Adoption of Sustainable Livestock Innovations: Evidence from Latin America
Feb 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aguirre, Emilio;Baraldo, Juan;López-Barrera, Emiliano;Basurto Hernández, Saúl;Blackman, Allen;Bravo Peña, Felipe;Caffera, Marcelo;Carriquiry, Miguel;Correa, Patricia;Correa-Pinilla, Diana Elisa;Florez-Díaz, Hernando;Fontanilla-Díaz, Carlos;Guerrero, Santiago;Köbrich, Claus;Kuhfuss, Laure;Laguna, Hugo;Molina-Romero, Adriana María;Muñoz, Gonzalo;Peña-Lévano, Luis;Rivero-Wildemauwe, José Ignacio;Rosas, Francisco;Salazar, Lina;Taheri, Homa;Velazco, José;Winters, Paul;Beltran, Allan
To maintain the vital economic benefits of Latin Americas livestock sector while minimizing its environmental footprint, producers must adopt clean and climate-friendly sustainable technologies such…
Addressing Regulatory Barriers to Trade in Services in Latin America and the Caribbean
Feb 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Blyde, Juan S.
Most barriers to trade in services stem from regulatory measures. This study assesses the degree of regulatory restrictiveness affecting trade in services across Latin America and the Caribbean and…
Salaried Labor Costs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Ten - Year Update
Feb 2026
Author(s): Alaimo, Veronica;Altamirano Montoya, Álvaro;Minaya, Auri Melissa
The tension between productivity and labor costs in Latin America and the Caribbean remains one of the greatest challenges to creating formal employment. This note estimates the cost of salaried…
Discretionary Procurement Flexibilization, Efficiency, and Rent-Seeking: Evidence from Chile During COVID-19
Feb 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castro, Edgar;Yarygina, Anastasiya;Villalba Ortega, Matias Gabriel
This paper examines the effects of increased bureaucratic discretion in public procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic, when the Chilean government relaxed restrictions on direct deals and expanded…
What Jobs are Being Created in Latin America?: Analysis of Online Job Postings in Latin America and the Caribbean
Feb 2026
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Jaramillo Vasconez, Oscar Eduardo
This document contains an analysis of more than 6.2 million digital job vacancies across 15 Latin American countries between 2022 and 2025. It shows a slowdown in job postings, along with demand…
Approach Paper. Evaluation of the IDB Group's Support to Small Island Developing States (SIDS): 2016-2025
Jan 2026
Author(s): Maciel, Odette;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;King, Dana Michael;Legarreta, Regina;Corrales, Luis Fernando;Barcellos, Andreia;González, Jorge;Molina Fernández, Miguel;Usher, Nicole Marie;Romero, Carolina;Fraga, Federico;King, Julie;Motta, Marialisa;Bouillon, César P.;Vaessen, Jozef Leonardus
This document defines the approach that the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) will use to evaluate the IDB Group's support to its client Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Latin…
IDB Support to Strengthen Public Sector Transparency and Integrity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jan 2026
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Infanzón, Michelle;Marneau Acevedo, Ari Rene;King, Dana Michael;Laakso, Aarre;Dyer, Henry;Andrade Sakaguchi, Sumiko;Loayza, Mario Julián;Mican, Catalina;Laver, Roberto Carlos;Huppi, Monika;Schneider, Daniel;Vaessen, Jozef Leonardus;Motta, Marialisa
Corruption imposes significant economic and social costs across Latin America and the Caribbean, undermining investment, weakening public services, and eroding trust in institutions. Transparency and…
Long-run Effects of Universal Pre-primary Education Expansion: Evidence from Argentina
Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berlinski, Samuel;Cruces, Guillermo;Galiani, Sebastián;Gertler, Paul;Gonzalez, Fabian Enrique
We study the long-run effects of a large public expansion of pre-primary education in Argentina. Between 1993 and 1999, the federal government financed the construction of new preschool classrooms…
How to Design and Implement Rules-based Fiscal Frameworks Based on Debt Anchors?: A Step-by-step Methodology and Application
Jan 2026
Author(s): Ardanaz, Martín;Arellano, Matheo;Ter-Minassian, Teresa;Valencia, Oscar
This paper develops a step-by-step guide for the design and implementation of fiscal rules based on prudent public debt levels aimed at reconciling two critical fiscal policy objectives: ensuring…
