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The Political Economy of Productivity in Argentina: Interpretation and Illustration
Urbiztondo, Santiago; Cristini, Marcela; Moskovitz, Cynthia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper examines how the main characteristics of Argentina’s policymaking process (PMP) affect the productivity of its economy using the conceptual framework presented in Murillo, Scartascini and Tommasi (2008), Stein et al. (2008), Spiller and Tommasi (2007), and IDB (2005). First, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008554070
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038428
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Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Mexico
Baz, Veronica; Capelo, Maria Cristina; Centeno, Rodrigo; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
no consensus on the country’s development path or on how to achieve specific goals. Since the policy debate remains … ideological and lacks pragmatism, productive development policies (PDPs) are often uncoordinated, redundant or even incongruent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752785
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653526
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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 assessed by contrast with various alternative benchmarks, both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008616873
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Industrial Policy in Guatemala: A Case of Policy Inertia under Changing Paradigms
Cuevas, Mario; Lee, Sigfrido; Pineda, Bismarck - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper reviews productive development policies (PDPs) in Guatemala, focusing on the alleged justification of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752787
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Institutos tecnológicos públicos en América Latina: Una reforma urgente
Bitran, Eduardo; Urrutia, Cristian M. González - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Los Institutos Tecnológicos Públicos (ITPs) en América Latina han sufrido un deterioro significativo de sus capacidades en las últimas décadas. En la mayoría de los países están a la deriva, sin que exista una visión y misión claramente establecidas, contribuyendo a su pérdida de foco...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653467
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Does a Mature AIDS Epidemic Threaten Growth?
Cuesta, José A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
growth prospects. Critical factors that slash economic growth in Africa (such as human capital reductions and shifts in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653926
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Productive Development Policies in Argentina
Butler, Ines; Rozemberg, Ricardo; Sanchez, Gabriel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
In contrast to the limited impact of aggregate-level productive development policies (PDPs) in Argentina, micro …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799611
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Políticas de Desarrollo Productivo en Panamá: Auto-descubrimiento y fallas de coordinación
Fernandez, Marcos - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Este documento analiza las Políticas de Desarrollo Productivos en cinco estudios de caso: i) la promoción de los servicios de exportación; ii) la promoción de las exportaciones de bienes; iii) la promoción de zonas libres; iv) el crédito subsidiado a las viviendas populares; y v) el...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799615