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Internet Diffusion, Innovation and Employment Growth in the Costa Rican Manufacturing Sector

Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This study assesses the direct impact of Internet diffusion on total labor demand, the demand for skilled labor, and the demand for female labor. Using data from a sample of manufacturing firms in Costa Rica from 2006 to 2007, the study finds that both process and product innovations are...

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Promoting Investment in Information and Communications Technologies in the Caribbean

Stern, Peter A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This paper is based on the premise that investment in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has a positive …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654058

Internet Diffusion, Innovation and Employment Growth in the Costa Rican Manufacturing Sector

Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Alvarez, Juan A.; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654661

Promoting Investment in Information and Communications Technologies in the Caribbean

Stern, Peter A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This paper is based on the premise that investment in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has a positive …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193188

The Pedagogy of Science and Environment: Experimental Evidence from Peru Title: La pedagogía en ciencias y medio ambiente: Evidencias experimentales en Perú

Beuermann, Diether Wolfgang; Ruprah, Inder jit; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

scientific questions is more critical than ever. Accordingly, in this paper we test an innovative methodology for teaching … science and environment in public primary schools where traditional (teacher centred) teaching was replaced with student …

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Inter-Firm Linkages and Finance in Value Chains

Pietrobelli, Carlo; Navas-Alemán, Lizbeth; Kamiya, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

The literature on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance highlights linkages with large firms in value chains … implications for SMEs. This paper explores this gap by looking for evidence on the impact of SMEs' access to finance of inter … technologies in Costa Rica), a comparison between the different sources and instruments of finance used by SMEs is presented. A …

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Indicadores de riesgo y de gestión del riesgo de los desastres: resultados para Nicaragua

Cardona, Omar D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

Los desastres naturales han repercutido en las perspectivas de desarrollo de muchos de los países de América Latina y el Caribe. Nicaragua está al frente de esta infortunada realidad, estando localizada en una de las zonas del mundo más propensa a amenazas naturales. Con el fin de apoyar a...

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Should Public Budgets Finance Convention Centers?

Darling, Arthur H.; Beato, Paulina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

The Bank is receiving an increasing number of requests from state and municipal governments to finance publicly owned …

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Insurance for the Poor?

Dercon, Stefan; Bold, Tessa; Calvo, César - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This study was prepared for the Financial Services and Poverty Reduction research project and was presented at the conference with the same name held at Bank headquarters in September of 2004. It first establishes the considerable welfare cost borne by the region's poor when facing uncovered...

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From Intervention to Empowerment: A New Approach to Assisting SMEs in Latin America: Regulation, Procurement, and Dispute Resolution

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2008

This paper outlines some of the issues that affect small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in three areas: regulation, procurement, and dispute resolution. The work presented herein is part of the Bank's most recent efforts to develop new approaches and instruments to strengthen its role as a...

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