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The Emergence of China: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: El impacto de China: Oportunidades y retos para América Latina y el Caribe
Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés; Devlin, Robert; … - Inter-American Development Bank
China's size, rapid growth, external openness, and trade performance have led to varying perceptions among the countries of Latin America: Is China a potential new market, a potent new competitor, or both? This book assesses the near-term strategic implications of China's economic performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772418
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Revisiting Economic Growth in Colombia: A Microeconomic Perspective
Arjona, Marcela Meléndez; Harker, Arturo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
particular spin to this conclusion by showing that investment decisions at the firm level are also explained by the restoration …, perhaps the most relevant result is the confirmation that in Colombia, investment decisions are negatively affected by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943928
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Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Investment?: Micro Evidence from Developing Countries
Galindo, Arturo José; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Weiss, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
also developed a summary index of the efficiency of investment allocation that measures whether, and to what extent …, investment funds are going to firms with a higher marginal return to capital. Then it was examined the relationship between this … has led to an increase in the efficiency with which investment funds are allocated. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944537
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Country Program Evaluation: Trinidad and Tobago (2000-2008) Title: Evaluación del programa de país: Trinidad y Tobago (2000-2008)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2009
The 2000-2008 Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for Trinidad and Tobago (RE-353) was conducted by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight to inform the Board's discussion with IDB Management regarding future strategy for each country. It involved three weeks of missions to both Trinidad and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673378
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Macroeconomic and Financial Consequences of the Post-Crisis Government-Driven Credit Expansion in Brazil
Bonomo, Marco; Brito, Ricardo; Martins, Bruno - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
credit tends to lead to higher leverage, the effect on investment appears to be insignificant for publicly traded firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240376
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Economic Potential of Remittances from Peruvians in Italy
Puertas, Elisenda Estruch - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Analysis of migrant remittances from Peruvians and Argentines in Italy(demographic and sociological aspects), and feasibility study for building a program to direct and assess the remittances from Peruvian migrants in Italy.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206016
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Financing Biodiversity Conservation
Bayón, Ricardo; Lovink, J. Steven; Veening, Wouter J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
Financing the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity has been called one of the greatest challenges. At the heart of this challenge lies the low financial and political value which is often assigned to biodiversity and the resulting lack of financial mechanisms for conservation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206124
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Capital Flows and Macroeconomic Policies in Emerging Economies
Agosin, Manuel R. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
This study deals with the appropriate macroeconomic policies toward international capital flows. It argues that countries in a position to integrate themselves into world capital markets should develop specific policies to deal with capital flows. This paper first shows that foreign capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206150
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Integration and Trade in the Americas: Fiscal Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Americas
Barreix, Alberto Daniel; Villela, Luiz Arruda; Roca, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
The purpose of this document is to inform Bank staff and other interested parties about recent developments in integration and trade among the countries of the Western Hemisphere and between these and other countries and world regions.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206208
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Social Investment Funds and Indigenous Peoples
Renshaw, Jonathan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
The aim of this paper is to offer a brief analysis of the social investment funds for indigenous people that have been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009318517