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Date issued: 9月 2011
Author(s): Antón, Arturo;Hernández Trillo, Fausto

The proposal by Levy (2008) whereby a universal social insurance (USI) scheme is guaranteed to all workers, regardless of formality status, aims at abolishing the current contributory social…

Date issued: 9月 2011
Author(s): Amarante, Verónica;Manacorda, Marco;Vigorito, Andrea;Zerpa, Mariana

This paper uses matched social security and program micro data from the Uruguayan Plan de Atención Nacional a la Emergencia Social to investigate the effect of social assistance on formal labor…

Date issued: 9月 2011
Author(s): Ávila Akerberg, Andrés

El presente estudio tiene como objetivo analizar y comparar la experiencia de México, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador y Perú en la implementación de las provisiones ambientales de sus TLCs con Estados…

Date issued: 9月 2011
Author(s): Zuñiga, Juan Luis;Staples, Brian Rankin

Este estudio abordará los desafíos y dificultades asociadas con la implementación y administración de las disposiciones sobre acceso a mercados, con especial énfasis en aquellas relacionadas con…

Date issued: 9月 2011
Author(s): Rucci, Graciana

La presente nota técnica presenta un panorama del mercado laboral chileno y su contexto a nivel nacional. Esta nota incluye un diagnóstico del sector, la programación del BID para el período 2010-…

Date issued: 9月 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This document discusses the basics on microfranchising. It reviews the concept and key elements, lessons learned from other regions, including the Grameen Bank. Finally, an agenda for the development…

Date issued: 9月 2011
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El presente documento expone los principios básicos del sistema de microfranquicias. Se explican el concepto y los elementos claves, las lecciones aprendidas de otras regiones, incluyendo la del…

Date issued: 9月 2011
Author(s): Cuevas, Mario;Lée, Sigfrido;Bonilla, María Isabel

In Guatemala there are substantial and growing imbalances in the housing market; at the same time, financial markets remain shallow and underdeveloped. The analytical framework applied in this paper…

Date issued: 9月 2011
Author(s): Chrisney, Martin D.;Kamiya, Marco

This document aims to contribute to the development of a tool to analyze Productive Development Programs (PDPs). The methodology for mapping and measuring of institutional performance (MIDI, from its…

Date issued: 9月 2011
Author(s): Harbitz, Mia Elisabeth;Arcos Axt, Iván

This IDB technical note seeks to highlight the relationship that exists between a country's level of governance, the success of digital government strategies, and the identification policies…