9 October 2009
BNAmericas Launches New Search Engine!

BNAmericas has just launched a new search engine. Use sophisticated Boolean operators to refine your search request in Spanish or English. In-depth analyses, data, statistics, forecasts and company information, as well as business news from the LAC region are updated daily, weekly, or monthly. Telecommunications/Technology, Water/Waste, Infrastructure and Electric Power are some of the sectors represented. Twitter is also available to download information to your cell phone! Click here to access.

21 September 2009
Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010
	The World Economic Forum has just released the online version of the Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010. Weakening financial markets and macroeconomic instability have placed the United States in second position this year. In Latin America, Chile is the highest ranked country, followed by Costa Rica and Brazil. Access it through the Felipe Herrera Library Catalog.

8 September 2009	Archive
Felipe Herrera Library releases its Toolbar!
The FHL Toolbar now provides direct access to the Library's Catalog when you are using other web sites, for example Amazon.com or Google.com Click on the icon to find out if the book is in our collection. To see the full range of services provided, select the link to the FHL Toolbar on the left of the Library's web site under 'Services'.

17 August 2009
Haiti's first census in 24 years has been published
Funded in part by IADB, it offers the most current statistics regarding population, mortality rates, and economic characteristics. The tables and results are available in Excel. Click here to access Available only on the Bank's Intranet via Internet Explorer

31 July 2009
News Services available in BNAmericas
News Trackers is a Business News Americas service that allows you to follow the news you are really interested in. You will receive a daily or weekly e-mail alert with the latest headlines for each type of news you have selected. They are customizable and manageable. Click here to know how to activate it. Mobile newsletter & website for BlackBerry© Daily email designed specifically for BlackBerrys and smartphones with a closed website in an updated format that lets you read the news from your BlackBerry telephone. Click here to know more about this service.

1st July 2009

Journal of Corporate Treasury Management is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal published by Henry Stewart Publications. The scope covers: cash management, interest rate management, corporate tax, security and controls, financial strategy, corporate strategy, corporate finance, accounting, financial operations, risk management, financial services and financial human resources management. The journal is available from 2008, vol.2, issue 1. Visit our catalog for the print version.

15 June 2009

Journal of Development Effectiveness is a new 2009 journal published by Routledge. It aims to support evidence-based policy making to enhance development effectiveness. It will do this by publishing high quality papers reporting evidence of the impact of projects, programs and policies in developing countries. Visit our catalog for the print version. Access the online version through the e-Journals A-Z.

June 1st 2009
Latin America Advisor is a daily newspaper dedicated to economic, business and political news in Latin America produced by Inter-American Dialogue. The publication arrives as a PDF document and is distributed by email by the Reference Desk Staff. If you would like to receive it, contact the reference desk at extension 3210 or 3211, or by e-mail: reference@iadb.org.

May 07, 2009
Felipe Herrera Library reopened in its renovated facility! Panorama of New Felipe Herrera Library Come and visit us!

April 22, 2009

Felipe Herrera Library is Moving!

The Felipe Herrera Library will be moving to the renovated facility. Beginning April 27, 2009 and for the duration of the move, limited services will be offered. Basic circulation, document delivery and inter-library loan services, (whenever possible) will be provided. Other services including CIPs, bibliographic services, new acquisitions will be temporarily suspended.

We apologize for any inconvenience this could cause and want to assure you that every effort is being made to resume full service in the shortest possible time.

We shall invite you to come in for a visit once we are settled. We also look forward to seeing you in our beautifully renovated facility and continue making use of our services.

April 13, 2009

CEPR's research on development economics, financial economics, international macroeconomics, international trade and regional economics, labour economics and public policy, is conducted by a network of over 700 researchers who retain their academic bases. The Centre helps these Fellows and Affiliates develop and obtain funding for research, administer and execute these projects and disseminate the results of the research.

Discussion Papers disseminate research quickly in order to generate comment and suggestions for revision or improvement. They may have been presented at conferences or workshops already, but will not yet have been published in journals.

Over 3000 Discussion Paper Abstracts are currently available online and all Discussion Papers published since the beginning of 1999 are available as PDF files.

To access, go to Database AZ List and click the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) link.

March 30, 2009
	The American Economic Association has published a new series of journals:
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics publishes papers covering a range of topics in applied economics, with a focus on empirical microeconomic issues. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy publishes papers covering the role of economic policy in economic outcomes. Subject areas include public economics; urban and regional economics; public policy aspects of health, education, welfare and political institutions; law and economics; economic regulation; and environmental and natural resource economics. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics focuses on studies of aggregate fluctuations and growth, and the role of policy in that context. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics focuses on microeconomic theory, industrial organization and the microeconomic aspects of international trade, political economy and finance. Visit our catalog for the print version. Access the online version through the e-Journals A-Z

March 16, 2009

Microcapital Monitor is a monthly report on microfinance capital markets in particular and microfinance in general. Editions include news briefs from around the world, summaries of just-published industry research, a calendar with contact information for upcoming events and detailed profiles and interviews of the individuals behind the players in microfinance.

