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The Political Economy of Productivity. The Case of Chile

Aninat, Cristobal; Benavente, Jose Miguel; Briones, Ignacio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

This paper analyzes the political economy of productivity-related policymaking in Chile following a political transaction cost model (Spiller and Tommasi, 2003; Murillo et al., 2008). The main findings indicate that i) the Chilean policymaking process (PMP) was successful in the 1990s in...

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Public Support to Private R&D: Evidence from Argentina

Binelli, Chiara; Maffioli, Alessandro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

The paper investigates the relationship between government interventions to promote investments in innovation and firms …

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Innovation for Economic Performance: The Case of Latin American and Caribbean Firms Title: Innovación para el desempeño económico: El caso de las empresas en América Latina y el Ca...

Tacsir, Ezequiel; Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

Enterprise Surveys define innovation rates as the share of firms introducing product and process innovations. The survey also …In this note, a wide range of innovation indicators are analyzed in order to describe the innovation behavior of … manufacturing firms in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region using the recently released Enterprise Surveys 2010. The …

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Evaluating the Impact of Cluster Development Programs

Giuliani, Elisa; Maffioli, Alessandro; Pacheco, Manuel; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Do the programs that aim to promote and develop industry clusters (also known as Cluster Development Programs) work? Do they have an impact on enterprise development? This paper offers an insight into the methods that can help answer these fundamental questions through solid quantitative...

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Incentivos fiscais à pesquisa, desenvolvimento e inovação no Brasil: Uma avaliação das políticas recentes

Sérgio Kannebley Jr.; Porto, Geciane Silveira - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

Este trabalho investiga a efetividade de instrumentos tributários de incentivos à pesquisa, desenvolvimento e inovação utilizados no Brasil desde o início dos anos de 1990. Particularmente, são analisados dois instrumentos distintos. A Lei de Informática cuja primeira edição foi feita...

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Challenges for Global Value Chain Interventions in Latin America

Pietrobelli, Carlo; Staritz, Cornelia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

first-tier suppliers/ intermediaries, and the importance of innovation systems and local learning efforts to enable …

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Análise e trajetória do Programa Centros Vocacionais Tecnológicos no Brasil

Castioni, Remi; Bouskela, Mauricio; Radaelli, Vanderléia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Esta nota técnica trata de uma importante iniciativa implantada pelo governo brasileiro e que visa atender a múltiplos propósitos dada a dimensão territorial do país. O Programa de Implementação e Modernização dos Centros Vocacionais Tecnológicos foi o ponto de partida para que o...

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From Information to Participation: The Potential of New Technologies on Accountability Initiatives

Olabe, Paloma Baena; Kahn, Theodore - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This technical note considers the role of information and communications technology (ICT) in promoting the use of information and active participation among various stakeholders in the context of access to information initiatives, and in transparency and accountability efforts more broadly. Such...

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Services Regulation in the Caribbean: Information and Communications Technology

Brown, Kathy-Ann - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

CARIFORUM States have generally taken a cautious approach in adopting commitments under the Economic Partnership Agreement by having them reflect their World Trade Organization commitments, excluding sensitive subsectors, and inscribing broad horizontal reservations. This report assesses the...

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From Cybersecurity to Cybercrime: A Framework for Analysis and Implementation

Zaballos, Antonio García; Herranz, Félix González - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

This technical note outlines a framework for the analysis of cybersecurity, presenting considerations that are crucial to the success of a holistic and transversal cybersecurity strategy. It describes two essential pieces of the analysis: the broadband ecosystem and the basic terminology and...

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