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Date issued: 7月 2012
Author(s): Smits, Stef;Tamayo, Shirley Paola;Ibarra, Vanessa;Rojas, Johnny;Benavidez, Alberto;Bey, Valérie

Existe un amplio reconocimiento en la literatura sobre la gran importancia que tiene el apoyo post-construcción a prestadores rurales (comunitarios) para incrementar la sostenibilidad de los…

Date issued: 7月 2012
Author(s): Marcel, Mario;Cabezas, Mabel;Piedrabuena, Bernardita

El presente resumen de políticas realiza una revisión sistemática de la metodología de estimación del Balance Estructural (BE) en Chile. Esta revisión no sólo recapitula y evalúa la justificación de…

Date issued: 7月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bukstein, Daniel;Gandelman, Néstor

This paper follows an income-based, time-dependence approach to measure social mobility in Uruguay between 1982 and 2010. The paper finds that social mobility in Uruguay is considerable and reports…

Date issued: 7月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vélez-Grajales, Viviana;Vélez-Grajales, Roberto

This paper uses the Mexican Social Mobility Survey 2006 to analyze intergenerational social mobility as it relates to entrepreneurial activity. First, the paper analyzes whether entrepreneurs…

Date issued: 7月 2012
Author(s): Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés

Este informe representa un primer acercamiento al problema en América Latina, donde no existen estudios comparativos sobre la viabilidad y el impacto económico de los PCT. El objetivo es analizar el…

Date issued: 7月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ordeñana, Xavier;Villa, Ramón

Does entrepreneurship contribute to improving social mobility in Ecuador? This paper constructs a pseudo-panel to analyze the dynamic effect of entrepreneurship on Ecuadorian household incomes during…

Date issued: 7月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ulloa, Alfie;Wagner, Rodrigo

Free Trade Agreements (FTA) attract significant interest, but after these treaties are signed not all exporters use them. We provide a model of heterogeneous utilization, also developing a novel…

Date issued: 7月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2012 second 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: 7月 2012
Author(s): Armendáriz, Edna;De León, Wendy;López de Mesa, Paloma

Este documento aplica el marco analítico de diagnóstico de crecimiento para identificar las restricciones más activas que impiden un crecimiento económicomás acelerado en Guatemala y su convergencia…

Date issued: 7月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schady, Norbert

Iron deficiency anemia is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency in the world, affecting more than 2 billion people in developing countries. We show that a modest cash transfer substantially…

Date issued: 7月 2012
Author(s): Alfonso, Mariana;Benavides, Martín

This note summarizes, as told from their personal experiences, the transition process of young people, mostly non-teachers, recruited by Enseña Perú to serve as teachers for a period of two years in…

Date issued: 7月 2012
Author(s): Alfonso, Mariana;Benavides, Martín

Esta nota resume el proceso de inserción a la docencia, contado a partir de sus propias experiencias, de jóvenes mayoritariamente no docentes reclutados por Enseña Perú para desempeñarse como…

Date issued: 7月 2012
Author(s): Bassi, Marina;Covacevich, Catalina

Elige Educar is a Chilean public-private initiative that seeks to improve the appreciation of teachers and encourage high-performing students to study education by means of media campaigns, talks to…

Date issued: 7月 2012
Author(s): Bassi, Marina;Covacevich, Catalina

Elige Educar es una iniciativa público-privada chilena que busca mejorar la valoración de los docentes e incentivar que estudiantes destacados estudien pedagogía, a partir de campanas mediáticas,…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Gazmuri Mujica, Jaime

En este trabajo se analizan las condiciones políticas y técnicas que han permitido u obstaculizado el desarrollo de oficinas técnicas de apoyo presupuestario en los parlamentos de seis países de la…

Date issued: 6月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Huneeus, Cristóbal;Leiva, Silvia;Micco, Alejandro

Unemployment is a pressing problem in many countries in Latin America. Financial crises and increased globalization increase job turnover and therefore the risk of unemployment. To protect workers…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Filc, Gabriel;Scartascini, Carlos

