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12月 2000
The relative success of microfinance in rural credit programs in Latin America is the result of a decentralized development approach stressing a large microenterprise sector, stable and permanent…
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12月 2000
The FTAA process itself has already generated important positive externalities for the hemisphere and the multilateral system. It has provided a regular forum in which 34 countries'; trade…
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12月 2000
MIF has experience in workforce capacity building, labor force modernization, skills standards, and labor re-conversion in the human resource sector. This paper presents an overview of eight MIF…
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12月 2000
This study was undertaken in response to a request from the government of Brazil that the Inter-American Development Bank support the analysis of infrastructure integration in South America at the…
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12月 2000
El propósito de este documento es analizar un programa que emite tarjetas de crédito a proveedores de insumos agrícolas y a productores rurales en Costa Rica, y determinar si el programa es viable…
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12月 2000
En este informe se ofrece un panorama general de las actividades del Grupo BID en apoyo al desarrollo de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa (Pyme) en América Latina y el Caribe durante la década de los…
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12月 2000
La preparación del presente estudio responde a una solicitud efectuada al Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo por parte del Gobierno de la República Federativa de Brasil para apoyar el análisis de la…
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12月 2000
El objetivo del presente trabajo es analizar la situación de la cooperación internacional en materia de evaluación educativa en los países de América Latina y el Caribe, tratando de identificar sus…
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12月 2000
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This paper tests the sensitivity of poverty indexes to the choice of adult equivalence scales, assumptions about the existence of economies of scale in consumption, methods for treating missing and…
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12月 2000
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This paper considers ongoing and proposed reforms of the international financial system in light of Latin America's recent experience. Most proposals are based on one of three diagnoses:…
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11月 2000
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The growth of regional trading blocs has been one of the major developments in international relations in recent years. Virtually all countries are members of a bloc and many belong to more than one…
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11月 2000
Eliot Weinberger (1949-), North American essayist and primary translator of Octavio Paz, PEN/Kolovakos Award (1992), National Book Critics Circle Award (1999).
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11月 2000
Eliot Weinberger (1949-), editor y traductor estadounidense de Octavio Paz, y ganador de los Premios PEN/Kolovakos (1992) y Círculo de Críticos del Libro Nacional (1999).
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11月 2000
This paper discusses the impact of electronic commerce on the private sector of developing countries and outlines the potential role of the Inter American Development Bank in promoting the use of ICT…
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11月 2000
This document presents a concept paper, intended to assist the Andean/Amazon Basin countries to develop proposals, in consultation with indigenous organizations, for 1) the financing of consultations…
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11月 2000
This publication aims to help donors, creditors and investors evaluate the performance, condition and risk of individual microfinance institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, in hopes of…
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11月 2000
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El presente trabajo tiene como propósito presentar los principales resultados del análisis de la relación entre la existencia de mecanismos organizacionales tendientes a promover la transparencia y…
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11月 2000
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Economists are trained to think about trade policy reform in terms of changes in the levels of tariffs and quantitative restrictions and the shifts in relative prices brought about by these…
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11月 2000
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Stolper-Samuelson (SS) and Specific-Factors (SF) versions make opposite predictions about the correlation between prices and wages of certain types of workers (specific factors in industries) when…
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11月 2000
Este documento presenta un trabajo conceptual cuya intención es ayudar a los países andinos y de la cuenca amazónica a desarrollar propuestas, en consulta con organizaciones indígenas, para que se le…
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11月 2000
Estas actas resumen las actividades del taller sobre "Comercialización de los Servicios Hidrometeorológicos" que tuvo lugar en la sede del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo los días 3 y 4…
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11月 2000
En el presente documento se muestran evidencias del impacto de las crisis económicas sobre la pobreza y la desigualdad en América Latina. Las crisis no solamente se traducen en mayores tasas de…
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11月 2000
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This paper explores, both formally and empirically, the political accountability mechanisms that lie behind the varying levels of public corruption and of effective governance taking place across…
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11月 2000
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This paper presents microeconomic simulation techniques to examine what drives differences in inequality across countries. The simulation decomposes cross-country inequality differences into the…
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10月 2000
The present document sets forth the basic concepts and guidelines that would be incorporated into the Strategic Framework on Participation. It is based on the preliminary study done in the…
