This paper provides guidance to Bank staff on how to conduct an expanded, comprehensive economic cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in order to measure net benefits from a project taking both project and environmental factors into account, as required under Directives B.5 and B.9 in the Bank's...

This presentation addresses the Bank's sixth annual Sustainability Report. It covers sustainability progress and performance in the 2010 fiscal year for the Inter-American Development Bank. It provides key development trends and related sustainability dimensions in Latin America and the...

América Latina se está descentralizando. Cada vez más recursos y un mayor poder de decisión están pasando desde los gobiernos centrales hacia el nivel local. Este naciente panorama político, administrativo y fiscal genera nuevos retos y oportunidades para los gobiernos subnacionales, y...

América Latina e Caribe (ALC) reduziram sua desigualdade e sua pobreza e enfrentarão as próximas décadas com maior otimismo do que no passado. Conforme a região cresce, aparecem novos problemas que os responsáveis pela condução da política econômica devem enfrentar. Como oferecer...

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...

This book provides an overview and analysis of the increased presence of European investors in Latin America, in addition to presenting the results of a survey carried out in the major European investor countries whose aim was to analyze corporate investment strategies in Latin America.Abstract:...

This book uses micro-level data for 18 Latin American countries to examine the choices adolescents make in three areas of behavior: their time allocation toward school and work, their sexual behavior and fertility, and their adoption of adult roles as they marry or cohabitate. Analyzing these...

Este informe, elaborado por el Sector Integración y Comercio del BID, propone reenfocar la agenda de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) en materia de comercio. El análisis realizado busca traer al centro del debate de políticas los costos del comercio que tradicionalmente han sido rezagados a...

Mediante el análisis de información de primera mano recolectada a través de dos grandes encuestas una sobre trayectorias y habilidades conducida en Chile y Argentina en 2008 y 2010 respectivamente, y otra sobre demanda de habilidades realizada entre empresarios de Argentina, Brasil y Chile en...