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Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Smith, Ellen

This report focuses on the determinants of the first type of research output: new knowledge. There are no direct measures of this type of research output, but several proxies have been typically used…

Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Zuleta, Gustavo;Álvarez, Patricia;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Giordano, Osvaldo

Uruguay posee uno de los sistemas de protección social más antiguos y extendidos de Latinoamérica. Tiene más de un siglo de antigüedad y absorbe aproximadamente el 21% del Producto Bruto interno (PBI…

Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Eguino, Huáscar;Aguilar, Juan Carlos

El presente estudio tiene por objetivo analizar las finanzas públicas municipales y la capacidad de gestión fiscal de los gobiernos departamentales en Uruguay para proporcionar un diagnóstico…

Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Eguino, Huáscar;Adler, Verónica

El Desarrollo Urbano debe pasar a ser una condición necesaria para la competitividad y la mejora de la calidad de vida de un país. La competitividad no sólo depende de factores económicos a nivel…

Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Arim, Rodrigo;Amarante, Verónica;Rubio, Mónica;Vigorito, Andrea

La presente nota tiene como objetivo contribuir a un debate relativamente reciente en Panamá, entorno a lo que debería ser un sistema de protección social (SPS) y cuáles son los retos que el país…

Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Toro Cepeda, Julio

En este documento se presentan los principales aspectos que fundamentan el Programa de Concesiones de Chile en los diferentes sectores de infraestructura, así como los principales aspectos…

Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This Country Program Evaluation (RE-361) focuses on the Bank's ability to adjust its programming from a context in which the demand was primarily for fast financing and crisis mitigation to a…

Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La evaluación que se presenta a continuación (RE-361) se enfoca en la capacidad del Banco para ajustar su programación pasando de un contexto en el cual existía una demanda principalmente de…

Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This issue of IDEA looks at the intensely political process that surrounds public budgeting in Latin America. It analyzes critical budget issues, recent legislation, the political actors involved and…

Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Esta edición de IDEA se centra en el proceso intensamente político que rodea al presupuesto público en América Latina. La misma analiza temas presupuestarios críticos, la legislación reciente, los…

Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Pietrobelli, Carlo

Esta presentación ofrece una revisión de los asuntos relacionados con cadenas de valor y la productividad de empresas. El documento explica conceptos como innovación, "upgrading",…

Date issued: 12月 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lopez Boo, Florencia;Madrigal, Lucía;Pagés, Carmen

This paper investigates the relationship between part-time work and job satisfaction using a recent household survey from Honduras. In contrast to previous work for developed countries, this paper…

Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Hornbeck, J. F.

Free Trade Agreements: U.S. Promotion and Oversight of Latin American Implementation

Date issued: 12月 2009
Author(s): Hart, Michael M.

Between 1986 and 1995, the government of Canada negotiated and implemented three major international trade agreements: the 1989 Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUFTA), the 1994 North American Free…

Date issued: 11月 2009
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Cabrol, Marcelo;Ibarrarán, Pablo

Primary-school students in Argentina score low in international assessments of learning, particularly in math and science. To help remedy this situation, the Inter-American Development Bank is…

Date issued: 11月 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Shearer, Matthew;Suominen, Kati;Estevadeordal, Antoni

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of liberalisation in RTAs in the Americas in comparison to agreements in other world regions, and to put forth policy recommendations for…

Date issued: 11月 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Iberti, Gonzalo;Blyde, Juan S.

Most microeconometric studies available for LAC have focused on measuring the direct impact of trade on plant productivity leaving aside other effects that arise through the market selection process…

Date issued: 11月 2009
Author(s): Saavedra, José Jorge

To enhance private sector development and increase the impact of Private Sector Development (PSD) Strategy Projects, there is a need for a comprehensive program that will link business climate…

Date issued: 11月 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

In a partnership spanning more than five decades, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and its member countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have invested heavily in economic and…

Date issued: 11月 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jemio M., Luis Carlos;Candia C., Fernando;Evia V., José Luis

This paper analyzes reforms and counter-reforms in Bolivia in recent decades and their effects on the policymaking process (PMP) and productivity. Bolivias PMP has shifted from a formal…

Date issued: 11月 2009
Author(s): Arevalo, Gregorio

Este documento, que se presentó en el Cuarto Congreso Latinoamericano de Clústers en Mendoza, Argentina, ofrece una presentación sobre los proyectos del BID en apoyo al desarrollo de clústers en…

Date issued: 11月 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Taylor, Alan M.;Estevadeordal, Antoni

According to the Washington Consensus, developing countries' growth would benefit from a reduction in tariffs and other barriers to trade. But a backlash against this view now suggests that…

Date issued: 11月 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Di Tella, Rafael;Schargrodsky, Ernesto

This paper uses self-reported data on victimization, subjective well being and ideology for a panel of individuals living in six Argentine cities. While no relationship is found between happiness and…

Date issued: 11月 2009 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Suominen, Kati;Estevadeordal, Antoni;Harris, Jeremy

This paper maps out Rules of Origin (RoO) in regional trade agreements (RTAs) around the world, and observes that the restrictiveness and complexity of RoO are driven by factors specific to each RTA…

Date issued: 11月 2009
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Proyecto Mesoamérica Integración y Desarrollo

The objective of the WTO¿s Aid for Trade (AFT) initiative is to help developing countries to build the supply-side capacity and trade related infrastructure needed to implement and benefit from trade…