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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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CMF in Review: 2006-2011
Hooten, Christopher; Pietrobelli, Carlo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper presents a retrospective review of several key areas of work of the Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Division (CMF) of the Inter-American Development Bank. Presented with each chapter as an independent piece, the paper analyzes the operations portfolio of CMF from 2006 to...
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Aid Effectiveness: Politics Matters
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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Structural Reforms in Brazil: Progress and Unfinished Agenda
Ter-Minassian, Teresa - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper discusses Brazil’s structural reforms since the 1990s and areas where work remains to be done. Reforms of the 1990s included the containment of inflation, the adoption of a comprehensive Fiscal Responsibility Law, a successful debt restructuring program for subnational governments,...
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Inflation Targeting in Colombia, 2002-2012
Urrutia, Miguel; Hamann, Franz; Hofstetter, Marc - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
the experience of the Colombian Central Bank over the last decade, a period of consolidation and innovation of its IT …
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Workable Environmentally Related Energy Taxes
Navajas, Fernando; Panadeiros, Monica; Natale, Oscar - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper models an energy tax reform process out of a status quo and towards environmentally related excises, distinguishing between uniform and non-uniform tax components, positive and normative tax structures, and adopting a non- Ramsey specification. The model is implemented for Argentina,...
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Managing for Development Results in the Dominican Republic
Guzman, Juan Pablo Martínez - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
During the past 11 years, the Dominican Republic has introduced dozens of new laws and regulations aimed at modernizing its national management systems. The new rules represent a step forward in the implementation of Managing for Development Results (MfDR) techniques that will improve the...
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The Cyclical Characteristics of Universal Social Insurance
Hemming, Richard - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper examines how a universal social insurance program proposed for Mexico can respond to cyclical variations in revenue while remaining selffinancing. More specifically, it discusses the issues involved in setting up a stabilization fund that can accumulate surpluses when revenue is...
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Internet Diffusion, Innovation and Employment Growth in the Costa Rican Manufacturing Sector
Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
employment growth and suggest that employee use of the Internet is neither a labor displacement innovation nor a gender or skill … by workers for business purposes does not impact demand for labor. The positive impact of product innovation on labor … female labor demand. These findings underscore the Internet's importance in improving the impact of product innovation on …
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The Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
Ñopo, Hugo; Hoyos, Alejandro; Pena, Ximena - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matching comparisons to examine the extent to … second and the third. The gender wage gap remains largely unexplained after controlling for different combinations of socio … middle of the wage distributions than the extremes, possibly due to a gender-equalizing effect of the minimum wage. Moreover …
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