bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Diagnóstico sobre seguridad ciudadana del distrito metropolitano de Quito
Authors: Moncayo Gallegos Paco
Published: March 2024

La presentación expone, por medio de datos estadísticos, los principales problemas de violencia y causas de muerte que sufre la ciudad de Quito. A continuación se plantean los factores de riesgos y las principales acciones del Estado, las ONG, el municipio y las instituciones para dar respuesta al problema y potenciar la prevención. El documento fue presentado por el Alcalde del Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito en el Seminario-Taller Diálogo sobre Seguridad Ciudadana en el Ecuador.
Seguridad ciudadana en Machala
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

La presentación expone un diagnóstico de la seguridad ciudadana en Machala. Se presenta la composición demográfica de la ciudadanía, las principales actividades productivas y las características del desarrollo urbano. Luego se abordan los principales problemas de violencia y delitos que se sufren en el área y las estrategias de prevención.
Experiencia del programa de Seguridad Ciudadana para la Prevención de la Violencia: República Oriental del Uruguay
Authors: Campanella Jorge
Published: March 2024

La presentación trata sobre el rol de la educación en la prevención de la violencia, específicamente habla del Programa de Seguridad Ciudadana (PSC), que tiene como objetivo el prevenir y tratar la violencia interpersonal en las poblaciones de Montevideo y Canelones en Uruguay. La presentación formó parte del Foro Internacional Interamericano sobre Seguridad y Convivencia que tuvo lugar en Medellín, Colombia, el 12 de septiembre de 2005.
Bogotá sin indiferencia; Bogotá sin hambre
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank,   Bogotá sin indiferencia
Published: March 2024

La presentación trata sobre el plan de desarrollo Bogotá sin indiferencia. Se ofrece un resumen de los objetivos colectivos, la organización institucional y su compromiso social contra la pobreza.
La inclusión de las mujeres en los procesos de reforma política en América Latina
Authors: Soto Clyde , Soto Lilian , Bareiro Line
Published: March 2024

Este trabajo aborda desde una perspectiva de igualdad de género el sistema democrático, en concordancia con la estrategia de modernización del Estado del Banco. El estudio se propone desagregar el factor de género, partiendo de la consideración de que la inclusión de las mujeres en los procesos de reforma política y, más ampliamente, en los procesos de modernización del Estado, es una contribución positiva para la superación del déficit democrático que muestra América Latina. Esa inclusión se refiere tanto a una participación equitativa de mujeres y hombres en los cargos electivos y mandatos como a la integración en las reformas de los problemas sentidos por las mujeres y las propuestas de las organizaciones feministas y del movimiento amplio de mujeres.
Projeto Dekassegui: Empreendedor
Authors: Kiyoharu Miike
Published: March 2024

Conclusão: Evolução da Emigração Nipo-Brasileira para o Japão. Após o retorno ao Brasil: 1.A pesquisa mostra que a qualificação em gestão empresarial é baixa na comunidade. 2. Poucos indivíduos conseguiram trazer conhecimentos em área específicas.
Políticas de saúde e blocos econômicos
Authors: Medici André , Barros Weaver Bernardo
Published: March 2024

O Artigo "Políticas de saúde e blocos econômicos" trata da integração de sistemas de saúde dentro de blocos econômicos. Entretanto, a obra não é restrito aos temas de saúde. Tópicos como proteção ao imigrante intra-regional, e extra-regional também são abordados. Dentro do tópico de proteção ao trabalhador, vêm os temas de pensão: Modelos de aposentadoria para o trabalhador imigrante na Europa e nos EUA. O direito do cidadão de um bloco econômico de ir e vir, garantido não só o acesso à saúde, mas também o direito de contribuir para uma pensão.
Relatório da situação da conexidade à internet e banda larga no Brasil
Authors: García Zaballos Antonio , Marín Javier , Creus Ruben G.
Published: March 2024

Este relatório tem por objetivo analisar a correlação existente entre a quantidade e qualidade da infraestrutura do Brasil versus seu desenvolvimento econômico, tendo como um de seus sustentáculos a penetração da Banda Larga nos 5.565 municípios do Brasil e, principalmente, nos domicílios brasileiros. Com isso, pretende-se sugerir regiões geopolíticas onde o investimento na entrega de Banda Larga de qualidade seria o patrocínio primordial de um desenvolvimento social e econômico nas regiões citadas.
Os estados nas federações: Tendências gerais e o caso brasileiro
Authors: Arretche Marta Teresa S. , Schlegel Rogerio
Published: March 2024

