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Unmet Needs and Business Solutions for the Majority in Latin America
AVINA, Fundación - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2008
This report compressed the results of a four-month initiative to identify unmet needs and market opportunities in Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector solutions that can address these unmet needs profitably.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216193
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The Argentine Matching Grant Program: Results and Lessons Learned
Cortes, Mariluz - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
This presentation discusses the matching grant program started in Argentina in August of 1996. The objective of the program is to help increase the international competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by facilitating access to, and reducing costs of export related services. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320034
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Community Colleges: A Model for Latin America?
Castro, Cláudio de Moura (contributor);  … - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
This IDB book includes presentations from the international policy dialogue seminar entitled "New Options for Higher Education in Latin America: Lessons from the Community College Experience." The seminar was sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Harvard University Graduate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672698
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Financing Public Security: Tax and Non-tax Instruments to Finance Citizen Security and Crime Prevention
Coelho, Isaias - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Drawing on the innovative sources of financing for public security that have developed in Latin American and the … citizen security. The paper focuses on the structure of financing for the security budget and does not attempt to provide an … paper provides a guideline on how to think about the merits of different new financing instruments and of earmarking these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673311
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Honoring the Past, Building the Future: Fifty Years of Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Celebrar el pasado, construir el futuro: Cincuenta años de desarrollo e...
Ávila, Ricardo - Inter-American Development Bank
Although science has unlocked the secrets of the human genome, the causes of social and economic development remain stubbornly enigmatic. Why do some countries adopt new technologies more readily than others? Why does income inequality persist in some regions--even in the face of rapid economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772319
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From Few to Many: Ten Years of Health Insurance Expansion in Colombia Title: Salud al alcance de todos: Una década de expansión del seguro médico en Colombia
Giuffrida, Antonio; Flórez, Carmen Elisa; Giedion, Úrsula - Inter-American Development Bank
developing country, exploring health care financing, institutional reform, the effects of political will on health care, and more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772393
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Health Services in Latin America and Asia Title: Servicios de salud en América Latina y Asia
Molina, Carlos Gerardo; Marulanda, Nohra Rey de; … - Inter-American Development Bank
This book uses case studies and cross-regional analyses to examine changes in basic health services, challenges for social health insurance, improvements in the equity and efficacy of health services, and changes in public and private sector roles in health care delivery in Latin America and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772450
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Community Colleges: A Model for Latin America? Title: El modelo del instituto técnico superior norteamericano: Lecciones para América Latina
Castro, Claudio de Moura; Bernasconi, Andrés; … - Inter-American Development Bank
This IDB book includes presentations from the international policy dialogue seminar entitled "New Options for Higher Education in Latin America: Lessons from the Community College Experience." The seminar was sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Harvard University Graduate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772469
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The Argentine Matching Grant Program: Results and Lessons Learned
Cortes, Mariluz - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
This presentation discusses the matching grant program started in Argentina in August of 1996. The objective of the program is to help increase the international competitiveness of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by facilitating access to, and reducing costs of export related services. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652502
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Unmet Needs and Business Solutions for the Majority in Latin America
AVINA, Fundación - Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano …; … - 2008
This report compressed the results of a four-month initiative to identify unmet needs and market opportunities in Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector solutions that can address these unmet needs profitably.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653296