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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century

Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank

The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...

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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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Laments of the Caribbean Businessperson are Based on Facts?

Ruprah, Inder J.; Sierra, Ricardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

In this policy brief, we review the laments of Caribbean businesspersons. We find that subjective perceptions are rooted in an objective reality. Businesspersons do not complain gratuitously. Furthermore, we find that constraints vary systematically by firm characteristics: In general, small...

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Innovation, R&D Investment and Productivity in Chile

Alvarez, Roberto; Ortega, Claudio Bravo; Navarro, Lucas - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

productivity could help to explain the low levels of investment in research and development (R and D) activities by Chilean firms. … process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence … suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product innovation on productivity, but there is a positive effect of process …

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Accessing the Global Value Chain in a Changing Institutional Environment: Comparing Aeronautics and Coffee

Cafaggi, Fabrizio; Swensson, Luana F. Joppert; Junior, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

The aim of the paper, based on empirical research in Brazil, is to investigate how supply chains have evolved over time, what factors have driven this evolution and also how a specific set of contractual practices along these chains is linked to access to international markets. The two selected...

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Capital Requirements for Latin American Banks in Relation to their Market Risks: The Relevance of the Basle 1996 Amendment to Latin America

Powell, Andrew; Balzarotti, Verónica - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997

Banks' market or 'trading' risks have increased noticeably over the past years, largely as a result of the growth of liquid assets on banks' balance sheets and the increase in banks' off-balance sheet activities. Well-publicized bank failures and significant capital losses have focussed further...

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The Organization of Public-Private Cooperation for Productive Development Policies

Cornick, Jorge - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Productive development policies (PDPs), what used to be called industrial policies, are increasingly recognized as an essential part of the development toolkit, and the need for public-private cooperation is increasingly viewed as a key element for the successful design and implementation of...

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De-industrialization and Trade

Spilimbergo, Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 1995

Baumol (1967) showed that the rate of growth of an economy slows down if a sector has lower productivity than others …

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Productivity, Exporting and Financial Constraints of Chinese SMEs

Biesebroeck, Johannes Van - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

While many studies explain the correlation between firm-level productivity and export status entirely by better firms … provinces with weaker institutions. The same type of firms also enjoy the largest productivity gains immediately following …

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Regional Integration and Productivity: The Experiences of Brazil and Mexico

Córdova, José Ernesto López; Moreira, Mauricio Mesquita - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

investment (FDI) and total factor productivity (TFP). Also discussed are Brazil and Mexico's integration strategies and an … econometric analysis of the impact of integration on productivity based on plant level, manufacturing data. …

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