bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
A Wireless Voting System Using Wi-Fi-Based Microcontrollers and Face Verification
Authors:   Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Kerbala, Kerbala, Iraq, Farhan Hameed R.
Published: March 2024

Voting systems nowadays are highly interesting due to their importance in expressing opinions. The proposed work aims to design a cost-effective and reliable Electronic Voting System (EVS) that can tackle the issues faced by manual election. The system uses small and lowcost microcontrollers with Wi-Fi network connectivity to avoid the issues of installing wire connections. Eligible voters are authenticated by recognizing their faces using deep neural networks (VGG-16 model). The Wi-Fi connections between the server and the clients are carried out through the Internet Protocol suite (TCP/IP) transmission method to ensure data arrival without loss. The client’s side comprises four small and cheap microcontrollers known as ESP8266-01, whereas the server side contains one NodeMCU ESP8266-12E microcontroller connected to a program computer. The voting results are displayed using the Visual Basic programming language. The system is specifically designed to facilitate voting on a particular opinion by providing two options: (Yes) and (No). Besides, it can be utilized for electing a committee manager or group leader and can be expanded to accommodate more options. The VGG model’s robustness is demonstrated through experiments, achieving 99.12% accuracy on Faces96 images and 98.61% on our database. Moreover, the practical implementation of the election process demonstrates that the system is highly reliable, secure and cost-effective.
Towards Efficient Energy Solutions: MCDA-Driven Selection of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
Authors:   Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GMR Institute of Technology, Rajam, Andhra Pradesh, India, Manoj Vasupalli
Published: March 2024

In these days of growing awareness on Renewable Energy Sources and their benefits, there is a major issue that needs to be considered, which is selection of suitable Hybrid Renewable Energy System (HRES) among the vast multitude of choices. In this paper, multiple Multi Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) techniques are proposed to select the best among a choice of six HRES Systems using different criteria including but not limited to net present cost (NPC), operating cost, renewability fraction, CO2 & NOx emissions etc. The criteria weights are obtained using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) based on the preference order of the criteria. The decision matrix is obtained from the statistical data of the different HRES and using different MCDA techniques such as Multi-Objective Optimization on the Basis of Ratio Analysis (MOORA), Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) and VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR), rankings are given to the HRES systems based on their closeness to the ideal solution. These rankings are helpful in the selection of suitable HRES configuration for normal household purposes. Since cost aspects are given greater preference, the obtained rankings lean more towards economically affordable solutions without compromising on the number of units generated.
Study of the influence of adding Al2O3 nanoparticles to biodiesel on the performance and emissions characteristics of a diesel engine
Authors: Moresco Smaniotto Marcos , Rosa Josimar Souza , Dambros Telli Giovani
Published: March 2024

The use of biodiesel in compression ignition (CI) engines has great potential to reduce emissions and the dependence on fossil fuels. However, the complete adoption of biodiesel in CI engines is limited by several drawbacks. A promising solution to these problems is the addition of nanoparticles to biodiesel or diesel-biodiesel blends. Hence, this paper studies the impact of adding aluminum oxide (Al2O3) nanoparticles on the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine running on biodiesel and a mixture of diesel and biodiesel. Al2O3 nanoparticles were added at concentrations of 50, 100 and 150 ppm to biodiesel (B100) and a mixture of 50 % biodiesel and 50 % commercial diesel (B50). The results indicated an increase in fuel conversion efficiency and a reduction in specific fuel consumption. The highest fuel conversion efficiency was 26.5 % for B50 with 100 ppm of Al2O3, indicating an improvement of around 28.6 % compared to diesel fuel (B0). In general, CO emissions were reduced with the addition of nanoparticles, with a maximum reduction of 42.8 % for B100 with 50 ppm Al2O3 compared to B0. The highest reduction in NOX emissions was 30.3 % for B50 with 100 ppm Al2O3 compared to pure diesel B0.
Assessing the Effectiveness of Agricultural Interventions
Authors: González Mario , Maffioli Alessandro , Salazar Lina , Winters Paul
Published: March 2024

