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Date issued: 10月 2012
Author(s): Silveira Porto, Geciane;Kannebley Jr., Sérgio;Dias, Alexandre;Pacheco, Manuel;Radaelli, Vanderléia

O objetivo principal deste estudo é analisar o Sistema Estadual de Inovação do Rio de Janeiro, a fim de identificar aspectos facilitadores e gargalos para a inovação na indústria fluminense. Com este…

Date issued: 10月 2012
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En este informe se señalan los hallazgos del Economist Intelligence Unit tras analizar en profundidad el entorno de negocios para las microfi nanzas en 55 países. El índice en el que se basa el…

Date issued: 10月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Borensztein, Eduardo;Castilleja Vargas, Liliana;Hernaiz, Daniel;Rasteletti, Alejandro

This document analyzes the patterns of fiscal and monetary policy in five economies of the Latin American Southern Cone (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay) during four episodes of…

Date issued: 10月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2012 third 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: 10月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Robles, Marcos;Stampini, Marco;Merino, María Fernanda;Thompson, Jennelle;Tolmos, Alfonso;Fernández Díez, María Carmen;Perafán, Carlos César;Quiroga, Ricardo;Fernández-Baca, Jaime;Chávez, Elizabeth;Moreno, Carmiña;Quijandría, Gabriel;Ludeña, Carlos E.;Lacambra Ayuso, Sergio;Hori, Tsuneki;Radics, Axel;Echevarría, Carlos;Capristán, Rafael;Deustua, Gonzalo;Pimenta, Carlos;Cortázar Velarde, Juan Carlos;Villa-Mar, Karelia;Urra, Francisco Javier;Arevalo, Gregorio;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Guaipatín, Carlos;Suaznabar, Claudia;Arias Ortiz, Elena;Jaramillo, Fidel;Grunwaldt, Alfred

Gracias a su buen desempeño económico, el Perú está en camino de consolidarse como una economía de ingreso medio, con todos los retos y oportunidades que ello conlleva. Mirando hacia el futuro, las…

Date issued: 10月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arozamena, Leandro;Weinschelbaum, Federico

This study examines the use of incentive mechanisms for employees in export and investment promotion agencies intended to improve their performance. It briefly describes these organizations and…

Date issued: 10月 2012
Author(s): Shin, Seonggyun;Almeida, Juliana

Este documento proporciona una guía práctica para interesados en exportación a los países de Corea del Sur, Japón y Singapur. Describe los requisitos para exportar a cada país, la estructura y…

Date issued: 10月 2012
Author(s): Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean

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 these…

Date issued: 10月 2012
Author(s): Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe

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: 10月 2012
Author(s): Instituto para a Integração da América Latina e do Caribe

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: 10月 2012
Author(s): Tovar García, Carlos

Desde la creación de Adecoagro en el 2002, el crecimiento de la empresa en Argentina se basó en la implementación de un modelo de producción sustentable, trabajando principalmente en tierras propias…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arráiz, Irani;Meléndez Arjona, Marcela;Stucchi, Rodolfo

This paper studies the effect of government-backed partial credit guarantees on firms' performance. These guarantees are automatically granted to firms without enough collateral in order to lift…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Finkelstein-Shapiro, Alan;Sarzosa, Miguel

We use a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium search and matching model with salaried employment and informal self-employment to analyze the implications of introducing universal unemployment…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Hernández, Manuel;Torero, Máximo;Robles, Miguel;Falconi, César;Maruyama, Eduardo

This Technical Note presents a framework for food security in LAC that takes into consideration the key drivers and external factors behind food security. This framework for food security policy…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Tavella, Pilar

REVELA analyzes market expectations of growth and inflation in Latin American countries. The figures analyzed represent the results of surveys of private sector actors conducted by the central banks…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mejia, Paula;Meléndez Arjona, Marcela

