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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

En 2010, la Red de Educación organizó un seminario que examinó el estado de la infraestructura escolar en América Latina y el Caribe y el papel financiero del sector privado. El seminario de…

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

Cada año, más de 1,3 millones de personas mueren en las carreteras del mundo y aproximadamente 50 millones de personas resultan lesionadas. Cada seis segundos, alguien muere o sufre traumatismos por…

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


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

Presenta información sobre CARICOM: Lineamientos para una reforma de su Secretaría, Bloques de Integración, CARICOM y México acuerdan favorecer expansión de comercio e
inversiones,…

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

This document is about CARICOM: guidelines for Secretariat reforms, Integration Blocs, CARICOM and Mexico agree to promote expansion of trade and investment, SICA and CARICOM business communities…

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

Este artigo é sobre Caricom: Diretrizes para reformar a Secretaria, Blocos de IntegraçãoCaribe, Caricom e México decidem favorecer a expansão do comércio e dos investimentos, Biocombustíveis, saúde e…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Soriano, Alejandro;Velarde, Marco;Soares, Tatiana Fontes

This approach paper describes OVE's approach to evaluating the implementation of the commitments contained in the Ninth General Increase in the Resources of the IDB (IDB-9). OVE's core…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Soriano, Alejandro;Velarde, Marco;Soares, Tatiana Fontes

Este documento describe el enfoque de OVE para evaluar la implementación de los compromisos contenidos en el Noveno Aumento General de Recursos del BID (IDB-9). El objetivo principal de esta…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Cuéllar Boada, Fidel H.

A Matriz de Avanço em GC para EPE é um instrumento da Corporação Financeira Internacional. A CFI autorizou seu uso ao BID e ao consultor. Foram realizadas várias modificações sobre o respectivo…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Cuéllar Boada, Fidel H.

Esta nota técnica contém uma metodologia para promover a adoção sistemática de boas práticas de governança corporativa por parte de empresas prestadoras de serviços de água potável e saneamento -…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Eguino, Huáscar;Ribeiro, Paulo;Eichler Vercillo, Maria Elena

Este publicação contempla uma amostra dos primeiros estudos resultantes da Cooperação Técnica entre o Ministério do Esporte e o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento. Intitulada "Grandes…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Diez-Roux, Esteban;Taddia, Alejandro Pablo;De la Peña Mendoza, Sissi Maribel;Deza de la Vega, Camilo

The Inter-American Development Bank assigns high priority to this problem and consequently has launched its road safety strategy which aspires to minimize human, social and economic losses resulting…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Diez-Roux, Esteban;Taddia, Alejandro Pablo;De la Peña Mendoza, Sissi Maribel;Deza de la Vega, Camilo

El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo asigna prioridad al problema de los accidentes de tránsito en la región. En este sentido, ha lanzado una iniciativa dirigida a respaldar a sus países miembros en…

Date issued: 6月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento;Diez-Roux, Esteban;Taddia, Alejandro Pablo;De la Peña Mendoza, Sissi Maribel;Deza de la Vega, Camilo

O Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento dedica prioridade ao problema dos acidentes de trânsito na região. Nesse sentido, lançou um movimento com o intuito de apoiar seus países membros no…

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

This document provides general information about the Latin NCAP initiative which aims to provide consumers across the Latin American & Caribbean region with independent and impartial safety…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Monge-González, Ricardo;Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio;Hewitt, John;Ruiz, Keynor;Orozco, Jeffrey

This study assesses the direct impact of Internet diffusion on total labor demand, the demand for skilled labor, and the demand for female labor. Using data from a sample of manufacturing firms in…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Palmirani, Monica;Vitali, Fabio

Este documento, asignado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y desarrollado por la Universidad de Bolonia, es una presentación de las ventajas, oportunidades y riesgos del XML Legislativo para…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Palmirani, Monica;Vitali, Fabio

This document, commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and developed by the University of Bologna, presents the advantages, opportunities, and challenges involved in applying…

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

Two recent longitudinal field studies of incremental housing were financed by the IDB. The studies' findings describe the building strategies of households over time and compare settlement types…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Ter-Minassian, Teresa