The volume Assessing the Effectiveness of Agricultural Interventions is the Special Topic for the Development Effectiveness Overview 2008-2009. The Special Topic provides an in-depth analysis of what we know about the effectiveness of projects in one of the Bank¿s specific areas of intervention and identifies what we can do to improve the development effectiveness in that area. This year, the Special Topic focuses on agricultural production and productivity, an area in which important changes have recently taken place and in which governments have taken on the dual challenges of promoting competitiveness while ensuring food security. This Special Topic identifies agricultural projects that the IDB and others have been funding in recent years to promote agricultural production and productivity, and reviews the available evidence on their effectiveness. It then identifies where gaps lie in the existing evidence, what needs to be evaluated in the future, and how this might be done.
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Report 2003
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2003. In addition, the Report contains a description on a country-by-country basis and a regional basis of the Bank's various operations -loans, guarantees, financings for small projects and technical cooperation- on behalf of Latin America's development; a summary statement of the loans approved in 2003; the financial statements of the Bank; and its general appendices. The Board of Directors approved two new instruments in 2003: the conditional credit line for investment projects and a pilot program for performance-driven loans. The Bank continued to meet its commitments during the year to deliver debt relief for Bolivia, Guyana, Honduras, and Nicaragua under the original and enhanced Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiatives. Commemorating its tenth year, the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) continued to pursue its mission, unique among international financial institutions, to promote inclusive private sector development in Latin America. The 70 MIF projects approved in 2003, totaling $70 million.
Annual Report on the Environment and Natural Resources 1997
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This 1997 Annual Report on the Bank's activities in environment and natural resources reviews the record since the IDB-8 Agreement and highlights some of the most interesting and innovative initiatives that have been launched during the past year. The Report offers a comprehensive picture of environment and natural resources lending for 1997, new strategic approaches, Bank operations, the output of publications, and the Bank's widespread engagement in cooperative activities, conferences and technical workshops with other multilateral lenders, UN agencies, bilateral donors, NGO's and governments concerned with improving environment and natural resources management in the Hemisphere. The Bank's lending for the environment and natural resources sector in 1997 reached $862 million, rising slightly over the previous year to approximately 14% of the total lending for the year.
Annual Report on the Environment and Natural Resources 1999
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This Annual Report details the Bank's activities in environment and natural resources during 1999. Overall in 1999, the Bank's environmental and natural resource activities were focused in three priority areas of action: 1) identifying and implementing loans specially designed to solve environmental problems; 2) designing and implementing strategies, good practices, and action plans related to environmental and natural resource management; 3) performing quality control of the environmental impact assessments (EIA) performed at the Bank. Most of these Bank loans in the environmental sector were for the urban environment, drinking water supply, and pollution control. The emphasis on loans for drinking water and sanitation conforms with the mandate established in the Eighth General Increase in the Resources of the IDB (1994), which directs the Bank to achieve greater efficiency in benefiting low-income groups.
Social Inclusion Trust Fund Annual Report 2004-2005
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This report is comprised of both an Annual Report reviewing activities and projects supported between April 2004 and April 2005 and a cumulative review of the advances made and challenges being faced by the Fund in carrying out its objectives. A new policy initiative, the Special Line of Activity for Support to Country Papers and Poverty Assessments, was developed in order to seek to better integrate social inclusion into Bank programming documents and operations as well as into dialogues with the governments in the region. Additionally, the Fund has supported key research, dissemination and outreach initiatives with a view to promote increased sensitization on issues -such as exclusion, discrimination, affirmative action, rights-based development and indigenous development-, enhance the participation of excluded groups, and create increased emphasis and advocacy on social inclusion issues by NGOs, government agencies as well as IDB Offices in the region.
Office of Institutional Integrity Annual Report 2010
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This report provides the Bank and the public with an overview of the Office of Institutional Integrity's activities and findings during 2010. The Office of Institutional Integrity (OII) continues to play a critical part in ensuring integrity in the activities the IDB Group finances. The investigation of fraud and corruption in IDB Group-financed activities ensures that the IDB Group's projects achieve the expected results for which they were designed in an environment free of corruption. In 2010, the Office devoted more resources to help countries promote their own corruption prevention and investigation mechanisms. In addition, the Office continued its efforts to harmonize anti-corruption policies with peer organizations, thus ensuring they work together as international agencies in the investigation and prevention of Prohibited Practices.
Inter-American Development Bank Sustainability Review 2007
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