Este trabalho explorara o papel dos estados na federação brasileira com base em duas dimensões distintas: a autoridade constitucional dos estados e a avaliação dos cidadãos sobre a importância dos diferentes níveis de governos na federação brasileira. Assim fazendo, os autores buscam explorar facetas diversas da autoridade política estadual, exercida a partir de regras explícitas estabelecida nas leis. Com relação à primeira dimensão, examinam a autoridade dos estados sobre suas próprias políticas (self-rule) bem como sua autoridade para afetar decisões tomadas nas arenas decisórias nacionais (shared-rule), com base nas regras constitucionais. Esta abordagem tem um propósito estritamente comparativo. São feitas comparações da posição dos estados brasileiros com a dos governos intermediários em outros países bem como os direitos dos estados brasileiros no regime democrático contemporâneo com seus direitos no regime democrático de 1946 e no regime militar. Para a comparação internacional, o Brasil foi comparado com estados unitários, diferentes tipos de federações, países latino-americanos e asiáticos.
Repercussão da guerra fiscal do ICMS nos municípios brasileiros
Authors: Araujo Erika Amorim
Published: March 2024

O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar o comportamento da cota-parte do ICMS distribuída entre os municípios de estados selecionados considerando sua evolução nos anos de 2002 a 2010. Foram selecionados os estados de Ceará (CE), Pernambuco (PE), Bahia (BA), Rio de Janeiro (RJ), São Paulo (SP) e Santa Catarina (SC), onde se verificou que o crescimento da arrecadação foi inferior ao de sua base, o que seria um indício de que as potencialidades do ICMS não estão sendo amplamente aproveitadas. Uma possível explicação é cada vez mais comum os governos estaduais se valerem da concessão de incentivos fiscais para atrair empreendimentos para os seus territórios - prática conhecida como guerra fiscal.
Inovação na Prestação de Serviços Públicos: Número 3: Descomplicar para avançar O caso Minas Fácil
Authors: Marini Ferreira Caio
Published: March 2024

O presente estudo tem por finalidade apresentar uma análise da iniciativa liderada pelo Governo do Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil, denominada MINAS FÁCIL, por encomenda do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, no âmbito do seu Projeto Regional Inovações na Gestão Pública para Melhor Prestação de Serviços. O trabalho foi realizado com base em análise documental sobre o tema, e entrevistas junto a diversos atores envolvendo os órgãos públicos.
The Formulation of Policies and Availability of Information about the School System
Authors: Fernández Jorge
Published: March 2024

The objective of this effort is to produce a sub-regional exchange that can support the development of a frame of reference for the analysis that needs to be carried out on the topic. Rather than provide complete answers, the study seeks to present material for reflection, and although still unproven, avenues toward greater progress.
Dance: From Folk to Classical
Authors: Villella Edward
Published: March 2024

Edward Villella (1936-), North American Principal Dancer in George Balanchine's New York City Ballet (1960), later founder and Artistic Director of the Miami City Ballet. No. 7, August 1994.
Approaching the End of the Millennium
Authors: Aridjis Homero
Published: March 2024

Homero Aridjis (1940-), Mexican poet, diplomat and author of over 25 books of poetry, founder of the environmental Group of 100, awarded by the United Nations.
The People's Millennium: The Legacy of Juan and Eva Perón
Authors: Corradi Juan E.
Published: March 2024

Juan E. Corradi (1943-), Argentine sociologist from New York University, advisor to the United Nations Development Program, VP of South/North Development Initiative.
Made in Guyana
Authors: D'Aguiar Fred
Published: March 2024

Fred D'Aguiar (1960-), UK/Guyanese novelist and poet, Guyana Prize for Poetry (1986), Malcolm X Poetry Prize (1986), Whitbread First Novel Award (1994).
Columbus's Ghost: Tourism, Art and National Identity in the Bahamas
Authors: Strachan Ian Gregory
Published: March 2024

Ian Gregory Strachan (1969-), Bahamian writer, Chair of English Studies at College of the Bahamas, author of God's Angry Babies (1997) and Paradise and Plantation (2002).
Cultural Ecology in the Americas
Authors: Samper Cristián
Published: March 2024

Cristián Samper (1967-), Costa-Rican/Colombian biologist, Director of Smithsonian's Natural History Museum, former chief science adviser to Colombian government.
Can States Continue to Govern the New Citizenry Using Old Paradigms?: The Political Challenges of Open Government in Latin America and the Caribbean
Authors: López Egaña Juan Felipe
Published: March 2024

The concept of Open Government has emerged as a new public policyparadigm. It is a response to the rise of a better-informed and more demanding citizenry, which seeks to influence public service design and provision. The practical dimension of the components of Open Government, above all those related to citizen participation and collaboration, make implementing this paradigm even more complex. Based on a review of the literature, international evidence, and a specific case of co-design and co-execution of a public service at the local level, this paper analyzes the political challenges that the Open Government model poses. Furthermore, it evaluates the incentives, obstacles, and opportunities that the Open Government agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean will have to tackle if it is to be feasible and successful.
Addressing Inequality, Informality and Low Productivity: Policy Options in Times of Uncertainty
Authors:   World Bank,   Inter American Development Bank,   Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Published: March 2024

