Infrastructure for Access to Basic Services in Amazonia
Oct 2025
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Leon Gomez, Carlos Raul
The Amazon region faces challenges in achieving effective access to infrastructure services. While investments have been made to expand transport, electricity, water and sanitation, and digital…
Securing Access Point Name (APN) Infrastructure
Oct 2025
Author(s): Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD)
This publication presents best practices for securing a private access point name (APN) infrastructure, providing a tool to improve the security level of organizations by applying appropriate…
Blue Forum: Knowledge, Innovation and Action for Belize's Ocean and Thriving Blue Economy
Oct 2025
Author(s): Mckenzie, Ronalee Norma;Santa Pena, Camilo Andrés;Blanc, Pauline Lola;Wade, Beverly;Balderamos, Jamani;Vasquez, Safira
Belize's Blue Economy continues to evolve as an integrated national development pathway, linking economic diversification, marine conservation, and climate resilience. As part of this trajectory…
Evidence Gap Maps: User Guide
Oct 2025
Author(s): Acosta Mejía, Camilo;Rossetti Youlton, Magdalena Alejandra;Porto Gutierrez, Indira Margarita;Anda, Maria Daniela;Shisler, Shannon
This user guide describes how Evidence Gap Maps (EGMs) can support IDB employees in various phases of the operational and knowledge cycles, with illustrative use cases of scenarios in practice. An…
Direct-to-Consumer Advertisement and Prescription Contraceptive Choices
Oct 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Tojal Ramos Dos Santos, Carolina
This paper investigates the impact of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) on womens prescription contraceptive choices using television advertisement data and health insurance claims. I leverage…
Who Cares? How to Support and Ensure Recognition for Caregivers for Older People in Latin America and the Caribbean
Oct 2025
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Llena-Nozal, Ana;Soto Iguarán, Carlos ;Aranco, Natalia;Benedetti, Fiorella;Fabiani, Beatrice;Garcia Diaz, Milagros ;Killmeier, Karolin ;Lupica, Carina;Rauet Tejeda, Judit
The report quantifies the rising demand for long-term care workers in one of the most rapidly aging regions worldwide. It highlights the precarious working conditions of paid care workers, the…
Evidence in Labor Market Policies and Implications for Brazil: Informality
Oct 2025
Author(s): Mancha, André;Cavalcanti, Filipe;Ratcher, Laísa;Gouvea, Livia;Fontes, Luiz Felipe
Informality remains a central feature of the Brazilian labor market, affecting around 38 percent of the workforce. Although the country experienced a significant decline in informality during the…
The Role of Finance Ministries in Carbon Markets
Oct 2025
Author(s): Delgado, Raúl;Caffera, Marcelo;Talbot-Wright, Hipólito;Arioua, Eugenia ;Torres Pelaez, Daniela;Alves, Tatiana;Loo-Kung, Rudy
Carbon markets are gaining prominence in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as tools to help countries achieve climate goals, mobilize climate finance, and generate government revenue. This…
Evidence in Labor Market Policies and Implications for Brazil: Future of Work
Oct 2025
Author(s): Mancha, André;Cavalcanti, Filipe;Rachter, Laísa;Gouvea, Livia;Fontes, Luiz Felipe
Technological changes such as automation, digitalization, and artificial intelligence are transforming labor markets worldwide. In Brazil, these transformations pose particular challenges due to the…
Effective Carbon Tax Design: Key Considerations from Latin America
Oct 2025
Author(s): Caffera, Marcelo;Talbot-Wright, Hipólito;Arioua, Eugenia ;Delgado, Raúl
This study documents the experiences of Chile, Colombia, and Mexico in the design and implementation of carbon taxes, with the aim of drawing lessons and recommendations to improve the development of…
Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Policy Assessment Tool
Sep 2025
Author(s): Wirtz, Veronika J.;Espín, Jaime;Góngora, Pamela;Guzman Cruz, Javier Humberto
Off-patent medicines (generics and biosimilars) play a central role in enhancing healthcare efficiency, accessibility, and sustainability in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). To support…
Caribbean Economics Quarterly: Volume 15, Issue 1: Catalyzing Capital: Public Private Partnerships for Resilient Growth
