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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
investment and decentralization as two areas in which the IDB maintained presence and relevance during this period. In social … net. In regards to decentralization, cooperation was crosscutting, as the IDB worked with subnational institutions in … evaluability, monitoring and evaluation of the Country Strategy and the projects financed by the IDB; (iii) identify and strengthen …
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Innovation Policy and Employment: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina
Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo, Sofía; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper presents the evaluation of the Enterprise Restructuring Support Program in Argentina. The aim of the program was to increase the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises by cofinancing technical assistance that can be classified as either support for process innovation or...
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Innovation, Firm Size, Technology Intensity, and Employment Generation in Uruguay: The Microeconometric Evidence
Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula; Lanzilotta, Bibiana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between innovation and employment, in terms of both its quantity and quality, in Uruguay. The effect of product and process innovation on employment growth and on employment composition in terms of skills was studied, using data from...
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Employment Generation, Firm Size and Innovation: Microeconometric Evidence from Argentina
Elejalde, Sheila de; Giuliodori, David; Stucchi, Rodolfo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper provides evidence about the relationship between innovation and employment in Argentina. In particular, it quantifies the impact of different types of innovations (process or product innovations) on employment growth and skill composition (skilled-unskilled labor) and the impact of...
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Employment Generation, Firm Size, and Innovation in Chile
Alvarez, Roberto; Benavente, José Miguel; Campusano, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper compiles and analyzes several sources of information to shed light on the relationship between innovation and employment growth in the manufacturing industry in Chile in the last 15 years. Our overall conclusions are that process innovation is generally not found to be a relevant...
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Firm Size, Knowledge Intensity and Employment Generation: The Microeconometric Evidence for the Service Sector in Uruguay
Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula; Lanzilotta, Bibiana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The employment impact of innovation in the heterogeneous universe of services was studied using data from the 2004-2009 Uruguayan service innovation surveys. The empirical evidence shows that the impact of product innovation on employment is positive, while process innovation appears to have no...
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Incentivos tributarios para la I+D+i en Argentina: Una evaluación de las políticas recientes
Giuliodori, David; Giuliodori, Roberto - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
En este trabajo se presenta un análisis del instrumento del crédito fiscal como mecanismo de incentivo para la inversión en I+D+i en Argentina, tal como se encuentra funcionando desde el año 1998. Se describen los principales aspectos regulatorios del mismo y, a través de modelos...
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Simplificación del registro laboral en Argentina: Logros obtenidos y problemas pendientes
Ronconi, Lucas; Colina, Jorge - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
En este documento se describen las reformas dirigidas a simplificar el registro laboral y el pago de contribuciones sociales implementadas en Argentina en 2005 y 2007. En base al análisis de la normativa y a una encuesta a contadores, resulta que las reformas redujeron la carga administrativa,...
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Simplification of Labor Registration in Argentina: Achievements and Pending Issues
Ronconi, Lucas; Colina, Jorge - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper describes the reforms aimed at simplifying the administrative procedures for labor registration and the payment of social security contributions that were carried out in Argentina in 2005 and 2007. Analysis of the legislation, as well as a survey conducted among accountants, reveals...
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Development Connections: Unveiling the Impact of New Information Technologies
Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This presentation, made during the event Development Connections Conference in July 2011 in Kingston, Jamaica asks how well investments in information and communication technology (ICT) work to promote social development, and how far behind Latin America is in terms of access to PCs, the...
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