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Should Public Budgets Finance Convention Centers?

Darling, Arthur H.; Beato, Paulina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

The Bank is receiving an increasing number of requests from state and municipal governments to finance publicly owned …

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Should Public Budgets Finance Convention Centers?

Darling, Arthur H.; Beato, Paulina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

The Bank is receiving an increasing number of requests from state and municipal governments to finance publicly owned …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655779

Fiscal Space of Brazilian States

Bastos, Fabiano; Ayerbe, Emilio Pineda - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

We estimate the fiscal space of Brazilian States defined as the difference between a State's actual debt and the theoretical debt limit implied by the historical behavior of its policymakers. We estimate fiscal reaction functions and debt limits using publicly available data between 2000 and...

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Lessons from Innovation: Skills Standards and Certification

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2004

Working with public, private, and nonprofit sector partners, MIF has invested in the development of skills standards …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655868

Lessons from Innovation: Skills Standards and Certification

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2004

Working with public, private, and nonprofit sector partners, MIF has invested in the development of skills standards …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198326

Inter-Firm Linkages and Finance in Value Chains

Pietrobelli, Carlo; Navas-Alemán, Lizbeth; Kamiya, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

The literature on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance highlights linkages with large firms in value chains … implications for SMEs. This paper explores this gap by looking for evidence on the impact of SMEs' access to finance of inter … technologies in Costa Rica), a comparison between the different sources and instruments of finance used by SMEs is presented. A …

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Indicadores de riesgo y de gestión del riesgo de los desastres: resultados para Nicaragua

Cardona, Omar D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

Los desastres naturales han repercutido en las perspectivas de desarrollo de muchos de los países de América Latina y el Caribe. Nicaragua está al frente de esta infortunada realidad, estando localizada en una de las zonas del mundo más propensa a amenazas naturales. Con el fin de apoyar a...

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Insurance for the Poor?

Dercon, Stefan; Bold, Tessa; Calvo, César - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This study was prepared for the Financial Services and Poverty Reduction research project and was presented at the conference with the same name held at Bank headquarters in September of 2004. It first establishes the considerable welfare cost borne by the region's poor when facing uncovered...

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From Intervention to Empowerment: A New Approach to Assisting SMEs in Latin America: Regulation, Procurement, and Dispute Resolution

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2008

This paper outlines some of the issues that affect small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in three areas: regulation, procurement, and dispute resolution. The work presented herein is part of the Bank's most recent efforts to develop new approaches and instruments to strengthen its role as a...

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The Rationale for Integrating Financial Supervision in Latin America and the Caribbean

Demaestri, Edgardo; Guerrero, Federico - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

Several developed and developing countries started to integrate their specialized supervisory institutions into a single entity during the past few years. A debate on the pros and cons of integrated supervision models emerged recently. Issues in favor and against integration have been...

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