This document is a synthesis of the region's most pertinent top priorities, of achievements undergone during recent years, and of the challenges and opportunities the region will face in the near future.Abstract: Los países pertenecientes a la región andina han realizado, durante los últimos...

This document summarizes the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) experience as one of the main sources of multilateral development financing in Latin America and the Caribbean. From 2000 to 2005, total financing for economic, social and institutional development projects amounted to US$38.7...

This report provides a brief review of status of Electronic Single Windows (ESWs) in the Latin American and Caribbean region. While not exhaustive it does illustrate the diversity of integrated border management and the opportunities for building greater capacity. It is intended to be a primer...

The purpose of this document is to contribute to the ongoing discussion on climate change in light of the available evidence on the possible channels of transmission of the economic impact of this phenomenon and the results of the latest session of the Conference of the Parties to the United...

This policy brief is intended to serve as the basis for the discussion of the Ministers of Finance on action needed to promote physical infrastructure and reduce intra-regional trade costs, in the context of the Third Meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean held in...

Second Meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Americas and the CaribbeanAbstract: Segunda Reunión de Ministros de Hacienda de América y El Caribe

This report (RE-265) is the first stage of an evaluation of the Bank's strategy for regional integration, being conducted by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight. It attempts to identify the Bank's implicit strategy and the way this is incorporated into programming and project management. The...

A Year in Review 2009 "Regaining Growth through Trade and Integration" is a report prepared by the Integration and Trade Sector (INT) of the Vice Presidency for Sectors and Knowledge analyzing the major developments in our region during 2009 in the areas of regional integration and trade...

Latin America and the Caribbean (Latin America for short) and Asia and the Pacific (Asia for short) are dynamic and diverse emerging markets in the global economy. Collectively, they constitute a quarter of the global GDP. Both regions hold immense potential for growth, trade, and development;...

La Iniciativa para la Integración de la Infraestructura Regional Suramericana (IIRSA) fue lanzada con el objeto de promover la formación de un espacio económico sudamericano ampliado bajo criterios de desarrollo sustentable, eficiente y equitativo. En el presente documento (RE-338), OVE...