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Date issued: 6月 2011
Author(s): García Rapp, Jorge;Collich, Guillermo J.

El objetivo central de este trabajo ha sido identificar, a través un diagnóstico consensuado con los principales actores del mercado de seguros de Argentina, una agenda de temas y problemáticas que…

Date issued: 6月 2011
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma

Argentina and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) joined forces to test a new math education model called Mathematics for All (MAT). After just one academic year, learning increased in schools…

Date issued: 6月 2011
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma

Argentina y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) unieron fuerzas para poner a prueba un nuevo modelo de educación en matemáticas llamado Matemáticas para Todos (MAT). El aprendizaje mejoró…

Date issued: 6月 2011
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Binstock, Georgina

El interés de este informe es comprender los factores determinantes de los embarazos en adolescentes y cómo estos influyen en las trayectorias educativas, preocupación que se deriva de la relación…

Date issued: 6月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Veramendi, Gregory;Urzúa, Sergio

This paper presents a comprehensive empirical analysis of the impact of attending a child day care center on early childhood development (ECD) in Chile, examining child development from a multi-…

Date issued: 6月 2011
Author(s): Abizanda, Beatriz

This is a presentation for the Caribbean Regional ConSoc Retreat held on June 16, 2011 in Kingston, Jamaica. This document outlines crime and violence as major roadblocks to development in the…

Date issued: 6月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kuramoto, Juana R.

This paper analyzes quantitative findings on the innovative behavior of firms in the production chains of pisco and shoe manufacture in Peru, which are served by the network of Technological…

Date issued: 6月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Matsumoto, Akito;Cova, Pietro;Pisani, Massimiliano;Rebucci, Alessandro

This paper studies equity price volatility in general equilibrium with news shocks about future productivity and monetary policy. As West (1998) shows, in a partial equilibrium present discounted…

Date issued: 6月 2011
Author(s): Blyde, Juan S.;Volpe Martincus, Christian;Becker, Sascha O.;Ekholm, Karolina;Chen, Lurong;De Lombaerde, Philippe;Flores, Manuel;Vaillant, Marcel;López, Andrés;Niembro, Andrés;Ramos, Daniela;Martínez Álvarez, Javier;Herrero, Daniel;Sequeira Picado, Jorge E.;Carciofi, Ricardo;Castillo Argañarás, Luis Fernando;Supervielle, María M.

This journal contains a collection of articles on integration and trade in Latin American and the Caribbean. The topics addressed are as follows: international fragmentation of production and its…

Date issued: 5月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Moreno Mejía, Luis Alberto

Con un particular enfoque, este libro esboza el actual panorama económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe y sus desafíos para el futuro. Luis Alberto Moreno, Presidente del Banco…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Fryer, Michelle

This Country Program Evaluation (CPE) is an independent assessment of the effectiveness of the Bank's program with the Plurinational State of Bolivia (Bolivia) over the span 2008-2010. This…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Fryer, Michelle

Esta Evaluación de Programa de País (CPE) evalúa de forma independiente la eficacia del programa del Banco con el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia (Bolivia) durante el período 2008-2010. Su objetivo…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Forde, Wayne;Glenday, Graham;Kelly, Roy

The report present an overview and performance of the revenue base of the Bahamas exploring the nature and seriousness of the emerging public debt build up. It analyzes the existing tax structures…

Date issued: 5月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Chong, Alberto E.

This executive summary describes the motivation behind this book, the methodologies used, and both the breadth and limits of the studies. The impact evaluations on which the book is based cover the…

Date issued: 5月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Chong, Alberto E.

