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Financial Market Development: Support from the Inter-American Development Bank Group 1990-2002

Moreno, Paul; Durante, Juan José - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

IDB Group involvement and support in the reform, modernization and deepening of financial markets in Latin America and the Caribbean targets banking intermediation, capital markets, insurance markets, pension systems, housing finance, and debt reduction.

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Remittances in Times of Financial Instability: Impact of the Financial Crisis on Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Las remesas en tiempos de inestabilidad finan...

Meins, Robert - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

This document is a supplement to the brochure, Remittances in times of financial instability, and the map of … remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2008, produced by MIF. The document provides a short overview of significant … trends affecting remittances and their impact on families, communities and national economies throughout the region …

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Country Program Evaluation of Ecuador: 2007-2011 Title: Evaluación del programa de país: Ecuador 2007-2011

Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares; Piza, Caio; Cravo, Tulio; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This evaluation reviews the relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of the IDB's Program with Ecuador for 2007-2011. The period was characterized by an important political and institutional shift in Ecuador, embodied in the new Constitution of September 2008. Working within the framework...

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Country Program Evaluation: Nicaragua (2008-2012) Title: Evaluación del Programa de País: Nicaragua (2008-2012)

Fryer, Michelle; Soldano, Miguel; García, Salomón; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

Government's National Plan for Human Development and addressed five areas essential for growth and poverty reduction. The one …

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Income Inequality and Economic Growth: Evidence from the American Data

Panizza, Ugo - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

Cross-country studies have found a negative relationship between income inequality and economic growth. The main problem with the cross-country analyses is the poor quality of the data on income distribution. This paper tests the robustness of the cross-country results to the use of a more...

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Leveraging Efforts on Remittances and Financial Intermediation

Orozco, Manuel; Fedewa, Rachel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

intermediation and remittance transfers. The impact of family remittances has been highlighted in the literature as an important one … remittances to financial intermediation as a strategy to harness the development impact of such earnings. This paper attempts to … remittances and development vis-à-vis financial intermediation. It is a case study analysis of nine financial institutions, and …

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From Growth to Prosperity: Policy Perspectives for Trinidad and Tobago

Artana, Daniel; Thomas, Wendell; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank

, and pockets of poverty persist. How can the country promote sustainable and equitable development, and thus reduce poverty …

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From Growth to Prosperity: Policy Perspectives for Trinidad and Tobago

Artana, Daniel; Thomas, Wendell; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank

, and pockets of poverty persist. How can the country promote sustainable and equitable development, and thus reduce poverty …

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Fiscal Policy Issues in Jamaica: Budgetary Institutions, the Tax System and Public Debt Management

Artana, Daniel; Naranjo, Fernando - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

This paper analyzes budgetary institutions, the tax system and public debt management in Jamaica. It explores the nature of budget institutions and design, beyond formal administrative or budgetary procedures, to address the question of whether the demanding fiscal path Jamaica is following can...

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Study of Municipal Finance: The Case of Local Government in Trinidad and Tobago

Richards, Allan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

In pursuit of its policy objective of supporting member countries in promoting the democratization of sub-national governments, the Inter-American Development Bank has commissioned studies on municipal finances in five Latin American and Caribbean countries. This Knowledge Creation Project [KCP]...

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