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Doing Business 2013

Doing Business 2013

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This 10th edition of the Doing Business report marks a good time to take stock— to look at how far the world has come in business regulatory practices and what challenges remain. It points to important trends in regulatory reform and identifi es the regions and economies making the biggest improvements for local entrepreneurs. And it highlights both the areas of business regulation that have received the most attention and those where more progress remains to be made. The report also reviews more...

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Sonia Hossain on January 10, 2013

Regional Monetary Cooperation in Latin America

Regional Monetary Cooperation in Latin America

Latin American has the longest history of regional integration efforts in the developing world. This paper analyzes the experience of regional monetary cooperation in Latin America over the past three decades. This experience has been overall successful but also uneven, both in terms of country coverage and services provided. Although strictly not a form of monetary cooperation, development financing does play a useful complementary role by proving counter-cyclical or at least stable financing more...

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Sonia Hossain on September 16, 2012

International Monetary Reform: A Critical Appraisal of Some Proposals

International Monetary Reform: A Critical Appraisal of Some Proposals

This paper reviews some of the current debates on the reform of the international monetary system. Despite its deficiencies, the United States (US) dollar will remain the dominant currency and Special Drawing Rights (SDR) cannot serve as either an international medium of exchange or a reserve currency. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has changed its position to accept capital controls under certain circumstances. Refining control instruments better tuned to present day markets may bring more...

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Sonia Hossain on June 26, 2012

Public Policy, Price Shocks, and Civil War in Developing Countries

Public Policy, Price Shocks, and Civil War in Developing Countries

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Those who study the role of agriculture in the political economy of development focus on government policy choices on the one hand and the impact of price shocks on the other. In this paper, it is argued that the two should be studied together. It was found that civil unrest (Granger) causes government policies, pushing governments in poor and medium income countries to shift relative prices in favor of urban consumers. It was also found that while civil wars are related to food price shocks, more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 8, 2012

Social Cash Transfers and Financial Inclusion: Evidence from Four Countries

Social Cash Transfers and Financial Inclusion: Evidence from Four Countries

This Focus Note analyzes the profitability, affordability and use of electronic social cash transfers in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and South Africa. By the end of 2012, it is expected that in the countries studied, only a small minority of G2P recipients will still be paid in cash.

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Moushumi Biswas on April 16, 2012

THE CHALLENGE AT THE WORLD BANK

THE CHALLENGE AT THE WORLD BANK

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This article by Alexis Okeowo in The New :Yorker magazine describes President Obama's support for U.S. candidate for the World Bank presidency, Jim Yong Kim. It also describes the challenge posed by another candidate, Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The third candidate, Jose Antonio Ocampo from Colombia is barely mentioned. The thrust of the article is that there is increasing interest in a candidate from a developing nation being voted into the job. (The United more...

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John Daly on April 1, 2012

Remittances and labor participation in Colombia

Remittances and labor participation in Colombia

This article discusses the effects of remittances on the labor force participation in thirteen major cities in Colombia.

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Sonia Hossain on July 26, 2010

National Studies on Assessing the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries: Colombia

National Studies on Assessing the Economic Contribution of the Copyright-Based Industries: Colombia

This research study, which was commissioned by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the National Copyright Directorate of Colombia, seeks to quantify the economic contribution of the copyright-based industries (CBI) to value added output (GDP), foreign trade (exports and imports) and employment in Colombia during the period 2000-2005.

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Moushumi Biswas on March 14, 2010

InterAction Member Activity Report: Colombia

InterAction Member Activity Report: Colombia

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This report offers international agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the media and the public an overview of the humanitarian and development assistance being provided to the people of Colombia by InterAction member agencies. The agencies in this report conduct programs in many areas of Colombia, including Bogotá, Cali, Medellín, Barranquilla, Sincelejo, Montería, Barrancabermeja, Bucaramanga, Armenia, Ibagué, Popayan, Quibdo, and Sogamoso.

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Sonia Hossain on July 5, 2009

Manual de Minicadenas Productivas

El manual desarrolla el tema de las minicadenas productivas: sus carácteríticas; los eslabones que la integran (materias primas, comercialización, consumo, etc). Está redactado en un lenguaje sencillo y puede ser un recurso útil para compartir desde los telecentros con empresarios y productores locales. No sólo como un servicio, sino también como un instrumento para ver posibles líneas de acción que puede trabajarse en colaboración con el mismo centro.

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telecentre.org on January 14, 2009

Human capital and university-industry linkages' role in fostering firm innovation : an empirical study of Chile and Colombia

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'A firm's absorptive capacity, human capital and linkages with knowledge institutions have been shown to increase the firm's probability of innovating in OECD economies. Despite its importance for national- and firm-level competitiveness, few papers examine the impact of the same variables for firms innovation in Latin America. This paper investigates the link between firm innovation and its absorption capacity as proxied by the presence of a R more...

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Imran Uddin on November 30, 2008

Accessibility and Affordability of Tertiary Education in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru within a Global Context

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This paper examines the financing of tertiary education in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, comparing the affordability and accessibility of tertiary education with that in high-income countries.

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Nadia Afrin on March 12, 2008

ICT4D dgCommunity: Interview with Natalia Maya Ortiz

As part of an ongoing research study on the potential benefits of Grid Technology as a development tool in the Department of Cauca in Colombia, Prof. Natalia Maya Ortiz has accepted to answer our questions explaining why such advanced technology might help developing countries to reduce inequality and to extend the benefit of ICT to excluded communities. Natalia Maya Ortiz is a part-time Professor and a Master Student at the University of Cauca. She also belongs to the Telematics Engineering more...

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x x on June 1, 2007

Colombia´s knowledge economy needs high-tech investment

From the introduction: A review of investment policy in Colombia, launched by UNCTAD at the 10th Commission on Investment, points the way towards more high-technology investment. The review, launched at the 10th Commission on Investment, also proposes ways to strengthen the government´s investment promotion arm, Proexport, as well as enhance policies to attract more technology-driven firms to its growing knowledge-based economy.

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Thomas BEKKERS on September 6, 2006

ICT in Support of South America Competitiveness and Integration - Action Plan

Abstract: "Report on study commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) for the Regional Infrastructure Integration in South America Initiative (IIRSA). It reviews the current status of ICT in South America and proposes an Action Plan, which could be implemented within the IIRSA framework as to encourage an increase in the use of ICT to strengthen competitiveness and promote the economic, social and cultural integration of the region. The proposed Plan focuses on four issues: i more...

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Rafael Hernandez on February 26, 2004

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