This paper aims to shed light on changes in the saving behavior of microentrepreneurs in response to improved access to credit. This paper argues that it is necessary to extend the analysis to the shifting of assets between different forms of savings. The econometric analysis in this paper,...

This evaluation examines the IDB's Country Program with Suriname for the 2007-2010 period. During this period, Suriname has been characterized by good economic performance largely due to prudent macroeconomic and debt management coupled with a world-wide commodity boom. Nonetheless, given data...

In 2010 the Governors of the IDB approved two formal agreements -the "Cancun Declaration" and the "Report on the Ninth General Increase in the Resources of the Inter-American Development Bank"- leading to the Bank's Ninth General Capital Increase (IDB-9). These agreements tied IDB-9 to a series...

This document analyses the political economy of civil service reform in Brazil during the two Cardoso administrations. Its main purpose is to provide a detailed empirical account of the politics of the reform's implementation. Its broader objective is to advance in the comparative identification...

A labor supply and demand model is presented where three main determinants of the wage differential are investigated: trade openness, technology transfer and labor supply. Findings show that increased trade openness is related to reductions in wage differentials.

Fund managers in Latin America confront limitations in legal and regulatory frameworks that discourage risk capital investment. Although macroeconomic and market factors play an integral role, legal framework will also help promote financing through risk capital in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Presented the first paper on review of the need for a general capital increase of the ordinary capital and replenishment of the fund for special operations.