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, leadership in regional initiatives, research and knowledge dissemination activities, events, institutes and programs. This report, the IDB Sustainability Review 2007, highlights the way in which the Bank promotes sustainability through its strategies, policies and investments, provides information on how we manage and monitor performance and major achievements in key sustainability topics. The review includes a summary of sustainability commitments, in particular those commitments made by the Bank in responding to the Blue Ribbon Panel recommendations and previous Sustainability Reviews, detailing the Bank's progress to date in achieving them. We also provide information about our in-house sustainability efforts for stakeholders to learn more about how the Bank upholds sustainability standards in its day-to-day operations. This report reviews the 2007 activities for both the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), two members of the IDB Group.
Gender Mainstreaming at the IDB: A Report to the Board of Executive Directors on the Implementation of the WID Action Plan 1998-2001
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This report, covering the 1998-01 period, is the fourth in a series of periodic reports to the Executive Board of Directors, as set out in the Operating Policy on Women in Development (1987). It examines progress in mainstreaming gender issues and women's concerns throughout all areas of Bank activity from 1998 to 2001. It documents lessons learned in applying a gender analysis to enhance the equity impacts and efficiency of Bank projects. It also analyzes future challenges and offers suggestions for taking advantage of the opportunities for the period ahead. An external evaluation of the work of the Bank in mainstreaming WID and gender issues conducted in 2001 has served as a valuable input to this report. Importantly, it includes information on Bank-wide actions and efforts stemming from all offices of the Bank.
Private Infrastructure: Support from the Inter-American Development Bank Group 1990-2005
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

The infrastructure sector has been the recipient of a sustained lending effort by the IDB Group. Since 1994, when the Private Sector Department (PRI) was created, the Bank Group has approved loans and guarantees to 93 private projects in infrastructure, adding up to $3.9 billion. Since the January 2004 edition of this Private Infrastructure report, 14 additional private infrastructure projects were approved for a total IDB Group contribution of $593.4 million (versus $2.2 billion approved for the public sector). This publication provides an overview of the Bank Group's financial and nonfinancial activities in the sector. It describes the types of instruments developed so far, and contains an up-to-date list of funded projects since 1990. Emphasis is placed on providing brief and precise information on the project finance characteristics of individual loans, such as sponsors, borrowers, and debt structure. This report also includes a list of publications, as well as the Bank's operational policies and strategies in the specific sectors.
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Report 2010: Financial Statements
Authors: Segovia Raul M. ,   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2010 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of the Bank's ordinary capital as well as various financial statements.
IDB 2015 Partnership Report
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

At the IDB, we believe that working together is working smarter. We are constantly reminded of this, as our partners remain vitally important to achieving the Bank's goals in advancing sustainable development and reducing poverty throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. This report provides a window into the impact of these collaborations in promoting economic and social progress throughout the region.
2016 Partnership Report
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

At the IDB, we know that our partners -public sector institutions, private enterprises, philanthropic organizations, universities, and others- are vitally important to achieving the Bank's goals in advancing sustainable development and reducing poverty throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Not only do they invigorate our work through a variety of co-financing arrangements, specialized funds, and grants that the Bank administers, but they bring knowledge, innovation, and new thinking to longstanding development challenges. This report provides a window into the impact of these collaborations in promoting economic and social progress throughout the region.
Informe anual sobre el medio ambiente y los recursos naturales 1996
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Este informe anual sobre el medio ambiente y los recursos naturales examina la acción del Banco durante 1996. El Banco ha materializado su mandato en cinco ámbitos prioritarios de acción: préstamos a los gobiernos, financiación del capital y la deuda del sector privado, cooperación técnica y donaciones orientadas a promover el desarrollo sostenible. Las actividades del Banco mejoran la formación del capital humano, apuntan a erradicar la pobreza rural y promover la agricultura sostenible, fomentan la gestión integrada de los recursos naturales y el medio ambiente, mejoran el carácter de la urbanización y atienden necesidades críticas de modernización económica y financiera. El Programa de Mercados Sostenibles para una Energía Sostenible, recientemente establecido, es representativo de este intento de llevar a la región nuevas ideas y prácticas en la forma de proyectos experimentales de tecnologías eficientes sobre energía y prácticas y fuentes de energía no contaminante.
Informe anual sobre el medio ambiente y los recursos naturales 1997
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Este informe anual de las actividades del Banco en el campo del medio ambiente y los recursos naturales en 1997 examina lo que se ha realizado desde el Octavo Aumento General de Recursos y destaca algunas de las iniciativas más interesantes e innovadoras que se lanzaron durante el año anterior. Ofrece un panorama integral de las actividades crediticias en las áreas de medio ambiente y recursos naturales en 1997, de sus nuevos enfoques estratégicos, operaciones, publicaciones y de su amplia participación en actividades cooperativas, conferencias y talleres técnicos con otros organismos crediticios multilaterales, agencias de las Naciones Unidas, donantes bilaterales, organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG) y gobiernos interesados en mejorar la gestión ambiental y de recursos naturales en el hemisferio. En 1997, los créditos del Banco destinados al medio ambiente y los recursos naturales alcanzaron la suma de 862 millones de dólares, una cantidad levemente superior a la del año anterior que representa cerca del 14% del total de préstamos otorgados durante el año.
Memoria Anual 2009: Recuperando el crecimiento a través del comercio y la integración
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Memoria Anual 2009: Recuperando el crecimiento a través del comercio y la integración es un reporte preparado por el sector de Integración y Comercio (INT), para la Vice Presidencia de Sectores y Conocimiento que analiza los grandes desarrollos de nuestra región durante el 2009 en las áreas de integración regional y competitividad del comercio. El reporte provee un resumen de las actividades de INT para apoyar esta agenda en la región a través de investigación política, asistencia técnica, diálogo político, construcción de capacidad y apoyo financiero.
Informe Anual de Actividades del INTAL 2011
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Este informe ofrece una reseña de las actividades y hallazgos del Instituto para la integración de América Latina y el Caribe (INTAL) en 2011. Las actividades del INTAL atienden la creciente demanda de fortalecimiento institucional de los gobiernos sobre integración y cooperación regional y multilateral, y también a aquellas que se originan en el sector privado, la sociedad civil, el sector laboral y la academia.
Aspectos sobresalientes del Informe sobre Sostenibilidad de 2012
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Este Informe sobre Sostenibilidad abarca el progreso y desempeño del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en materia de sostenibilidad durante el ejercicio fiscal de 2012. En este informe nos enfocamos en el tema emergente de la gestión de recursos hídricos.
Informe sobre sostenibilidad de 2012
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Este Informe sobre sostenibilidad abarca el progreso y desempeño del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en materia de sostenibilidad durante el ejercicio económico de 2012.
Recaudar no basta: Los impuestos como instrumento de desarrollo
Authors: Corbacho Ana , Fretes Cibils Vicente , Lora Eduardo
Published: March 2024

