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Revisiting Economic Growth in Colombia: A Microeconomic Perspective

Arjona, Marcela Meléndez; Harker, Arturo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

particular spin to this conclusion by showing that investment decisions at the firm level are also explained by the restoration …, perhaps the most relevant result is the confirmation that in Colombia, investment decisions are negatively affected by the …

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Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Investment?: Micro Evidence from Developing Countries

Galindo, Arturo José; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Weiss, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002

also developed a summary index of the efficiency of investment allocation that measures whether, and to what extent …, investment funds are going to firms with a higher marginal return to capital. Then it was examined the relationship between this … has led to an increase in the efficiency with which investment funds are allocated. …

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Country Program Evaluation: Trinidad and Tobago (2000-2008) Title: Evaluación del programa de país: Trinidad y Tobago (2000-2008)

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2009

The 2000-2008 Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for Trinidad and Tobago (RE-353) was conducted by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight to inform the Board's discussion with IDB Management regarding future strategy for each country. It involved three weeks of missions to both Trinidad and...

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The Emergence of China: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: El impacto de China: Oportunidades y retos para América Latina y el Caribe

Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés; Devlin, Robert; … - Inter-American Development Bank

China's size, rapid growth, external openness, and trade performance have led to varying perceptions among the countries of Latin America: Is China a potential new market, a potent new competitor, or both? This book assesses the near-term strategic implications of China's economic performance...

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The New Wave of Capital Inflows: Sea Change or Tide?

Fernández-Arias, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

Board of Governors, Inter-American Development Bank and Inter-American Investment CorporationWill capital inflows boom again …

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Why Low Inequality Spurs Growth: Savings and Investment by the Poor

Birdsall, Nancy; Pinckney, Thomas C.; Sabot, Richard H. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996

This paper discusses the ways in which macroeconomic developments can put stress on banks, and in extreme cases lead to banking crises. There are many ways in which this can occur, and no specific mechanism is endorsed. These macroeconomic causes of bank vulnerability and crisis have important...

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Economic Potential of Remittances from Peruvians in Italy

Puertas, Elisenda Estruch - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

Analysis of migrant remittances from Peruvians and Argentines in Italy(demographic and sociological aspects), and feasibility study for building a program to direct and assess the remittances from Peruvian migrants in Italy.

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Integration and Trade in the Americas: Fiscal Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Americas

Barreix, Alberto Daniel; Villela, Luiz Arruda; Roca, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

The purpose of this document is to inform Bank staff and other interested parties about recent developments in integration and trade among the countries of the Western Hemisphere and between these and other countries and world regions.

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Development of Rural Economies in Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Desarrollo de las economías rurales en América Latina y el Caribe

Berdegué, Julio A.; Piñeiro, Martín; Escobar, Germán; … - Inter-American Development Bank

Poverty has a high social cost for countries of the region: it negatively affects all aspects of society because of migration to the cities, destabilizing political consequences, and the pressures that poverty exerts on the environment. This book looks for new ways to alleviate rural poverty,...

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Sources of Growth in Latin America: What Is Missing?

Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Blyde, Juan S.; Gill, Indermit S. - Inter-American Development Bank

The country studies and their background papers included in this book were prepared for the Latin America and the Caribbean section of the "Global Research Project: Explaining Growth" of the Global Development Network (GDN), a research effort conducted in association with the Latin American and...

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