The paper uses microeconomic data to characterize entrepreneurs by income group and selected household, individual and business characteristics, finding that entrepreneurship is rare but more…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Dufresne, Vincent;Langlois, Pierre;Couture-Roy, Marie;Flamand, Sébastien;Nour, Stéphanie

Este volumen es parte de la Serie de Guías de Eficiencia Energética (EE) de la División de Energía del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, motivada por la carencia de información accesible fácilmente…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean

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 these…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe

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: 9月 2012
Author(s): Instituto para a Integração da América Latina e do Caribe

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: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lora, Eduardo;Fajardo, Johanna

This paper empirically explores the effects of payroll taxes, value-added taxes and corporate income taxes on a variety of labor market outcomes such as employment, unemployment, informality, and…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Ter-Minassian, Teresa

This paper aims to provide an overview of the current state of taxation in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, and its main reform needs and options. It previews the findings of recent…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Funaro, Rita;Treadway, Michael

This issue of IDEA considers the impact remittances have on recipients' lives and on economies in Central America and how these have been affected by the Great Recession. It draws from a…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Funaro, Rita;Treadway, Michael

Esta edición de IDEA se enfoca sobre el impacto que las remesas ejercen sobre la calidad de vida de sus receptores y en general sobre la economía de países centroamericanos teniendo en cuenta…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Rodríguez, Lorena;Eguino, Huáscar;Yitani, José;Bezerra, Maria do Carmo

O Observatório Metodológico PROCIDADES foi desenvolvido sob a responsabilidade do Setor de Conhecimento e Aprendizagem (KNL) e da Divisão de Gestão Fiscal e Municipal (FMM) da Representação no Brasil…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Murphy, Anne G.;Hartell, Jason;Cárdenas, Víctor;Skees, Jerry R.

This report examines some of the implications of price risk and volatility, and weather risks in the LAC region that are important threats to already vulnerable populations. It considers the…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ruprah, Inder J.;Thompson, Jennelle

In today's knowledge-based societies, understanding basic scientific concepts and the capacity to structure and solve scientific questions is more critical than ever. Accordingly, in this paper…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ruprah, Inder J.;Thompson, Jennelle

En las sociedades de hoy basadas en el conocimiento, nunca antes fueron tan esenciales la comprensión de conceptos científicos básicos y la capacidad de estructurar y resolver problemas de ciencia.…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Meza, Darlyn;Arcia, Gustavo;Rápalo, Renán;Rondón, Carlos

Nicaragua ha logrado importantes avances en la educación de los niños, en las últimas décadas. Sin embargo, a pesar de los avances, Nicaragua presenta importantes retos y desafíos para lograr que…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Navas-Alemán, Lizbeth;Pietrobelli, Carlo;Kamiya, Marco

The literature on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance highlights linkages with large firms in value chains as a possible way to enhance access to credit. However, much of the literature…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Conroy, Hector;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Palma, Alejandra;Ramos, Johanna;Schijman, Agustina

Belize's 2008-2012 Country Strategy approved in June 2009 stated that the IDB would continuously monitor fiscal sustainability and calibrate its financing in accordance with changing country…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Conroy, Hector;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Palma, Alejandra;Ramos, Johanna;Schijman, Agustina

En 2009 se aprobó la Estrategia de País de Belice para el período 2008-2012, donde se afirmaba que el BID vigilaría continuamente la sostenibilidad fiscal y calibraría su financiamiento de acuerdo…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Machado, Roberto;Zuloeta, José

This paper estimates short-run and long-run elasticities of tax revenue with respect to GDP in eight Latin American countries using quarterly data. Taxes considered are corporate income tax (CIT),…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Lee, Yuri;Paredes, Juan Roberto;Lee, Soo Hyun

The Energy Division of the Infrastructure and Environment Sector (INE/ENE) of the Inter-American Development Bank has launched a technical cooperation project called "Smart Grid and Its…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Velasques de Paula Machado, Fabiana

A prerequisite for the adoption of redistributive policies in a democracy is that there be elected representatives who are either committed to or who have an incentive to advocate for such policies…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Abizanda, Beatriz;Serra Hoffman, Joan;Marmolejo, Lina;Duryea, Suzanne

Given the strong ties linking citizen security and the development of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Bank has been supporting efforts to tackle crime and violence. It has framed its work in…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Garcia-Robles, Maria Susana;Lerner, Josh;Leamon, Ann

Relationships between limited partners and general partners in the private equity industry have changed more over the past five years than over the prior 50, which is roughly the age of the industry…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Chisari, Omar O.;Maquieyra, Javier;Miller, Sebastián J.