La tributación en América Latina y el Caribe es considerada en gran parte como un medio de generar ingresos para mantener el gobierno en funcionamiento. En los últimos años, se ha avanzado hacia un aumento de los ingresos totales, pero la mayoría de los países de la región aún sigue a la zaga de otros países con niveles similares de desarrollo. Y lo que es más importante aún: las autoridades de la región todavía ignoran ampliamente el potencial de la tributación para contribuir a otros objetivos fundamentales de desarrollo. En repetidas ocasiones, los gobiernos han perdido la oportunidad de influir en los patrones de consumo y producción mediante el uso de impuestos para efectuar cambios relativos en los precios. Recaudar no basta tiene como objetivo ofrecer un panorama actualizado de la situación de la tributación en la región, sus principales necesidades de reforma y las posibles estrategias de reforma en las que se toman en cuenta las probables limitaciones económicas, institucionales y políticas.
Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center Annual Report 2005
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This report summarizes the activities of the IDB Cultural Center in 2005. During 2005, the Cultural Center (CCN) exceeded its four primary objectives, all aligned with the Bank's Communications Strategy, and increased the number of partners for outreach of its activities, constituency and press reception. The 2005 Cultural Development Program (CDP), launched its call for proposals in October, 2004; 911 proposals were subsequently received and screened by the 26 Country Offices in cooperation with the CCN. Also in 2005, the CCN was the main sponsor of the Latin American Pavilion at the 51st Venice Biennial, the oldest and most important artistic event in the world, making participation possible for twelve countries of the Region that do not have regular access to the Biennial.
Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center Annual Report 2006
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This report summarizes the activities of the IDB Cultural Center in 2006. During 2006, the Center promoted the IDB's role as a regional multilateral organization concerned with the development of Latin America and the Caribbean. Its activities were performed by four broad programs: Cultural Development, Exhibits, Concerts and Lectures, and the IDB Art Collection. Through its activities, the Center maintained a solid presence in the region and in Washington, reaffirming its image as the leader in the promotion of Latin American and Caribbean culture.
Inter-American Development Bank Sustainability Report 2014
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This report highlights the Inter-American Development Bank's sustainability performance in 2014, both in achieving institutional sustainability investment and safeguards targets, as well as through a series of stories about the projects it is undertaking in its member countries. Projects highlighted in the Report include a new model for sustainable hydropower in Peru and the transformation of an urban landscape with new green spaces in Brazil. The Sustainability Report also details the Banks work to implement a new sustainable infrastructure strategy and vision-one that sees a shift from infrastructure being a fixed asset to infrastructure that is planned, built, and maintained as a service for people. This is particularly important given that in 2014 some 38 percent of the IDBs approvals were focused on infrastructure.
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Report 2015: Financial Statements
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2015 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of the Bank's ordinary capital and financial statements.
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Report 2013: Financial Statements
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2013 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of the Bank's ordinary capital and financial statements.
Expressions of the Americas
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Thirty-seven objects, representing a variety of expressions from the Americas, drawn from the Collection of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), will be on display. The selection includes works in polychrome clay and wood, stone, and papier maché from Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Peru. The exhibition is part of the celebrations surrounding the 18th Anniversary of the IDB Cultural Center.
Myth, History and Fiction in Latin America
Authors: Martínez Tomás Eloy
Published: March 2024

Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934-), Argentine writer and journalist, Rutgers University professor, author of Santa Evita (1995), Argentina's most translated book (37 languages).
Selections from the IDB Art Collection: August 2-31, 1999
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Forty-nine sculptures, paintings, drawings and graphics from the IDB Art Collection, representative of several periods, with emphasis on the 20th century. This was the third exhibition of works from the IDB Art Collection in the Cultural Center Gallery over the past seven years; normally they are displayed inpublic areas of the IDB building.
Serra da Capivara National Park
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Photographic panels and archaeological artifacts depicting the diversity of the dry forests of Brazil's Serra da Capivara National Park, in the northeastern State of Piauí.
An Equal Start: Numeracy Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Authors: Näslund-Hadley Emma ,   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This art exhibit, held at IDB's headquarters on June 7-11, 2010, embodies the hope and aspiration that all students will gain a level of numeracy essential for successful participation in school, work and everyday life. The artworks on exhibit were selected from over 250 pieces submitted by artists representing nineteen Latin American and Caribbean countries. The exhibition constitutes the visual launch of a new IDB effort focused on implementing policies that help children reach their full potential in mathematics and natural science.
The IDB Group: Effective Development, Best Practices
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

The Inter-American Development Bank is the largest source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean, with a strong commitment to achieve measurable results, increased integrity, transparency and accountability. We have an evolving reform agenda that seeks to increase our development impact in the region. The IDB Group is comprised of the Inter-American Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation and the Multilateral Investment Fund. This document contains a selection of IDB Group projects that had a significant impact in terms of economic development for the poorest through innovative and best practice methods.
Aid for Trade Report: 2012-2013
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Launched at the Fourth Global Review on Aid-for-Trade (AfT), the Aid-for-Trade Report 2012-2013 touts progress achieved with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group's AfT portfolio. As the publication points out, while trade has been an engine for economic growth and poverty reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the region still faces structural internal barriers - e.g. burdensome regulatory frameworks, high logistics costs, and slow export and import processes - that prevent it from fully benefiting from an open trading system. The AfT Initiative is well-positioned to leverage important investments to tackle these and other barriers, in particular those hindering the ability of LAC companies to enter into global value chains (GVCs).
Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of Latin American and Caribbean Public Debt Management Specialists: Río de Janeiro, March 17-19, 2005
Authors:   Latin American and Caribbean Public Debt Management Specialists Group
Published: March 2024

The First Annual Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Public Debt Management Specialists took place in Rio de Janeiro on March 17, 18 and 19, 2005. This Meeting was organized and funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (Infrastructure and Financial Markets Division of the Bank's Sustainable Development Department) and the Brazilian National Treasury. Senior officials from the Debt Management Offices (DMOs) and Central Banks of nineteen LAC countries, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Denmark participated in this meeting, as well as experts from the OECD, IMF, UNCTAD, The World Bank, and the Central American Monetary Council. Staff from different areas of the Inter-American Bank (Regional and Financial Departments) also attended the presentations and discussions during the meeting. The main objective of this meeting was the consolidation of the general framework to structure and guide the actions of such group of Latin American and Caribbean specialists. The group will foster an approach that will lead to continuous sharing of experiences across countries and privilege technical discussions involving a broad group of debt management analysts that deal with back, middle and front-office issues. The agenda also included the approval of the previously discussed Bylaws and the election of the first Steering Committee composed by: Brazil (President), Colombia (Vice president), Chile, Jamaica, Mexico and Panama. The role of Executive Secretary was designated to the Inter-American Development Bank. The proposal was enthusiastically supported by all the countries' representatives that pledged to immediately start working in the implementation of the group's objectives.
Climate Change Risk Management Options for the Tourism Sector
Authors: Hoagland-Grey Hilary
Published: March 2024

