Apr 2015
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos
This dataset compiles publicly available data that proxies for the quality of the public policies that affect productivity at the national level, along with proxies for the articulation and…
Apr 2015
Author(s): Chong, Alberto E.
Macro bilateral trade data. This dataset was created to support Trade Intensity and Business Cycle Synchronization.
Apr 2015
Author(s): Jaimovich, Dany;Panizza, Ugo
Commonly used datasets on the level of public debt provide incomplete country and period coverage. This paper presents a new dataset that includes complete series of central government debt for 89…
Apr 2015
Author(s): Fernández-Arias, Eduardo
Most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have been growing slowly for a long time and see themselves still poor relative to the rest of the world, both advanced countries and peer…
Apr 2015
Author(s): Arce, Fernando;Powell, Andrew
The February 2015 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that the simple average growth expectations for 2015 for the eight countries covered has…
Apr 2015
Author(s): Russell, Mariko;Muñoz-Ayala, Jorge E.
No existe actualmente un método o instrumento que permita medir y evaluar el uso de las estadísticas para el diseño de las políticas públicas. La evaluación del desarrollo estadístico de los países…
Apr 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Prada, María Fernanda;Rucci, Graciana;Urzúa, Sergio
This paper studies the effect of mandated employer-provided child care on the wages of women hired in large firms in Chile. We use a unique employer-employee database from the country's…
Apr 2015
Author(s): Herron, Hope;Roy, Sujoy;Bohn, Bill;Courtney, Catherine;Hoagland-Grey, Hilary
This Technical Note identifies climate change risk management options that can be incorporated into IDB investments and presents considerations for monitoring and evaluation strategies to track the…
Apr 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The 2015 first quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…
Apr 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The INTAL Monthly Newsletter reports on developments in integration and trade across Latin American and the Caribbean. It also serves as a forum for discussing the IDB's activities related to…
Mar 2015 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Estache, Antonio;Garsous, Grégoire;Seroa da Motta, Ronaldo
This paper investigates the effects of political (mis)alignment on public service delivery when mandates are shared between state and local governments. We analyze sewage treatment policies in the…
Mar 2015
Author(s): O'Brien, Cherran;Thomas, Chrystol;Wenner, Mark D.;Gomez Osorio, Camillo;Khadan, Jeetendra;Dukharan, Marla;Malcolm, Xavier;Salazni, Mariana;Schmid, Juan Pedro
The Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin discusses recent economic developments in the 6 IDB-member Caribbean countries, as well as the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Being the first…
Mar 2015
Author(s): Ludeña, Carlos E.;Yoon, Sang Won
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate interdisciplinary research on vulnerability indexes to climate change. The paper presents a systematized analysis of recent literature on agriculture, coastal…
Mar 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The Annual Report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 2014 (loans, guarantees and grants). The second volume contains the full set of the financial statements of the Bank's…
Mar 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2014 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of…
Mar 2015
Author(s): D'Erasmo, Pablo N.
This file contains aggregate indicators of the situation of non-agricultural formal and informal small businesses. The survey gives especial attention to small businesses in the informal sector. The…
Mar 2015
Author(s): Huberts, Alyssa;Machado, Fabiana
The Brazilian Electoral Panel Study (BEPS) was designed primarily to capture campaign dynamics at the national level during the 2010 Brazilian presidential election. It aimed at generating data that…
Mar 2015
Author(s): Powell, Andrew
The 2015 Latin American and Caribbean Macroeconomic Report argues that the region is in the midst of a labyrinth and must navigate several global and domestic obstacles -including lower commodity…
Mar 2015
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
This report highlights the Inter-American Development Bank's sustainability performance in 2014, both in achieving institutional sustainability investment and safeguards targets, as well as…
Mar 2015
Author(s): Batarce, Marco;Muñoz, Juan Carlos;Ortúzar, Juan de Dios;Raveau, Sebastian;Mojica, Carlos;Ríos Flores, Ramiro Alberto
Passenger crowding is one of the main problems in Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems. This document presents an analysis and valuation of passenger crowding in two Latin American BRT systems. First,…