Dada la evidencia existente de que pueden existir beneficios tangibles en términos de sostenibilidad, eficiencia y efectividad del gasto público de una utilización más plena de los presupuestos por…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Hurtado López, Carlos

This policy brief reviews the experience of the countries under the Euro currency, focusing on those that have been under significant pressure in recent years- Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain,…

Date issued: 6月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Magalhães, Fernanda

The main goal of this book is to disseminate the useful lessons learned from urban development and favela urbanization operations in Brazil financed by the Inter-American Development Bank and the…

Date issued: 6月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Magalhães, Fernanda

El objetivo principal de este libro es la diseminación de lecciones útiles extraídas de operaciones de desarrollo urbano y de urbanización de favelas financiadas en Brasil por el Banco Interamericano…

Date issued: 6月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Magalhães, Fernanda

O objetivo principal deste livro é a disseminação de lições úteis extraídas de operações de desenvolvimento urbano e de urbanização de favelas financiadas pelo Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Iravantchi, Sheirin;Wenner, Mark D.

The microinsurance market in Latin America is still in its embryonic phase. The purpose of this technical note is to better inform donors, national governments, and insurance companies interested in…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): García Ferro, Luz Ángela;Luna, Elba N.;Rodríguez, Lorena;Van Waesberghe, Micha;Vásquez Jordán, Darinka

A disciplined approach to "Learn from Experience" is critical to the enduring ability of the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB) and its regional partners to make effective knowledge-…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): García Ferro, Luz Ángela;Luna, Elba N.;Rodríguez, Lorena;Van Waesberghe, Micha;Vásquez Jordán, Darinka

This document provides information about the Knowledge Capture Interview, one of the methods used within the Bank's cycle to learn from experience. Specifically, it is a `learning after doing…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): García Ferro, Luz Ángela;Luna, Elba N.;Rodríguez, Lorena;Van Waesberghe, Micha;Vásquez Jordán, Darinka

This document describes the Peer Assist, which is a facilitated workshop, held face-to-face or virtually, in which a diverse group of participants from inside and/or outside the Bank share their…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): García Ferro, Luz Ángela;Luna, Elba N.;Rodríguez, Lorena;Van Waesberghe, Micha;Vásquez Jordán, Darinka

This document describes the After Action Review (AAR), which is one of the methods used within the Bank's cycle to learn from experience. Specifically, it is a `learning after doing'…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): García Ferro, Luz Ángela;Luna, Elba N.;Rodríguez, Lorena;Van Waesberghe, Micha;Vásquez Jordán, Darinka

This document describes the 'Knowledge to Action' methodology, which produces and organizes actionable 'Key Learnings' for re-use by their target audience. Key Learnings captured…

Date issued: 6月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Tavella, Pilar

This paper analyzes capital inflow surges in emerging economies from 1980 to 2005. Estimated probit models are used, which discriminate well between surges associated with banking crises or…

Date issued: 6月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Miller, Sebastián J.;Yu, Bok-Keun

Mobilizing sufficient resources is essential for supporting environmental activities in developing countries, and cofinancing is generally considered an important tool to help developing countries…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Piza, Caio;Cravo, Tulio;Lodato, Simon;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares

The Opportunities for the Majority Initiative (OMJ) was originally set up for three years as a time-bound pilot initiative. The OMJ team has worked diligently to test the Base of the Pyramid model…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Piza, Caio;Cravo, Tulio;Lodato, Simon;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares

La Iniciativa de Oportunidades para la Mayoría (OMJ) fue concebida como una iniciativa experimental para un período de tres años. El equipo de OMJ ha trabajado minuciosamente para someter a prueba el…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Diez-Roux, Esteban;Bhalla, Kavi

This presentation was given by Esteban Diez-Roux and Kavi Bahlla at the Ibero-American Road Safety Conference (CISEV) which took place in Bogota, Colombia in June, 2012. This presentation describes…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Taddia, Alejandro Pablo;De la Peña, Elena

Presentación de Elena de la Peña de la Asociación Española de la Carretera y Alejandro Taddia, especialista de Transporte del BID donde se muestra esta Guía interactiva para preparación de proyectos…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Campos, Rosario;Estévez, Ignacio Manuel

