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Peruvian Migration to Japan
Macchiavello, Luis J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
relations with Japan, and the tenth in the world. At that time just 14 countries had this kind of links with Japan. The Japanese …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206179
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Foreign Workers in Japan
Tezuka, Kazuaki - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
This document is about foreign workers in Japan, the evolution of immigration policy in this country, working … conditions and social security. In order to sustain the Japanese economy and its society, the United Nations, OECD, and the Japan … Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren) have suggested that Japan should allow several tens of thousands of foreign workers to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193332
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Fragmentation and Agglomeration Matter: Japanese Multinationals in Latin America and East Asia
Kimura, Fukunari; Ando, Mitsuyo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
Latin America and East Asia presented diversified performance in industrialization in the 1990s, and one of the crucial factors that made the contrast was the different degree of developing international production/distribution networks. This paper analyzes micro data of Japanese multinational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009199138
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The Structure of Natural Gas Markets in Argentina and Antitrust Issues in Regional Energy Integration
Bondorevsky, Diego; Petrecolla, Diego - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
The purpose of this paper is to take a closer look at the process of natural gas market integration in the Southern Cone of South America. More specifically, the paper examines infrastructure and performance of the sector in Argentina, the effects that this sector has had on overall regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291841
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The Structure of Natural Gas Markets in Argentina and Antitrust Issues in Regional Energy Integration
Bondorevsky, Diego; Petrecolla, Diego - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
The purpose of this paper is to take a closer look at the process of natural gas market integration in the Southern Cone of South America. More specifically, the paper examines infrastructure and performance of the sector in Argentina, the effects that this sector has had on overall regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653094
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Home Computers and Child Outcomes: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru
Beuermann, Diether Wolfgang; Cristia, Julian; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper presents results from a randomized control trial in which approximately 1,000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children attending primary schools in Lima, Peru. The intervention increased access and use of home computers, with some substitution away from computer use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943842
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Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature
Vivarelli, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper critically discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the quantitative and qualitative employment impact of technological change, compares the relative explanatory power of the competing theories, and explains in detail the macro and micro evidence on the issue, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009393120
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Renewable Energy Best Practices in Promotion and Use for Latin America and the Caribbean
Luecke, Andrea - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper aims to present a snapshot of some of the best practices in the promotion and use of renewable energy, and provide practical examples of the development of renewable energy markets that countries in Latin America and the Caribbean can replicate. This brief study provides an overview...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644849
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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010741898
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Evaluación del Programa "Una Laptop por Niño" en Perú: Resultados y Perspectivas Title: Evaluation of the "Una Laptop por Niño" Program in Peru: Results and Perspectives
Santiago, Ana; Cueto, Santiago; Thompson, Jennelle; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
La implementación según lo planeado del Programa "Una laptop por niño" no alcanzó para resolver las dificultades de un diseño que pone su confianza en el papel de las tecnologías por sí mismas. El uso de tecnologías en educación no es una solución mágica y rápida, mediante la cual se...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010674019