The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region has a long history of coping with natural hazards such as hurricanes, floods, and coastal storm surges. However, climate change is expected to exacerbate the threat of natural hazards and pose new ones. As a result of climate change, average temperatures and sea levels are known to be rising, precipitation patterns might change, and hurricanes could intensify. Many of these changes are already occurring, and are projected to become more severe in the future. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) supports a wide-range of projects in the LAC region. Climate change-related risks could adversely affect the financial, economic, environmental, and social performance of current and future IDB investments in the region. This factsheet identifies climate change risks and risk management options that can be incorporated into IDB-investments for the tourism sector.
Manduvira: Supporting Paraguay's Organic Sugar Producers
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

As global consumption of organic food -including organic sugar- has risen, so have prices and demand. Yet small Paraguayan producers in one of the world's main organic sugar production centers lack the capital to invest in infrastructure and training that would allow them to produce more and increase their earnings.The Inter-American Development Bank's Opportunities for the Majority Initiative (OMJ) is providing an up to US$3 million loan to Cooperativa de Producción Agroindustrial Manduriva Limitada (CM) to help them build their own organic sugar processing plant. CM is the only cooperative in Latin America producing organic sugar with fair trade certification, yet its associated members are only just one link in the organic sugar market's value chain. With their own processing plant, CM's approximately 1,700 members will not only grow sugar cane, but they will manufacture organic sugar, value added products, and contribute to the sugar value chain from field through production to sale of processed sugar. They will manage processing, manufacturing and commercial relations, set their own prices and raise their profits.
How Agricultural Policies Skew Domestic Prices for Consumers in Chile
Authors: De Salvo Carmine Paolo , Boyce Rachel , Shik Olga , Kim Namho
Published: March 2024

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available data for the three-year average price of agricultural products in Chile compared to international prices (prices not affected by domestic policy).
How Agricultural Policies Skew Domestic Prices for Consumers in Honduras
Authors: De Salvo Carmine Paolo , Boyce Rachel , Shik Olga , Kim Namho
Published: March 2024

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available data for the three-year average price of agricultural products in Honduras compared to international prices (prices not affected by domestic policy).
How Agricultural Policies Skew Domestic Prices for Consumers in Jamaica
Authors: De Salvo Carmine Paolo , Boyce Rachel , Shik Olga , Kim Namho
Published: March 2024

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available data for the three-year average price of agricultural products in Jamaica compared to international prices (prices not affected by domestic policy).
How Agricultural Policies Skew Domestic Prices for Consumers in Paraguay
Authors: De Salvo Carmine Paolo , Boyce Rachel , Shik Olga , Kim Namho
Published: March 2024

Around the world, government agricultural policies often make the prices paid by consumers much higher or lower than they would be without policy interventions. Here is a look at the latest available data for the three-year average price of agricultural products in Paraguay compared to international prices (prices not affected by domestic policy).
Aid for Trade Report 2017
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Aid for Trade (AfT) seeks to support developing countries as they strengthen trade capacity and infrastructure. As the World Trade Organization’s main institutional counterpart for AfT in LAC, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) remains committed to supporting the Initiative’s implementation in key areas. The results achieved through AfT so far provide a valuable set of lessons for future countries’ and IDB interventions. The Bank will continue leveraging complementary actions in the software (policy and regulatory reforms) and hardware (infrastructure investments) of integration in order to enhance the LAC region’s competitiveness, access foreign markets, and unleash the potential of inclusive integration and trade as an engine for growth, development, and further poverty reduction.
Eficiencia energética: Recambio de calderas en industria alimenticia: Estudios de viabilidad técnico-económica
Authors: Detta Emiliano , Perez Gema , Tagwerker Christopher
Published: March 2024

Al recambiar calderas a base de petróleo por una caldera de biomasa en una empresa de elaboración de conservas de productos del mar se proyecta un ahorro de más de US$ 770.000 al año, reduciendo también las emisiones contaminantes. Además, se dejarían de emitir 5.900 toneladas de CO2 por año debido a que la biomasa es residual y se considera que no tiene impacto en términos de emisiones de CO2.
Proyectos de movilidad y transporte del BID en México
Authors: Crotte Alvarado Amado , Arvizu Carina
Published: March 2024

El objetivo de esta publicación es mostrar el tipo de apoyo que el BID proporciona a México y a la región. Este catálogo presenta los 23 proyectos de transporte y movilidad de México en los que el Grupo BID, conformado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), la Corporación Interamericana de Inversiones (CII) y el Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones (FOMIN), ha participado en los últimos cinco años (2012-2017). En trece de estos proyectos, México es beneficiario directo de una Cooperación Técnica No Reembolsable, y en el resto participa en un caso de estudio para extraer lecciones aprendidas para la región o como beneficiario de algún préstamo de la CII, entre otros.
Salud: Innovaciones que no sabías que eran de América Latina y el Caribe
Authors: Indarte Selene , Soto Marió Alessandra Beatriz , García Plata Gabriel Antonio
Published: March 2024

