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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

The 2000-2008 Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for Trinidad and Tobago (RE-353) was conducted by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight to inform the Board's discussion with IDB Management regarding future strategy for each country. It involved three weeks of missions to both Trinidad and...

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Investor Protection and Corporate Governance: Firm-level Evidence across Latin America

Bebczuk, Ricardo N.; Silva, André L. Carvalhal da; … - Inter-American Development Bank

'Investor Protection and Corporate Governance' analyzes the impact of corporate governance on firm performance and valuation. Using unique datasets gathered at the firm-level--the first such data in the region--and results from a homogeneous corporate governance questionnaire, the book examines...

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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century

Thomas, Desmond; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank

The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...

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The Role of Relative Price Volatility in the Efficiency of Investment Allocation

Cavallo, Eduardo Alfredo; Galindo, Arturo José; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

This paper estimates the impact of relative price volatility on sector-level investment allocation using a panel of 65 … efficient investment allocation in that investment is not necessarily devoted to relatively more productive sectors, especially …

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Latin American Middle-Class Entrepreneurs and their Firms: A Regional View and International Comparison

Kantis, Hugo; Federico, Juan; Trajtenberg, Luis A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

Based on a cross-country comparison of dynamic new firms, this paper attempts to characterize Latin American middle-class entrepreneurs and their firms. In general, Latin American middle-class entrepreneurs tend to face more difficult conditions in terms of resources and skills acquisition than...

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Partners or Creditors? Attracting Foreign Investment and Productive Development to Central America and Dominican Republic Title: ¿Socios o acreedores? Atracción de inversión extran...

Cuevas, Mario; Manzano, Osmel; Auguste, Sebastián; … - Inter-American Development Bank

Promotion of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a priority policy goal in Central America, Panama and Dominican … efficacy of fiscal incentives as a means to attract investment, following an innovative technical approach based on firm level … a study of investment promotion policies, which focuses particularly on the Investment Promotion Agencies. Finally, the …

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Successful Entrepreneurship Cases in the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank; DPM International - 2009

This paper identifies and briefly describes 20 entrepreneurial businesses throughout the CARIFORUM countries that, with additional resources, have the potential for growth, to accelerate the economic transformation process throughout the region and, from an overall perspective, enhance the...

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The IDB and Job Creation: Report to the Summit of the Americas

Mazza, Jacqueline; Paris, Angela; Márquez, Gustavo; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005

and programs to improve the business climate and investment for private sector-driven growth; and, (ii) labor market …

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The IDB Business Climate Initiative: 2005 Annual Report

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2007

This report provides a summary of the Business Climate Initiative actions and achievements in Latin America and the Caribbean for 2005. With the Business Climate Initiative, the IDB group is committed to assisting its member countries in the identification and removal of obstacles to the well...

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Country Program Evaluation: Brazil (2000-2008) Title: Evaluación del programa de país: Brasil (2000-2008)

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2009

This Country Program Evaluation (RE-355) analyzes the recent performance of the Bank's portfolio of operations. Two country strategies were approved during 2000-2008, which were prepared in two very different contexts in Brazil. The 2000-2003 strategy was prepared following the 1999 crisis that...

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