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Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Recognizing corruption as a serious threat to economic growth, social equity, and good governance, the IDB signed an agreement in March of 2007 with the Government of Norway for the establishment of…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): Cárdenas, Mauricio;Di Maro, Vincenzo;Mejía, Carolina

Using an approach that complements standard income-based measures with broader measures of well-being this paper addresses the relationship between quality of life and deprivation. In particular,…

Date issued: 1月 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Clark, John

The OECD has been active in promoting competition policy among countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and formed a partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank to further this aim. The…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): Rodríguez Zevallos, Miguel

Con la finalidad de contribuir al desarrollo económico y empresarial de diversas comunidades del ámbito de las áreas protegidas y/o sus zonas de amortiguamiento, MEDA/Perú ejecuta el proyecto…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): Isola Elías, Sandra

Con la finalidad de contribuir al desarrollo económico y empresarial de diversas comunidades del ámbito de las áreas protegidas y/o sus zonas de amortiguamiento, MEDA/Perú ejecuta el proyecto de…

Date issued: 1月 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stein, Ernesto H.;Bos, María Soledad;Duarte, Jesús;Cuevas, Mario;Alvarado, Nathalie;Beliz, Gustavo;Barreix, Alberto Daniel;Roca, Jerónimo;Auguste, Sebastián;Jones, Mark P.;Straface, Fernando;Sánchez, Mario;Behrman, Jere R.;Duryea, Suzanne;Maluccio, John A.;Kugler, Adriana;Gonzales, Alberto;Ñopo, Hugo R.;Carreño, Liliana;Espitia Aviléz, Gonzalo;Pineda Mannheim, Carlos R.;Vodusek, Ziga;Granados, Jaime;Zeballos, Erick;Gutiérrez Rocha, Mario

La estructura y selección de temas de la presente publicación responde, en su mayor parte, a un diagnóstico de crecimiento para Guatemala realizado en 2007, donde se identificaron un conjunto de…

Date issued: 1月 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Machado, Roberto;Vergara, Rodrigo;Petrei, Humberto;Ratner, Gabriel;Iacoviello, Mercedes;Zuvanic, Laura;Claro de la Maza, Jorge;Letelier, Leonardo S.

A partir de un enfoque esencialmente comparativo, Un gasto que valga: los fondos públicos en Centroamérica y República Dominicana ayuda a comprender la problemática del gasto público en la región,…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La Oficina de Integridad Institucional (OII) es la principal dependencia del Grupo del BID encargada de los temas externos de integridad, fraude y corrupción. Como medida de la importancia que le…

Date issued: 1月 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gandelman, Eduardo;Gandelman, Néstor;Rothschild, Julie

Using micro data on judicial proceedings in Uruguay, this paper presents evidence that female defendants receive more favorable treatment in courts than male defendants. This is due to longer…

Date issued: 1月 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gandelman, Néstor

The gender of the household head has often been treated as an exogenous determinant of homeownership. This paper argues that several determinants of homeownership also affect household headship and…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): López Córdova, José Ernesto;Olmedo, Alexandra;Cerrutti, Marcela;Parrado, Emilio A.;Esquivel, Gerardo;Huerta-Pineda, Alejandra;Hanson, Gordon H.;Kugler, Maurice;Lotti, Emanuela;McKenzie, David;Rapoport, Hillel;Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina;Sainz, Tania;Pozo, Susan;Woodruff, Christopher;Orozco, Manuel;Fedewa, Rachel

The IDB's Integration & Trade Journal includes articles on the different aspects of integration in Latin America and the Caribbean, on hemispheric integration and, furthermore, on similar…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Office of Institutional Integrity (OII) is the IDB Group's primary office for addressing external matters of integrity, fraud and corruption. As a measure of the significance that the IDB…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) contributes to sustainable economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean in a wide variety of ways: through our lending operations,…

Date issued: 1月 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hall, Bronwyn H.;Maffioli, Alessandro

This working paper surveys impact evaluations of government Technology Development Funds (TDFs) in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Panama. All the evaluations were done at the recipient (firm) level…

Date issued: 1月 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Martínez, Juan Francisco

