Subsidy Targeting and Water Affordability: Insights from Colombia's Urban Centers
Jul 2025
Author(s): Cunial, Santiago;Pérez Urdiales, María
Water affordability is a critical issue for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including access to clean water and sanitation for all. Countries in Latin American and the Caribbean are…
The Three Innovative Features of VAT in Brazil's Indirect Tax Reform
Jul 2025
Author(s): Barreix, Alberto Daniel;De Souza Rocha Lukic, Melina ;Barroso Tostes Neto, José
In 2025, Brazil approved a tax reform that introduced an innovative value-added tax (VAT) model, which incorporates three important features. First, it adopts a dual VAT model, with the creation of…
Thematic Brief: Indigenous Peoples
Jul 2025
Author(s): Bruno Godoy, Maria Liliana;Vásquez, Mateo
This guide shares key information about development with identity for Indigenous Peoples and how to design projects to foster this type of development. You can also explore our other topic-based…
Using Screening Assessments to Recruit Effective Teachers: Experimental Evidence from Ecuador
Jul 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Araujo Piedra, Maria Daniela;Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu;Heineck, Guido
Since 2007, the Ecuadorian government has required teacher candidates to pass cognitive and knowledge tests before they are allowed to participate in merit-based competitions for tenured positions.…
The Social Registry of Households: Innovation in Beneficiary Identification in Chile: Case Study of the Socialpolicy Beneficiary Identification System
Jul 2025
Author(s): Tejerina, Luis;Vargas, Luis Hernán
The purpose of this report is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the RSH, covering its historical evolution, the technological infrastructure that supports it, and the implementation and…
CIMA Brief #31 How have Access and Completion in Post-Secondary Education Evolved in Latin America over the Past Decades?
Jul 2025
Author(s): Arias Ortiz, Elena;Dulce Salcedo, Olga Victoria;Mansilla Bustamante, Sergio Alejandro
Over the past two decades, Latin America has made notable progress in secondary education access and completion. However, the transition to post-secondary education directly after completing upper…
Digital Technologies and Collective Transport: Testing microtransits Added Value
Jul 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scholl, Lynn;Sabogal-Cardona, Orlando;Oviedo, Daniel;Arellana, Julián;Cantillo, Víctor;Ojeda-Diaz, Alfredo J.
Microtransit services are a midpoint between standard ride-hailing services and conventional bus fleets from public transit. Microtransit utilizes small buses or vans to provide on-demand shared…
Expansion of Piped Water and Sewer Networks: The Effects of Regulation
Jul 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Tojal Ramos Dos Santos, Carolina;Morais Guidetti, Bruna
This paper investigates strategies to expand piped water and sewer through private providers. Using billing data from a major provider in Brazil and a structural model of consumer sanitation demand…
Toward More Effective Employment Policies: Opportunities of Results-Based Financing
Jul 2025
Author(s): Casas, Laura;Gómez, Maria Fernanda;González-Velosa, Carolina;Quiroz, Laura;Rosas-Shady, David
In Latin America and the Caribbean, there is a growing investment in programs that connect job seekers with employment opportunities through services such as training and job intermediation. These…
Evaluating the impact of Public-Private Partnerships Enabling Conditions on Infrastructure Development: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
Jul 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Casady, Carter B;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor
This paper investigates the impact of public-private partnership (PPP)-enabling conditions on infrastructure development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Using a unique longitudinal dataset…
Boosting Foreign Direct Investment through Strategic Reforms
Jul 2025
Author(s): Rossi, José Luiz;Teixeira Rios, Heron Marcos
The main objective of this study is to analyze the relevance of economic and institutional factors in shaping the dynamics of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). To this end, several econometric…
Willingness to Pay for Climate Mitigation: Evidence from Latin America
Jul 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Blackman, Allen;Jeuland, Marc;Leguizamo, Emilio
The ability of countries in Latin America to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by mid-century, the target set by the Paris Agreement, will depend critically on citizen support. To gauge…
Trade Within Multinational Boundaries: Discussion Paper
Jul 2025
Author(s): Alfaro, Laura;Conconi, Paola;Kamal, Fariha;Kroff, Zachary
We leverage newly linked data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis to study transactions within U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs). We show that using…
Monetary Policy Effects on Firms’ Uncertainty
Jul 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): López-Noria, Gabriela;Pedemonte, Mathieu
We study how monetary policy affects inflation uncertainty. Using a survey of Mexican firms and exploiting quasi-random variation in the response date, we estimate the effect of a monetary policy…
Rapid Evaluations for Social Program Design and Improvement
Jul 2025
Author(s): Ríos-Salas, Vanessa;Rubio-Codina, Marta
In recent decades, the evaluation of social programs has focused on measuring their impact, prioritizing effects on outcome indicators and, more recently, on intermediate indicators. This document…
Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025
Jul 2025
Author(s): Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;Inter American Center of Tax Administrations;Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;Inter-American Development Bank
This report compiles comparable tax revenue statistics over the period 1990-2023 for 27 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. It provides harmonised data on the level and structure of tax…
More Than a Meal: How School Meals Can Drive Improved Nutrition and Sustainable Food Systems: Findings from Fill the Nutrient Gap Analysis in Guatemala and Peru
Jul 2025
Author(s): Tamagnan, Marie;Dovali Delgado, Leticia Milena;Mejía, Carla;Irizarry, Laura;Kohnstamm, Sarah;Rodas, Carlos Santiago;De Pee, Saskia;Kiess, Lynda;Jacobsen, Jo;Damu, Claudia;Donze, Anne-Sophie;Hong, Seo Yeon;Wilson, Rolando;Arias, Lena;Pardo, Arturo;Lopez, Eunice;Kestler, Karen;Sinclair, Kate
This report presents findings from Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) analyses conducted in Guatemala and Peru, assessing how school meal programs can improve child nutrition and diet affordability. Using…
Executive Summary: The Performance of Artificial Intelligence in the Use of Indigenous American Languages
Jul 2025
Author(s): Lucas, Miguel;Burgueño, Alejandro;Carazas, Miguel;Buenadicha Sánchez, César;Ramirez Rufino, Smeldy;Rosales Torres, César Said
This publication analyzes the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) models when interacting in Indigenous American languages. The study evaluates seven representative languages from Latin…
Conditional Cash Transfers, School Progression and Academic Achievement in Jamaica
Jul 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Ramos Bonilla, Andrea ;Stampini, Marco
Covering the full population of applicants to the Jamaican Conditional Cash Transfer Program (PATH), we explore whether receiving PATH during childhood causally affects school progression and…
Supply Chain Networks and the Macroeconomic Expectations of Firms
Jul 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hajdini, Ina;Kumar, Saten;Malik, Samreen;Norris, Jordan J.;Pedemonte, Mathieu
Using a randomized control trial of approximately 1,000 firm pairs in New Zealand that have a customer-supplier relationship, we provide an information treatment to analyze both the direct effects on…