Sep 2025
Author(s): Mooney, Henry;Mills, Ian Wilfrid;Pereira Dos Santos, Pablo;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor;Castrosin, María Pilar;Acevedo, María Cecilia;Castillo Martínez, Paula;Segree-Brown, Terry-Ann Sharlene;Zevallos Urquieta, Hector Augusto;Saboin, José Luis;Ortiz de Mendívil, Cloe;Mitchell, Travis Klaus;Hussain, Lisa;Gauto, Victor;Ivey, Wendel Garfield;Okey, Onoh-Obasi;Castilleja Vargas, Liliana;Satnarine-Singh, Nirvana
This edition of the IDB Caribbean Economics Quarterly is a collaboration between the Caribbean Country Department, ONE Caribbean Unit, Infrastructure and Energy Department, and IDB Invest. It focuses…
Guide to Leveraging Lessons Learned: Enhancing Operational Effectiveness at the Inter-American Development Bank
Sep 2025
Author(s): Roca, María Eugenia;Zepeda, David;García Ferro, Luz Ángela
This Guide is a practical framework to boost the effectiveness of IDB-financed projects across Latin America and the Caribbean by systematically capturing, organizing, and reusing both tacit and…
Approach Paper. Technical Cooperations at the Inter-American Development Bank
Sep 2025
Author(s): Pedraza, Lina;Figueroa, Claudia;Nessler, Vladimir;Romero Castelan, Brianda ;Barbosa, Fernando;Wong, Melisa;Hunter-Kysor, Summer;Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Vaessen, Jozef Leonardus;Motta, Marialisa
This document defines the approach that the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) will adopt to evaluate technical cooperation (TC) operations in the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The…
Approach Paper. Extended Country Program Evaluation: Chile 2019-2025
Sep 2025
Author(s): Fleiss, Pablo;Barcellos, Andreia;Cuadros Angeles, Oscar Ismael;Fuscaldo Jalkh, Isabella;King, Julie;Rubio Jaramillo, Nicole Mishel
This Approach Paper outlines the objectives, scope, evaluation questions, methodology, and work plan for OVEs Extended Country Program Evaluation (XCPE) of the IDB Groups engagement with Chile during…
Independent Country Program Review: Mexico 2019-2024
Sep 2025
Author(s): King, Dana Michael;Pedraglio, Roxana;Legarreta, Regina;Barcellos, Andreia;Romero Castelan, Brianda ;Rojas-Hosse, Andrea;Rubio Jaramillo, Nicole Mishel;King, Julie;Garay, Ingrid;Soriano, Alejandro;Motta, Marialisa
This Independent Country Program Review (ICPR) assesses the relevance, implementation, and contribution of the IDB Groups 2019-2024 Country Strategy (CS) with Mexico and the related Country Program (…
Evaluation of the IDB Group’s Work on Climate Adaptation, 2016-2022
Sep 2025
Author(s): Rodrigo, Maria Fernanda;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;Barcellos, Andreia;Pupo Lafer, Marina;Laakso, Aarre;King, Julie;Motta, Marialisa;Bouillon, César P.;Vaessen, Jozef Leonardus;Fraga, Federico;Loayza, Mario Julián;Niembro, Rasec
The Evaluation of the IDB Group's Work on Climate Adaptation examines the relevance and effectiveness of the IDB Group's - IDB and IDB Invest - support for climate adaptation in Latin…
Extended Country Program Evaluation Belize 2013-2025
Sep 2025
Author(s): Arévalo, Josette;Gotz, Gunnar;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;Nessler, Vladimir;Usher, Nicole Marie;Salazar, Elizabeth;King, Julie;Soriano, Alejandro;Motta, Marialisa
This Extended Country Program Evaluation (XCPE) assesses the relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability of the IDB Groups support to Belize during two Country Strategies (CSs) and the related…
Exploring the Drivers and Performance Impacts of Advanced Digital Technologies in Latin American Economies
Sep 2025
Author(s): Gutiérrez, Luis H.;Gallego, Juan Miguel;Herrera Giraldo, Magaly Faride
The diffusion of medium and advanced digital information and communication technologies (ICTs)such as e-commerce, websites, cloud computing, and artificial intelligencehas progressed at a rapid pace…
Documenting Differences Between Humans and AI in High-Stakes Decisions: A Labor Market Turing Test
Sep 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Abril Arteaga, Andres Sebastian;Rangel, Marcos;Zanoni, Wladimir
We developed a Labor Market Turing Test (LMTT) to measure human-AI decision alignment using data from 277 human recruiters engaged in a field experiment set in Quito, Ecuador. We augmented the pool…