The basic objective of this evaluation (RE-300) is to review the range of Bank instruments with respect to the issues of development effectiveness posed by the Governors. The evaluation focus on the instruments themselves, rather than on the specific operations each instrument has financed. The...

Like its predecessor, (The Latin American Economic Policies Newsletter), IDEA will report on recent research on major economic and social problems affecting Latin America and the Caribbean. New features of the newsletter include information on recent RES publications and presentations,...

The Project Completion Reports (PCRs) are an IDB self-evaluation instrument written upon project completion. The Bank and the Executing Agencies share the responsibility for the achievement of the project's development objectives, and the PCR is intended to document this achievement. Thus the...

This Country Program Evaluation (RE-320) covers two programming cycles encompassing the period from 1996 to 2000 to 2005. The evaluation has found that the country and the Bank have successfully worked together to achieve a program that has a high level of country ownership and one that has...

The exhibit unites a number of artistic expressions of the Guaraní Indians of Paraguay, from the colonial period to the present. Include 65 pieces including statuary, both sacred and secular, photographs, videos, and contemporary art. All of the art works allow for a better understanding of the...

A MicroEmpresa Américas dedicou sua Seção Especial deste número à moradia e às instituições que utilizam seus recursos para oferecer soluções criativas de modo a possibilitar que os pobres consigam ter a casa própria. Os artigos apresentam facetas do microfinanciamento para o setor...

This brochure presents the 20 videos from 11 countries, including Puerto Rico, that comprised the 5th Inter-American Biennial of Video Art organized by the IDB Cultural Center. Winning and selected videos were chosen through a call to artists in Latin America and the Caribbean for 5-minute...

This volume comprises follow-up work on the four Latin American peer review reports which have been produced to date in the framework of the Latin American Competition Forum, namely, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru, as well as the peer review of Mexico held in the OECD Competition Committee....

O boletim apresenta artigos sobre serviços de consultoria, a experiência da Agência Executora "Mecanismo Regional de Negociação do Caribe", a importância do Plano de Aquisições (PA), e uma lista de empresas sancionadas por atos negativos.Abstract: Presenta artículos sobre un Caso...

Presenta una selección de 39 obras importantes (pintura, escultura, dibujo, grabados, y fotografía) por reconocidos artistas del Caribe provenientes de Barbados, Jamaica, Bahamas, Trinidad y Tobago, Haití, República Dominicana, Puerto Rico, y Surinam, y maestros pioneros cubanos tales como...