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From Information to Participation: The Potential of New Technologies on Accountability Initiatives

Olabe, Paloma Baena; Kahn, Theodore - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This technical note considers the role of information and communications technology (ICT) in promoting the use of information and active participation among various stakeholders in the context of access to information initiatives, and in transparency and accountability efforts more broadly. Such...

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Services Regulation in the Caribbean: Information and Communications Technology

Brown, Kathy-Ann - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

CARIFORUM States have generally taken a cautious approach in adopting commitments under the Economic Partnership Agreement by having them reflect their World Trade Organization commitments, excluding sensitive subsectors, and inscribing broad horizontal reservations. This report assesses the...

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From Cybersecurity to Cybercrime: A Framework for Analysis and Implementation

Zaballos, Antonio García; Herranz, Félix González - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

This technical note outlines a framework for the analysis of cybersecurity, presenting considerations that are crucial to the success of a holistic and transversal cybersecurity strategy. It describes two essential pieces of the analysis: the broadband ecosystem and the basic terminology and...

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Technological and Nontechnological Innovation and Productivity in Services vis a vis Manufacturing in Uruguay

Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

In this paper, the links between the investment in innovation activities, innovation outputs (technological and non …-technological innovation), and productivity in services and manufacturing are explored using innovation survey data from Uruguay. This is the … more consistently associated with the decision to invest in innovation activities across sectors. The main determinants of …

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The One Laptop Per Child Initiative: A Framework for Latin America and the IDB

Navarro, Juan Carlos - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

The One Laptop Per Child initiative is an educational program that aims at deploying millions of rugged, ultra low-cost, individually connected laptop computers to the majority of children in developing nations that today lack access to such devices.

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Internet Diffusion, Innovation and Employment Growth in the Costa Rican Manufacturing Sector

Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

by workers for business purposes does not impact demand for labor. The positive impact of product innovation on labor … female labor demand. These findings underscore the Internet's importance in improving the impact of product innovation on … employment growth and suggest that employee use of the Internet is neither a labor displacement innovation nor a gender or skill …

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Bridging Gaps, Building Opportunity: Broadband as a Catalyst of Economic Growth and Social Progress in Latin America and the Caribbean: A View from the Industry

Zeballos, Antonio Gacía; Nakata, Truitt; Vidal, Eloy; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This report is intended to encourage and reinforce the efforts of policymakers and industry stakeholders throughout the region to accelerate broadband deployment. The report has two primary aims. The first is to help identify public policy and regulatory issues that need to be addressed in order...

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Impact Evaluation in a Multiple Program World

Alvarez, Roberto; Crespi, Gustavo; Martincus, Christian … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

forward, we examine the interplay between export and innovation promotion programs. …

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Relatorio da situação da conexidade à internet e banda larga no Brasil

Marín, Javier; Creus, Ruben G.; Zaballos, Antonio García - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Este relatório tem por objetivo analisar a correlação existente entre a quantidade e qualidade da infraestrutura do Brasil versus seu desenvolvimento econômico, tendo como um de seus sustentáculos a penetração da Banda Larga nos 5.565 municípios do Brasil e, principalmente, nos...

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Network for Biodigesters in Latin America and the Caribbean: Case Studies and Future Recommendations

Garwood, Anna - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

As a result of renewed regional interest in biogas technology, the Network for Biodigesters in Latin America and the Caribbean (RedBioLAC) was formed to increase dialogue concerning: a) Promotion and management of biogas projects; and b) Innovations in the field. The network has exemplified the...

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