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10月 2000
Este documento examina la manera en que incide la participación ciudadana en el cumplimiento de los objetivos institucionales del Banco, lo cual exige cumplir con los mandatos que se le han confiado…
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10月 2000
La Revista Integración & Comercio del BID incluye artículos referidos a las distintas manifestaciones del proceso de integración en América Latina y el Caribe, a la integración hemisférica y,…
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10月 2000
This presentation discusses universal food subsidies and cash transfers as a tool to reduce poverty in the communities of Uzbekistan and Mexico. In addition, the relation between public works…
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10月 2000
Protection for all citizens or residents (universal protection) Protection for people with low incomes (means-tested assistance) Protection for workers who have contributed to insurance fund (social…
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10月 2000
This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the Preparatory Meeting celebrated on October 19th and 20th, 2000 in…
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10月 2000
This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the Preparatory Meeting celebrated on October 19th and 20th, 2000 in…
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10月 2000
Esta presentación fue comisionada por la Red de Reducción de la Pobreza y Protección Social del Diálogo Regional de Política para la Reunión Preparatoria celebrada los días 19 y 20 de octubre de 2000…
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10月 2000
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This report moves beyond the conventional scope of economics to examine three entrenched structural factors -demography, geography and institutions- that are closely connected to economic and social…
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10月 2000
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Este informe trasciende el alcance de la economía convencional para incorporar al análisis del desarrollo tres factores estructurales que no han recibido la debida atención en América Latina: la…
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10月 2000
Throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, countries are in the midst of debates about their health systems. Frequently, the characteristics of reforms in one country are used to promote or…
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10月 2000
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The main purpose of this paper is to measure the contributions of the changes in the labor market to the increase in inequality experienced by Mexico after the 1985 trade and financial liberalization…
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10月 2000
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This paper examines Mexico's increase in wage inequality using data from household surveys (Encuesta Nacional de Ingreso Gasto de los Hogares de México) produced by the Mexican Institute for…
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10月 2000
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Durante los años noventa, siete países de América Latina reformaron sus sistemas pensionales para introducir sistemas de capitalización individual basados total o parcialmente en el modelo de…
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10月 2000
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This paper integrates information from both economics and the physical sciences to survey the effects of natural disasters in the region. A first section surveys the human and economic impact of…
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10月 2000
El objetivo de este estudio es iniciar una evaluación de aspectos básicos para el análisis económico de los costos directos de la violencia intrafamiliar en Panamá, para poder comparar el costo…
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10月 2000
En toda América Latina y el Caribe, de hecho en todo el mundo, los países están realizando debates sobre sus sistemas de salud. Con frecuencia, las características de las reformas en un país se…
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10月 2000
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Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, on top of promoting economic growth, addresses ingrained inequalities, institutional failures, social barriers, and risks.
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10月 2000
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Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Reducción de la Pobreza y la Protección Social del Diálogo Regional de Política para la Reunión Preparatória celebrada los días 19 y 20 de Octubre de 2000…
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10月 2000
43 lithographs, etchings, linocuts, woodcuts, silkscreens and other works in various graphic techniques by 40 artists from the Americas were united in this exhibition presented at the art gallery of…
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10月 2000
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It has been shown that the social security system and other sorts of government transfers have helped poor elderly people, such as widows, to live alone in the U.S. This paper investigates whether…
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10月 2000
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This paper develops and applies a new approach to the estimation of the impact of economy-wide reforms on wage differentials, using a new high-quality data set on wage differentials by schooling…
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9月 2000
29 paintings and 1 sculpture by artists (including two women) from the early to late modern period of the 20th century, and 36 contemporary folk objects form this exhibition which juxtaposes the art…
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9月 2000
This report presents the results of case studies on nontraditional agricultural exports in Petrolina-Juazeiro (northeastern Brazil), Ecuador, and Guatemala, analyzing the role of public policy in…
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9月 2000
Da a conocer las palabras ofrecidas por el Presidente del BID, Enrique V. Iglesias, sobre la conferencia que abarca temas de la importancia macroeconómica de las remesas, mecanismos que contribuyan…
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9月 2000
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El propósito básico de este estudio es contribuir a la comprensión de los factores favorables y los elementos de potencial amenaza para que los bancos centrales ejerzan su autonomía institucional.…