Fill the Nutrient Gap Guatemala
Jan 2026
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;World Food Programme
Guatemala faces a severe triple burden of malnutrition under nutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and rising overweight and obesity impacting all age groups and generating an annual economic loss…
Mobile-assisted Indigenous Language Learning: RCT Evidence from a School-based Intervention in Peru
Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Hernández Agramonte, Juan Manuel;Santos Morales, Humberto;Us, Hugo
This study presents the results of an experimental evaluation of a pedagogical intervention based on the mobile application Quechua Collao, designed to strengthen Quechua language skills as a second…
Norms Behind Closed Doors: A Field Experiment on Gender Norm Misperceptions and Maternal Employment Decisions in Couples
Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Boltz, Marie;Bustelo, Monserrat;Díaz, Ana M.;Suaya, Agustina
This paper studies whether gender gaps in womens labor-market outcomes are sustained by systematic misperceptions about social and spousal support for maternal employment. Using a representative…
Measuring the Sources of Taste-Based Discrimination Using List Experiments
Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Listo, Ariel;Muñoz, Ercio;Sansone, Dario
This paper examines how attitudes among supervisors, co-workers, and customers contribute to discrimination against sexual minorities in the workplace. A large, nationally representative sample in…
Network Transmission of Fiscal Demand Shocks in Commodity-Dependent Economies
Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Uribe-Terán, Carlos;Zanoni, Wladimir;Grijalva, Diego F.;Brborich, Sara;Manzano, Osmel
We study how procurement-driven fiscal contractions propagate through firm-to-firm pro- duction networks. The 2014 collapse in oil prices triggered a sharp fall in public procure- ment in Ecuador,…
Participation of Women in Public Procurement: Experiences and Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
Jan 2026
Author(s): Comotto, Sabrina;Harper, Leslie;Inostroza Castro, Maria Trinidad
This study addresses the low participation of women in public procurement markets in Latin America and the Caribbean, where significant gender gaps in access to economic opportunities persist. The…
Improving Officials’ Use of Evidence in the Design and Implementation of Public Policy
Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hoyos, Manuela;Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.;Tobón, Santiago;Souza, Pedro CL;Vanegas-Arias, Martín
We study whether structured, evidence-based information can shape local policymakers beliefs and stated intentions to adopt violence prevention interventions. Using a randomized experiment embedded…
Understanding and Predicting Recidivism in Latin America: A Machine Learning Approach
Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Anauati, María Victoria;Romero, María Noelia;Baraldi, Lucia;Sosa Escudero, Walter;Tommasi, Mariano
Recidivism is a persistent challenge for criminal justice systems worldwide, yet evidence from Latin America remains scarce. This study addresses that gap through three contributions. First, it…
Fiscal Assessments Through the Lens of Firms: Corporate Perceptions and the Transmission of Fiscal Policy
Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hirs, Jorge;Andrian, Leandro Gaston;Valencia, Oscar
This paper examines how firm perceptions influence the transmission of fiscal policy. Using natural language processing on corporate earnings calls from 51 countries over two decades, we construct…
The Effectiveness of Natural Resources Funds: Evidence from Colombia
Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ome, Alejandro;Giles Álvarez, Laura;Larrahondo, Cristhian;Pérez, Jorge
This study analyzes the impact of natural resource funds (NRF) on municipal fiscal results in Colombia, using an instrumental variable approach. It specifically analyzed the case of the Colombian…
Inattention or (Mis)Information? Explaining the Demand for Populist Anti-inflationary Policies
Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Ronconi, Lucas
Why are inefficient policies popular? One explanation is incomplete voter information. Evidence from survey experiments in Argentina points instead to inattention. The experiments explore voter…