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Shaky Roads and Trembling Exports: Assessing the Trade Effects of Domestic Infrastructure Using a Natural Experiment
Blyde, Juan; Martincus, Christian Volpe - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Our knowledge of the trade effects of domestic infrastructure is very limited. The reason is twofold. First, data needed to examine these effects are not readily available. Second, identifying such effects requires properly addressing potential endogeneity problems affecting the relationship...
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The Benefits of Logistics Investments: Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean
Rodrigue, Jean-Paul - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Transportation is an inherently crucial factor in supporting economic activities as well as providing opportunities for economic development. As such, the provision of transport infrastructures is a common priority in capital investment, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652997
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Regulation and Contractual Adaptation in Public Utilities: The Case of Argentina
Artana, Daniel; Navajas, Fernando; Urbiztondo, Santiago - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998
This paper (IFM-115) evaluates a set of contractual adjustments, renegotiations and disputes that have taken place in different public utility industries in Argentina since 1991, considering: 1) Whether the decisions analyzed are inside the initial contract or represent a modification of it; 2)...
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NAMAs in the Transport Sector: Case Studies from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico and the People's Republic of China
Huizenga, Cornie; Bakker, Stefan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This report is adapted from the forthcoming Climate Instruments for the Transport Sector (CITS) report written by Cornie Huizenga, convener of the Partnership for Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT), and Stefan Bakker, from the Energy Research Center of the Netherlands. Under the CITS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198616
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The Benefits of Logistics Investments: Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean
Rodrigue, Jean-Paul - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Transportation is an inherently crucial factor in supporting economic activities as well as providing opportunities for economic development. As such, the provision of transport infrastructures is a common priority in capital investment, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672718
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IIRSA: Building A New Continent: Project Information Sheets: Priority Investment Portfolio in South America
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2006
The Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure for South America (IIRSA) is a multilateral effort to spur investment in infrastructure and physical integration of the continent. This document includes information sheets on 31 priority IIRSA projects.
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Agricultural Productivity Growth, Efficiency Change and Technical Progress in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ludena, Carlos - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper analyzes total factor productivity growth in agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1961 and … results show that among developing regions, Latin America and the Caribbean shows the highest agricultural productivity growth …. The highest growth within the region has occurred in the last two decades, especially due to improvements in efficiency …
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Logistics as a Competitiveness Factor for Small and Medium Enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean
Kirby, Carlos; Brosa, Nicolau - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The logistics industry is one of utmost relevance and principally serves as a motor of private sec-tor development and growth of the economic sectors of a country or region. A logistics industry that is efficient and accessible to everyone is a key element for companies in a country or region in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395237
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Second-tier Government Banks and Firm Performance: Micro-Evidence from Colombia
Maffioli, Alessandro; Eslava, Marcela; Arjona, Marcela … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Despite the large potential gains from credit by second-tier development banks, little is known about the actual impact of these banks' lending activity. This study partially fills that gap by analyzing the impact of the lending activity of Bancoldex, the Colombian second-tier development bank,...
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Innovation in Services: The Hard Case for Latin America and the Caribbean
Tacsir, Ezequiel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Recent research conducted by the IDB shows that innovation positively affects productivity growth in the Latin American … dynamics at play in the service sector in the region and the relationship between productivity and innovation in services (as … prolonged productivity lags in the region, while, if well designed and implemented, could have large economic payoffs. This …
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