Esta publicación analiza las tendencias en salud en América Latina y el Caribe, destacando emprendimientos que ofrecen soluciones innovadoras a grandes desafíos del sistema de salud, mediante el uso de la creatividad y de nuevas tecnologías disponibles en la región. La investigación incluye un perfil de 14 de las 52 innovaciones mapeadas, agrupadas en base a cuatro categorías: accesibilidad a servicios médicos de calidad, enfermedades crónicas y degenerativas, discapacidad, y empoderamiento y educación al usuario. Finalmente, se describen las tendencias en salud a futuro, destacando el potencial de innovación que existe en América Latina y el Caribe
El Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones: Promoción de la oportunidad privada para el bien público
Authors:   Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Published: March 2024

Producida para Expodesarrollo 2009, la feria que se llevó a cabo en el marco de la Reunión Anual del BID en Medellín, esta publicación tiene un mensaje de la nueva gerente del FOMIN, Julie Katzman, y información sobre el trabajo del FOMIN en promover el desarrollo del sector privado en América Latina y el Caribe, enfocando en el año 2008.
Fondo de Ayuda para el Comerico
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

El Fondo es consistente con las prioridades establecidas en el marco de la iniciativa de Ayuda para el Comercio (APC) de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC), contribuirá a coordinar y movilizar experiencia multisectorial entre gobiernos, organizaciones no gubernamentales y el sector privado, al tiempo que fortalecerá la coordinación y alianzas con organizaciones y organismos donantes regionales y multilaterales.El Fondo de Ayuda para el Comercio permitirá fortalecer la capacidad de los gobiernos y el sector privado de los países de América Latina y el Caribe para integrarse a la economía global y beneficiarse de la liberalización del comercio y un mayor acceso a los mercados.
Trujillo Sostenible: Plan de Acción
Authors: Barco Carolina , Samper Arturo , Doherty-Bigara Jennifer , Radics Axel , Moreno Carmiña , Acevedo-Daunas Rafael M. , Mojica Carlos , Seymour Morin
Published: March 2024

Trujillo fue seleccionada como la primera ciudad piloto de la Plataforma Ciudades Emergentes y Sostenibles del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. Desde octubre de 2012, tanto el municipio como sus ciudadanos hemos venido trabajando con el banco en una evaluación de la sostenibilidad de la ciudad en lo ambiental y su adaptación al cambio climático, en su calidad urbana, y en su fortaleza fiscal y gobernabilidad, con el fin de definir las áreas en las que debemos trabajar con prioridad. Hemos recogido datos concretos que nos permiten comparar Trujillo con otras ciudades de nuestra región y hemos escuchado a los expertos y a la ciudadanía. Hoy entregamos este plan que describe las acciones principales que emprenderemos en el corto plazo y los pasos que iniciaremos para su puesta en marcha.
Campaña para la prevención local de desastres
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Este folleto describa la campaña para la prevención local de desastres en Centroamérica. Centroamérica es una de las zonas del mundo más vulnerable a las amenazas naturales. Experimenta una elevada actividad sísmica y volcánica y es afectada por el ciclo de huracanes del Caribe. Debido a sus sistemas hídricos y su terreno montañoso, los derrumbes e inundaciones son frecuentes, así como las lluvias, las sequías y los incendios forestales, exacerbados por el El Niño, fenómeno que agrava la vulnerabilidad de la región.
América Latina en PISA 2012: ¿Cuánto mejoró la región?
Authors: Ganimian Alejandro , Bos María Soledad , Vegas Emiliana
Published: March 2024

