Driving through the Gig Economy in Latin America: Uber Drivers' Views on Needs, Risks, and Opportunities
Dec 2025
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Lugo Ibarra, Mariana;Jaramillo Vasconez, Oscar Eduardo
The Uber-IPSOS 2024 study provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of Uber drivers in Latin America, capturing insights from more than 13,000 respondents across the region. It reveals that…
Powering Through Drought: The Impact of Water Scarcity on Electricity Generation
Dec 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bagnoli, Lisa Serena;Balza, Lenin;Belmar, José;Matías, David
Changing weather patterns pose a fundamental challenge to electricity systems reliant on water resources. Using two decades of plant-level generation and fuel input data matched to hydrological…
Beyond the Mean: Non-Linear Effects of Air Pollution on Health Outcomes
Dec 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hoffmann, Bridget;Suárez, Nicolás;Rud, Juan Pablo
This paper uses high-frequency data on fine particulate matter air pollution (PM 2.5) to study the effects of high pollution on health outcomes in Mexico City. We combine hourly monitoring station…
Generative AI in Education: A Framework for Leveraging Digital Tools in Latin American Classrooms
Dec 2025
Author(s): Levy Yeyati, Eduardo;Robano, Virginia;Pereiro, Emiliano;Porto, Camila;Koleszar, Víctor
Generative AI (GenAI) is entering classrooms with both promise and uncertainty. This paper develops a framework that organizes instructional uses of GenAI into four functions: content preparation,…
Research Insights: How Can Digital Payments Drive Financial Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Dec 2025
Author(s): Vlaicu, Razvan
Between 2021 and 2024, the share of consumers in Latin America and the Caribbean using digital wallets rose from 2% to 10% for receiving wages, and from 7% to 18% for making purchases. Consumers with…
Scaling Teacher Support: Piloting ”Profe Gabi,” an AI-powered Mentoring Chatbot for Novice Teachers in Chile
Dec 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Elacqua, Gregory;Hermosilla, Catalina;Kutscher, Macarena;Del Toro Mijares, Ana Teresa
Human-intensive programs like teacher mentoring face a fundamental scaling problem: evidence shows their impact declines as they expand, and the personalized support that makes them effective becomes…
The Right to Belong: Migrant Regularization in Latin America and the Caribbean
Dec 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
Over the past decade, Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced a sharp rise in intraregional migration, accompanied by widespread situations of migrants residing without regular status. In…
Manual for the Evaluation of Costs and Benefits of Cooperative Compliance Programs
Dec 2025
Author(s): Owens, Jeffrey;Piakarskaya, Anastasiya;Yarygina, Anastasiya;Barcarolo, Luciana;Bauer, Christian;Velasco Berrezueta, Luis Antonio;Kołodziej, Sabina;Piiskoppel, Kirsti;Sesma Moreno, Jaime
The Manual for the Evaluation of Costs and Benefits of Cooperative Compliance Programs provides a comprehensive methodology for assessing the performance and value of cooperative compliance programs…
Financial Technologies, Labor Markets, and Wage Inequality: Evidence from Instant Payment Systems
Dec 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Burga, Carlos;Cespedes, Jacelly;Parra, Carlos R;Ricca, Bernardo
A long-standing debate concerns whether technological change widens wage gaps by benefiting skilled labor. We show that financial technologiesspecifically, instant payment systemscan instead reduce…
Hearing Loss and Deafness in School Age Children in LAC
Dec 2025
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Peçanha de Miranda Coelho, Jorge Artur;Guimarães Almeida, Beatriz;Della Nina Gambi, Gabriela
The document series “Life Skills”, titled “The Hidden Numbers,” provides clear, data-driven snapshots of the prevalence of different disabilities and disorders among school-age children in Latin…
Lights Out: Measuring the Economic Effect of Natural Disasters in Andean Countries
Dec 2025
Author(s): Alzamora, Miguel;Ballesteros Quiroga, Henry Alexander;Cárdenas, Daniel;Chávez, Augusto;Díaz, Emily;Giles Álvarez, Laura;Larrahondo, Cristhian;León, Sany;Serrudo, Luis Fernando;Toapanta, Xavier;Valdivia, Daniela
This study analyzes the impact of natural disasters on subnational economic activity in the Andean Regions countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). The main purpose of this analysis is to…
Sustainable Solutions: Learning from Rural and Indigenous Water and Sanitation Practices in Latin America and the Caribbean
Dec 2025
Author(s): Neftenov, Nikola;Collins, Lisa
This publication explores how Indigenous and rural communities across Latin America and the Caribbean are redefining water and sanitation management through ancestral knowledge, collective governance…
IDB Group Project Performance: The 2025 Validation Cycle
Nov 2025
Author(s): Infanzón, Michelle;Briceño, Bertha;Gotz, Gunnar;Laakso, Aarre;Marneau Acevedo, Ari Rene;Perez Ramirez, Anali;Rubio Jaramillo, Nicole Mishel;Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Vaessen, Jozef Leonardus;Motta, Marialisa;Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda;Koeberle, Stefan Georg;González, Jorge
This report summarizes the 2025 results of the Office of Evaluation and Oversight's (OVE's) annual review of project performance at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group. Every…
Guidelines for the Development of Emergency Plans for Public Buildings
Nov 2025
Author(s): Escovar, María Alejandra;Corena Forero, Cesar Augusto;Jiménez Castro, Olman;Dalaison, Wilhelm
This guide provides a comprehensive framework for developing emergency plans in public buildings, with the aim of strengthening resilience and disaster risk management in Latin America and the…
The Sovereign Greenium: Global Evidence and LAC Perspectives
Nov 2025
Author(s): Roch, Francisco;Brichetti, Juan Pablo;Cavallo, Eduardo A.
This technical note examines the presence and magnitude of sovereign greeniums - the yield discount that green bonds command relative to conventional bonds - with a focus on Latin American and…
Data Challenges and Innovations in Measuring Domestic Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: Traditional Sources and Online Search Patterns
Nov 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berniell, Inés;Facchini, Gabriel;Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.
This study examines the challenges of analyzing domestic violence (DV) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) and seeks to improve measurement through two main contributions. First, we collect and…
fAIr Tech Radar: Exploring the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Latin America and the Caribbean
Nov 2025
Author(s): Cruz, Adrián;Mora, Rodolfo;Andonova, Veneta;Rosales Torres, Cesar Said;Carrasco, Carolina;Castillo Leska, Ana
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing in a context marked by structural gaps, developing regulatory frameworks, and heterogeneous digital…
How to Prioritize Public Investments with a Sustainable Approach?
Nov 2025
Author(s): Llempén, Zoila;Britos, Fernando
Prioritizing resilient, low-carbon projects within the public investment cycle is a key decision point in contexts of fiscal constraints and growing needs for sustainable infrastructure. This guide…
Trade and Integration Monitor 2025: Winds of Change: The Rising Value of Tourism Services Amid the Reconfiguration of Trade in Goods
Nov 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Campos, Rosario;Michalczewsky, Kathia
The 2025 Trade and Integration Monitor is the 13th edition of an annual report published by the Inter-American Development Banks Productivity, Trade and Innovation Sector to analyze Latin America and…
Venture Capital in the Caribbean: A Study of the Ecosystem in Five Countries
Nov 2025
Author(s): Leslie, Winsome J.;Beecher, Wayne;Swaby, Kemesha
This study analyzes the venture capital (VC) ecosystem in the Caribbean, focusing on five countries: Barbados, The Bahamas, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad & Tobago. It provides an overview of…