This paper analyzes alternative models for emerging sovereign ratings. Although a small number of economic fundamentals explain ratings reasonably well, variations in those economic fundamentals are…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This Annual Report details the activities of the Japanese Trusts Funds for 2007. The Japanese Trust Funds support five distinct programs: the Japan Special Fund (JSF); the Japanese Trust Fund for…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report summarizes the activities of the IDB Cultural Center in 2007. Throughout 2007 the IDB Cultural Center steered its efforts towards supporting and consolidating the Bank's strategic…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe es un resumen de las actividades del Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en 2007. A lo largo de este año, el Centro Cultural del BID afianzó el concepto estratégico de…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): Taylor, J. Edward;Yúñez Naude, Antonio;Jesurun-Clements, Nancy;De los Santos, Jesús;Filipski, Mateusz;Paulino, José Rafael

El objetivo de este estudio es analizar los posibles impactos de la apertura comercial en los hogares rurales dominicanos. El análisis de impactos económicos se realizó utilizando un modelo de…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): López Córdova, José Ernesto;Olmedo, Alexandra;Cerrutti, Marcela;Parrado, Emilio A.;Esquivel, Gerardo;Huerta-Pineda, Alejandra;Hanson, Gordon H.;Kugler, Maurice;Lotti, Emanuela;McKenzie, David;Rapoport, Hillel;Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina;Sainz, Tania;Pozo, Susan;Woodruff, Christopher;Orozco, Manuel;Fedewa, Rachel

La Revista Integración & Comercio del BID incluye artículos referidos a las distintas manifestaciones del proceso de integración en América Latina y el Caribe, a la integración hemisférica y,…

Date issued: 1月 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berkman, Heather;Pagés, Carmen;Gandelman, Néstor;Gandelman, Eduardo;Calónico, Sebastián;Azevedo, Viviane;Payne, J. Mark;Cárdenas, Juan Camilo;Duryea, Suzanne;Chaparro, Juan Camilo;Lora, Eduardo;Ñopo, Hugo R.;Mazza, Jacqueline;Ripani, Laura;Chong, Alberto E.;Polanía, Sandra;Márquez, Gustavo;Bouillon, César P.;León, Gianmarco

This report raises a number of fundamental questions about the multidimensional and interrelated nature of social exclusion and moves beyond the traditional emphasis on outcomes and groups to view…

Date issued: 1月 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berkman, Heather;Pagés, Carmen;Gandelman, Néstor;Gandelman, Eduardo;Calónico, Sebastián;Azevedo, Viviane;Payne, J. Mark;Cárdenas, Juan Camilo;Duryea, Suzanne;Chaparro, Juan Camilo;Lora, Eduardo;Ñopo, Hugo R.;Mazza, Jacqueline;Ripani, Laura;Chong, Alberto E.;Polanía, Sandra;Márquez, Gustavo;Bouillon, César P.;León, Gianmarco

En ¿Los de afuera? se plantean varios interrogantes fundamentales acerca de la naturaleza multidimensional e interrelacionada de la exclusión social, y se trasciende el énfasis tradicional en los…

Date issued: 1月 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Scartascini, Carlos;Funaro, Rita;Madrigal, Lucía;Duryea, Suzanne;Chaparro, Juan Camilo;Rodríguez-Pombo, María Victoria;Lora, Eduardo;Sanguinetti, Pablo;Savedoff, William D.;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Verdisco, Aimee;Alfonso, Mariana;Powell, Andrew

Traditionally, the concept of quality of life has been viewed through objective indicators. Beyond Facts looks at quality of life through a new lens, namely, the perceptions of millions of Latin…

Date issued: 1月 2008 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Scartascini, Carlos;Funaro, Rita;Madrigal, Lucía;Duryea, Suzanne;Chaparro, Juan Camilo;Rodríguez-Pombo, María Victoria;Lora, Eduardo;Sanguinetti, Pablo;Savedoff, William D.;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Verdisco, Aimee;Alfonso, Mariana;Powell, Andrew

Tradicionalmente, la calidad de vida se ha medido en relación con indicadores objetivos. En Más allá de los hechos se visualiza a través de una nueva lente: la percepción de la gente. Con base en una…

Date issued: 1月 2008
Author(s): Salazni, Mariana;Powell, Andrew

REVELA analyzes market expectations of growth and inflation in Latin American countries. The figures analyzed represent the results of surveys of private sector actors conducted by the central banks…