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Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Smallridge, Diana;Buchner, Barbara;Trabacchi, Chiara;Netto, Maria;Gomes Lorenzo, José Juan;Serra, Lucila

Significant investments are needed to support the global transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient future. Current finance flows fall short of global financing needs, and massive scaling up is…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Smallridge, Diana;Buchner, Barbara;Trabacchi, Chiara;Netto, Maria;Gomes Lorenzo, José Juan;Serra, Lucila

Se necesitan inversiones significativas para apoyar la transición global hacia un futuro bajo en emisiones de carbono, resiliente al clima. Los flujos financieros actuales no son suficientes para…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This Sustainability Report covers sustainability progress and performance in the 2012 fiscal year for the Inter-American Development Bank. The Report includes a section on integrated water resources…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Hammond, David S.;Rosales, Judith;Ouboter, Paul E.

This paper provides a brief overview of the linkages between the primary factors driving gold mining, how these interact with regional geology to concentrate impacts on specific river basins, and the…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En Centroamérica las distancias son cortas y los volúmenes de carga son pequeños para consolidar una red densa de transporte marítimo de corta distancia. Además, no existe una red ferroviaria…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Cashman, Adrian

This paper provides an overview of the major factors influencing water security in the Caribbean Region. Given the diversity of the region, this will necessarily entail a "broad brush"…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Anderson, Elizabeth P.

This paper provides an overview of the characteristics of Central American rivers and related freshwater ecosystem services, discusses trends in hydropower development and known environmental and…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Vuille, Mathias

This paper describes the challenges surrounding current and future water use in the tropical Andes by first reviewing the modern and future projected hydrological cycle and anticipated impacts on…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Anderson, Elizabeth P.

Este documento ofrece una descripción general de las características de los ríos centroamericanos y de los servicios de los ecosistemas de agua dulce conexos, analiza las tendencias del desarrollo de…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Hammond, David S.;Rosales, Judith;Ouboter, Paul E.

En este documento se presenta un breve panorama de los vínculos que median entre los factores primarios que impulsan la minería aurífera, la manera en que interactúan con la geología regional y…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Cashman, Adrian

En esta monografía se presenta un panorama de los principales factores que influyen en la seguridad del abastecimiento de agua en la Región del Caribe. En vista de la diversidad de la región, eso…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Vuille, Mathias

En este documento se describen los desafíos que plantea el uso actual y futuro del agua en los Andes tropicales, comenzando por un análisis del ciclo hidrológico proyectado presente y futuro, así…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Kupfer, Monica E.;IDB Cultural Center

The IDB Cultural Center is proud to host this exhibit honoring the Republic of Panama, host country of the IDB Annual Meeting, which will take place from March 14¿20, 2013. The exhibition highlights…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Kupfer, Monica E.;IDB Cultural Center

El Centro Cultural del BID se enorgullece en presentar esta muestra, que rinde homenaje a la República de Panamá, país anfitrión de la Reunión Anual de Gobernadores del BID, a celebrarse entre el 14…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Antún, Juan Pablo

La mayor parte de las ciudades sufre problemas de congestión y dificultades en las labores de distribución urbana de mercancías. Los centros logísticos permiten mejorar las estrategias de…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Mecanismo Independente de Consulta e Investigação

Em 2012 o Mecanismo Independente de Consulta e Investigação (MICI) realizou uma série de atividades e alcançou diversos marcos importantes que ofereceram uma riqueza de lições aprendidas. O sólido…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism

During 2012, the Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (ICIM) carried out a range of activities and reached a number of important milestones that provided a wealth of lessons learned.…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Mecanismo Independiente de Consulta e Investigación

Durante 2012, el Mecanismo Independiente de Consulta e Investigacion (MICI) llevo a cabo una serie de actividades y logro varios hitos importantes que aportaron un sinnumero de lecciones aprendidas.…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Mécanisme Indépendant de Consultation et d’Investigation

En 2012, le Mécanisme indépendant de consultation et d'investigation (MICI) a réalisé une série d'activités et atteint plusieurs échéances majeures riches d'enseignements. Le soutien…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Pombo, Cristina;Nicaretta, Romina;Mejía, Francisco;Taboada, Bibiana;Pusterla, Fazia;Meduña, Patricia;Neret, Matilde;Cossens, Shakirah;Díaz, Luis;Toda, Ichiro;Cáceres, Agustin;Azevedo, Viviane;Álvarez, Carola;Betts, Tracy;Echebarría, Koldo

This year, our fourth annual Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO 2012) shows that the implementation of the IDB's Development Effectiveness Framework is yielding positive results. In 2012,…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Pombo, Cristina;Nicaretta, Romina;Mejía, Francisco;Taboada, Bibiana;Pusterla, Fazia;Meduña, Patricia;Neret, Matilde;Cossens, Shakirah;Díaz, Luis;Toda, Ichiro;Cáceres, Agustin;Azevedo, Viviane;Álvarez, Carola;Betts, Tracy;Echebarría, Koldo

Este año, nuestro cuarto Panorama de Efectividad en el Desarrollo (DEO 2012) muestra que la implementación del Marco de la Efectividad en el Desarrollo del BID está rindiendo resultados positivos. En…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Tres, Joaquim

La Cooperación Sur-Sur (CSS) ha surgido con gran ímpetu en los últimos cinco años e iniciado su consolidación en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), contribuyendo al aumento del número de actores, de…

Date issued: 3月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gandelman, Néstor;Rasteletti, Alejandro

This paper explores whether the extent of informality in a sector affects a firm's investment decision directly or indirectly through a credit availability channel. The dataset used in the…

Date issued: 3月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Benigno, Gianluca;Chen, Huigang;Otrok, Christopher;Rebucci, Alessandro;Young, Eric R.