This policy discussion brief has been prepared jointly by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), World Bank, and United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) as the basis for discussion among the Ministers during the Fifth Meeting of Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean, held in Washington DC, on October 9, 2013.Overall direction for the preparation of this brief was provided by Santiago Levy, Vice-President for Sectors and Knowledge (IDB), Hasan Tuluy, Vice-President for Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank), and Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary (ECLAC). The brief was prepared by a team that included Antoni Estevadeordal, Paolo Giordano and Ziga Vodusek (IDB), Augusto de la Torre and Daniel Lederman (World Bank), Juan Alberto Fuentes and Jürgen Weller (ECLAC). The Integration and Trade Sector of the IDB, acting as the Technical Secretariat of the Meeting of Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean, coordinated the production of this brief and provided other technical support to the process.
Breve 11: Value Based Drug Reimbursement: Introduction to the Main Features of the German Pharmaceutical Policy
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This Breve is based on a webinar presented by Dr. Wolfgang Greiner, professor at the University of Bielefeld, member of the scientific Advisorygroup of the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG)and the EuroQol group. The presentation was delivered on September 29, 2015, to the members of CRITERIA, the Knowledge Network on Health Benefits Packages and Priority Setting in Health at the Inter-American Development Bank.
Step by Step Guide: Hydro-BID Manual
Authors: Nalesso Mauro , Coli Pedro
Published: March 2024

The following manual has been prepared with the idea of facilitating the learning process in the use of the Hydro-BID model and the Analytical Hydrographic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC-AHD). The instructions below are supported by the material distributed in Hydro-BID’s installation package and that is based on the simplified case study of a River basin in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. By following the instructions you should be able to understand how to set up a simulation in Hydro-BID, how to proceed for the interpolation of climate data, how to calibrate the model and how to visualize the results obtained. The technical information relating to the model and the LAC-AHD database can be obtained by downloading the technical notes from our website www.hydrobidlac.org.
La Realidad Social: Una Introducción a los Problemas y Políticas del Desarrollo Social en América Latina: Introducción
Authors: Lora Eduardo
Published: March 2024

La base del bienestar individual y del progreso de las sociedades es el desarrollo social, entendiendo como tal la formación y utilización de las capacidades de los individuos de manera que puedan satisfacer sus necesidades primordiales y desempeñarse adecuadamente en una sociedad. Es un tema apasionante porque tiene que ver con la gente, no como productores o consumidores, sino como individuos cuyo potencial de desarrollo, como personas y como miembros de la sociedad, puede o no hacerse realidad.
Participación Ciudadana en la Gestión Pública: enfoque y condiciones para su desarrollo: Módulo 1: Participación Ciudadana y Políticas Públicas: Unidad 1.1: Mecanismos constitucionales de participación ciudadana
Authors: Di Virgilio María Mercedes
Published: March 2024

Este documento forma parte del módulo 1 del curso Participación Ciudadana en la Gestión Pública: enfoque y condiciones para su desarrollo. El presente módulo tiene por objetivo proveer una definición operativa de la noción de participación ciudadana que permita encuadrar los procesos de involucramiento de la ciudadanía en el centro del proceso de implementación de las políticas públicas.
IDB-DC Community Link: No. 18 : August 15, 2008
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This e-bulletin IDB-DC Solidarity Program is an initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It builds strategic partnerships with local community-based organizations to promote community development initiatives aimed at the Hispanic and Caribbean communities in the Washington Metropolitan Area, with emphasis on education, health and economic development.
IDB-DC Community Link: No. 16 : August 1, 2008
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This e-bulletin IDB-DC Solidarity Program is an initiative of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It builds strategic partnerships with local community-based organizations to promote community development initiatives aimed at the Hispanic and Caribbean communities in the Washington Metropolitan Area, with emphasis on education, health and economic development.
Integration & Trade Journal: Volume 15 : No. 32 : January-June, 2011
Authors: Martínez Álvarez Javier , Vaillant Marcel , Chen Lurong , Blyde Juan S. , Becker Sascha O. , Flores Manuel , Ramos Daniela , Castillo Argañarás Luis Fernando , Niembro Andrés , Ekholm Karolina , Herrero Daniel , Sequeira Picado Jorge E. , López Andrés , Volpe Martincus Christian , Supervielle María M. , De Lombaerde Philippe , Carciofi Ricardo
Published: March 2024

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 effects on the labor market, regional production sharing networks in Latin America and East Asia, global value chains in regards to the export and service sectors. Also included are panel interviews with industry experts on global value chains and several book and article reviews.
Summary Notes: First Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Early Childhood Development: August, 2010
Authors: Araujo María Caridad
Published: March 2024