This paper discusses Brazil's structural reforms since the 1990s and areas where work remains to be done. Reforms of the 1990s included the containment of inflation, the adoption of a…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Truitt Nakata, Ginya

This report is intended to encourage and reinforce the efforts of policymakers and industry stakeholders throughout the region to accelerate broadband deployment. The report has two primary aims. The…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Ter-Minassian, Teresa

This paper surveys the system of sub-national own revenues and the inter- governmental transfer system (including the sharing of oil revenues) in Brazil, highlighting their critical flaws. The…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): De Olloqui, Fernando;Palma Arancibia, Cristián

Desde principios de la década pasada, los gobiernos de la región han mostrado un renovado interés en las instituciones financieras de desarrollo (IFD) como un instrumento de apoyo para lograr una…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Greene, Margarita;González, Enrique

El presente informe responde al estudio Self-Help Housing and Incremental Housing: The Likely Directions for Future Housing Policy financiado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo donde se tomó…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Muniz Costa, Sérgio Paulo;Brandi, Juan Pedro;Meza Monge, Nilo;Berrettoni, Daniel;Lucángeli, Jorge;Giordano, Paolo;Infante, Irasema;Carciofi, Ricardo;Gómez Minujín, Gala

This issue of the Journal is devoted to physical integration in Latin America. The Editorial Committee set about designing the contents, with a call for papers, which suggested topics and questions…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Verdisco, Aimee

As schools seek to improve learning, many are moving towards sophisticated and high-stakes testing regimes. What isn't tested doesn't matter. To sharpen the focus on the competencies…

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

This brochure presents the emerging and sustainable action plan for Ports Spain of Trinidad and Tobago to assist the planning and implementation of its urban development plans while addressing the…

Date issued: 5月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Acero Velásquez, Hugo;Aldana, Sayra;Ariza, Alejandra;Camacho, Sandra;Cancino, Diego;Chiappe, Giancarlo;Corzo, Jimmy;Delgado, Mónica;Garavito, Susana;Gómez, Lina;Mockus, Antanas;Murraín, Henry;Ramírez, Andrea;Ramírez, Gabriela;Ruiz, Juan Mauricio;Sánchez, Effraín;Villa, María;Villegas, Mónica;Zúñiga, Sandra

Este libro examina la relación entre cultura y seguridad ciudadana en ocho ciudades latinoamericanas. Incorpora en los diagnósticos, los análisis, las encuestas y las acciones un concepto de cultura…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Hallerberg, Mark

This paper reviews developments in Europe from the eve of the introduction of the euro through the euro crisis. The paper begins with a discussion of the tax reform agenda. Although there are…

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

This paper examines the role of contracting institutions on the insertion of developing countries in international production networks and particularly on the prospects of LAC to source goods beyond…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Alonso, Pablo;Conroy, Hector;Huppi, Monika;Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.

The main objective of the evaluation is to assess IDB's responsiveness and adaptability to the capacities and demands of countries with relatively higher income levels and sizeable middle…

Date issued: 5月 2012
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Alonso, Pablo;Conroy, Hector;Huppi, Monika;Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.

El objetivo principal de la evaluación es determinar la capacidad de respuesta y adaptación del BID en relación con las capacidades y demandas de los países con niveles de ingreso relativamente más…

Date issued: 5月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kahn, Theodore;Molina, Danielken;Ramizo, Dorothea;Pasadilla, Gloria;Burmeister, Luca;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Wignaraja, Ganeshan

Trade, investment, and financial relationships between developing regions are deepening. There is no better example than the relationship between Asia and the Pacific on one hand, and Latin America…

Date issued: 5月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kahn, Theodore;Molina, Danielken;Ramizo, Dorothea;Pasadilla, Gloria;Burmeister, Luca;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Wignaraja, Ganeshan

El comercio, la inversión y los vínculos financieros entre las regiones en desarrollo se están profundizando. El mejor ejemplo de esto es la relación actual entre Asia y el Pacífico y América Latina…

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 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
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): 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 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
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): 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): 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: 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): 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: 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,…