Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 127
Cover Image
Second Independent Evaluation: Multilateral Investment Fund Title: Segunda evaluación independiente: Fondo Multilateral de Inversiones
Soares, Yuri; Diez, Veronica M. Gonzalez - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This Final Report to Donors presents the findings of the Second Independent Evaluation of the Multilateral Investment … Fund (MIF) conducted by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the Inter-American Development Bank. The first … independent evaluation, produced by OVE in 2003 as Donors considered the MIF's request for a replenishment, was prepared to report …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672733
Cover Image
Country Program Evaluation: Colombia 2007-2010 Title: Evaluación del programa de país: Colombia 2007-2010
Iunes, Roberto F.; Conroy, Hector; Chávez, Jorge F.; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This evaluation examines the IDB's Country Program with Colombia for the 2007-2011 period. The evaluation found social … net. In regards to decentralization, cooperation was crosscutting, as the IDB worked with subnational institutions in … should: (i) increase its efforts to lower the transaction costs of IDB's cooperation with the country; (ii) improve the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673222
Cover Image
Incentives and Support Systems to Foster Private Sector Innovation
Sheehan, Jerry - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This presentation discusses the use of incentives to foster innovation in the private sector. It includes a discussion of supporting and funding R&D in the business sector; the use of tax incentives for R&D; and a comparison of other financing instruments. This presentation was presented at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322772
Cover Image
Incentives and Support Systems to Foster Private Sector Innovation
Sheehan, Jerry - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This presentation discusses the use of incentives to foster innovation in the private sector. It includes a discussion of supporting and funding R&D in the business sector; the use of tax incentives for R&D; and a comparison of other financing instruments. This presentation was presented at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652609
Cover Image
Income Distribution and the Public-Private Mix in Health Care Provision: The Latin American Case
Maceira, Daniel - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998
Recent literature on Latin American countries shows that private expenses as a share of the total expenditures in health tend to be higher the lower the nation's level of economic development. This paper considers a discrete choice model of product differentiation, where consumer choice is based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943850
Cover Image
Regulation, Deregulation and Modernization in Colombia
Hommes, Rudolf - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996
This paper first offers a historical perspective of regulation, the early steps of Colombian industry and the way it grew. The environment was not conducive to the application of legislation that attempted to regulate monopoly or oligopoly, much less to regulate economic power. A discussion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943906
Cover Image
The Redesign of the International Financial Architecture from a Latin American Perspective: Who Pays the Bill?
Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Hausmann, Ricardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
This paper considers ongoing and proposed reforms of the international financial system in light of Latin America's recent experience. Most proposals are based on one of three diagnoses: excessive capital flows, insufficient capital flows, and excessively volatile capital flows. While theories...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944004
Cover Image
Saving Behavior in Latin America: Overview and Policy Issues
Gavin, Michael; Hausmann, Ricardo; Talvi, Ernesto - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997
This paper reviews and contributes to the policy debate on the issue of saving in Latin America, presenting an alternative perspective on the relationship between saving and growth, saving and inflation stabilization and structural reform, and saving and capital flows.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944047
Cover Image
Financial Markets and the Behavior of Private Savings in Latin America
Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Weisbrod, Steven R. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997
This paper complements previous studies by arguing that the low private savings ratio in Latin America can be associated with the limited confidence of households and businesses in domestic financial institutions. Previous studies have established a relationship between private savings and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944067
Cover Image
Should State-Owned Firms Change CEOs before Privatization?: The Case of the Telecommunications Industry
Galdo, Virgilio; Chong, Alberto E. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
Should state-owned enterprises change chief executive officer before privatizing? We test competing views on this question by complementing a recently released database with newly collected data. We are able to cover 77 telecommunications privatizations, which account for nearly 80 percent of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944079