The Inter-American Development Bank has launched a significant, multi-year program of analytical work on Early Childhood Development (ECD) in Latin America and the Caribbean. The objective of this program is to substantially increase the knowledge of ECD in the region, and to improve IDB's ability to give good advice to governments and others who work in this area. As part of this effort, IDB invited a group of international experts recognized for their contributions to the field to form part of IDB's Advisory Committee on ECD. This Advisory Committee convened for the first time in order to discuss with its members the main topics in IDB's analytic agenda and seek their guidance on what they saw as the most relevant areas of focus and priorities. This document provides a summary of this discussion as well as recommendations for the future and the next steps for the Committee.
IDB Briefly Noted: No. 16: May 2012: Fit Kids Learn Better
Authors: Verdisco Aimee
Published: March 2024

As schools seek to improve learning, many are moving towards sophisticated and high-stakes testing regimes. What isn't tested doesn't matter. To sharpen the focus on the competencies demanded by tests, schools are devoting an ever-greater share of resources to a few, basic subject areas, while reducing - even eliminating - time spent on subjects not tested. A casualty among these has been physical education. This brief summarizes the evidence against this trend. It presents concrete evidence that school-based sports and physical activity during the school day can improve learning and test scores. There is a positive association between mental and physical fitness. Although evidence is drawn from the United States, the conclusions can be adapted more universally. To date, there are no rigorous studies on the impact of sports and physical activity on learning in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Climate Change and Sustainability: A Newsletter of the Inter-American Development Bank: Vol. 1: November-December 2011
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

The IDB's mandate to promote development in the Latin America and Caribbean region includes a strategic approach along a climate-resilient and low-carbon path. Our adaptation and mitigation work, therefore, continues to expand in depth and breadth. This quarterly newsletter intends to share -in a more frequent and abbreviated fashion- our most salient undertakings, our developing partnerships, and the results and impact we obtain through them.
Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA): Issue 24: September, 2012
Authors: Tavella Pilar , Powell Andrew
Published: March 2024

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 of each country according to their own specific methodologies. They do not represent official projections by the IDB or any other official body. RES collects the results of these surveys from central banks on a monthly basis to produce a report and a set of illustrative graphs and tables.
Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA): Issue 35: September, 2013
Authors: Arce Fernando , Powell Andrew
Published: March 2024

The August 2013 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that growth expectations have fallen while average inflation expectations remained constant. The simple average inflation expectation for the region for 2013 is 4. 4%, whereas the simple average expectation for growth is now 4. 5%, although GDP weighted growth fell to 2. 5%. Expected growth for 2013 fell in Mexico by some 0. 9% comparing the August to July surveys, while other countries saw milder declines - Brazil (0. 1%), Chile (0. 1%), Colombia (0. 1%) and Peru (0. 3%). Inflation expectations fell in Guatemala (0. 1%) and Mexico (0. 1%) and rose in Chile (0. 1%) and Peru (0. 2%).
Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA): Issue 37: November, 2013
Authors: Arce Fernando , Powell Andrew
Published: March 2024

The October 2013 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that both average growth expectations and average inflation expectations for 2013 have remained stable. However, expected 2013 growth fell in Mexico by some 0. 2% comparing the October to September surveys, while other countries saw rebounds - Brazil (0. 1%), Guatemala (0. 1%), Paraguay (0. 2%), and Uruguay (0. 2%). Expected growth now ranges from 11. 8% (Paraguay) to 1. 2% (Mexico). The simple average inflation expectation for the region for 2013 is 4. 5%, whereas the simple average expectation for growth remained at 4. 5%, and GDP weighted growth remained stable at 2. 5%. Inflation expectations fell in Chile (0. 2%), Mexico (0. 1%) and Paraguay (0. 2%) and rose in Uruguay (0. 5%).
Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA): No. 50: April, 2015
Authors: Powell Andrew , Arce Fernando
Published: March 2024

The March 2015 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that the simple average growth expectations for 2015 for the eight countries covered has decreased by 0. 1%, from 3. 1% to 3. 0% while the GDP weighted average growth expectation fell by 0. 3%, from 1. 5% to 1. 2%. Inflation expectations for 2015 have increased in the past month, by 0. 2% on a simple average basis, from 4. 5% to 4. 7%, and by 0. 4% on a GDP weighted average basis, from 5. 3% to 5. 7%. Comparing the February and March surveys, expected 2015 growth only increased in one country covered in the REVELA database, Chile, increasing from 2. 7% to 2. 8%. At the same time, growth expectations decreased in Brazil (by 0. 5%), Mexico (by 0. 1%), Peru (by 0. 4%) and Uruguay (by 0. 1%). Finally, in three countries they remained stable. This was the case in Colombia (at 4. 3%), Guatemala (at 3. 8%) and Paraguay (at 4. 5%). Expected growth now ranges between 4. 5% (Paraguay) to -0. 9% (Brazil). Inflation expectations rose in Brazil (by 0. 8%), Chile (by 0. 3%), Colombia (by 0. 3%), Peru (by 0. 3%) and Uruguay (by 0. 1%) and fell only in Guatemala (by 0. 1%).
Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 4: Issue 3: October 2015
Authors: Gomez Osorio Camillo , O'Brien Cherran , Khadan Jeetendra , Thomas Chrystol , Schmid Juan Pedro , Wenner Mark D.
Published: March 2024

The Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin discusses recent economic developments in the 6 IDB-member Caribbean countries, as well as the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The countries are: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. In the Special Country Reports, we look at credit ratings in the Caribbean. In line with challenging economic developments, credit ratings have been under pressure in several Caribbean countries. Weak fiscal situations, structural current account deficits, and vulnerability to external shocks all have put pressure on the credit ratings.
Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA): No. 57: November, 2015
Authors: Sosa Mariano , Powell Andrew
Published: March 2024

The October 2015 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that the simple average growth expectations for 2015 for the eight countries covered by REVELA have decreased by 0. 2% from 2. 2% to 2. 0% compared to September. Also, the GDP weighted average growth expectations have decreased by 0. 2% from -0. 1% to -0. 3%. Meanwhile, inflation expectations for 2015 have increased by 0. 1% from 5. 3% to 5. 4% considering a simple average, and by 0. 2% from 6. 5% to 6. 7% on a GDP weighted average basis. At the individual country level, growth expectations have decreased in Uruguay by 0. 5%, Colombia by 0. 4%, Brazil by 0. 3%, Chile and Paraguay by 0. 2% in both countries, and Guatemala by 0. 1%. They have remained stable in Peru at 2. 8% and Mexico at 2. 3%. Now, growth expectations for 2015 rank from -3. 0% in Brazil to 3. 7% in Paraguay. Inflation expectations for 2015 have increased in Colombia by 0. 9% and Brazil by 0. 3%. They have remained stable in Uruguay at 9. 6% and Paraguay at 4. 4%, and have decreased by 0. 5% in Guatemala and by 0. 1% in Chile, Mexico and Peru. With these results, expected inflation for 2015 ranges between 2. 5% in Guatemala and 9. 8% in Brazil.
Inter-American Development Bank Quarterly Business Review: First Quarter 2013
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

The 2013 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 organizational indicators on a quarterly basis to allow management to monitor progress in achieving corporate results. This periodic monitoring supports evidence-based decision making and allows for timely identification of deviations from targets and enables effective implementation of measures to address them.
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Business Review 2011
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

The 2011 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 yearly basis to allow management to monitor progress in achieving corporate results. This periodic monitoring supports mid- to long-term, evidence-based decision making and allows for timely identification of deviations from targets and enables effective implementation of measures to address them.
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Business Review 2012
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

The 2012 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 yearly basis to allow management to monitor progress in achieving corporate results. This periodic monitoring supports mid- to long-term, evidence-based decision making and allows for timely identification of deviations from targets and enables effective implementation of measures to address them.
Desarrollo Social: Junio, 1999
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

La División de Desarrollo Social del Departamento de Desarrollo Sostenible (SDS/SOC) presta asistencia al BID, brindando apoyo técnico a las operaciones financieras y contribuyendo a identificar y promover nuevas oportunidades para dirigir la acción del Banco a un desarrollo social que acelere el crecimiento y mejore el bienestar de los pueblos de América Latina y el Caribe. Con este boletín, queremos informar a aquellos interesados en temas sociales de nuestro trabajo y fomentar un diálogo sobre estos temas. Los artículos de este ejemplar abarcan una amplia gama de inquietudes sociales, de la salud a la violencia, pasando por el desarrollo infantil y el progreso y los derechos de la mujer y de los pueblos indígenas. Pese a la variedad de temas tratados, surgen temas comunes, incluyendo la importancia de invertir en prevención y la constante búsqueda de las intervenciones más eficaces.
Revista de la integración
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

La Revista de la integración, buscaba ser un instrumento para la amplia y libre discusión de los problemas de integración en los campos económicos, sociales y políticos. La revista publicó estudios y documentos relacionados con la integración de América Latina, elaborados por funcionarios del INTAL y de otros organismos internacionales, como también por especialistas en la región. Se publicaron 20 números con una periodicidad semestral de 1967 (Nov) a 1975 (Set).
Infraestructura para el desarrollo - Vol. 1, No. 1: Cómo innovar en el campo boliviano
Authors: Salazar Lina , Balcázar Fernando , Tarre Alejandro , Aramburu Julián , Serebrisky Tomás , Ramirez Maria Cecilia , Suárez-Alemán Ancor
Published: March 2024

A través de esta serie de casos de estudio, el Departamento de Infraestructura y Energía del BID pretende dar a conocer su trabajo en la región, los problemas que aborda, los retos en la implementación de sus proyectos y las lecciones aprendidas a partir de los mismos. Cómo innovar en el campo boliviano representa el primer caso de estudio de la serie.
Infraestructura para el desarrollo - Vol. 1, No. 2: Cómo encender la luz en Haití
Authors: Gischler Christiaan , Serebrisky Tomás , Suárez-Alemán Ancor , Ramirez Maria Cecilia , Tarre Alejandro
Published: March 2024