The latest issues are distributed by email by the Reference Desk Staff. If you would like to receive them, contact the reference desk at extension 3210 or 3211 or send us an email at reference@iadb.org.

To access the archive (goes back to 2006) go to the e-Journals A-Z in the home page of the library, and look after the name Microcapital Monitor. You do not require username and password.

March 2nd, 2009

Bankscope is a database containing bank reports from 23.000 public and private banks with up to 16 years of financial information. This information is compiled predominantly from the filed balance sheet and income statement from the audited annual reports. The service also provides ratings (Fitch, Moody’s, Standard and Poor’s and Capital Intelligence), country risk reports (EUI) and news.

To access, go to “Database AZ List” and click the Bankscope link. A special username/password is required to start your registration. Please, contact the reference desk at extension 3210 or 3211 to get this username and password.

Note: 3 concurrent users are allowed to use the service. Please log-out after using the system.

February 17, 2009

LatinFocus Consensus Forecast is a monthly publication of FocusEconomics dedicated to South America economical forecasts. Central American countries are included in the publication Consensus Forecast Central America. Both publications arrive as PDF and Excel documents and are distributed by email by the Reference Desk Staff. If you would like to receive them, contact the reference desk at extension 3210 or 3211 or send us an email at reference@iadb.org.

2nd February, 2009

Latin Finance can now be accessed online within the bank computers network. No password and username is needed.

Latin Finance is the authoritative source on debt, equity, structured finance, syndicated loans, private equity and M&A, as well as multilateral financing, people moves and secondary trading. It publishes a monthly magazine and delivers daily news.

It can be access through the e-journals A-Z link. Once you found the title, click the option “Holdings in Felipe Herrera Library” and when you get the catalog record, click on the field “Electronic location”.

You can receive alerts in different topics by subscribing to the RRS feed located in the Latin Finance home page.

January 16, 2009
	The Global Competitiveness Report 2008 2009 of the World Economic Forum can be accessed online. It is available in PDF and also as an interactive report. Access here

November 24, 2008

BNamericas is a news service focusing on projects, investments and new business opportunities in different sectors: banking, insurance, mining, metals, oil & gas, electric power, water & waste, infrastructure, petrochemicals, privatization, telecommunications and IT, throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

You no longer require username or password to access!

Felipe Herrera Library provides full access to Euromoney and Euroweek websites allowing IDB staff to check the most current issues. The access is made through the e-journals A-Z link.

Note that only 3 concurrent users can access each publication at the same time. Please be reminded to log off after use.

November 10, 2008

International Monetary Fund (IMF) databases GFS, DOT, BOPS can now be accessed online. You don’t need to install any CD-Rom in your computer anymore!

To access these statistics select from the “Database AZ “list the IMF e-Library database.

You will find on top of the page the “Statistics” tag, and by clicking on this tag, the three databases will be available to you.

October 27, 2008

Crisis guide: climate change

The Council on Foreign Relations, an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, published an interactive guide with video, images, text and audio to cover the world climate change crisis. The guide is organized in seven chapters included the introduction and a final chapter for web resources. A transcript can be read for the complete guide.

Access here

October 13, 2008

Do you want to share your presentation with other people?
Do you want to download other people presentations?

Slideshare also allows you to view, upload, embedd and email presentations in different topics. Browse by categories or tags or search by keywords.

Registration is needed to use the service.

Access here

September 29, 2008

Silobreaker is an online search service for news and current events that delivers meaning and relevance beyond traditional search and aggregation engines. Its relational analysis and explanatory graphics provide users with unparalleled contextual insight into the news stories of the day. With an initial focus on different kind of topics as politics, science, technology, business, economics, it takes information from some 10,000 news sites, blogs, academic research and multimedia sources.

Silobreaker has the following search options: 360° Search, Hot Spots, Trends, Network.

Access here

September 15, 2008

Google News archive search

Provides an easy way to search and explore historical news archives in different languages. This service automatically creates timelines. Search results can include content that is freely accessible as well as content that requires a fee depending on the source. The advanced search allows you to limit results by source, date, language and price.

Access here

August 18, 2008

Felipe Herrera Library pre-launches the IMFe-LIBRARY to IDB users

The Felipe Herrera Library is proud to announce that, from August 19th, all IDB users will be able to access the new IMF Electronic Library: IMFe-LIBRARY.

The IMFe-LIBRARY pre-launch will allow you to search and view the most recent publications of this extensive database in PDF format.

Click here to access IMFe-LIBRARY