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Output Collapses and Productivity Destruction
Blyde, Juan; Daude, Christian; Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper analyzes the long-run relationship between output collapses—defined defined as GDP falling substantially below trend—and total factor productivity (TFP), using a panel of 71 developed and developing countries during the period 1960-2003 to identify episodes of output collapse and...
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Assessment of the effects and impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in The Bahamas
Inter-American Development Bank; Vereinte Nationen / … - 2022
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Microinsurance in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru
Iravantchi, Sheirin; Wenner, Mark D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
The microinsurance market in Latin America is still in its embryonic phase. The purpose of this technical note is to better inform donors, national governments, and insurance companies interested in promoting financial inclusion about how they can accelerate the development of microinsurance...
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Raúl Prebisch : el poder, los principios y la ética del desarrollo. Ensayos en homenaje a David Pollock por la celebración de los 100 años del nacimiento de Raúl Prebisch
Dosman, Edgar J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
Es difícil describir o interpretar la historia económica de América Latina sin hacer referencia a la enorme contribución de Raúl Prebisch. Su figura se proyecta a través de la región como la de un gigante en pensamiento y acción. Las huellas de su legado continuan siendo indudablemente...
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Aid, Exports, and Growth: A Time-Series Perspective on the Dutch Disease Hypothesis
Rebucci, Alessandro; Kang, Joong Shik; Prati, Alessandro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
The available evidence on the effects of aid on growth is notoriously mixed. We use a novel empirical methodology, a …, imports, and per capita GDP growth to a "global" aid shock (the common component of individual country aid-to-GDP ratios). We … find that the estimated cumulative resposive of exports and per capita GDP growth to a global aid shock are strongly …
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Which "industrial policies" are meaningful for Latin America?
Abreu, Marcelo de Paiva - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
El objetivo de este documento es evaluar las políticas industriales que son importantes para América Latina en la actualidad. La primera sección introduce el tema, mientras que la segunda sección enumera definiciones pasadas de políticas industriales y su origen. La tercera sección se...
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El surgimiento de la cooperación Sur-Sur: Hacia un nuevo ecosistema de cooperación para el desarrollo
Tres, Joaquim - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
La Cooperación Sur-Sur (CSS) ha surgido con gran ímpetu en los últimos cinco años e iniciado su consolidación en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), contribuyendo al aumento del número de actores, de instrumentos de intercambio de conocimiento y experiencias de desarrollo y a la...
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The Effects of Oil and Mineral Taxation on Non-commodity Fiscal Revenues
Perry, Guillermo; Bustos, Sebastián - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper shows, first, that non-commodity revenues are more volatile in oil- and mineral-rich countries and that quality of institutions is associated with lower volatility. We investigate the channels through which oil and mineral revenue volatility lead to non-commodity revenues volatility,...
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Industrial Policy in Chile
Agosin, Manuel; Grau, Nicolas; Larrain, Christian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper studies three horizontal policy instruments and two vertical ones in Chilean industrial policy, particularly regarding small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The horizontal instruments are (1) a guarantee program for borrowing by SMEs (FOGAPE), (2) a small subsidy to new exports that...
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El sector turismo en America Latina y la accion del BID
Inter-American Development Bank - In: Zeitschrift für Lateinamerika, Wien : Forschung, … (1987), pp. 69-77
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