This document represents a contribution made by the Tripartite Committee comprising the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Pathways to...

En esta edición de Microempresa se presentan dos artículos principales. En el primero, se examina por qué siendo las instituciones microfinancieras (IMF) una oportunidad atractiva para los inversores privados, son tan pocos los inversores financieros y sociales privados que proveen fondos a...

Esta edición de IDEA pregunta por qué países que han intentado adoptar políticas y reformas similares han tenido experiencias muy distintas. Se inspira en el IPES 2006, La política de las políticas públicas, para analizar a los personajes que participan en el proceso de diseño de...

Para lograr un adecuado equilibrio social y consolidar el funcionamiento del sistema democrático, los países han de contar con sistemas fiscales equitativos que favorezcan el desarrollo económico, que tengan capacidad recaudatoria para financiar un nivel adecuado de gasto público y con...

This sector note comments about the dominance of the public sector in the economic and social spheres in Trinidad and Tobago. The public sector has many positive characteristics as well-established organizational structures. This strength, however, is counter-balanced by numerous challenges. It...

This document presents the Program to Support the Climate Change Agenda I. Its main objective is to support the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GoRTT) in strengthening and modernizing the regulatory, institutional and policy framework to integrate climate change and its impacts into national...

Esta edición de IDEA se centra en el proceso intensamente político que rodea al presupuesto público en América Latina. La misma analiza temas presupuestarios críticos, la legislación reciente, los actores políticos involucrados y las consecuencias --a veces no intencionales-- de la...

This presentation was prepared for an IDB Seminar titled "Brainstorming Session: The Political Economy of Productivity: Actors, Arenas, and Policymaking," held on February 6th, 2009. This research project lies at the intersection of two agendas: 1) 2010 Development in the Americas Report (DIA,...

This is the latest version available of this document. The study states that perhaps the core problem and challenge for Central American economic recovery is the regions' high cost of energy. The inordinately high energy cost structure for the nations of Central America is caused in part by the...

DataGov is a database that contains governance indicators around the world. The DataGov indicators come from publicly available sources including academic institutions, non-governmental organizations, private firms and multilateral agencies. They cover four major areas: democracy, markets,...