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View article: What Works to Improve Lives?: What Works to Foster Productive Sector Development
What Works to Improve Lives?: What Works to Foster Productive Sector Development Open
This publication is one of a series of five monographs produced by the Inter-American Development Bank to take stock of the lessons learned from impact evaluations of investments supported by the IDB Group for over a decade across a wide r…
View article: Supply-side versus Demand-side Innovation Policies in Peru: The Impacts of Public Procurement of Innovation
Supply-side versus Demand-side Innovation Policies in Peru: The Impacts of Public Procurement of Innovation Open
This paper exploits new data on the participation of Peruvian firms on public tenders to shed light on the potential for public procurement to encourage innovation. Many industrialized countries have gradually enlarged their innovation pol…
View article: Harmonized Latin American Innovation Surveys Database (LAIS): Firm-Level Microdata for the Study of Innovation: Dataset
Harmonized Latin American Innovation Surveys Database (LAIS): Firm-Level Microdata for the Study of Innovation: Dataset Open
This paper provides the methods through which the first version of the Harmonized Latin American Innovation Surveys database (LAIS) was built. LAIS, which is made freely available through the Inter-American Development Bank, contains nearl…
View article: Innovation, Productivity, and Spillover Effects: Evidence from Chile
Innovation, Productivity, and Spillover Effects: Evidence from Chile Open
This paper estimates the direct and spillover effects of two matching grants schemes designed to promote firm-level research and development (R&D) investment in Chile on firm productivity. Because the two programs target different kinds of…
View article: Public procurement as a driver of innovation and entrepreneurship
Public procurement as a driver of innovation and entrepreneurship Open
El documento analiza la efectividad de la contratación pública (PP) para estimular el desarrollo y expansión de emprendimientos innovadores, centrándose en determinar si existe un efecto diferenciado para las empresas emergentes. Se analiz…
View article: Impact Evaluation of a Cluster Program: An Application of Synthetic Control Methods
Impact Evaluation of a Cluster Program: An Application of Synthetic Control Methods Open
This paper analyzes the impact of a cluster tourism policy in the region of Colonia, Uruguay. The policy was implemented as part of an IDB-supported program. The study conducted a comparative analysis of Colonia vs. other tourism regions o…
View article: Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States
Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States Open
This monograph explores productivity, innovation, and firm performance, important issues that affect private sector development in the Caribbean region. Using unique and recently available datasets consisting of more than 4,000 surveys at …
View article: Firm Innovation and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Engine of Economic Development (Summary)
Firm Innovation and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Engine of Economic Development (Summary) Open
The full version of this book compiles several empirical works that, through different lenses, aim to reveal which variables may have a systematiceffect on the productivity evolution observed at a firm and sectorial level in LAC countries.…
View article: Firm Innovation and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Engine of Economic Development
Firm Innovation and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Engine of Economic Development Open
This volume uses the study of firm dynamics to investigate the factors preventing faster productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean, pushing past the limits of traditional macroeconomic analyses. Each chapter is dedicated to an…
View article: The New Imperative of Innovation: Policy Perspectives for Latin America and the Caribbean
The New Imperative of Innovation: Policy Perspectives for Latin America and the Caribbean Open
The main purpose of this study is to present the conceptual basis that supports science, technology, and innovation (STI) policy in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It starts by clarifying STI relationship, both conceptual and empiri…
View article: Innovation Dynamics and Productivity: Evidence for Latin America
Innovation Dynamics and Productivity: Evidence for Latin America Open
In this chapter, we make use of the World Bank Enterprise Survey to study the innovation behavior of the typical Latin American firm. Furthermore, we explore the existence of innovation spillovers and heterogeneity on the effects of innova…