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Date issued: 12月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Flabbi, Luca;Tejada, Mauricio

This paper makes three contributions to the existing literature. First, it provides descriptive evidence on gender differentials by education level in the US labor market over the last twenty years…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Arrieta, Alejandro;García Prado, Ariadna

This paper studies the effect of ambulatory and hospital coinsurance rates on HACSC among individuals with private insurance in Chile. During the last decade, Chile's private health sector has…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Arrieta, Alejandro

El estudio estima tasas de hospitalizaciones evitables por condiciones sensibles a la atención primaria en salud (ACSC) crónicas en asegurados de la seguridad social (ESSALUD) y el sector privado del…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Aparicio Llanos, Amada

Costa Rica, tiene una población de 4.7 millones de habitantes distribuido en 51,100 Km2. Un sistema de salud público que cubre a 86% de la población y brinda servicios de salud mediante 103 áreas de…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Gómez-Suárez, Ronald;Guanais, Frederico C.

La transición demográfica y epidemiológica que experimenta Paraguay hace que sea necesario preparar de la mejor su sistema de atención primaria para enfrentar contra la carga asociada a la mayor…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Rodríguez García, Jesús

Este proyecto se realiza con el objetivo fundamental de evaluar la factibilidad del uso de la tasa de hospitalizaciones evitables por condiciones sensibles a la atención primaria en salud (HECSAP)…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Ciapponi, Agustín;Glujovsky, Demián;Daray, Federico;López, Analía

Las hospitalizaciones evitables (HE) por Condiciones Sensibles a la Atención Primaria (CSAP) han sido propuestas como indicadores de calidad de la Atención Primaria de la Salud (APS) pues son…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Rubinstein, Adolfo;López, Analía;Caporale, Joaquín;Valanzasca, Pilar;Irazola, Vilma;Rubinstein, Fernando

Las hospitalizaciones por Condiciones Sensibles a la Atención Primaria (HECSAP) identifican problemas de salud cuya internación podría evitarse a través de mejores cuidados en atención primaria (APS…

Date issued: 12月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Palanza, Valeria;Scartascini, Carlos;Tommasi, Mariano

This paper proposes an agenda for the study of the determinants and the processes by which strong policymaking institutions emerge, with emphasis on the most central democratic institution: the…

Date issued: 12月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Sánchez Torres, Fabio;España Eljaiek, Irina;Zenteno, Jannet

This paper surveys the evolution and implications of fiscal decentralization in Colombia in recent decades. After describing the fiscal decentralization process and its impact on sub-national…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Ruta, Michele;Venables, Anthony J.;Rozenwurcel, Guillermo;Katz, Sebastián;Piñeiro, Martín;Bianchi, Eduardo;Arellano, José Pablo;Perrone, Nicolás Marcelo;Hamanaka, Shintaro;Tafgar, Aiken;Dos Santos, Enestor;Zignago, Soledad;Cavalcanti, Carlos Eduardo G.;Meloni Nassar, André;Santa Gadea, Rosario;Messere, Vanina;Gómez Minujín, Gala

The last decade has seen a significant increase in the exports of several Latin American and Caribbean countries to destinations within and beyond the region. The increase in trade links has not,…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Biaou, Léon;Langlois, Pierre;Chabchoub, Jalel

El presente volumen hace parte de la Serie de Guías de Eficiencia Energética de la División de Energía del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, cuya publicación responde a la carencia de información…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Bianchi, Eduardo;Piñeiro, Martín;Venables, Anthony J.;Zignago, Soledad;Rozenwurcel, Guillermo;Ruta, Michele;Arellano, José Pablo;Cavalcanti, Carlos Eduardo G.;Meloni Nassar, André;Katz, Sebastián;Perrone, Nicolás Marcelo;Santa Gadea, Rosario;Tafgar, Aiken;Gómez Minujín, Gala;Dos Santos, Enestor;Messere, Vanina;Hamanaka, Shintaro

En el último decenio se verifica un significativo incremento de las exportaciones de varios países de América Latina y el Caribe, hacia destinos dentro y fuera de la región. Dicho incremento de los…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Álvarez, Carola;Bueso-Merriam, Jacqueline;Stucchi, Rodolfo

This paper focuses on the performance of IDB projects between 1996 and 2011 disbursements. We present evidence on the evolution of disbursements with respect to the available funds and the evolution…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;African Development Bank;Asian Development Bank;European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;European Investment Bank;International Finance Corporation;World Bank

The international community recognizes the need to join forces to avert dangerous climate change. This requires mobilizing financial resources from a wide range of sources, public and private,…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Bosch, Mariano;Stampini, Marco;Bedoya, Guadalupe

This paper analyzes the correlation between the expansion of the Mexican Conditional Cash Transfer program Oportunidades and the evolution of the labor market over the period 2000-10. We find no…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Bailey, Jed

This study compares the levelized cost of electricity generated with fossil fuels (including coal, natural gas, fuel oil, and diesel) and renewable or carbon-free energy sources (including hydro,…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Willmott, Julia;Costello, E. Allison;Gordon, Caleb;Forcey, Greg;Casto, Sean;Beaulac, Genevieve;Pilla, Ernani

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has seen its portfolio of wind power projects increase substantially, a trend which is expected to continue. This report is intended to provide expert…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Dixon, John A.

