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…
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…
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…
Corruption and Political Accountability in Good and Bad Economic Times
Jul 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barinas-Forero, Andrés Felipe;Scartascini, Carlos
While the literature extensively explores the structural enablers of corruption and its adverse effects on economic performance, less is known about how the state of the economy influences corruption…
Justice Digital Transformation Guide
Jul 2025
Author(s): Hernández Carrión, José Luis;Porrúa, Miguel;Baudino, Maria Florencia;García Mejía, Mauricio;Ortigosa Izquierdo, David ;Barba, Jesús María;Ortiz Tovar, Eva
The Justice Digital Transformation Guide, developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), serves as a practical encyclopedia that brings together expert knowledge, use cases, and best…
A Global Assessment of Building Codes: Current Status and Evolving Needs to Promote Resilient, Green and Inclusive Buildings
Jul 2025
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;World Bank;Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
The quality of the built environment is fundamental to the functioning, health, and sustainability of societies and economies. Rapid population growth and urbanization are expected to increase the…
Skills for Work in Latin America and the Caribbean: Unlocking Talent for a Sustainable and Equitable Future. Second Edition.
Jul 2025
Author(s): Prada, María Fernanda;Rucci, Graciana
Skills for work are undoubtedly a transformative force for Latin America and the Caribbean. The experience of some developed countries shows that when the workforce effectively responds to the human…
Green IT Strategies: Innovating for a Sustainable Digital Future
Jul 2025
Author(s): Latorre, Lucia;Rivera Picado, Carlo Magno;Ozcoidi, Emeli Florencia
This report explores the main areas of intervention of Green IT, such as the mapping of carbon emissions throughout the value chain, the virtualization of physical resources, the adoption of cloud…
Nodo sectorial de interoperabilidad: lecciones de gobernanza de datos del sector laboral y previsional de Chile
Jun 2025
Author(s): Barreiro, Javier
La gestión eficiente y segura de los datos constituye un pilar fundamental para el diseño e imple-mentación de políticas públicas efectivas. En este contexto, la Subsecretaría de Previsión Social del…
Peru: Agricultural Health and Agrifood Safety Development Program. Phase III
Jun 2025
Author(s): Salazar, Lina;Alvarez, Luis;Agurto Adrianzen, Marcos
This infographic presents the impact evaluation of the long-term sustainability of the fruit fly eradication program in Peru's coastal regions through the measurement of vegetation indices. This…
Creation of Rural Agrifood Initiatives. Phase II
Jun 2025
Author(s): Salazar, Lina;Bernal Hernandez, Sebastian ;Miranda Baez, Luis Enrique
This infographic presents the impact evaluation of the direct and indirect (spillover) effects of the second phase of the CRIAR program in Bolivia. The program aims to promote the adoption of…
Stimulating Local Economies through Central Transfers: A Natural Experiment from Ecuador
Jun 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Sanchez-Aragon, Leonardo;Sánchez, Gonzalo;Zanoni, Wladimir
This paper investigates the causal effects of central-to-local government transfers on local economic activity in Ecuador, utilizing exogenous variation from a reform in the intergovernmental…
Spain's Reallocation of Global Supply Chains: Preliminary Findings
Jun 2025
Author(s): Alfaro, Laura;Quintana, Javier
This paper explores Spains evolving role in global supply chains amid rising geopolitical tensions, protectionist policies, and the post-COVID-19 push for reshoring. It traces the transformation of…
PRODAF Argentina: Program for Rural Development and Family Agriculture
Jun 2025
Author(s): Schling, Maja;Pazos, Nicolas
This infographic presents the impact evaluation of a smart subsidies project under the Program for Rural Development and Family Agriculture (PRODAF) in Argentina. The project aims to boost the…