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Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Chávez, Gonzálo

La economía boliviana depende de manera significativa de la exportación de recursos naturales, en especial de hidrocarburos. Desde el punto de vista fiscal, la venta de gas natural a Brasil y a…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Aguilar, Tatiana;Cortés, Sandra;Olivera, Mauricio

El crecimiento de la economía mundial y el aumento de los precios internacionales de los productos básicos o commodities han dado lugar a un mayor dinamismo en las actividades extractivas en los…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Ortiz, María;Cueva Armijos, Simón

El crecimiento de la economía mundial y el aumento de los precios internacionales de los productos básicos o commodities han dado lugar a un mayor dinamismo en las actividades extractivas en los…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Del Valle, Marielle

El crecimiento de la economía mundial y el aumento de los precios internacionales de los productos básicos o commodities han dado lugar a un mayor dinamismo en las actividades extractivas en los…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Dixon, John A.

As part of project preparation, a standard Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) was carried out for the Reventazón Hydroelectric Project (PHR). This paper builds on that CBA and will prepare an enhanced…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Lafuente, Mariano

Due in part to Belize's characteristic as a small state, its public administration is among the most expensive in Central America relative to the size of its economy. This represents a potential…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Bando, Rosangela

There has been extensive research and investment in strategies that aim to improve the quality of education around the world. But despite rigorous evidence, the question of what to do in a specific…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Martin, Carlos;Campillo, Gisela;Meirovich, Hilen;Navarrete, Jesús

In both developed and developing countries, sustainable and resilient public housing construction has been described as a convenient solution to the simultaneous challenges of 1) climate change…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Martin, Carlos;Campillo, Gisela;Meirovich, Hilen;Navarrete, Jesús

Tanto en los países en desarrollo como en los desarrollados, la construcción de viviendas públicas sustentables y resilientes es considerada una solución práctica a los desafíos actuales de 1)…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Melgarejo, Karl Alexander;D'Acosta, Michael;Mercer-Blackman, Valerie

This paper contributes to the analysis of the Caribbean's growth performance by setting out a framework for benchmarking indicators of key micro drivers and related structural policies that help…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Andrian, Leandro Gaston;Mercer-Blackman, Valerie;Presbitero, Andrea;Rebucci, Alessandro

High government debts, weak economic growth, vulnerability to external shocks and the design of sound fiscal consolidation strategies are among the most critical issues that some of the Caribbean…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Lodato, Simon;Soares, Tatiana Fontes;Huppi, Monika;Gray, Cheryl

Each year the Structured and Corporate Finance Department (SCF) of the Inter-American Development Bank prepares a set of Expanded Project Supervision Reports (XPSRs). This Fifth Independent…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;Lodato, Simon;Soares, Tatiana Fontes;Huppi, Monika;Gray, Cheryl

Cada año, el Departamento de Financiamiento Estructurado y Corporativo (SCF) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID o el Banco) prepara una serie de informes ampliados de supervisión de…

Date issued: 9月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jimenez Mori, Raul Alberto;Mercado Díaz, Jorge Enrique

This paper investigates trends in energy intensity in Latin American countries over the last 40 years. It applies the Fisher Ideal Index to decompose the energy intensity into the relative…

Date issued: 9月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gingerich, Daniel

This paper examines how the adoption of the Australian ballot (AB), and ipso facto, the transition from the nominal to effective secret vote, shaped the nature of party politics in Brazil. Engaging…

Date issued: 9月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ganimian, Alejandro;Alfonso, Mariana;Santiago, Ana

Many school systems today are trying to attract top college graduates into teaching, but little is known about what dissuades this target group from entering the profession. This study randomly…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Santiso, Carlos;Lafuente, Mariano;Alessandro, Martín

This Technical Note presents a literature review on the Center of Government (CoG). This term refers to the institution or group of institutions that support a country's chief executive (…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The INTAL Monthly Newsletter reports on developments in integration and trade across Latin American and the Caribbean. It also serves as a forum for discussing the IDB's activities related to…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La carta mensual del INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. También es el medio para difundir las actividades realizadas…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

A carta mensal do INTAL informa sobre os desenvolvimentos nas áreas de integração e comércio nas regiões da América Latina e do Caribe. É também um meio de difusão das atividades do BID sobre estes…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Valencia, Oscar;Cifuentes, Paula;Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Borensztein, Eduardo

Instruction Manual for Version 2. 0 of the IDB Debt Sustainability Template. The updated Template includes a new interface, more analytical functions, and greater flexibility for the researcher.

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Valencia, Oscar;Cifuentes, Paula;Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Borensztein, Eduardo

Manual de Instrucciones de la Versión 2. 0 del Template de Sostenibilidad de Deuda del BID. El Template incluye una nueva interface, más funciones analíticas, y mayor flexibilidad para el…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Nugent, Stevonne;Baxter, Sasha;Melgarejo, Karl Alexander;Mercer-Blackman, Valerie;Salazni, Mariana;Kamau, Musheer O.;Schmid, Juan Pedro;Clarke, Dillon;Thomas, Chrystol;O'Brien, Cherran

The Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin provides economic conjunctural and structural information about this particular region. This issue highlights the real growth that remained weak during the…

Date issued: 9月 2013
Author(s): Masciandaro, Donato

This study analyzes the international financial flows of Latin America in order to verify existence and direction of the Stigma Effect. Is the AML/CFT financial regulation that addresses the money…

Date issued: 9月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Torrentes-García, Laura;Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio;Monge-González, Ricardo

Mediante una evaluación cuasi-experimental, este trabajo estudia el impacto de una capacitación tendiente a mejorar las prácticas administrativas y el desempeño de un grupo de micro, pequeñas y…