Development projects have a wider set of impacts than just direct project outputs. A hydropower dam, for example, produces electricity but also disrupts river flows and may affect biodiversity and…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Dussel Peters, Enrique

Initial research on "translatinas" show that while these Latin American firms have invested primarily in their home region, a growing number have begun to invest more heavily in the rest of…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Levy, Antonio

This series presents information about the history of marine energy and clean energy legislation in Chile. It also highlights the stakeholders, different marine energy devices, and project concepts.

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Gutiérrez, Marcela;Hernández Ávila, Leonardo;Rubio, Mónica

El conocimiento sistematizado sobre Programas de Transferencias Condicionadas (PTC) a poblaciones indígenas en América Latina es aún insuficiente. La especificidad de esta población se manifiesta…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Las aduanas son las primeras y únicas puertas de entrada a un país. Sus funciones engendran por si mismas un monopolio de poder, ya que tienen la autoridad absoluta para permitir o no la entrada de…

Date issued: 12月 2012
Author(s): Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean

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 2012
Author(s): Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe

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 2012
Author(s): Instituto para a Integração da América Latina e do Caribe

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 2012
Author(s): Levy, Antonio

Esta serie presenta información sobre la historia de la energía marina y la legislación de la energía limpia en Chile. También destaca los grupos de interés, los diferentes dispositivos de energía…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Humpage, Sarah D.

Randomized controlled trials, prized for generating unbiased estimates of treatment effects, have become popular in development economics. However, RCTs do not always offer sufficient statistical…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

On the occasion of the thirtheenth bak'tun in the Maya calendar, the IDB Cultural Center and Country Department for Belize, Central America, México, Panama, and the Dominican Republic have come…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

En ocasión del décimo tercer baktun del calendario Maya, el Centro Cultural del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y el Departamento de Países por Belice, Centro América, México, Panamá y República…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Tornarolli, Leopoldo

Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) are an endogenous innovation from Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that aims to reduce current poverty while developing the human capital of the next generation…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): González Olmos, Belén

Este documento resume las buenas prácticas que deben ser observadas en todas las fases de la realización de las encuestas de innovación implementadas por los distintos países. Se describen…

Date issued: 11月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Monge-González, Ricardo;Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio

Este trabajo estima el impacto del acceso a ciertos servicios financieros (descuento de facturas, órdenes de compra, garantías de participación y cumplimiento) en el desempeño de un grupo de micro,…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Redwood, John

The Environment and Safeguards Group (ESG) of the IDB has examined how potential environmental and social risks of major Bank-supported road improvement investments in natural resource rich and socio…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Smallridge, Diana;Buchner, Barbara;Trabacchi, Chiara;Netto, Maria;Gomes Lorenzo, José Juan;Serra, Lucila

Significant investments are needed to support the global transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient future. Current finance flows fall short of global financing needs, and massive scaling up is…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Tavella, Pilar

The October surveys of expectations for inflation and growth conducted by Central Banks in the region indicate increases in both growth and inflation expectations for a number of countries.…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean

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: 11月 2012
Author(s): Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe

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: 11月 2012
Author(s): Instituto para a Integração da América Latina e do Caribe

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: 11月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Espino, Emilio;González Rozada, Martín

This paper provides an estimation of the size of income and demand automatic stabilizers in a representative sample of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. The authors find that when a…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Martínez, Ernesto;Loera Varela, Armando;Hernández Agramonte, Juan Manuel

En Paraguay, durante los últimos tres años, el Ministerio de Educación y Cultura y el BID han participado juntos en el estudio de lo que sucede en la educación de matemáticas y ciencias en este país…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Fernández, Jorge;Miller, Sebastián J.

The effectiveness of carbon markets in the reduction of emissions at minimal cost requires several conditions. In a dynamic context the inter-temporal dimension adds new conditions for the desirable…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Redwood, John

The Environment and Safeguards Group (ESG) of the IDB has examined how potential environmental and social risks of major Bank-supported road improvement investments in natural resource rich and socio…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Redwood, John

The Environment and Safeguards Group (ESG) of the IDB has examined how potential environmental and social risks of major road improvement investments in natural resource rich and socio-culturally…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Redwood, John

The Environment and Safeguards Group (ESG) of the IDB has examined how potential environmental and social risks of major Bank-supported road improvement investments in natural resource rich and socio…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Redwood, John

The Environment and Safeguards Group (ESG) of the IDB has examined how potential environmental and social risks of major Bank-supported road improvement investments in natural resource rich and socio…

Date issued: 11月 2012 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Novella, Rafael;Ripani, Laura;Cruces, Guillermo;Alzuá, Maria Laura

Recent empirical evidence has indicated that Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) do not have an aggregate effect on adult labour supply, however little attention has been paid to the role of other…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Quintero, Juan David

This paper proposes a concept of green infrastructure, centered on a multi-level approach to infrastructure development that addresses these impacts. The paper argues that only multi-level solutions…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Fryer, Michelle;Sadeghi, Patricia;Soldano, Miguel;Elías, Carlos;Quijano, Ursula;García, Salomón

The 2008-2012 Country Program Evaluation for Guyana concludes that the Bank's strategy was aligned with the development objectives and economic priorities of the government. Nevertheless, its…

Date issued: 11月 2012
Author(s): Fryer, Michelle;Sadeghi, Patricia;Soldano, Miguel;Elías, Carlos;Quijano, Ursula;García, Salomón

La Evaluación del Programa de País de Guyana 2008-2012 concluye que la estrategia del Banco estaba alineada con los objetivos económicos y las prioridades económicas del gobierno.