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CMF Portfolio Notes: Volume 1: Issue 1: January 2011

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2011

The Capital Markets and Financial Institutions Division, as part of its Knowledge Management Strategy, designed a tool to standardize the analysis and classification of projects financed by the division since the year 2000. It is meant to be used by staff and consultants in any analysis...

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Expanding the Knowledge Capital of Latin America and the Caribbean: An IDB Strategy for Education and Training

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2005

The purpose of this Strategic Framework is to guide, and help increase the effectiveness of, Bank action in the education sector. The Framework responds to requests by the Board of Executive Directors for updated sector strategies following the approval of the Institutional Strategy in 1999. The...

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From Few to Many: Ten Years of Health Insurance Expansion in Colombia Title: Salud al alcance de todos: Una década de expansión del seguro médico en Colombia

Giuffrida, Antonio; Flórez, Carmen Elisa; Giedion, Úrsula - Inter-American Development Bank

From Few to Many is the first comprehensive look at Colombia's 1993 health system reforms. It describes the implementation of universal health insurance, including a subsidized system for the poor, and examines the impact of this and other reforms during a time when Colombia experienced crushing...

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From Growth to Prosperity: Policy Perspectives for Trinidad and Tobago

Artana, Daniel; Thomas, Wendell; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank

improved social services. In this context, we believe the timing of this report to be most opportune. To achieve sustainable …

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The Emergence of Successful Export Activities in Mexico: Three Case Studies

Aragón, Edgar; Fouquet, Anne; Campos, Marcia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

This paper consists of three case studies of the emergence of three successful export activities in Mexico: avocado production, the manufacture of catheters, and call center outsourcing. Each case study discusses how companies, associations, and governments at various levels have addressed...

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The Emergence of Successful Export Activities in Uruguay: Four Case Studies

Casacuberta, Carlos; Domingo, Rosario; Pastori, Hector; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

This paper consists of four case studies of the emergence of four successful export activities in Uruguay: computer software, forest products, caviar and sturgeon meat, and animal vaccines. Each case study discusses how companies, associations, and governments at various levels have addressed...

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Services, Anti-dumping and Other ¿New Issues¿ in the WTO Negotiations and Their Relevance for the FTAA Title: Servicios, Anti-Dumping y Otros ¿Nuevos Temas¿ en las Negociaciones de...

Jara, Alejandro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002

In the semester following the Doha Ministerial, WTO Members were able to set up the essential elements of the Work Program decided by Ministers at Doha (November 2001), including the negotiations mandated in the declaration.Abstract: Lo anterior permitió que iniciaran negociaciones en diversas...

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Surgimiento de actividades de exportación exitosas en Uruguay: cuatro casos específicos

Snoeck, Michele; Pittaluga, Lucia; Pastori, Hector; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

En este trabajo se presenta el análisis de cuatro casos específicos de surgimiento de cuatro actividades de exportación exitosas de Uruguay: software de computación, productos madereros, caviar y carne de esturión, y vacunas para animales. En cada uno de esos casos específicos se trata...

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Innovation in Services: The Hard Case for Latin America and the Caribbean

Tacsir, Ezequiel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

regarding innovation in services is related, at least in part, to uncertainty with respect to how innovation in services … dynamics at play in the service sector in the region and the relationship between productivity and innovation in services (as … well as specific sub-sectors of services) represents a policy making opportunity that, if ignored, could contribute to …

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Innovation and the New Service Economy in Latin America and the Caribbean

Rubalcaba, Luis - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

developing economies. Services are crucial for further developing the Latin American and Caribbean countries, providing a strong … and competitive growth of services in the region. Agriculture and manufacturing industries also need service innovation to … systemic policies to fully integrate services in the existing innovation policies. The case studies coordinated by the Inter …

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