The country studies and their background papers included in this book were prepared for the Latin America and the Caribbean section of the "Global Research Project: Explaining Growth" of the Global Development Network (GDN), a research effort conducted in association with the Latin American and...

The growth prospects of a nation are stymied by the burden of government debt. This study has two goals: first, it tests whether public debt hinders growth; and, second, it explores whether economic policy ameliorates this effect. A large panel data of countries for 1970-2010 reveal a negative...

El principal objetivo de este estudio es determinar en forma empírica los determinantes económicos de los spreads bancarios en Chile. Los factores que determinan los spreads bancarios pueden ser clasificados como factores de carácter microeconómico (que se refieren básicamente a la...

La siguiente nota técnica presenta una revisión del sistema de innovación de Costa Rica con especial énfasis en sus principales fortalezas y debilidades. El objetivo de la misma es contribuir al diálogo de políticas entre el Gobierno de Costa Rica y el Banco Inter- Americano de Desarrollo...

This paper is part of the project "Explaining Economic Growth Performance" launched by the Global Development Network (GDN). The purpose of this project is to explain economic growth performances across seven regions of the world. This paper provides a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of...

La siguiente nota técnica presenta una revisión del sistema de innovación de Costa Rica con especial énfasis en sus principales fortalezas y debilidades. El objetivo de la misma es contribuir al diálogo de políticas entre el Gobierno de Costa Rica y el Banco Inter- Americano de Desarrollo...

This paper is part of the project "Explaining Economic Growth Performance" launched by the Global Development Network (GDN). The purpose of this project is to explain economic growth performances across seven regions of the world. This paper provides a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of...