Agrimonitor Agricultural Policy Indicators: Producer Support Estimate (PSE) 2023
Jun 2023
Author(s): De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Muñoz, Gonzalo;Rondinone, Gonzalo;Shik, Olga
Governments use public policies to intervene in the agricultural sector of their countries. The AGRIMONITOR initiative carries out different Agricultural Policy Indicators for the analysis of the…
Agrimonitor Agricultural Policy Indicators: Consumor Support Estimate (CSE) 2023
Jun 2023
Author(s): De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Muñoz, Gonzalo;Rondinone, Gonzalo;Shik, Olga
Governments around the world use agricultural policies to intervene in their agricultural sectors, either through budgetary support or price supports. The AGRIMONITOR initiative produces different…
Inter-American Development Bank Quarterly Business Review: First Quarter 2023
Jun 2023
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank
The 2023 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…
Modeling Tropical Cyclone Risk While Accounting for Climate Change and Natural Infrastructure in the Caribbean
Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arkema, Katie;Bailey, Allison;Guerrero Compeán, Roberto;Menéndez Fernandez, Pelayo;Reguero, Borja
This chapter describes tools and a methodology to model wind and flood risks from tropical storms under present and future climate accounting for natural infrastructure. Wind forcing provide a…
Exporting beyond forecast: 24 experiences of women leading companies and cooperatives in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jun 2023
Author(s): Jozami, Mora;Mora, Carolina;Aguirre Negrete, Lizeth;Amigo, Huilén;Merino, María Florencia;Jimenez Orjuela, July Empreatriz
Conducted in collaboration with the Foro del Sur Foundation and facilitated by the partnership established between IDB ConnectAmericas and Mujeres ConnectAmericas, this research by IDB INTAL aimed to…
Estimating and mapping natural hazards and risk reduction provided by coastal ecosystems
Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arkema, Katie;Bailey, Allison;Chávez Cerón, Valeria;Guerrero Compeán, Roberto;Menéndez Fernandez, Pelayo;Reguero, Borja;Ruckelshaus, Mary;Silver, Jessica
We present two case studies in which coastal vulnerability modeling was used to quantify the role those coastal ecosystems play in reducing risk to coastal communities now and with future sea-level…
Extreme Weather and Real Estate: A Case Study of the Jamaican Housing Market
Jun 2023
Author(s): Spencer, Nekeisha
The damaging effects of extreme weather on residential real estate are concerning for many countries around the world. Results from combining hurricane and rainfall events with 16 years of data on…
Country Development Challenges: Route Toward Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rossi, José Luiz;Doyle, Morgan
Brazil was already facing a sluggish economic recovery prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2014 and 2016, the country experienced a deep recession marked by substantial drop in economic activity…
Minding the Output Gap: A Hamilton Filter Approach and Updated Estimates for the Brazilian Economy
Jun 2023
Author(s): Rossi, José Luiz;Sousa, José Eduardo Gonçalves de;Gutiérrez Briceño, Jose Alejandro
This paper develops an alternative approach for estimating the potential output and the output gap, intending to serve as a good balance between a simple low data requiring method and a powerful but…
Who Benefits from Tuition-Free, Top-Quality Universities?: Evidence from Brazil
Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Duryea, Suzanne;Ribas, Rafael P.;Sampaio, Breno;Sampaio, Gustavo R.;Trevisan, Giuseppe
This paper investigates the long-term impact on earnings of attending a tuition-free, top-quality university in Brazil. We identify the causal effect through a sharp discontinuity in an admission…
PPP Americas 2023: Partnerships with Purpose
Jun 2023
Author(s): Astesiano, Gastón;Lembo, Carolina;Simón Morientes, Cristina;Castillo Martínez, Paula;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor;Leduc, Denis;Araújo, Ana Beatriz;Hurtado, Jaime;Li Ojeda, Jaime
This discussion paper brings together the ideas and insights discussed in preparation for PPP Americas 2023. Three concept notes were developed, and three virtual seminars (PPP Talks) were held to…
Globalization and Inequality in Latin America
Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dix-Carneiro, Rafael;Kovak, Brian K.
We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on research emerging from the late 2000s onward, with an emphasis on empirical work…
Minimum Wage Policy and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gindling, T. H.;Ronconi, Lucas
In this chapter reviews the literature and inform policy debates about the effects of minimum wages (MW) on income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Static and Dynamic Economic Resilience Indicators for Agrifood Supply Chains: The COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jun 2023
Author(s): Carpio, Carlos;Garcia, Manuel;Rios, Ana R.;Boonsaeng, Tullaya;Murguia, Juan M.;Wander, Alcido
Given its enormous adverse effects on production systems and the economy, the recent COVID-19 pandemic has heightened interest in studying resilience in agrifood systems; however, only a few studies…
Re-thinking Social Protection: From Poverty Alleviation to Building Resilience in Middle-Income Households
Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vera-Cossio, Diego A.;Hoffmann, Bridget;Pecha, Camilo;Gallego, Jorge;Stampini, Marco;Vargas, David;Medina, María Paula;Álvarez, Esteban
We exploit an expansion in social protection to middle-income households to provide evidence on how middle-income households cope with economic shocks and how to build their resilience. We use a…
Unlocking Innovation: Assessing the Role of Agricultural R&D in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Nin Pratt, Alejandro;Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los;Muñoz, Gonzalo
This report presents a comprehensive analysis of public agricultural research and development (R&D) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), focusing on the contextual factors influencing…
Green Mining in Latin America and the Caribbean: Comparative Analysis of Public Policies and Industry Standards to Promote Sustainability in Mining
Jun 2023
Author(s): Rojas Hayes, Carolina Mary;Casas, Elkin Javier;Sucre, Carlos
Mining is a vital sector in numerous economies of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as an important source of income and investments, an important generator of direct and indirect jobs, and a…
Access to Credit and the Expansion of Broadband Internet in Peru
Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cusato, Antonio;Castillo, José Luis;IDB Invest
We exploit the staggered expansion of the internet broadband network to firms and bank branches locations in Peru during the last decade to study non-financial firm performance and bank credit…
Compliance and Accountability: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Argentina
Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Krakowski, Krzysztof;Ronconi, Lucas
Does compliance with low-cost civic duties increase demand for social accountability? We address this question by conducting a field experiment at train stations in Buenos Aires. We create exogenous…
Latin America and the Caribbean Standardized Public Debt Database: Data as of December 2022
Jun 2023
Author(s): Latin American and Caribbean Public Debt Management Specialists Group
This database compiles up-to-date standardized statistics on sovereign debt issuances for the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region and contains biannual data starting in 2006 through December…