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The Impact of Electricity Sector Privatization on Public Health
Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Rossi, Martín - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This paper uses provincial-level data for Argentina to test for the causal relationship between electricity distribution and health. It examines the impact of privatization on two output measures: incidence of low birth weight and child mortality rates caused by food poisoning. Privatization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944253
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Honoring the Past, Building the Future: Fifty Years of Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Celebrar el pasado, construir el futuro: Cincuenta años de desarrollo e...
Ávila, Ricardo - Inter-American Development Bank
Although science has unlocked the secrets of the human genome, the causes of social and economic development remain stubbornly enigmatic. Why do some countries adopt new technologies more readily than others? Why does income inequality persist in some regions--even in the face of rapid economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943360
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Unmet Needs and Business Solutions for the Majority in Latin America
AVINA, Fundación - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2008
This report compressed the results of a four-month initiative to identify unmet needs and market opportunities in Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector solutions that can address these unmet needs profitably.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216193
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Honoring the Past, Building the Future: Fifty Years of Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Celebrar el pasado, construir el futuro: Cincuenta años de desarrollo e...
Ávila, Ricardo - Inter-American Development Bank
Although science has unlocked the secrets of the human genome, the causes of social and economic development remain stubbornly enigmatic. Why do some countries adopt new technologies more readily than others? Why does income inequality persist in some regions--even in the face of rapid economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772319
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Unmet Needs and Business Solutions for the Majority in Latin America
AVINA, Fundación - Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano …; … - 2008
This report compressed the results of a four-month initiative to identify unmet needs and market opportunities in Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector solutions that can address these unmet needs profitably.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653296
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Country Program Evaluation: Trinidad and Tobago (2000-2008) Title: Evaluación del programa de país: Trinidad y Tobago (2000-2008)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2009
Evaluation and Oversight to inform the Board's discussion with IDB Management regarding future strategy for each country. It …The 2000-2008 Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for Trinidad and Tobago (RE-353) was conducted by the Office of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673378
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Evaluation of the Fund for Special Operations during the Eighth Replenishment (1994-2010): Part II Title: Evaluación del fondo para operaciones especiales durante el Octavo Aumento...
Raw, Silvia; Sembler, Jose Ignacio; Sadeghi, Patricia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
The objective of this evaluation is to complete the assessment of the performance of IDB's concessional lending program … focusing on financial and developmental results. The evaluation found that the IDB remained the largest single source of … concessional financing for the five poorest countries in the region. It was also a major source of debt relief. To ensure the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673784
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Household Saving in Developing Countries - Inequality, Demographics and All That: How Different are Latin America and South East Asia?
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
East Asia and Latin America have diverged in several dimensions in the past three decades. This paper compares household saving behavior in two countries in each region (Mexico, Peru, Thailand and Taiwan). We make four contributions. First, we provide the first comparisons of savings in these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944347
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Microempresa: Informe de avances: Volumen 5: N° 1: Agosto, 2002 Title: Microenterprise Development Review: Volume 5 : No. 1 : August, 2002
Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano …; … - 2002
En esta edición de Microempresa se presentan dos artículos principales. En el primero, se examina por qué siendo las instituciones microfinancieras (IMF) una oportunidad atractiva para los inversores privados, son tan pocos los inversores financieros y sociales privados que proveen fondos a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672523
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Country Program Evaluation: Colombia (1998-2006) Title: Evaluación del programa de país: Colombia (1998-2006)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2007
This Country Program Evaluation for Colombia (RE-337) analyzes the results obtained by the Bank during the period 1998 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672581