El objetivo de esta nota técnica es reunir en un solo texto y difundir las bases conceptuales y los principales resultados del trabajo desarrollado en la aplicación de la metodología de análisis de…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Krause, Matthias;Cabrera, Enrique

This presentation describes AquaRating, a new rating system that evaluates water and sanitation utilities in an all-encompassing manner. The presenters discuss the reasons for implementing this…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Mariscal, Rodrigo;Powell, Andrew

There are many sources of inflation forecasts for Latin America. The International Monetary Fund, Latin Focus, the Economist Intelligence Unit and other consulting companies all offer inflation…

Date issued: 6月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ardanaz, Martín;Leiras, Marcelo;Tommasi, Mariano

This paper contributes to an agenda that views the effects of policies and institutional reforms as dependent on the structure of political incentives for national and subnational political actors.…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe ofrece una reseña de las actividades y hallazgos del Instituto para la integración de América Latina y el Caribe (INTAL) en 2011. Las actividades del INTAL atienden la creciente demanda…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Roa, Néstor

Presentación del Jefe de la División de Transporte del Banco, Nestor Roa, durante el principal evento regional de Seguridad Vial de América Latina y el Caribe, CISEV III que se realizó en Bogotá DC…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Diez-Roux, Esteban

Este documento es una presentación de Esteban Diez-Roux, especialista principal de Transporte como representante de los Bancos Multilaterales de Desarrollo en el contexto del Tercer Congreso…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Piza, Caio;Palma, Alejandra;Cravo, Tulio;Lodato, Simon;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares

This evaluation reviews the relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of the IDB's Program with Ecuador for 2007-2011. The period was characterized by an important political and institutional…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Piza, Caio;Palma, Alejandra;Cravo, Tulio;Lodato, Simon;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares

Esta evaluación examina la relevancia, eficiencia y efectividad del Programa del BID con Ecuador durante el periodo 2007-2011. El período se caracterizó por un importante cambio político e…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Inter-American Development Bank's Cultural Center will host on June 11-27 Discover Haiti, an exhibit of handcrafts from the Urban Zen Foundation's Haitian Artisan Project and pieces…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Bitran Colodro, Eduardo;González Urrutia, Cristian M.

Los Institutos Tecnológicos Públicos (ITPs) en América Latina han sufrido un deterioro significativo de sus capacidades en las últimas décadas. En la mayoría de los países están a la deriva, sin que…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

During the last decade, the IDB has strongly promoted an agenda to increase its capacity to report on results, with a particular focus on project evaluability. The first pilot exercise to validate…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En el último decenio, el BID ha promovido una agenda encaminada a incrementar su capacidad para difundir información sobre resultados, prestando especial atención a la evaluabilidad de los proyectos…

Date issued: 6月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Caro, Lorena;Galindo, Arturo;Meléndez Arjona, Marcela

This paper explores the links between labor formality, access to credit and firm performance in Colombia using Annual Manufacturing Survey data for the period 2000-2009. A significant though small…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;World Wildlife Fund;Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

This document is the executive summary of "The Climate and Development Challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean: Options for climate resilient low carbon development", a joint work…

Date issued: 6月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Blyde, Juan S.

Assessing the trade impacts of domestic transport costs is data demanding and analyses that examine the effects of road quality, a critical aspect in regional and public policy, practically do not…

Date issued: 6月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Duarte, Jesús;Gargiulo, Carlos;Millán, Germán;Ruiz Pérez, Laura;Hinojosa, Sergio Alejandro;Moreno, Martín;Bloomgarden, David R.;López Corral, Antonio M.;Fornari, Lucas;De la Garza Reyna, Jaime G.;López, María Adelaida;Taher, Rima;Del Valle Rivera, María del Carmen;Cash, Carol S.;Bardone, Andrea;Baza, Jadille;O'Donnell, Sean;Lippman, Peter C.;Jara M., Miguel Angel;Santocono, Ricardo;Hille, R. Thomas

In 2010 the Education Network organized an event that examined the state of school infrastructure in the region and the financial role of the private sector. Infrastructure and Learning in the Twenty…