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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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Technical Guidelines for Evaluating the Impacts of Tourism Using Simulation Models

Taylor, J. Edward - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

The purpose of this guideline is to make practitioners aware of simulation approaches for the evaluation of tourism … projects. Simulation approaches are particularly useful when experimental or economic approaches for project evaluation are not …

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Evaluating the Impact of Regional Development Programs

Winters, Paul; Rubio, Susana Sitja - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

The purpose of this guideline is to discuss the objectives and approaches of regional (subnational) development programs in order to provide guidance on issues related to evaluating the impact of these programs. Regional development programs are designed to improve the income-generating capacity...

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Technical Guidelines for Evaluating the Impacts of Tourism Using Simulation Models

Taylor, J. Edward - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

The purpose of this guideline is to make praticioners aware of simulation approaches for the evaluation of tourism … projects. Simulation approaches are particularly useful when experimental or economic approaches for project evaluation are not …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799618

Evaluating the Impact of Science, Technology and Innovation Programs: a Methodological Toolkit

Crespi, Gustavo A.; Maffioli, Alessandro; Mohnen, Pierre; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

strengths and weakness specifically related to the application to STIP. Other specific issues related to the evaluation of STIP …

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Community-Based Well Maintenance in Rural Haiti

Aliprantis, Dionissi - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

The international community has pledged 11 billion dollars to Haiti, a country where non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provide nearly all public goods and services. This raises at least two questions: How can NGOs most effectively perform their own work, and how can NGOs integrate their...

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The Impact of Public Credit Programs on Brazilian Firms

Maffioli, Alessandro; Negri, João Alberto De; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of public credit lines in promoting the performances of Brazilian firms. We focus on the impact of the credit lines managed by BNDES and FINEP in fostering growth measured in terms of employment, labor productivity and export. For this purpose, we use a...

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Social Network Analysis Methodologies for the Evaluation of Cluster Development Programs

Giuliani, Elisa; Pietrobelli, Carlo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

, we know very little about CDP outputs or the impact CDPs have on host regions and their populations. Evaluation studies … are beginning to appear, but the overall concern is that a distinct evaluation concept and method with a focus on CDPs is … in the evaluation of CDPs based on the application of concepts and methods of social network analysis (SNA). …

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So you think you know what drives disbursements at the IDB? Think, think again...

Álvarez, Carola; Bueso-Merriam, Jacqueline; Stucchi, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This paper focuses on the performance of IDB projects between 1996 and 2011 disbursements. We present evidence on the evolution of disbursements with respect to the available funds and the evolution of disbursements with respect to the historic disbursement curve of IDB projects. We also...

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Cluster Development Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons from the Experience of the Inter-American Development Bank

Pietrobelli, Carlo; Stevenson, Claudia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

National and local governments, international organizations and donors are increasingly using the instrument of cluster development programs (CDP) to promote economic development. This paper builds on the recent experiences of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in financing and executing...

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