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Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Tommasi, Mariano

En este trabajo sobre políticas se pasa revista a las obras de investigación sobre la capacidad de los gobiernos que se han emprendido en el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, se resalta la…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Vegas, Emiliana;Ganimian, Alejandro;Bos, María Soledad

En el 2012, ocho países de América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, México, Perú y Uruguay) participaron en el Programa para la Evaluación Internacional de Alumnos (PISA, por…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Bos, María Soledad;Ganimian, Alejandro;Vegas, Emiliana

En el 2012, ocho países de América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, México, Perú y Uruguay) participaron en el Programa para la Evaluación Internacional de Alumnos (PISA, por…

Date issued: 1月 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Garofalo, Pablo;Czerwonko, Alejo;Cristia, Julian P.

Many developing countries are allocating significant resources to expanding technology access in schools. Whether these investments will translate into measurable educational improvements remains an…

Date issued: 1月 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Muñoz, Juan Sebastián

This paper presents evidence of the relationship between the disparity in the academic performance of boys and girls in Colombia and the country's excessively high school dropout rates. By…

Date issued: 1月 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bet, Germán;Cristia, Julian P.;Ibarrarán, Pablo

This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools…

Date issued: 1月 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ajzenman, Nicolás;Galiani, Sebastián;Seira, Enrique

There are few reliable estimates of the effects of violence on economic outcomes. This study exploits the manifold increase in homicides in 2008-2011 in Mexico resulting from its war on organized…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Fazio, Maria Victoria;Pinder, Etoile

The Inter-America n Development Bank (IDB), through the Labour Markets and Social Security Unit, has been supporting a comprehensive labour market study (LMS) in The Bahamas to collect and analyse…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

In Latin America and the Caribbean most people live in cities characterized by large gaps in access to housing, public spaces, urban services and infrastructure. Though urban management has improved…

Date issued: 1月 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mullally, Conner;Maffioli, Alessandro

Management is an important input into agricultural production, as it a determinant of the uptake and proper implementation of productive technologies and practices. While there is a large literature…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En las últimas tres décadas, América Latina y el Caribe han mejoradosignificativamente el acceso a la educación en todos los
niveles educativos, sobre todo, para los estudiantes más pobres. Sin…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Los países de América Latina y el Caribe están experimentando una rápida transición epidemiológica.ientras que los casos de enfermedades transmisibles y reproductivas se mantienen vigentes en la…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El potencial de crecimiento de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) se ve inhibido por altos costos logísticos, de información, regulatorios y financieros. El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID)…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El crecimiento económico, la calidad de vida y el nivel de pobreza de un país están directamente vinculados a las características de su sistema de transporte. Debido a esto, el Banco Interamericano…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Bossert, Thomas;Blanchet, Nathan;Sheetz, Suzanne;Pinto, Diana M.;Cali, Jonathan;Perez-Cuevas, Ricardo

This technical note presents a comparative analysis of Latin America's fragmented health systems. It provides a detailed account of health system fragmentation along six dimensions (…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Macinko, James

This study develops a composite measure of primary care experience, using the Commonwealth Fund's 2010 International Health Policy Survey (IHP), applied on eleven high income OECD countries, and…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2013 Annual Business Review (ABR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The ABR reports on outputs, lending program priorities, and organizational indicators on a…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Banco de Guayaquil (BG) es uno de los bancos más grandes de Ecuador con una cuota de mercado del 12% y casi 5.000 puntos de atención en el país, entre ellos 3.756 corresponsales no bancarios del…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

An estimated 42 percent of homes in Costa Rica are in need of repair, expansion, or some other improvement, and nearly a quarter ofthose deficient dwellings are so dilapidated as to represent an…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Se estima que el 42% de los hogares en Costa Rica necesitan reparaciones, ampliaciones u otro tipo de mejoras y que casi la cuarta parte de esas viviendas en estado deficiente están tan deterioradas…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

El sector agrícola paraguayo emplea directa o indirectamente a casi una cuarta parte de la población, aporta una quinta parte del PIB y da cuenta de tres cuartas partes de las exportaciones. No…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

The agricultural sector has long been the foundation of the Paraguayan economy. The sector directly or indirectly employs nearly a quarter of the population, contributes a fifthof GDP, and accounts…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Women-owned small and micro enterprises at the base of the pyramid (BOP) account for nearly 20 percent of businesses in Paraguay, yet they generally cannot access credit because they lack…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Las micro y pequeñas empresas en cabeza de mujeres de la BDP constituyen casi el 20% de las empresas en Paraguay, pero generalmente no tienen acceso a crédito pues no pueden probar su capacidad de…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

