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Bayón, Ricardo; Lovink, J. Steven; Veening, Wouter J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

Financing the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity has been called one of the greatest challenges. At the heart of this challenge lies the low financial and political value which is often assigned to biodiversity and the resulting lack of financial mechanisms for conservation and...

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Capital Flows and Macroeconomic Policies in Emerging Economies

Agosin, Manuel R. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This study deals with the appropriate macroeconomic policies toward international capital flows. It argues that countries in a position to integrate themselves into world capital markets should develop specific policies to deal with capital flows. This paper first shows that foreign capital...

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Integration and Trade in the Americas: Fiscal Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Americas

Barreix, Alberto Daniel; Villela, Luiz Arruda; Roca, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

The purpose of this document is to inform Bank staff and other interested parties about recent developments in integration and trade among the countries of the Western Hemisphere and between these and other countries and world regions.

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Social Investment Funds and Indigenous Peoples

Renshaw, Jonathan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001

The aim of this paper is to offer a brief analysis of the social investment funds for indigenous people that have been …

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Core Labor Standards and Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Does Lax Enforcement of Labor Standards Attract Investors?

Daude, Christian; Mazza, Jacqueline; Morrison, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

This paper estimates the impact of the enforcement of core labor standards on FDI in the region and contains the following: 1) Introduction; 2) Survey of the literature on the determinants of FDI: theoretical models, empirical estimation of the determinants of FDI, and the few studies that have...

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Has Deregulation Increased Investment in Infrastructure?: Firm-Level Evidence from OECD Countries

Araújo, Sónia - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

This paper investigates the role played by deregulation on firms’ investment decisions in infrastructure sectors. The … entry, public ownership, vertical unbundling and the existence of an independent regulator with firm level investment … behaviour. We find that the impact of regulation on investment is both sector and firm specific. A reduction in the degree of …

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Trade, Direct Investment and Production Policies

Machinea, José Luis; Vera, Cecilia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005

higher foreign direct investment. However, the growth path of the region's countries is a far cry from one of intensive …

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Private Infrastructure and the Inter-American Development Bank Group

Vives, Antonio; Rivas, Jorge - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998

This report provides a review of IDB Group activities supporting private participation in infrastructure between 1990 and 1997. It is intended to serve as a reference in the development of its infrastructure strategies. By compiling in a single document all the actions that promote private...

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Recouping Infrastructure Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Selected Papers from the 2004 IDB Infrastructure Conference Series

Vives, Antonio; Chong, Alberto E.; Strong, John S.; … - Inter-American Development Bank; Analistas Financieros … - 2004

investment issues in the region. The papers, which are preceded by an overview of general lessons and challenges, address themes … of infrastructure investment. …

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The Inter-American Development Bank and Sub-Sovereign Governments Development

Masci, Pietro - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

This presentation discusses IDB support for sub-sovereign government development in Latin America. Detailed are the experience of the IDB in quantitative and qualitative aspects, the road for Latin American countries towards creditworthiness, and the application of risk assessment of...

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