Administração: capital ordinário e as…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Huberts, Alyssa;Machado, Fabiana

The Brazilian Electoral Panel Study (BEPS) was designed primarily to capture campaign dynamics at the national level during the 2010 Brazilian presidential election. It aimed at generating data that…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Powell, Andrew

The 2015 Latin American and Caribbean Macroeconomic Report argues that the region is in the midst of a labyrinth and must navigate several global and domestic obstacles -including lower commodity…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Powell, Andrew

El Informe Macroeconómico de América Latina y el Caribe de 2015 sostiene que la región se encuentra en medio de un laberinto y debe sortear varios obstáculos globales y domésticos -incluyendo precios…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): López Castaño, Hugo;Lasso Valderrama,Francisco

Con base en la información sobre los estados laborales de la población en edad de trabajar, contenida en las encuestas transversales de hogares del período 2008-2013, con cobertura nacional, en este…

Date issued: 3月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arias Ortiz, Elena;Farías, Mauricio;González-Velosa, Carolina;Huneeus, Cristóbal;Rucci, Graciana

El rol del capital humano como motor de desarrollo productivo y crecimiento de los países es uno de los temas más estudiados en ciencias sociales. El consenso es amplio: la educación, entendida como…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report highlights the Inter-American Development Bank's sustainability performance in 2014, both in achieving institutional sustainability investment and safeguards targets, as well as…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe destaca el desempeño en materia de sostenibilidad del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en 2014, tanto en el logro de inversión institucional sostenible y metas de salvaguardias, como…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Batarce, Marco;Muñoz, Juan Carlos;Ortúzar, Juan de Dios;Raveau, Sebastian;Mojica, Carlos;Ríos Flores, Ramiro Alberto

Passenger crowding is one of the main problems in Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems. This document presents an analysis and valuation of passenger crowding in two Latin American BRT systems. First,…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Asian Development Bank

This brochure belongs to the High-Level Seminar: New Horizons in Latin America and Caribbean - Asia Development Cooperation Identifying Development Solutions through South-South and Triangular…

Date issued: 3月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cesa-Bianchi, Ambrogio;Céspedes, Luis Felipe;Rebucci, Alessandro

This paper first compares house price cycles in advanced and emerging economies using a new quarterly house price dataset covering the period 1990- 2012. It is found that that house prices in…

Date issued: 3月 2015
Author(s): Blanco Blanco, Andrés;Volpe, Federica

En este documento se presenta una panorámica de la tenencia de vivienda en América Latina y el Caribe, con enfoque en el área urbana. Se destaca el perfil de quién arrienda, qué tipo de vivienda…

Date issued: 3月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kaplan, David S.;Novella, Rafael;Rucci, Graciana;Vazquez, Claudia

This paper evaluates the impact of the Bono Trabajador Activo, a training voucher program in Chile, on workers' labor market outcomes. Using detailed administrative datasets of the National…

Date issued: 3月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Finkelstein-Shapiro, Alan;González Gómez, Andrés

This paper builds a small open economy business cycle model with labor and financial market frictions that incorporates frictional, endogenous self-employment entry and a link between formal credit…

Date issued: 3月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Estevadeordal, Antoni

For Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Asia has gone from an afterthought to a centerpiece of economic relations over the last decade. Seemingly out of nowhere, fast-growing Asian economies…

Date issued: 3月 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Estevadeordal, Antoni

Durante la última década, Asia ha pasado de ser una idea tardía a ser una pieza central de las relaciones económicas para América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Aparentemente de la nada, economías…