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Date issued: 3月 2019
Author(s): Persaud, Christopher;Tarre, Alejandro;Morales, Olga

A través de esta serie de casos de estudio, el Departamento de Infraestructura y Energía del BID pretende dar a conocer su trabajo en la región, los problemas que aborda, los retos en la…

Date issued: 3月 2019
Author(s): Schmid, Juan Pedro

Jamaica tuvo que enfrentar la crisis financiera mundial del 2008 con una economía débil y altos niveles de deuda. En esta coyuntura económica, la situación fiscal de Jamaica se hizo insostenible. A…

Date issued: 3月 2019 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Azuara Herrera, Oliver;Azuero, Rodrigo;Bosch, Mariano;Torres, Jesica

Simplified tax regimes reduce both tax rates and compliance costs for small firms. On the one hand, these regimes increase the number of businesses formally registered and have the potential of also…

Date issued: 3月 2019
Author(s): Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes;Buenadicha Sánchez, César;Bustelo, Monserrat;Duryea, Suzanne;Heredero, Elena;Rubio-Codina, Marta;Rucci, Graciana;Becerra, Laura

21st Century Skills is an initiative led by the Inter-American Development Bank that aims to gather and organize different stakeholders from public and private sectors in order to equip Latin…

Date issued: 3月 2019
Author(s): Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes;Buenadicha Sánchez, César;Bustelo, Monserrat;Duryea, Suzanne;Heredero, Elena;Rubio-Codina, Marta;Rucci, Graciana;Becerra, Laura

Habilidades del siglo 21 es una iniciativa liderada por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo que busca sumar y articular distintos actores del ámbito público y privado con el fin de equipar a los…

Date issued: 3月 2019
Author(s): Slack, Enid

This paper identifies a range of governance mechanisms to support the efficient and equitable provision of public services and improve policy coordination in metropolitan areas. It provides examples…

Date issued: 3月 2019
Author(s): Marques Garcia, Luana;Ortiz Sosa, Diana;Urban, Anne-Marie

Women with disabilities are at higher risk of experiencing violence than men with disabilities as well as women without disabilities. Yet, in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), there is a…

Date issued: 3月 2019
Author(s): Marques Garcia, Luana;Ortiz Sosa, Diana;Urban, Anne-Marie

Las mujeres con discapacidad están expuestas a un mayor riesgo de sufrir violencia que los hombres con discapacidad y que las mujeres sin discapacidad. Sin embargo, en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC…

Date issued: 3月 2019
Author(s): Luciano, Dinys;Hidalgo, Nidia;Acuña, Nathyeli;Urban, Anne-Marie

El femicidio es la expresión más extrema de la violencia contra las mujeres. Honduras es uno de los países con las tasas de muertes violentas de mujeres más altas del mundo. La presente nota técnica…

Date issued: 3月 2019
Author(s): Prats Cabrera, Joan Oriol

There is growing interest in promoting public–private partnerships (PPPs) as an instrument to develop more and better infrastructure. Good governance for PPPs is a key aspect of promoting appropriate…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Wattenbach, Horst;Linares, Ana María;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Alonso, Pablo;Haarsager, Ulrike;Rose, Jonathan;Schijman, Agustina;Fernández Illescas, Coral;Szwedzki, Roni;Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda;Maciel, Odette;Rivera, Johanan;Carpanelli, María del Mar;Figueroa, Claudia;Maqueda Gassos, Stephany;Russell, Nathaniel;Legarreta, Regina;García, Juan Felipe;Putic, Melanie;Rojas-Asqui, Xiomara;Hallberg, Kris;Averbug, Andre

The review of project self-evaluations and performance ratings by the independent evaluation office is an integral aspect of the project evaluation system across Multilateral Development Banks. At…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Wattenbach, Horst;Linares, Ana María;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Alonso, Pablo;Haarsager, Ulrike;Rose, Jonathan;Schijman, Agustina;Fernández Illescas, Coral;Szwedzki, Roni;Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda;Maciel, Odette;Rivera, Johanan;Carpanelli, María del Mar;Figueroa, Claudia;Maqueda Gassos, Stephany;Russell, Nathaniel;Legarreta, Regina;García, Juan Felipe;Putic, Melanie;Rojas-Asqui, Xiomara;Hallberg, Kris;Averbug, Andre

La revisión de las autoevaluaciones y las calificaciones del desempeño de los proyectos por la oficina de evaluación independiente forma parte integral del sistema de evaluación de proyectos en todos…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Hydronia LLC

This document presents HydroBID Flood model instructional tutorials to facilitate the application of several model components using QGIS. HydroBID Flood is a new software created with the purpose of…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Hydronia LLC

HydroBID Flood is a combined hydrologic and hydraulic finite-volume model for rivers, estuaries and floodplains based on the RiverFlow2D model. This reference manual provides instructions to install…

Date issued: 2月 2019 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Frisancho, Verónica

Based on rigorous empirical evidence, this paper evaluates if the excitement about school-based financial education programs is warranted. First, relying on recent experimental evidence, the paper…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Castagnola, Andrea;Herrero, Álvaro

The City of Buenos Aires (CABA) is one of the pioneer cities in the Latin America and the Caribbean region in terms of open government, and forms part of the Subnational Government Pilot Program of…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Castagnola, Andrea;Herrero, Álvaro

La Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (CABA) es una de las ciudades de la región de América Latina y el Caribe pionera en gobierno abierto, y que forma parte del Programa Piloto de Gobiernos…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Garcimartín, Carlos;Astudillo, Jhonatan A.

El propósito de este documento es analizar el impacto de la inflación en la distribución del ingreso a través de la composición del gasto de los hogares. A diferencia de otros análisis enfocados en…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Wenner, Mark D.;Bollers, Elton;Clarke, Dillon;Johnny, Teneisha

In 2014 a survey of 11 indigenous villages and 337 households was conducted to understand the economic conditions and document perceptions and opinions of leaders and households on various matters of…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Maqueda Gassos, Stephany;Alonso, Pablo;Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda;Rose, Jonathan;García, Juan Felipe;Soriano, Alejandro;Szwedzki, Roni;Pedraza, Lina;Soares, Thaís

This document discusses the Office of Evaluation and Oversights (OVE) evaluation of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Country Program with Colombia for 2015-2018. This is OVEs fifth…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Maqueda Gassos, Stephany;Alonso, Pablo;Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda;Rose, Jonathan;García, Juan Felipe;Soriano, Alejandro;Szwedzki, Roni;Pedraza, Lina;Soares, Thaís

Este documento presenta la evaluación de la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) sobre el Programa de País del Grupo del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) con Colombia durante el período…

Date issued: 2月 2019 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alessandro, Martín;Cardinale Lagomarsino, Bruno;Scartascini, Carlos;Torrealday, Jerónimo

Does providing information improve citizens’ perception about government transparency? Does all information matter the same for shaping perceptions about the government? This paper addresses these…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Hoces de la Guardia, Fernando;Sturdy, Jennifer

The social science landscape is changing rapidly; alongside existing standards for ethics in research there are rising standards for what is considered credible and rigorous research, including the…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Banerjee, Abhijit;Breza, Emily;Townsend, Robert;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.

Approaches to underdevelopment based on misallocation of resources have two premises. First, that there is huge heterogeneity in terms of underlying productivity among potential and actual…

Date issued: 2月 2019
Author(s): Andrade, Gabriela;Buvinic, Mayra

Sex-disaggregated financial inclusion data can help to inform better financial inclusion policies and products. This case study explores the case of Mexico, where a combination of an evidence-based…