This document describes the Peer Assist, which is a facilitated workshop, held face-to-face or virtually, in which a diverse group of participants from inside and/or outside the Bank share their experiences and insights with a team that wants to benefit from what others have learned, before it...

This paper analyzes MIF efforts to improve inadequate training institutions and emphasize the basic importance of updating management and worker skills in SMEs in Latin America

Exposición expuesta durante el Tercer Encuentro Técnico de Capacitación en Materia de Estructuración de Proyecto de Asociación Público Privada, llevado a cabo en Mérida, Yucatán, México, el 20, 21 y 22 de 2010. Esta presentación tiene como objetivo analizar las funciones del...

Presentación expuesta durante el evento "Experiencias de Provisión y Financiamiento de Infraestructura bajo APPs" llevado a cabo en el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, Washington D.C., 8-9 de diciembre, 2005. Ésta describe el enfoque que el Banco Europeo de Inversiones le da a las Alianzas...

El objetivo de esta presentación es analizar las ideas erróneas que se tienen acerca de las Alianzas Público Privadas y desmentir los paradigmas que se han creado al rededor de éstas. Asimismo, identifica las características principales para que el contexto sea adecuado y la formación de...

En este documento se presentan los principales aspectos que fundamentan el Programa de Concesiones de Chile en los diferentes sectores de infraestructura, así como los principales aspectos institucionales y regulatorios de éste; el detalle de los proyectos por sector; los principales riesgos...

The objective of this effort is to produce a sub-regional exchange that can support the development of a frame of reference for the analysis that needs to be carried out on the topic. Rather than provide complete answers, the study seeks to present material for reflection, and although still...

This document describes the After Action Review (AAR), which is one of the methods used within the Bank's cycle to learn from experience. Specifically, it is a `learning after doing' technique that helps teams identify and share what worked and what hasn't worked at the achievement of a specific...

This note speaks to the progress made in expanding access of education as well as to the challenges that remain. Drawing on household survey data from ten countries, it presents quantitative information to show that, compared with the recent past, access to education has become more universal...

This report is based on a limited study done with a questionnaire and interviews with important officers of the Ministries of Education in six Caribbean countries. The study was limited because of time constraints and the type of contacts that were possible with each of the respondents, in the...