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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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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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Revisiting Economic Growth in Colombia: A Microeconomic Perspective
Arjona, Marcela Meléndez; Harker, Arturo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
particular spin to this conclusion by showing that investment decisions at the firm level are also explained by the restoration …, perhaps the most relevant result is the confirmation that in Colombia, investment decisions are negatively affected by the … cost of financing. Empirical results single out the provision of access to financing at fair prices as a policy priority …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943928
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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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Singapore Model of Industrial Policy: Past and Present
Chia, Siow Yue - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
This presentation discusses Singapore's economic performance and industrial strategy of the past and the future. Their changing industrial strategy and structure includes the promotion of restructuring away from labor intensive and technologically simple towards technology intensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323966
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Does the Investment Climate Matter?: Microeconomic Foundations of Growth in Latin America
Gandelman, Néstor; Alaimo, Verónica; Olarreaga, Marcelo; … - Inter-American Development Bank
providing empirical evidence linking actual firm performance to shortcomings in Latin America's investment climate, the book …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772386
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Sources of Growth in Latin America: What Is Missing?
Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Blyde, Juan S.; Gill, Indermit S. - Inter-American Development Bank
The country studies and their background papers included in this book were prepared for the Latin America and the Caribbean section of the "Global Research Project: Explaining Growth" of the Global Development Network (GDN), a research effort conducted in association with the Latin American and...
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The Emergence of China: A View from Central America
Agosin, Manuel R.; Martini, Pablo Rodas; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
services, and also the policies needed to begin to attract direct investment from that country. …
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Growing Pains: Binding Constraints to Productive Investment in Latin America
Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Jaramillo, Fidel; Agosin, … - Inter-American Development Bank
Why are growth rates in Latin America so disappointing? This book reviews the results of an ambitious research project to determine the binding constraints to growth, that is, the barrier whose removal would yield the greatest benefit in terms of growth. Included are case studies from seven...
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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; Thomas, Desmond; … - 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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