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IDB Supports Office of the Comptroller General in Peru The IDB approved a $12 million loan to Peru to support the modernization of the Office of the Comptroller General and to strengthen and decentralize the National Control System. |
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IDB supports low-income housing in Colombia The IDB has approved a $150 million loan to Colombia to strengthen and expand a government program that assists disadvantaged groups in buying and improving their homes. |
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Half dark or half light? Latin America's electricity problems won't be solved by backtracking on reforms... |
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Protect the Environment: Invest in REITs Even REITs have gone green. As more investors focus on socially responsible investing, widely known as SRI, they've begun to question whether real estate investment trusts deserve a place in their portfolio. |
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Country Focus: Peru In recent years, Peru has enjoyed robust growth thanks to sound macroeconomic policies, significant progress with structural reforms, and a favorable external environment. Here are charts showing supporting data. |
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Got a Minute? A big study finds that the best financial advisors are efficient in two different ways. |
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Financing Higher Education Higher education reforms in Britain and lessons from economic theory may provide a useful framework for other countries. |
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The New Conversation for Capacity Building Looking beyond institutionalized definitions can help the nonprofit sector reshape its approach to capacity building. |
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The Art of Reform Both domestic and global investors will look to regulatory assessments to judge for themselves the quality of Asia's market governance. And they might also want to remind themselves of the ancient dictum: he who knows the competition and himself wins in the global competitive game. |
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Argentina's Structural Reforms of the 1990s Argentina experienced serious economic and financial difficulties in the 1980s. Hyperinflation in 1989-90 finally elicited the necessary political consensus for reform. Despite areas of concern, structural reforms implemented in the 1990s have set Argentina on the path to sustained growth. |
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A lesson from Isla Trinitaria A company in Ecuador proves that even the poorest communities can be provided with water and sewage services |
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