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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

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): 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): 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…