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The Emergence of Successful Export Activities in Uruguay: Four Case Studies
Casacuberta, Carlos; Domingo, Rosario; Pastori, Hector; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper consists of four case studies of the emergence of four successful export activities in Uruguay: computer software, forest products, caviar and sturgeon meat, and animal vaccines. Each case study discusses how companies, associations, and governments at various levels have addressed...
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The Emergence of Successful Export Activities in Uruguay: Four Case Studies
Snoeck, Michele; Pittaluga, Lucia; Pastori, Hector; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper consists of four case studies of the emergence of four successful export activities in Uruguay: computer software, forest products, caviar and sturgeon meat, and animal vaccines. Each case study discusses how companies, associations, and governments at various levels have addressed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005528561
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Surgimiento de actividades de exportación exitosas en Uruguay: cuatro casos específicos
Snoeck, Michele; Pittaluga, Lucia; Pastori, Hector; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
En este trabajo se presenta el análisis de cuatro casos específicos de surgimiento de cuatro actividades de exportación exitosas de Uruguay: software de computación, productos madereros, caviar y carne de esturión, y vacunas para animales. En cada uno de esos casos específicos se trata...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005342515
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Soap Operas and Fertility: Evidence from Brazil
Duryea, Suzanne; Ferrara, Eliana La; Chong, Alberto E. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper focuses on fertility choices in Brazil, a country where soap operas (novelas) portray families that are much smaller than in reality, to study the effects of television on individual behavior. Using Census data for the period 1970-1991, the paper finds that women living in areas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206165
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Development Connections: Unveiling the Impact of New Information Technologies (Summary) Title: Conexiones del desarrollo: Impacto de las nuevas tecnologías de la información (Resum...
Chong, Alberto E. - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
This executive summary describes the motivation behind this book, the methodologies used, and both the breadth and limits of the studies. The impact evaluations on which the book is based cover the use of ICT in finance, institutions, education, health, the environment, and labor, as evidenced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772349
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Competitiveness: The Business of Growth Title: Competitividad: el motor del crecimiento
Kapsoli, Javier; Galindo, Arturo; Márquez, Gustavo; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Competing in the world economy does not automatically boost a nation's productivity and restructure its economy. Such progress requires mobilizing capital, employment, technology and knowledge. Opportunities beyond the business realm must be fully exploited to the benfit of society as a whole....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895466
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Development Connections: Unveiling the Impact of New Information Technologies (Summary) Title: Conexiones del desarrollo: Impacto de las nuevas tecnologías de la información (Resum...
Chong, Alberto E. - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
This executive summary describes the motivation behind this book, the methodologies used, and both the breadth and limits of the studies. The impact evaluations on which the book is based cover the use of ICT in finance, institutions, education, health, the environment, and labor, as evidenced...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943399
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Competitiveness: The Business of Growth Title: Competitividad: el motor del crecimiento
Galindo, Arturo José; Kapsoli, Javier; Márquez, Gustavo; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Competing in the world economy does not automatically boost a nation's productivity and restructure its economy. Such progress requires mobilizing capital, employment, technology and knowledge. Opportunities beyond the business realm must be fully exploited to the benfit of society as a whole....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943460
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The Internet and the Ability to Innovate in Latin America
Micco, Alejandro; Chong, Alberto E. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
In this paper we provide an overview of the situation of the Internet in Latin America and argue that, although latecomers, Latin American countries could in principle catch up at a faster pace and a lower cost. But that will depend on the environment for innovation in the countries; in that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943932
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Does Privatization Deliver?: Access to Telephone Services and Household Income in Poor Rural Areas Using a Quasi-Natural Experiment in Peru
Galdo, Virgilio; Torero, Máximo; Chong, Alberto E. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
This paper takes advantage of a quasi-natural experiment in Peru by which the privatized telecommunications company was … telephone services with household income. It was found that, regardless of the income measurement, most characteristics of … public telephone usage are positively linked with income. Remarkably, the benefits occur at both non-farm and farm income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943959