A través de esta serie de casos de estudio, el Departamento de Infraestructura y Energía del BID pretende dar a conocer su trabajo en la región, los problemas que aborda, los retos en la implementación de sus proyectos y las lecciones aprendidas a partir de los mismos. Cómo encender la luz en Haití representa el segundo caso de estudio de la serie.
Ideas for Development in the Americas (IDEA): Volume 28: May - August, 2012: Financing the Family
Authors: Treadway Michael , Funaro Rita
Published: March 2024

This issue of IDEA considers the impact remittances have on recipients' lives and on economies in Central America and how these have been affected by the Great Recession. It draws from a forthcoming IDB book, Financing the Family: Remittances to Central America in a Time of Crisis.
Energy Dossier: Honduras
Authors: Hinestrosa Carlos , Balza Lenin , Espinasa Ramón , Sucre Carlos
Published: March 2024

This dossier analyzes the energy sector in Honduras as it stood in 2010 and its changes over time. It describes the country's energy flow by consuming sector and source, and the sector's industrial organization and institutional framework.
Ideas for Development in the Americas (IDEA): Volume 6 : January-April, 2005: China Ascendant: A Snapshot of Economic Performance
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

For Latin America, China is at once a possible growth model, a potential market and a competitor. The IDB set up a joint Integration and Research Department China Task Force to study the various roles of this emerging economic power and to assess the implications for Latin America of China's economic performance. This issue of IDEA is based on the Task Force's report: The Emergence of China: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA): No. 17 : September, 2008
Authors: Pinzon Mauricio , Galindo Arturo
Published: March 2024

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 of each country according to their own specific methodologies. They do not represent official projections by the IDB or any other official body. RES collects the results of these surveys from participating central banks on a monthly basis to produce a report and a set of illustrative graphs and tables. The September issue of REVELA reports that growth expectations for 2008 are almost unchanged with respect to last month's survey. Now the simple average expected growth rate is 5.29%. However, growth is expected to slow in 2009, to an average of 4.7%, slightly down from last month 4.8% 2009 forecast. On the other hand, the expected inflation rate for 2008 increased from 9.43% to 9.59%. Inflation expectations for 2009 decreased, reaching a simple average of 8.63%.
Ideas for Development in the Americas (IDEA): Volume 2 : September-December, 2003: Working on Labor Markets in Latin America
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

The Research Department is pleased to present the latest edition of its newsletter, Ideas for Development in the Americas (IDEA). This issue is based on the IDB's 2004 report on Economic and Social Progress in Latin America, which focuses on the problems surrounding people and their jobs. The report presents an anatomy of Latin American labor markets, a diagnosis of their ills, and prescriptions for treating these ailments. IDEA summarizes some of the major issues and includes excerpts from Good Jobs Wanted: Labor Markets in Latin America.
Inclusive Integration for Global Competitiveness: Strengthening the EU-LAC Partnership
Authors: Sobral de Elía Mariana , Suominen Kati , Giordano Paolo , Vodusek Ziga , Shearer Matthew , Crawley Andrew , Vignoles Christopher , Estevadeordal Antoni
Published: March 2024

This report ( a special issue of the Periodic Note on Integration and Trade in the Americas) devotes great attention to particular challenges that confront the EU and LAC, as well as the opportunities that spring from them. Specifically, the report focuses on challenges arising from the emergence of significant new actors on the international trading scene, and on the need to preserve a consensus for deeper integration by reducing asymmetries and promoting social cohesion.
Ideas for Development in the Americas (IDEA): Volume 25: May-August, 2011: Export Pioneers in Latin America
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This edition of IDEA draws from a forthcoming IDB book, Export Pioneers in Latin America, which analyzes a series of case studies of successful new export activities throughout the region to learn how pioneers jumpstart a virtuous process leading to economic transformation. The cases of blueberries in Argentina, avocados in Mexico and aircraft in Brazil illustrate how an initially successful export activity did not stop with the discovery of a single viable product, but instead continued to evolve.
Ideas for Development in the Americas (IDEA): Volume 31: May-August, 2013: Climate and Development
Authors: Funaro Rita
Published: March 2024

This issue of IDEA covers some of the IDB's recent research on climate change, including efforts on both the mitigation and adaptation fronts. That research includes both surprising findings and an underlying understanding that the region's development must take into account -and will in many ways be shaped by- how it deals with this unique and inescapable issue.
Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center Information Bulletin: No. 82
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

