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Date issued:
12月 2012
Generative AI enabled
¿Qué determina la sensación de inseguridad frente al delito y qué podemos hacer al respecto? En este estudio se propone y pone a prueba un modelo correlacional que combina diferentes determinantes…
Date issued:
12月 2012
This paper analyzes empirically the relationship between innovation and productivity in the Chilean services sector. Consistent with recent evidence on developed countries, we find that services…
Date issued:
12月 2012
In this paper, the links between the investment in innovation activities, innovation outputs (technological and non-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are…
Date issued:
12月 2012
This discussion paper presents a survey of the changes in Latin America's energy consumption over the last 30 years, before considering the trends that will affect the region in the coming…
Date issued:
12月 2012
This paper examines the potential for shale gas in Latin America, and the technical and institutional obstacles to the industry's development. The first part of the paper analyzes the…
Date issued:
12月 2012
Generative AI enabled
This paper presents results from a randomized control trial in which approximately 1,000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children attending primary schools in Lima, Peru. The…
Date issued:
12月 2012
Generative AI enabled
Although cervical cancer is considered one of the most preventable types of cancer, mortality rates in many developing countries are extremely high. This paper exploits the randomized research design…
Date issued:
12月 2012
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This paper studies whether policymakers should wait to intervene until a financial crisis strikes or rather act in a preemptive manner. This question is examined in a relatively simple dynamic…
Date issued:
12月 2012
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This paper uses data from the Argentine House of Representatives to study the relationship between legislative effort and political success, as measured by reelection, becoming a leader of the House…
Date issued:
12月 2012
El proyecto de bienes públicos regionales (BPR) en fortificación masiva de alimentos de alto consumo que el BID co-financió en el 2007 para el conjunto de los siete países de la región, se diseñó…