This book looks at the key issues and lessons that policymakers must consider in designing an adequate framework for dealing with financial crises. These include structural problems and their causes, policy actions, the role of market discipline, and preemptive strategies.

This book looks at the key issues and lessons that policymakers must consider in designing an adequate framework for dealing with financial crises. These include structural problems and their causes, policy actions, the role of market discipline, and preemptive strategies.

Credit supplied by the banking sector is the most important funding source for firms and households in Latin America and the Caribbean. Unfortunately, credit is scarce, costly and volatile. Without deep and stable credit markets, the region will be hard pressed to achieve high and sustainable...

This paper represents one of the first comparative analyses of experiences of integrated supervision. It discusses how several countries around the world have developed the processes of integrating financial regulation and supervision, and covers numerous relevant technical issues as well as the...

Credit supplied by the banking sector is the most important funding source for firms and households in Latin America and the Caribbean. Unfortunately, credit is scarce, costly and volatile. Without deep and stable credit markets, the region will be hard pressed to achieve high and sustainable...

Las políticas industriales a menudo han causado más daño que beneficio. El nuevo marco conceptual presentado en este libro permite a los países adoptar las políticas de desarrollo productivo necesarias para prosperar, evitando caer en los errores del pasado. El libro replantea el desarrollo...

Esta nota sectorial, elaborada en el marco de la preparación de la estrategia del BID en Argentina (2012-2015), tiene como propósito favorecer el diálogo con las autoridades del gobierno de Argentina en el área de las políticas y programas para fomentar la innovación y la competitividad....

Presentación sobre la experiencia del BID en iniciativas de clusters en países del Cono Sur. Da a conocer los desafíos para el monitoreo y la evaluación de este tipo de iniciativas. Asimismo, señala los indicadores seleccionados de Monitoreo de Proyectos de clusters del banco.

This presentation addresses the Inter-American Development Bank's approach to cluster projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, and presents lessons learned and challenges.

Esta nota sectorial ha servido de apoyo para el dialogo con el Gobierno Chileno en la preparación de la estrategia país del BID con Chile 2011-2014. En este se describe el estado de la situación de la productividad en el país, se realiza un diagnostico del sector, se exponen los desafíos de...