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Date issued: 11月 2011
Author(s): Kirby, Carlos;Brosa, Nicolau

The logistics industry is one of utmost relevance and principally serves as a motor of private sec-tor development and growth of the economic sectors of a country or region. A logistics industry that…

Date issued: 11月 2011
Author(s): Gischler, Christiaan;Janson, Nils

This paper deals with how to promote distributed generation (DG) done with renewable energy in emerging markets of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), with the purpose of increasing…

Date issued: 11月 2011
Author(s): Hoagland-Grey, Hilary;Ward, Natasha;Canter, Larry;Arneson, Lynn

The objective of this Technical Note is to describe the necessary Bank requirements for the content of an Environmental and Social Analysis (ESA), with a focus on the particular issues related to…

Date issued: 11月 2011
Author(s): Hoagland-Grey, Hilary;Arneson, Lynn;Ward, Natasha

When investing in small and mid-size hotel projects, the IDB, as a general rule, requires that the Sponsor develop and implement an environmental and social management system (ESHSMS). The ESHSMS is…

Date issued: 11月 2011
Author(s): Himberg, Harvey

The overall objectives of this technical note are as follows: (a) develop and provide specific, detailed Use of Country Systems (UCS) guidance for "Equivalence Analysis" for the borrowing…

Date issued: 11月 2011
Author(s): Walton, Tom

The overall objectives of this technical note are as follows: (a) develop and provide specific, detailed Use of Country Systems (UCS) guidance for "Acceptability Analysis" for the borrowing…

Date issued: 11月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ardanaz, Martín;Scartascini, Carlos

This paper argues that the details of political institutions help explain the low levels of personal income taxation. In particular, legislative malapportionment enables rich elites to exercise…

Date issued: 11月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vogel, Robert C.;Schulz, Gerald

This paper presents the results of an investigation requested by the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank under its Caribbean Microfinance Capacity Building project (…

Date issued: 11月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cristia, Julian P.;Evans, William N.;Beomsoo, Kim

This paper estimates the impact of a large-scale contracting-out program in Guatemala, using two waves of living standard measurement surveys which collected data before and after the expansion of…

Date issued: 11月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Majnoni, Giovanni;Powell, Andrew

The recent global financial crisis has put the spotlight on macro-prudential policies to protect firms and households from problems emanating from the financial sector. This paper proposes an…