Este documento apresenta uma contribuição para o desenvolvimento de análises de programas de desenvolvimento produtivo (PDP). A proposta metodológica do Mapeamento e Índice de Desempenho Institucional (MIDI) constitui um esforço para quantificar e mensurar os aspectos institucionais que...

This paper examines the role of contracting institutions on the insertion of developing countries in international production networks and particularly on the prospects of LAC to source goods beyond the region's traditional patterns of specialization. We show that LAC's insertion in global...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) through its Regional Policy Dialogue, Public Policy and Management Network commissioned this study [update] of the Institutional Assessment of Civil Service systems (CSS) in Barbados. While reforms address key elements of the HRM system, the frameworks,...

This paper discusses the major factors which affect Indonesia's industrial competitiveness, specifically the determinants of its industrial technology development. The work first gives an overview of Indonesia's industrial development before and after the Asian economic crisis. Then it discusses...

Quality management systems offer companies a practical approach to organizing their productive processes to ensure ongoing adherence to these standards, as well as fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Criação de centro de serviços para o pólo de confecção e artesanato capacitação para design estratégico, visando estabelecer relação entre artesanato e confecção, a partir de elementos da cultura local

Undergraduate students and researchers at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania present their research on corporate entrepreneurship, within the framework of MIF's "Enterprise Solutions to Poverty" initiative.

This presentation was commissioned by the Natural Disasters Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the VII Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on April 23rd and 24th, 2007.

This study analyzes how to bring about meaningful public management policy change, whose immediate impact is upon the administrative tools available to central decision-makers as well as the administrative context facing the operating parts of government. This study places more emphasis upon the...