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Corruption as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Costa Rica
Gingerich, Daniel; Oliveros, Virginia; Corbacho, Ana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
An influential body of scholarship argues that corruption behaves as a selffulfilling prophecy. The idea of this work … is that levels of corruption emerge endogenously as a result of a society-wide coordination game in which ther individual … returns to corrupt behavior are a function of how disposed towards corruption the other members of society are perceived as …
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Does the Investment Climate Matter?: Microeconomic Foundations of Growth in Latin America
Gandelman, Néstor; Alaimo, Verónica; Olarreaga, Marcelo; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Although the Latin American region's growth rates are at a three decade high, they have been historically disappointing in relative terms, which cannot be dissociated from the microeconomic environment in which firms operate. Policy makers may need to complement their focus on macroeconomic...
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Privatization in Latin America: Myths and Reality
López-de-Silanes, Florencio; Serra, Pablo; Gertler, Paul; … - Inter-American Development Bank
, corporate governance, economic policy, finance, and anti-corruption efforts. This publication belongs to the Latin American …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772531
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Investment Climate and Employment Growth: The Impact of Access to Finance, Corruption and Regulations across Firms
Aterido, Reyes; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Pagés-Serra, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
, business regulations, corruption, and to a lesser extent, infrastructure bottlenecks in explaining patterns of job creation at … firms. On the other hand, corruption and poor access to infrastructure reduce employment growth by affecting the growth of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943677
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Can Bottom-Up Institutional Reform Improve Service Delivery?
Molina, Ezequiel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
This article makes three contributions to the literature. First, it provides new evidence of the impact of community monitoring interventions using a unique dataset from the Citizen Visible Audit (CVA) program in Colombia. In particular, this article studies the effect of social audits on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943912
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Anticorruption Activities Trust Fund: Operational Guidelines
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2007
's borrowing member countries to prevent and control corruption, by supporting the design and implementation of policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673631
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Shelter from the Storm: Upgrading Housing Infrastructure in Latin American Slums
Galiani, Sebastián; Gertler, Paul; Cooper, Ryan; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
improvements in children's health; in El Salvador, slum dwellers also feel that they are safer. We do not find this result, however …
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Sharpening the Bank's Capacity to Support the Housing Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean: Background Paper for the Implementation of the Social Development Strategy
Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
The Bank expanded its housing finance activities in the 1990s, shifting its support toward sector reforms that increase the capacity of housing finance and delivery mechanisms to cater to the needs of low-income households. The present publication examines Bank experience in housing, draws...
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Environmental Management: Towards a Conceptual Framework for Environmental Governance
Kessler, Jan Joost; Ginniken, Pieter van; Cornelissen, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
This study is a first attempt to develop a new orientation on environmental management in the Latin America and Caribbean. The development towards a more strategic environmental management entails an evolution from a centralized management structure into a more decentralized system in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205941
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Facing the Challenges of Informal Settlements in Urban Centers: The Re-urbanization of Manaus, Brazil
Magalhães, Fernanda; Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
The search for solutions to urban and social problems prompted by informal settlements is gaining importance in the development agenda of most large cities in Latin America. Nearly 60 percent of the population lives in informal, often centrally located settlements.
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