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 sus siglas en inglés) una prueba que evaluó lo que los jóvenes de 15 años saben y pueden hacer en matemática, lectura y ciencia en 65 sistemas educativos. Este brief resume los cambios en el desempeño general de la región.
Gabo tiene quien le escriba
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Este libro es un homenaje del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo a la memoria de Gabriel García Márquez, especialmente a su esposa Mercedes Barcha, -incansable compañera de vida-, y a esa infinita lista de admiradores repartidos por todo el planeta. Una selección de textos, ideas, conceptos, comentarios e imágenes inspirados en este genio que supo, como pocos, mejorar las vidas de los latinoamericanos y de los habitantes de todo el mundo. Gabo tiene quien le escriba es un repaso a su origen y a la creatividad, a la metáfora global, al viejo-nuevo periodismo, al hombre público, a esa figura clásica convertida en fenómeno viral y por último, a ese Gabo universal, de todos, reflejado en páginas y páginas, por los cinco continentes. Citas de personajes relevantes y recortes de medios de prensa de distintas partes del mundo, acompañan las poderosas imágenes del gran fotógrafo de escritores Daniel Mordzinski, en este volumen que no es otra cosa que un viaje por la memoria de quien es uno de los más grandes personajes contemporáneos.
Diagnóstico de seguridad vial 2013: Argentina
Authors: Millares Enrique , Bustamante Claudia , Vaccaro Yolanda , Díaz Lourdes , Taddia Alejandro Pablo , De la Peña Elena
Published: March 2024

El BID publica una colección de informes de diagnósticos de seguridad vial para los países de América Latina y el Caribe. El objetivo del Banco es liderar un proceso de cambio que permita promover acciones de seguridad vial en la región para lograr la reducción permanente de los altos índices de siniestralidad vial.
Diagnóstico de seguridad vial 2013: Bolivia
Authors: Millares Enrique , Bustamante Claudia , Vaccaro Yolanda , Díaz Lourdes , Taddia Alejandro Pablo , De la Peña Elena
Published: March 2024

El BID publica una colección de informes de diagnósticos de seguridad vial para los países de América Latina y el Caribe. El objetivo del Banco es liderar un proceso de cambio que permita promover acciones de seguridad vial en la región para lograr la reducción permanente de los altos índices de siniestralidad vial.
Impactos económicos del cambio climático en Colombia: Recurso hídrico
Authors: Quintero Marcela , Tapasco Jeimar , Valencia Jefferson , Ludeña Carlos E. , Álvarez Andrés , Calderón Silvia , Romero Germán , Ordóñez Daniel A. , Sanchez-Aragon Leonardo , Uribe Natalia
Published: March 2024

Esta infografía resume los resultados del estudio "Impactos económicos del cambio climático en Colombia: recurso hídrico" que es parte de la serie de estudios sectoriales que conforman el estudio "Impactos económicos del cambio climático en Colombia" del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y del Departamento Nacional de Planeación de Colombia (DNP).
Estamos aqui: Na América Latina e no Caribe
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Um breve resumo da finalidade, a história, a estrutura e as operações do BID grupo. O Grupo do BID compreende três instituições: o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, (1959), a Corporação Interamericana de Investimentos (1989) eo Fundo Multilateral de Investimentos (1992)
Não basta arrecadar: a tributação como instrumento de desenvolvimento (Sumário executivo)
Authors: Lora Eduardo , Corbacho Ana , Fretes Cibils Vicente
Published: March 2024

Este sumário executivo apresenta a tributação como instrumento de desenvolvimento e não apenas uma simples fonte de receita. Aborda também algumas das áreas problemáticas nos sistemas tributários, tais como evasão, estruturas impositivas regressivas, e a incapacidade de usar os impostos para melhorar a qualidade ambiental e o bem-estar geral. Juntos, o sumário e o índice de matérias do livro dão uma ideia da riqueza de informações e das valiosas implicações de política pública que distinguem a edição deste ano do DIA.
Haiti: Neglected Infectious Diseases infographic
Authors: Cáceres Agustin
Published: March 2024

In Haiti, the IDB and its partners integrate health, water and sanitation to fight intestinal parasites and other Neglected Infectious Diseases. This Infographic promotes the IDB's activities in Haiti and provides general information related to these diseases.
Timeless Beauty: Ancient Perfume and Cosmetic Containers
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

One hundred-eighteen vessels, grooming instruments and sculptures in glass, alabaster, bronze, marble and stone from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem representing the ancient cultures of the East. This exhibition was organized to honor the 36th Annual Meeting of the IDB Board of Governors held in March, 1995 in Jerusalem.
Gender and Recycling: Tools for Project Design and Implementation: Regional Initiative for Inclusive Recycling
Authors: Van den Berg Sophie , Abarca Liliana , Rudin Victoria
Published: March 2024

This Guide is intended to be used in the preparation of projects that contribute to the formalization of recyclers and their integration into the recycling value chain. Through the application of the tools included in the Guide, it is possible to identify and take into account the needs of recyclers in each stage of the project cycle, in order to promote the creation and strengthening of spaces for the equal participation of women and men in decision-making and in the assignment of responsibilities associated with the project.