Presents projects approved to receive financial support during 2005 of Cultural Development Program by Inter-American Development Bank Cultural Center.
Integration & Trade Journal: Volume 18: No. 38: January-June, 2014
Authors: Ocampo Fernando , Casas Gragea Angel María , Blyde Juan S. , Arciniegas Serna Hernando , Gómez Minujín Gala , Campos Rosario , Pozo Andrés , Márquez Fariña Manuel , Volpe Martincus Christian , Meza Monge Nilo , Mansilla Patricio , Camacho Inostroza Oscar , Solar Rodolfo , Jara M. Miguel Angel , Corrales Salvador , Montenegro Gisela
Published: March 2024

The Inter-American Development Bank, in the context of its integration mandate in the region, has been working and supporting development actions in border areas and transboundary cooperation and integration by the creation of binational and regional agreements. This issue of the Integration & Trade Journal seeks to reflect various experiences in this field and includes a number of interesting contributions that explore the challenges and opportunities for improvements in terms of facilitation, security, integration, and development in border areas in different subregions of LAC.
INTAL Connection: No 248: April, 2017
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

INTAL Connection informs on developments on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue focuses on the symposium and presentation of the book “Eco integration in Latin America: ideas inspired by the encyclical Laudato Si'", where Nobel prizes and world experts pose concrete options for advancing in a regional eco-integration where social and environmental dimension of development are priorities.
INTAL Monthly Newsletter: No. 193: September, 2012
Authors:   Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean
Published: March 2024

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 these issues through news items, technical cooperation, and a wide array of projects and studies.
INTAL Monthly Newsletter: No. 194: October, 2012
Authors:   Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean
Published: March 2024

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 these issues through news items, technical cooperation, and a wide array of projects and studies.
Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA): No. 3 : July, 2007
Authors: Salazni Mariana , Powell Andrew , Martínez Juan Francisco
Published: March 2024

Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA) is a monthly publication published by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Research Department (RES). The data comes from surveys of market participants conducted by Central Banks in Latin America. This document analyzes differences in market expectations for growth and inflation across countries and determines trends over time. Expectations of growth in Latin America remain high with a simple average expected growth rate of 5.2% for 2007 for the countries surveyed. Growth is expected to slow in 2008 to an average of 4.64%, also up slightly from the survey last month. Inflation expectations rose although changes were mixed across countries.
Ideas for Development in the Americas (IDEA): Volume 12 : January-April, 2007: Fiscal Pacts in Latin America
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

This issue of IDEA examines the future of fiscal pacts as a means for correcting persistent deficiencies of the State in Latin America. The newsletter summarizes the main features of the region's fiscal structures, illustrates the political economy factors that govern these structures, identifies the factors that facilitate the emergence of fiscal pacts and suggests policies and strategies that governments can adopt to improve their viability.
Microenterprise Development Review: Volume 5 : No. 1 : August, 2002
Authors:   Inter American Development Bank
Published: March 2024

The first article of this edition of the Microenterprise Development Review examines the relationship between microfinance institutions and private international investors. This article is written by Robert Pouliot of RCP & Partners, a Swiss-based fiduciary agency based in Switzerland and Germany. The second article addresses microfinance regulation in Latin America and the Caribbean and is written by Tor Jansson, a Microenterprise Specialist in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Division of the Inter-American Development Bank.
The Euro Experience: A Review of the Euro Crisis, Policy Issues, Issues Going Forward and Policy Implications for Latin America
Authors: Hurtado López Carlos
Published: March 2024

This policy brief reviews the experience of the countries under the Euro currency, focusing on those that have been under significant pressure in recent years- Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, referred to as "emerging" economies. At first they experienced stable growth and converged to the most advanced countries, but subsequent adjustment has proven elusive due to macroeconomic conditions, worsening structural deficiencies, and incomplete integration. The conditions for the survival of the Euro zone are complex and still far from fulfillment. While Latin America has recently experienced a similar period of stable growth, there is no room for complacency. The main lesson from Europe's experience is that Latin America must take advantage of the current context of growth, stability and optimism in order to carry out much-needed reforms that will leave countries adequately prepared to face a downturn in the world economy.
Macroprudential Regulations in Andean Countries
Authors: Del Valle Marielle , Rojas-Suárez Liliana , Galindo Arturo
Published: March 2024

The importance of having in place a financial regulatory framework that includes macro-prudential regulations was fully recognized during the recent global financial crisis. A central lesson from that episode was that relying on regulations that solely assessed the risks that financial institutions were taking on their individual balance sheets (a micro-prudential approach) was inadequate to preserve financial system stability. This policy brief deals with advances in the Andean countries regarding the implementation of macro-prudential financial regulations; that is, regulations that take into account risks at the systemic level. We focus specially on three regulatory tools: liquidity requirements, counter-cyclical capital requirements and counter-cyclical loan-loss provisioning requirements.
Debt, fiscal adjustment, and economic growth in Jamaica
Authors: Schmid Juan Pedro , Malcolm Xavier
Published: March 2024

