This report represents the collaborative effort of three partners: the World Bank, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). This book explores trends and differentials in women's health; examples of good practices in delivery and financing of...

This IDB book includes presentations from the international policy dialogue seminar entitled "New Options for Higher Education in Latin America: Lessons from the Community College Experience." The seminar was sponsored by the Inter-American Development Bank and the Harvard University Graduate...

This study examines the role of the third sector (the residents, users, and NGOs) in tripartite partnerships with the public and private sectors. It outlines some lessons learned from five case studies of urban revitalization in Latin America. It describes the composition and structure of...

Este artículo presenta las relaciones existentes entre tres agentes que influyen en el nivel de contaminación hídrica industrial de la ciudad de Bogotá: las empresas, el regulador ambiental y las comunidades. Reconociendo que las decisiones de estos agentes pueden ser mutuamente...

Este artículo presenta las relaciones existentes entre tres agentes que influyen en el nivel de contaminación hídrica industrial de la ciudad de Bogotá: las empresas, el regulador ambiental y las comunidades. Reconociendo que las decisiones de estos agentes pueden ser mutuamente...

Previous research has showed that companies are tempted to manipulate their reported accounting earnings in order to obliterate small negative variations in these earnings. Through our análisis of Chilean banks we find results that are in line with those of the previous research. Indeed, we...