This document aims to contribute to the development of a tool to analyze Productive Development Programs (PDPs). The methodology for mapping and measuring of institutional performance (MIDI, from its acronym in Spanish) constitutes an effort to quantify and measure the organizational aspects...

Doubts exist in many Latin American countries regarding the possibility of successfully implementing policies to support productive development. After briefly presenting the theoretical background that justifies this kind of interventions, this document reports on the headway made in the...

The paper aims to communicate to the Latin American audience both factual evidence regarding the Asian experience, and the possible implications of this historical legacy for contemporary Latin American economic development strategies.

Public-private collaboration in productive development policy in Costa Rica frequently takes the form of policy co-governance: an autonomous institution in charge of policy for a particular economic sector is created, with a board of directors comprising representatives from both the public and...

While Mexico has potential to grow rapidly, its economic growth has remained low for the past three decades. There is no consensus on the country's development path or on how to achieve specific goals. Since the policy debate remains ideological and lacks pragmatism, productive development...

This paper examines the process by which firms in a cluster start to export based on systemic interactions and the process of diffusion of exporting as a business strategy within the cluster. Two Brazilian manufacturing industries are studied, and within each one a geographic cluster was...

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...