This report (RE-265) is the first stage of an evaluation of the Bank's strategy for regional integration, being conducted by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight. It attempts to identify the Bank's implicit strategy and the way this is incorporated into programming and project management. The...

La Iniciativa para la Integración de la Infraestructura Regional Suramericana (IIRSA) fue lanzada con el objeto de promover la formación de un espacio económico sudamericano ampliado bajo criterios de desarrollo sustentable, eficiente y equitativo. En el presente documento (RE-338), OVE...

Integration into the global economy is a central component of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries development strategy. Trade is an engine for growth and, if accompanied with sound and wide-ranging complementary public and private sector policies and initiatives, has the potential to...

This analysis outlines current trends and issues regarding the Latin American and Caribbean remittance markets and provides a statistical summary of its size, its demographic characteristics, and its economic impact.

This report details the state of LAC-Asia-Pacific trade and investment relations. We reach three main results. Economic ties between Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and Asia-Pacific1 have expanded and diversified remarkably over the past few years. Biregional trade has grown in double...

Second Meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean

This report provides a brief review of status of Electronic Single Windows (ESWs) in the Latin American and Caribbean region. While not exhaustive it does illustrate the diversity of integrated border management and the opportunities for building greater capacity. It is intended to be a primer...

This policy brief is intended to serve as the basis for the discussion of the Ministers of Finance on action needed to promote physical infrastructure and reduce intra-regional trade costs, in the context of the Third Meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean held in...

Second Meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Americas and the CaribbeanAbstract: Segunda Reunión de Ministros de Hacienda de América y El Caribe

This study was undertaken in response to a request from the government of Brazil that the Inter-American Development Bank support the analysis of infrastructure integration in South America at the level of the region¿s highest authorities. The request was made in light of the convening of the...