This book examines approaches to involving the private sector in preserving urban heritage. These include interventions by public and private stakeholders in Cartagena, Colombia; operation of a mixed-capital corporation in Quito, Ecuador; and a government-induced private investment program in...

This book examines approaches to involving the private sector in preserving urban heritage. These include interventions by public and private stakeholders in Cartagena, Colombia; operation of a mixed-capital corporation in Quito, Ecuador; and a government-induced private investment program in...

The process of upgrading the Teatro Colón infrastructure began eight years ago with the design and unveiling of a Master Plan. Included will be the completion of several of its urban components left partially unfinished, and the restoration of the many architectural features and artistic...

This exhibition organized by the IDB Cultural Center, and entitled "Extended Boundary: Latin American and Caribbean Artists in Miami", pays tribute to the City of Miami, which will host the 49th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank in April 2008.

Evidence such as the Ellsberg Paradox shows that decision-makers do not assign probabilities to all events. It is intuitive that they may differ not only in the probabilities assigned to given events but also in the identity of the events to which they assign probabilities. This paper describes...

Uruguay ha asistido a una disminución de las tasas de fecundidad y a un aumento de la actividad femenina y de los niveles educativos de la población, al igual que la gran mayoría de los países en el correr del siglo. Este estudio aborda estos cambios desde la perspectiva de las decisiones de...