En este resumen ejecutivo se describen la motivación que alienta este libro, las metodologías empleadas y tanto la amplitud como los límites de los estudios. Las evaluaciones experimentales en las…

Date issued: 5月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Shapiro, Jeremy P.;Berlinski, Samuel;Pinzon, Mauricio;Severin, Eugenio;Azevedo, Viviane;Cathles, Alison;Cristia, Julian P.;Crespi, Gustavo;Grazzi, Matteo;Savonitto, Beniamino;Galindo, Arturo;Busso, Matías;Chong, Alberto E.;De Mendoza, Gabriela;Bouillon, César P.;Glassman, Amanda;León, Gianmarco

Formuladores de políticas públicas y académicos concuerdan en que las computadoras, Internet y la telefonía celular, entre otras tecnologías de la información, pueden contribuir al desarrollo…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Contemporary Jamaican Artists is part of ABOUT CHANGE, a project implemented by the World Bank Art Program in cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center, and the Art Museum…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Un Techo Para Mi País

This brochure presents the exhibit "Design with the Base of the Pyramid" supported by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) and the Opportunities for the Majority Sector (OMJ) of the Inter…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Guerrero, Rosa Matilde;Focke, Kurt S.;Cueva Armijos, Simón

El sistema financiero de Honduras sufrió el impacto de la crisis financiera de 2009 con un deterioro de los indicadores de calidad de activos y de rentabilidad, que posteriormente experimentaron una…

Date issued: 5月 2011
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: 5月 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Each year, more than 1.3 million people die on the world's roads, and close to 50 million suffer nonfatal injuries. This brochure is part of the Road Safety Initiative which informs about this…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Hoagland-Grey, Hilary

The objective of this Technical Note is to describe the necessary Bank requirements for the content and disclosure of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs), with a focus on the…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Johnson, Débora;Morales, Ulises;Pertile, Gonzalo;Arisi, Diego

Para abordar las debilidades en la capacidad de gestión de las entidades públicas, se estructuró la iniciativa "Coaching for Results", con el fin de aumentar los niveles de eficacia,…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Duarte, Jesús;Gargiulo, Carlos;Moreno, Martín

Este estudio explora el estado de la infraestructura de las escuelas de educación básica de la región, usando la base de datos del SERCE. Se analiza las conexiones entre condiciones de…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Caravedo, Baltazar;Casanova, Lourdes;Correa, María Emilia;Del Castillo, Elsa;Estévez, Rafael;Korin, Mercedes;González, Laura;Gutiérrez, Roberto;Leguizamón, Francisco A.;Nowalski, Jorge;Peinado-Vara, Estrella;Perera Aldama, Luis R.;Schwalb, María Matilde;Vives, Antonio

Este libro pretende llenar un vacío en la literatura sobre la Responsabilidad Social de la Empresa en América Latina. Se contactaron destacados académicos, ejecutivos, consultores y expertos en el…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Martínez, Renso

El objetivo del informe es brindar un actualización del desempeño de las Instituciones Microfinancieras (IMF) del mercado regional, subregional y en algunos países seleccionados, al cierre del año…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Puerta, Juan Manuel

This evaluation examines the IDB's Country Program with Honduras for the 2007-2010 period. This period was marked by a political crisis that halted operations with the country from June 2009 to…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Puerta, Juan Manuel

Esta evaluación examina el Programa de País del BID con Honduras durante el periodo 2007-2010. Este período fue marcado por la crisis política que implicó la pausa de operaciones con el país entre…

Date issued: 5月 2011
Author(s): Martínez, Renso

The objective of this report is to present an early update for the performance of the Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in regional, sub-regional and certain national markets at the close of the 2010…

Date issued: 5月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Camacho, Adriana;Conover, Emily

Previous studies indicate that Colombian farmers make production decisions based on informal sources of information, such as family and neighbors or tradition. In this paper the authors randomize…

Date issued: 5月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Miller, Sebastián J.

The existence of populist regimes led by outsiders is not new in history. In this paper a simple framework is presented that shows how and why a populist outsider can be elected to office, and under…

Date issued: 5月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Powers, Elizabeth T.