In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, a new policy paradigm has emerged in which old-fashioned policies such as capital controls and other government distortions have become part of the…

Date issued: 3月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jaramillo, Miguel;Alcázar, Lorena

Since 2004 the government of Peru has implemented a process of participatory budgeting (PB), which is mandatory for every sub-national government. We analyze the link from PB to coverage and water…

Date issued: 3月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Céspedes, Luis Felipe;Chang, Roberto;Velasco, Andrés

This paper reviews the recent experience of a half-dozen Latin American inflation targeting (IT) nations. Repeated and large deviations from the standard IT framework are documented: exchange market…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Vena, Anne

The Cultural Development Program promotes cultural development in Latin America and the Caribbean by financing innovative projects for training to restore artistic traditions, preserve cultural…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report is the result of a joint project between the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through its Integration and Trade Sector (INT), and the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Antón, Arturo;Hernández, Fausto;Levy Algazi, Santiago

Mexico is characterized by a dual social insurance architecture. Firms and workers in salaried contractual relations are obligated to pay for a bundled set of health, pension and related programs.…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Jaramillo, Fidel;Zambrano, Omar

En los últimos años, Perú ha sido líder regional en desempeño macroeconómico, mostrando ser una de las economías más dinámicas, en un ambiente caracterizado por la estabilidad fiscal, el equilibrio…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Tacsir, Ezequiel;Crespi, Gustavo;Zuñiga, Pluvia;Arias Ortiz, Elena;Vargas, Fernando

In this note, a wide range of innovation indicators are analyzed in order to describe the innovation behavior of manufacturing firms in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region using the…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Tacsir, Ezequiel;Crespi, Gustavo;Zuñiga, Pluvia;Arias Ortiz, Elena;Vargas, Fernando

En esta nota técnica se analiza una amplia gama de indicadores de innovación con el fin de describir el comportamiento de las empresas manufactureras en la región de América Latina y el Caribe, a…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report provides an overview of the IDB-Group Sanctions System activities and findings during 2012. The Office of Institutional Integrity has two primary mandates: investigation and prevention of…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe ofrece una reseña de las actividades y hallazgos del Sistema de Sanciones del Grupo del BID durante el año 2012. La Oficina de Integridad Institucional tiene dos mandatos primordiales:…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

This dossier analyzes the energy sector in Dominican Republic as it stood in 2010 and its changes over time. It describes the country's energy flow by consuming sector and source, and the sector…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

Este dossier analiza el sector energético en República Dominicana en su forma actual en 2010 y sus cambios a través del tiempo. Describe el flujo de energía del país por el consumo del sector y la…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

This dossier analyzes the energy sector in Honduras as it stood in 2010 and its changes over time. It describes the country's energy flow by consuming sector and source, and the sector's…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

Este dossier analiza el sector energético en Honduras en su forma actual en 2010 y sus cambios a través del tiempo. Describe el flujo de energía del país por el consumo del sector y la fuente y la…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

This dossier analyzes the energy sector in Costa Rica as it stood in 2010 and its changes over time. It describes the country's energy flow by consuming sector and source, and the sector's…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

Este dossier analiza el sector energético en Costa Rica en su forma actual en 2010 y sus cambios a través del tiempo. Describe el flujo de energía del país por el consumo del sector y la fuente y la…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

This dossier analyzes the energy sector in El Salvador as it stood in 2010 and its changes over time. It describes the country's energy flow by consuming sector and source, and the sector's…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

Este dossier analiza el sector energético en El Salvador en su forma actual en 2010 y sus cambios a través del tiempo. Describe el flujo de energía del país por el consumo del sector y la fuente y la…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

This dossier analyzes the energy sector in Guatemala as it stood in 2010 and its changes over time. It describes the country's energy flow by consuming sector and source, and the sector's…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

Este dossier analiza el sector energético en Guatemala en su forma actual en 2010 y sus cambios a través del tiempo. Describe el flujo de energía del país por el consumo del sector y la fuente y la…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

This dossier analyzes the energy sector in Panama as it stood in 2010 and its changes over time. It describes the country's energy flow by consuming sector and source, and the sector's…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

Este dossier analiza el sector energético en Panamá en su forma actual en 2010 y sus cambios a través del tiempo. Describe el flujo de energía del país por el consumo del sector y la fuente y la…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

This dossier analyzes the energy sector in Mexico as it stood in 2010 and its changes over time. It describes the country's energy flow by consuming sector and source, and the sector's…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

Este dossier analiza el sector energético en México en su forma actual en 2010 y sus cambios a través del tiempo. Describe el flujo de energía del país por el consumo del sector y la fuente y la…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

This dossier analyzes the energy sector in Nicaragua as it stood in 2010 and its changes over time. It describes the country's energy flow by consuming sector and source, and the sector's…

Date issued: 3月 2013
Author(s): Espinasa, Ramón;Balza, Lenin;Hinestrosa, Carlos;Sucre, Carlos

Este dossier analiza el sector energético en Nicaragua en su forma actual en 2010 y sus cambios a través del tiempo. Describe el flujo de energía del país por el consumo del sector y la fuente y la…