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The Sustainability of Urban Heritage Preservation: The Case of Oporto
Silva, Ana Tarrafa - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
The Oporto authorities currently face the challenge to revitalize the Historic Center of Oporto and make it attractive for investors without compromising the permanence of the traditional residents and their integration with new ones. This study discusses the impacts and sustainability of the...
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Sustainable Port of Spain: Trinidad and Tobago: Action Plan
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2012
This brochure presents the emerging and sustainable action plan for Ports Spain of Trinidad and Tobago to assist the planning and implementation of its urban development plans while addressing the sustainability challenges in a structured and integrated manner. This plain is part of the Bank's...
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Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento relatório anual 2006
Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano … - 2007
O relatório anual contém um breve resumo da situação econômica na América Latina e no Caribe e um exame das atividades do Banco em 2006. Contém também uma descrição das operações do Banco -empréstimos, garantias e operações não reembolsáveis-; Capital Ordinário: Análise e...
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Annual Report on the Environment and Natural Resources 2002
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2003
This Annual Report details the Bank's activities in environment and natural resources during 2002. In 2002, the IDB engaged in the preparation of its Environment Strategy, which set forth guiding principles and general priority areas of action that the Bank used to promote through its financial...
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Desarrollo social: Estrategia sectorial (2003)
Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano … - 2003
El objetivo de la presente estrategia (GN-2241-1) es ayudar a los países a acelerar el progreso social al fomentar un entorno social y humano más conducente al bienestar de la población, con especial énfasis en la reducción de la pobreza y la desigualdad de oportunidades, particularmente...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010674124
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The Sustainability of Urban Heritage Preservation: The Case of Quito
Jaramillo, Pedro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This study analyzes the Historic Center of Quito, which was declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978. The churches, squares, museums, and heritage monuments characterize this area and make up a fundamental part of the city's identity.
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The Sustainability of Urban Heritage Preservation: The Case of Marrakesh
Bigio, Anthony Gad - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This case study of Marrakesh examines the characteristics of its urban dynamics, focusing on the changes brought about by investments made in the tourism and residential housing sectors in recent years. It evaluates the economic, social, and physical changes this has caused in the Medina, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010674186
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Poverty, Vulnerability and the Middle Class in Latin America Title: Pobreza, vulnerabilidad y la clase media en América Latina
Stampini, Marco; Robles, Marcos; Sáenz, Mayra; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
Between 2000 and 2013, Latin America has considerably reduced poverty (from 46.3% to 29.7% of the population). In this paper, we use synthetic panels to show that, despite progress, the region remains characterized by substantial vulnerability that also affects the rising middle-class. More...
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Firm Size, Knowledge Intensity and Employment Generation: The Microeconometric Evidence for the Service Sector in Uruguay
Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula; Lanzilotta, Bibiana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The employment impact of innovation in the heterogeneous universe of services was studied using data from the 2004 …-2009 Uruguayan service innovation surveys. The empirical evidence shows that the impact of product innovation on employment is … positive, while process innovation appears to have no effect. The effect varies according to the skill level of the labor force …
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Innovation, Firm Size, Technology Intensity, and Employment Generation in Uruguay: The Microeconometric Evidence
Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula; Lanzilotta, Bibiana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between innovation and employment, in terms of both its quantity … and quality, in Uruguay. The effect of product and process innovation on employment growth and on employment composition … in terms of skills was studied, using data from manufacturing firms' innovation surveys, matched against economic …
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