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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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Does a Mature AIDS Epidemic Threaten Growth?

Cuesta, José A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...

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On the Role of Productivity and Factor Accumulation in Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo; Daude, Christian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

This paper combines development and growth accounting exercises with economic theory to estimate the relative importance of total factor productivity and the accumulation of factors of production in the economic development performance of Latin America. The region’s development performance is...

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The Evolution of Urban Concentration around the World: A Panel Approach

Gaviria, Alejandro; Stein, Ernesto H. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

In this paper, we use a panel approach to study population growth in major cities around the world. We find that major cities grow faster in relatively backward economies and in more volatile, faster-growing economies. We also find that the effects of trade policy on the growth of major cities...

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Sources of Growth in Latin America: What Is Missing?

Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Blyde, Juan S.; Gill, Indermit S. - Inter-American Development Bank

The country studies and their background papers included in this book were prepared for the Latin America and the Caribbean section of the "Global Research Project: Explaining Growth" of the Global Development Network (GDN), a research effort conducted in association with the Latin American and...

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Sources of Growth in Latin America: What Is Missing?

Blyde, Juan; Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Gill, Indermit S.; … - Inter-American Development Bank

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Savings and investment requirements for the resumption of growth in Latin America

Bacha, Edmar Lisboa (contributor) - 1993

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Brazil : responses to the debt crisis ; impact on savings, investment, and growth

Dinsmoor, James - 1990

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Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic Title: ¿Socios o acreedores? Atracción de inversión extran...

Cuevas, Mario; Manzano, Osmel; Auguste, Sebastián; … - Inter-American Development Bank

Promotion of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a priority policy goal in Central America, Panama and Dominican … efficacy of fiscal incentives as a means to attract investment, following an innovative technical approach based on firm level … a study of investment promotion policies, which focuses particularly on the Investment Promotion Agencies. Finally, the …

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Politics, Policies and the Dynamics of Aggregate Productivity in Colombia

Eslava, Marcela; Melendez, Marcela - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

This paper describes private actors’ involvement in Colombia’s policymaking process. While more transparent and formal channels are used to discuss horizontal policies, they are also less effective. The adoption of targeted policies, however, follows a faster track and depends more on...

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