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Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth
Thomas, Desmond; Artana, Daniel; Zavala, Emilio Osambela; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical solutions to overcome some of those problems. This book is a collection of studies commissioned by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943462
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Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth
Artana, Daniel; Zavala, Emilio Osambela; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical solutions to overcome some of those problems. This book is a collection of studies commissioned by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895467
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Tax Benefits
Roca, Jerónimo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Latin America are revised. Special attention is paid to their effectiveness, administration costs, and distortions in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205946
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Developing and Evaluating Citizen Security Programs in Latin America: A Protocol for Evidence-Based Crime Prevention
Sherman, Lawrence W. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This protocol is designed mainly for people working to reduce crime and improve justice in Latin America, but it discusses principles that can be used anywhere in the world. Those principles can be summarized as evidence-based crime prevention, a process by which good evidence on the facts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010674072
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Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Tax Benefits
Roca, Jerónimo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Latin America are revised. Special attention is paid to their effectiveness, administration costs, and distortions in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652863
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Developing and Evaluating Citizen Security Programs in Latin America: A Protocol for Evidence-Based Crime Prevention
Sherman, Lawrence W. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This protocol is designed mainly for people working to reduce crime and improve justice in Latin America, but it discusses principles that can be used anywhere in the world. Those principles can be summarized as evidence-based crime prevention, a process by which good evidence on the facts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653185
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Public Management and Transparency Network: Cross-Country Comparisons of Public Employment and Pay of 26 Latin American and Caribbean Countries
Payne, J. Mark; Carlson, Ingrid - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
This paper compares public sector employment and pay in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It highlights the methodological challenges of gathering and making valid comparisons on the basis of such data. Within these limitations, therefore, the paper compares the countries of the region in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944528
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Open Government and Targeted Transparency: Trends and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Gobierno abierto y transparencia focalizada: Tendencias y desafíos para...
Dassen, Nicolás; Vieyra, Juan Cruz; Molina, Ezequiel; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Transparency and integrity are key factors in consolidating democratic governance and deepening the modernization of …, providing technical support and knowledge on transparency in the LAC region. With the support of the Norwegian government, the … targeted transparency. This publication compiles some of the experiences and lessons learned from five different countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672681
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Índice de desempeño e integridad en contrataciones públicas 2004-2005
Callizo, María del Pilar - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
Este estudio ha sido realizado en el marco de una cooperación con Transparencia Paraguay. En los primeros meses del 2003 entró en vigencia en Paraguay la Ley 2.051 De Contrataciones Públicas, cuyo objetivo era regular las acciones de planeamiento, programación, presupuesto, contratación,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205998
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Institutional Quality and Fiscal Transparency
Chong, Alberto; Andreula, Nicolo; Guillen, Jorge - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper uses new data on fiscal transparency for a cross-section of countries; these data possess several advantages …’s fiscal transparency. It is shown that there is in fact a causal relationship between institutions and transparency. The … findings are robust to changes in specification and a host of transparency sub-measures. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008554066