A growing number of cities around the world have established systems for monitoring the quality of urban life. Many of those systems combine objective information with subjective opinions and cover a wide variety of topics. This book assesses a method that takes advantage of both types of...

This book contains a selection of the major presentations from the conference: "Policy-Based Finance and Alternatives for Financial Market Development" held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in early 1996. It explores the generally successful East Asian experiences with policy-based finance and...

In a world in which 50 percent of the population is virtually excluded from the benefits of information and communication technology, bridging the digital gap has become an imperative for the international community, particularly for the industrialized countries. The objective of this study is...

Esta publicação é o resultado de uma reflexão, desenvolvida conjuntamente por membros do governo brasileiro, a academia e o Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento, acerca do paradoxo que representa importância das regiões metropolitanas para o desenvolvimento brasileiro x a fragilidade de...

Este libro trata de aportes destinados a profundizar la reflexión sobre la gerencia social de la región tomando en cuenta los nuevos desafíos socio económicos y políticos, culturales y organizacionales que enfrentan cada uno de los países de América Latina y el Caribe

This book examines approaches to involving the private sector in preserving urban heritage. These include interventions by public and private stakeholders in Cartagena, Colombia; operation of a mixed-capital corporation in Quito, Ecuador; and a government-induced private investment program in...

Civil society organizations (CSOs) have become an important way to mobilize the energies of those who have been historically unrepresented or underrepresented. The eleven case studies in this book present a wide-ranging view of CSOs in Latin America and their impact on the political and social...

América Latina e Caribe (ALC) reduziram sua desigualdade e sua pobreza e enfrentarão as próximas décadas com maior otimismo do que no passado. Conforme a região cresce, aparecem novos problemas que os responsáveis pela condução da política econômica devem enfrentar. Como oferecer...

Esta publicación que recoge el producto de investigaciones de los docentes del Programa INDES-Guatemala, transformadas en estudios de caso sobre buenas prácticas de gerencia social. En el INDES propiciamos este tipo de investigación aplicada, conscientes como estamos de que la escasez de...

Durante ya varios años, el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) ha centrado sus esfuerzos en asegurar que los programas e iniciativas ligadas al desarrollo, promovidas por el Banco, logren resultados sostenibles en el tiempo. Esta misma ansiedad se encuentra manifiesta en la agenda de...