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Aid Effectiveness: Politics Matters
Bobba, Matteo; Powell, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
The literature on aid effectiveness has focused more on recipient policies than the determinants of aid allocation yet a consistent result is that political allies obtain more aid from donors than non-allies. This paper shows that aid allocated to political allies is ineffective for growth,...
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Do Welfare Programs Damage Interpersonal Trust? Experimental Evidence from Representative Samples for Four Latin American Cities
Chong, Alberto; Ñopo, Hugo; Rios, Vanessa - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
trust in laboratory games. The paper employs experimental data for representative samples of individuals in four Latin … American capital cities (Bogota, Lima, Montevideo, and San Jose), finding that participation in welfare programs damage trust … the notion that low take-up rates may be due to stigma linked with trust and social capital, rather than transaction costs. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528600
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Crime and Erosion of Trust: Evidence for Latin America
Corbacho, Ana; Philipp, Julia; Ruiz-Vega, Mauricio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
, widespread crime has the potential to weaken trust between citizens and institutions, undermine government reform efforts, and … become an obstacle to development. Yet, the impact of crime on trust remains relatively unexplored in the literature. This … paper analyzes the potential interrelationship between individual victimization and several measures of trust, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653710
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Crime and Erosion of Trust: Evidence for Latin America
Corbacho, Ana; Philipp, Julia; Ruiz-Vega, Mauricio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
, widespread crime has the potential to weaken trust between citizens and institutions, undermine government reform efforts, and … become an obstacle to development. Yet, the impact of crime on trust remains relatively unexplored in the literature. This … paper analyzes the potential interrelationship between individual victimization and several measures of trust, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944472
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The Impact of the Seed Capital Program of SERCOTEC in Chile
Bonilla, Claudio A.; Cancino, Christian A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper seeks to measure the impact on small businesses in Chile of the Seed Capital Program implemented by Chile's Technical Cooperation Services (Servicio de Cooperación Técnica SERCOTEC). The results are mixed. On the one hand, the impact of sales is positive but its statistical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654470
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El impacto del Programa de Capital Semilla del Sercotec en Chile
Bonilla, Claudio A.; Cancino, Christian A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
Este trabajo busca medir el impacto del Programa de Capital Semilla del Servicio de Cooperación Técnica (Sercotec) en las empresas de menor tamaño en Chile. Los resultados son mixtos. Por un lado el impacto en las ventas aparece con signo positivo pero la significancia estadística depende...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655353
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Las reformas estructurales en América Latina: Qué se ha reformado y cómo medirlo (Versión actualizada)
Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Este documento analiza los grandes cambios en las principales áreas de política económica estructural en América Latina entre 1985 y 2009 y presenta un conjunto de índices que intentan medir qué tan favorables son para el libre funcionamiento de los mercados las políticas comercial,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617876
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Structural reform in Latin America: What has been reformed and how it can be quantified (updated Version)
Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This study evaluates the major changes in the main sectors of structural economy policy in Latin America between 1985 and 2009, and proposes a set of indices intended to measure the extent to which commercial, financial, tax, privatization and labor policies are favorable for the free operation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617878
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Taxonomy of Causes, Impacts and Policy Responses to the Food Price Crisis in the Andean Region
Cuesta, Jose; Jaramillo, Fidel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper analyzes the causes, effects and policy alternatives associated with the recent international food price crisis in the Andean region. Additionally, the document makes a first approach to the policy options utilized to confront the crisis, discussing the mix of policies and their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170409
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La efectividad de las redes de protección social: El rol de los sistemas integrados de información social en seis países de América Latina
Bouillon, Cesar Patricio; Azevedo, Viviane; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Los Sistemas Integrados de Información Social es el resultado de un trabajo de cooperación entre el Banco Inter-Americano de Desarrollo y un conjunto de investigadores de la región con el objetivo de colectar lecciones aprendidas en el diseño, la implementación y el seguimiento de los...
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