Un MEGC dinámico recursivo para evaluar shocks de Cambio Climático para seis economías latinoamericanas (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, El Salvador, Jamaica y Perú) se presenta a continuación. Es un…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Perry, Guillermo;Bustos, Sebastián

This paper shows, first, that non-commodity revenues are more volatile in oil- and mineral-rich countries and that quality of institutions is associated with lower volatility. We investigate the…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Salazar Suárez, Claudia M.

El objetivo de este documento de debate es triple: (i) presentar la situación actual del mercado de telefonía fija, móvil y banda ancha, que constituyen el sector de las telecomunicaciones en…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Raw, Silvia;Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Sadeghi, Patricia

The objective of this evaluation is to complete the assessment of the performance of IDB's concessional lending program focusing on financial and developmental results. The evaluation found that…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Raw, Silvia;Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Sadeghi, Patricia

El objetivo de esta evaluación es completar la evaluación de desempeño del programa de financiamiento concesional del BID, con énfasis en los resultados financieros y de desarrollo. Según lo…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Fryer, Michelle;Quijano, Ursula;Sadeghi, Patricia;Calero, Carla;Garcia Villegas, Salomon;Vargas, Sebastián

Analysis of the portfolio related to indigenous peoples in the context of the Indigenous Development Strategy (IDS) approved in 2006, shows that: (i) indigenous issues are less prevalent in Country…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Fryer, Michelle;Quijano, Ursula;Sadeghi, Patricia;Calero, Carla;Garcia Villegas, Salomon;Vargas, Sebastián

El análisis del portafolio relacionado con pueblos indígenas en el contexto de la Estrategia para el Desarrollo Indígena (EDI) aprobada en 2006, muestra: (i) menor presencia de la temática indígena…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Eguíluz Zamora, Alejandra;Vásquez, María Inés;Espino, Alma

The objective of this technical note is to present the work done under the Trade and Gender Initiative led by the Integration and Trade Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank. The technical…

Date issued: 9月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Monge-González, Ricardo;Zolezzi, Sandro

This study sheds light on how Costa Rica's insertion in global value chains occurs by examining governance patterns, the type of activities involved, and the level of underlying innovation in…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Dussan, Manuel;Melandri, Alejandro

El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) ha considerado conveniente profundizar su conocimiento sobre la evolución de los marcos regulatorios e institucionales que rigen la provisión de servicios…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Eguíluz Zamora, Alejandra;Vásquez, María Inés;Espino, Alma

El objetivo de esta nota técnica es presentar el trabajo realizado en el marco de la Iniciativa de Comercio y Género conducida por el Sector de Integración y Comercio del Banco Interamericano de…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Vodusek, Ziga;Granados, Jaime;Martínez Torres, Gonzalo;Corcuera-Santamaría, Sandra;Lucenti, Krista;Almeida, Juliana;Levington, Caroline;Ruiz-Rua, Aurora;Calatayud, Agustina

La contribución del comercio exterior al crecimiento y desarrollo de la República Dominicana se encuentra manifiestamente por debajo de su potencial. En comparación con los países del entorno, la…

Date issued: 9月 2012
Author(s): Fernández Bremauntz, Adrián

México, al igual que otros países latinoamericanos tiene una enorme riqueza biológica. Sin embargo, durante décadas ha experimentado la deforestación de sus bosques, selvas y manglares; la pérdida de…