The buildup of debt in Jamaica has been concurrent with the country's sloweconomic growth, and the issues are intertwined. High debt slows economic growth, and slow economic growth makes the process of reducing the debt burden more difficult. Jamaica committed itself to a strict fiscal consolidation program to reduce its debt burden. The fiscal consolidation will be long, spanning more than half a generation, until reaching the debt-to-GDP target of 60 percent by 2026. Besides adhering to the fiscal targets, success will depend on the country's ability to break away from a history of low economic growth.
Diversification in Trinidad and Tobago: Waiting for Godot?
Authors: Ruprah Inder J. , Khadan Jeetendra
Published: March 2024

Economic diversification is an incessant theme threading policy discussion in Trinidad and Tobago, although with an ebb and flow over time. This topic is once again at the forefront of policy discussions following the recent oil price decline and subsequent to the new administration that took office in September 2015. This policy brief discusses the potential role that the exchange rate plays in diversification, fiscal adjustment and economic growth. In doing so we use a new estimation of the real effective exchange rate that better captures competitiveness of the country's non-oil exports. The evidence assembled in this policy brief suggests that the exchange rate could have an important role in fiscal adjustment, economic growth, and diversification. We find that a major change in the exchange rate would reduce the size of the fiscal adjustment in the short term. It would boost diversification of non-energyexport products and their markets over the medium term, hence spur economic growth and employment. Presumably, there are perceived short-term downsides. These include (i) an inflationary effect which implies reduced household real income and hence a possible increase in poverty, and (ii), increased cost of imported material used as inputs in production, which compounded by microeconomic level balance sheet effects that arise in the presence of liability dollarisation that also leads to negative impacts of real exchange rate devaluations on firms' performance.
Implementación de Acuerdos Comerciales Preferenciales en América Latina: La Experiencia Peruana en su TLC con Estados Unidos
Authors: Alonso García Luis
Published: March 2024

El 12 de abril de 2006 fue suscrito el Acuerdo de Promoción Comercial entre el Perú y los Estados Unidos, luego de un largo y complejo proceso de negociación. La entrada en vigencia de dicho Acuerdo se dio el 01 de febrero de 2009, después que el Perú culminó la etapa de implementación prevista en el Acuerdo. En efecto, y tal como ha venido sucediendo con los acuerdos comerciales internacionales que siguen el modelo de los denominados Tratados de Libre Comercio (TLC), luego de su suscripción correspondiente y posterior ratificación parlamentaria, uno de los grandes desafíos termina siendo la implementación de las obligaciones asumidas.
Implementación y administración de los capítulos de propiedad intelectual en los acuerdos de libre comercio con Estados Unidos: La experiencia de cuatro países de América Latina
Authors: Genovesi Luis Mariano , Roffe Pedro
Published: March 2024

Este estudio tiene por propósito considerar la experiencia de un grupo de países en la implementación de los tratados de libre comercio (TLC) suscritos en años recientes con los Estados Unidos de América. A este respecto, el análisis presta particular atención a los tratados suscritos respectivamente con Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador -TLC de segunda generación- y Perú, que en este informe se caracterizan como TLC de tercera generación. El Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) -tratado de primera generación- es también objeto de análisis a efectos comparativos. El trabajo se focaliza exclusivamente en los capítulos sobre propiedad intelectual (PI).
Ingresos fiscales por explotación de recursos naturales en Colombia
Authors: Cortés Sandra , Olivera Mauricio , Aguilar Tatiana
Published: March 2024

El crecimiento de la economía mundial y el aumento de los precios internacionales de los productos básicos o commodities han dado lugar a un mayor dinamismo en las actividades extractivas en los países ricos en este tipo de bienes. En Colombia, la contribución de la actividad hidrocarburífera a los recursos fiscales ha aumentado no sólo producto de una mayor producción sino también de un aumento en los precios internacionales, aumentando de manera significativa la importancia del petróleo en la economía colombiana. Este documento describe la legislación que define los recursos derivados de la actividad petrolera y los ingresos generados por dicha actividad, y determina la vulnerabilidad de los ingresos públicos provenientes de hidrocarburos ante cambios en el precio internacional del petróleo a través del cálculo de elasticidades.
Intervención cambiaria y costos de esterilización: Algunas reflexiones de política
Authors: Hernaiz Daniel , Rasteletti Alejandro , Borensztein Eduardo , Pineda Emilio
Published: March 2024

Este documento analiza el patrón de intervenciones en el mercado cambiario y el costo de esterilización en un conjunto de economías seleccionadas. En un contexto de grandes y frecuentes entradas de capital, las intervenciones esterilizadas pueden generar presiones fiscales importantes que, aunque potencialmente diferibles en el corto plazo, eventualmente se traducen en costos efectivos. La severidad del dilema de política relacionado con la necesidad de controlar el nivel de inflación y mantener un tipo de cambio real competitivo puede ser disminuida por acciones que apunten a aumentar la credibilidad del Banco Central y reducir el nivel de expectativas de inflación.