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day, but for a sunny day - a time when everyone can bask in the benefits of growth, prosperity, and well-being. This book …
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This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin …
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"An Unequal Democracy?: Seeing Latin America through European Eyes" is the result of a conference organized by the International Institute for Governance of Catalonia in November 2003, with support from the government of Catalonia and the Special Office in Europe of the IDB. At the conference, a...
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This paper introduces preliminary evidence from a cross-country database of policy characteristics and potential uses of that database. While most databases have emphasized either the content of policies (e.g., size of government deficits) or countries’ formal institutions (e.g., political...
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This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2005. In addition, the Report contains a description of the Bank's operations - loans, guarantees, financings for small projects and technical...
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This publication brings together a selection of recent work from the Inter-American Development Bank on development … provides research and insight into some of the most pressing development challenges in the Region. …
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Bank's various operations - loans, guarantees, financing for small projects and technical cooperation - for development in … framework for lending instruments that will enhance the development impact of Bank operations and the Bank also approved its …
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A common criticism of antipoverty programs is that the high share of administrative (nontransfer) costs substantially reduces their effectiveness. Yet there is surprisingly little rigorous empirical evidence on program costs. This study proposes and implements a replicable methodology for a...
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This paper discusses the need for a Bank subnational development strategy. The subnational development strategy … socioeconomic development through the devolution of responsibilities and resources to subnational governments. …
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features that seem to determine development depends on the workings of political institutions, which define how the …
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