This paper uses data from the Mexican Family Life Survey to estimate the impact of a household member's migration to the United States on the cognitive development of children remaining in…

Date issued: 5月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Calderón, María Cecilia;Hoddinott, John

This paper examines early childhood development (ECD) outcomes and their association with family characteristics, investments, and environmental factors, with particular emphasis on the inter-…

Date issued: 5月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hofstetter, Marc;Tovar, Jorge;Urrutia, Miguel

Government intervention in the construction sector as a way to boost the economy has been a constant in Colombia for the past 90 years. This paper explicitly tests the impact of the most recent of…

Date issued: 4月 2011
Author(s): Jourdain, Jean-Loup

El presente documento informa sobre una herramienta desarrollada por la División de Agua y Saneamiento del BID para evaluar las prácticas utilizadas en la gestión de los clientes de las empresas de…

Date issued: 4月 2011
Author(s): Iqbal, Fareeha Y.;Suding, Paul Hugo

This paper explores options to minimize threats posed to IDB-financed physical investments by the impacts of climate change. A large proportion of projects are implemented in climate-sensitive…

Date issued: 4月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Garson, Sol;Rojas, Eduardo;Ribeiro, Marcelo Gomes;Urani, André;Abrucio, Fernando Luiz;Somekh, Nadia;Sydow, Cristina Toth;Losada, Paula Ravanelli;Ribeiro, Luiz César Queiroz;Klink, Jeroen;Sano, Hironobu;Rezende, Fernando

Esta publicação é o resultado de uma reflexão, desenvolvida conjuntamente por membros do governo brasileiro, a academia e o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, acerca do paradoxo que…

Date issued: 4月 2011
Author(s): Álvarez, Carola

This presentation discusses the most important findings of the Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO) of 2010. The DEO is a reporting instrument of the Development Effectiveness Framework approved…

Date issued: 4月 2011
Author(s): Echebarría, Koldo

This presentation provides effective management strategies and instruments to measure results of interventions at the project and country level. The presenter includes portions of the Development…

Date issued: 4月 2011
Author(s): Quick, Stephen A.

This self evaluation has been prepared by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) in response to a request from Executive Directors to support the work of the Independent Review Panel (IRP),…

Date issued: 4月 2011
Author(s): Quick, Stephen A.

Esta autoevaluación fue preparada por la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) en respuesta a un pedido de los Directores Ejecutivos para respaldar el trabajo del Panel de Revisión Independiente…

Date issued: 4月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lima, Rodrigo C.A.;Antoniazzi, Laura B.;Nassar, André M.

Por que deve haver mudanças no Código Florestal? Essa pergunta esta na cabeça de muitos brasileiros que acompanham, basicamente pela mídia, os calorosos debates sobre alterações no marco legal que…

Date issued: 4月 2011
Author(s): Crespi, Gustavo;Maffioli, Alessandro;Meléndez Arjona, Marcela

This paper aims at evaluating the impacts of innovation promotion programs administrated by the Colombian Innovation Agency (COLCIENCIAS). Although the agency implements multiple programs, the focus…

Date issued: 4月 2011
Author(s): Severin, Eugenio;Capota, Christine

The introduction of technology in education is gaining momentum worldwide. One model of incorporating technology into education that has gained tremendous traction in Latin America and the Caribbean…

Date issued: 4月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arbeláez, María Angélica;Parra Torrado, Mónica

This paper attempts to establish a formal relationship between innovation and productivity using Colombian firm-level data. It is found that the production of goods and services new to the firm and…

Date issued: 4月 2011
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2011 first quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…

Date issued: 4月 2011 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castro, Lucio;Rud, Juan Pablo

La indocumentación y el subregistro presentan un desafío para las posibilidades de desarrollo con inclusión social en América Latina. Usando datos de la Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud (ENDES) en…

Date issued: 4月 2011
Author(s): Crespi, Gustavo;Solís, Galileo;Tacsir, Ezequiel

El presente documento presenta una evaluación preliminar del impacto que el programa de subvenciones a la investigación y desarrollo tiene en la dinámica innovadora de las firmas panameñas. Dentro de…

Date issued: 4月 2011
Author(s): Robles, Marcos;Azevedo, Viviane

Los programas de Transferencias Monetarias Condicionadas (TMC) se expandieron rápidamente en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) desde mediados de los noventa. Desde entonces, el BID ha hecho…

Date issued: 4月 2011
Author(s): Azevedo, Viviane;Bouillon, César P.;Irarrázaval, Ignacio

Este documento recoge los principales hallazgos de un conjunto de estudios de los Sistemas Integrados de Información Social, resultado de un trabajo de cooperación entre el Banco Interamericano de…