More than two-thirds of BOP Salvadorian homeowners lack access to financing to finish construction, make repairs, connect to basic services, or formalize their tenure. Many live in unhealthy and…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Más de dos tercios de los propietarios de vivienda en El Salvador que viven en casas con necesidad de reparación carecen de acceso a financiamiento para concluir la construcción, efectuar mejoras,…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Microenterprises and small businesses account for more than 90 percent of companies and jobs in Ecuador, yet these entrepreneurs have little access to credit or financial services. Only about 12…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Aunque las micro y pequeñas empresas representan más del 90% de las empresas en Ecuador, estos empresarios tienen un reducido acceso a servicios financieros. Apenas un 12% del crédito formal se…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Almost 90 percent of adult Colombians have never had access to credit from a formal financial institution. Public employees like police officers, teachers, soldiers, and clerks encounter difficulties…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

A pesar de los esfuerzos del gobierno, el 33 por ciento de los colombianos mayores de 18 años aún no tiene acceso al crédito formal. Incluso alos empleados públicos formales como policías, maestros y…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Becoming part of the formal economy, opening a bank account, or obtaining a loan continues to be a challenge for the majority of base-of-the-pyramid (BOP) families in Colombia. In areas where…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Hacer parte de la economía formal abriendo una cuenta bancaria u obteniendo un préstamo continúa siendo un desafío para la mayoría de familias de la base de la pirámide (BDP) en Colombia. En áreas en…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Serebrisky, Tomás

The objective of this Infrastructure Strategy is to guide future Banksupport for the countries of the Region toward their adoption of a new vision of the sector. According to this vision,…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Serebrisky, Tomás

El objetivo de esta estrategia es guiar las actividades futuras del Banco para acompañar a los países de la región en el proceso de adopción de una nueva visión, en la cual la infraestructura se…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Batlle, Carlos

The new renewable sources, such as sun or wind, show a specific set of characteristics such as geographical and temporal variability that challenge their integration into traditional energy systems…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Batlle, Carlos

Las nuevas fuentes renovables, como el sol o el viento, presentan una serie de características, como la variabilidad temporal y geográfica, que plantean retos importantes al convertirse en una opción…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Nugent, Stevonne;Schmid, Juan Pedro

Jamaican firms are constantly plagued by a number of issues that restrict their ability to grow. The World Bank's Enterprise Survey examined the key indicators to give insight on the business…

Date issued: 1月 2014
Author(s): Reymondin, Louis;Coca, Alejandro;Arango, David;Jarvis, Andy;Navarrete, Carolina;Suding, Paul Hugo;Watkins, Graham George

Deforestation as one of the potential indirect impacts of infrastructure development has increasingly become an important issue in the development community. While questions concerning the drivers…

Date issued: 1月 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This book looks at the potential and the limits of policies to promote entrepreneurship as an important vehicle for social mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as steps to remove the…

Date issued: 12月 2013
Author(s): Vegas, Emiliana;Ganimian, Alejandro;Bos, María Soledad

En el 2012, ocho países de América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, México, Perú y Uruguay) participaron en el Programa para la Evaluación Internacional de Alumnos (PISA, por…

Date issued: 12月 2013
Author(s): Suding, Paul Hugo

This technical note presents orientation for project teams and clients on how to reconcile the financing of chemical plants with climate change objectives. In lieu of minimum performance criteria, it…

Date issued: 12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: 12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: 12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: 12月 2013
Author(s): McNish, Brian;Granada, Isabel

This Technical Note was prepared to support the transport sector policy dialogue between the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Government of Belize. The note provides an overview of the…

Date issued: 12月 2013 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Miller, Sebastián J.;Vela, Mauricio A.

In addition to the morbidity and mortality concerns of outdoor air pollution, studies have shown that air pollution also generates problems for children`s cognitive performance and human capital…

Date issued: 12月 2013
Author(s): Brakarz, José;Jaitman, Laura

This technical note analyzes the methodologies used to evaluate neighborhood upgrading programs, describes their results, and suggests approaches for future evaluations. Local and central governments…

Date issued: 12月 2013
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Desde 1996, el Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe del BID (BID-INTAL) ha publicado la edición anual del Informe MERCOSUR, con el objeto de documentar los aspectos más…

Date issued: 12月 2013
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Desde 1996, o Instituto para a Integração da América Latina e o Caribe do BID (BID-INTAL) tem publicado a edição anual do Informe MERCOSUL, a fim de documentar os aspectos mais importantes do…

Date issued: 12月 2013
Author(s): Castellani, Francesca;Lora, Eduardo;Funaro, Rita

This issue of IDEA is based on the recently released IDB book, Entrepreneurship in Latin America: A Step up the Social Ladder? It provides interesting insights into the limits of policies to promote…