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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...
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Más y mejores trenes: Cambiando la matriz de transporte en América Latina y el Caribe
Kohon, Jorge - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Esta nota técnica aborda el tema de los ferrocarriles de América Latina y el Caribe en sus tres modelos de negocio (Transporte de cargas, de pasajeros urbanos y suburbanos -trenes de cercanías-, y de pasajeros de larga distancia) y su potencial papel en un cambio de matriz de transporte. Se...
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Transporte automotor de carga en Belice, Centroamérica y República Dominicana: Análisis de desempeño y recomendaciones de política
Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano … - 2013
En Centroamérica las distancias son cortas y los volúmenes de carga son pequeños para consolidar una red densa de transporte marítimo de corta distancia. Además, no existe una red ferroviaria transnacional. Esto otorga al transporte automotor de carga (TAC) un rol clave en el transporte...
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Trucking Services in Belize, Central America, and the Dominican Republic: Performance Analysis and Policy Recommendations
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2013
Distances in Central America are short and cargo volumes are small to build a dense network of short sea shipping. Furthermore, there is no transnational railway network. This gives trucking services a key role in international transport. This preliminary study characterizes trucking services in...
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Towards a Latin America free of casualties due to lack of road safety: The case of Brazil. "An analysis of road casualties in Brazil focusing on road traffic conditions and road ac...
Resende, Paulo; Diez-Roux, Esteban; Mendoza, Sissi … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
behavior and lack of road safety education. It also compares the severity and occurrence of accidents in Brazil on roads in …As part of its Road Safety Initiative, the IDB is working with strategic partners to raise awareness about the … importance of road safety during the UN Decade for Action for Road Safety 2011-2020. The IDB and Fundação Dom Cabral co …
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Low-Income Housing Finance in Colombia
Arbelaez, Maria Angelica; Camacho, Carolina; Fajardo, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper explores the role played by policy instruments in access to housing finance by low-income households. It also analyzes the impact of housing credit and subsidies on both the quality of life and the quality of dwelling of the beneficiaries. Using the Quality of Life Surveys conducted...
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A Short-Term Cost- Effectiveness Evaluation of Better-Quality Daycare Centers
Barros, Ricardo; Carvalho, Mirela de; Franco, Samuel; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Studies of the effects of pre-school programs on child development in developing countries have found scant impact. This study was conducted to reconcile the importance of daycare for child development with the empirical estimates of small effects. Using a random sample of 500 children from 100...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943793
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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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