May 2023
The 2022 Annual Business Review (ABR) provides an overview of the IDB's performance on sovereign-guaranteed outputs and lending program priorities. The ABR identifies trend deviations from IDB…
May 2023
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There is no doubt that agriculture plays a significant role in the economic and social development of Andean countries due to its socioeconomic importance, food security, and its potential to…
May 2023
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This paper studies tax evasion in the form of under-reported wages in Ecuador using microdata from a combination of electronic billing and personal income tax returns filed in 2017. Bringing together…
May 2023
The earnings gap between men and women in Latin America is a barrier to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. In Argentina, this gap persists even though in many cases women have a…
May 2023
We are living in a truly critical moment in time for the world, for Latin America and the Caribbean, and for the planet, a time of great risk and of great opportunity. As the pandemic economic crisis…
May 2023
This paper examines the welfare implications of alternative rule-based fiscal policies in an economy with financially-constrained households. Using a New Keynesian DSGE model of a multi-sectoral…
May 2023
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is a cost calculation method that, when applied to the field of digital solution implementation, provides a final figure that reflects not only the cost of acquisition (…
May 2023
Water tariffs are used as a tool to balance objectives such as efficiency, accessibility, cost recovery, and environmental preservation. These competing objectives imply that water tariff structures…
May 2023
This report compiles comparable tax revenue statistics over the period 1990-2021 for 27 Latin American and Caribbean economies. Based on the OECD Revenue Statistics database, it applies the OECD…
The IDB Digital Credential Framework: Principles and Guidelines for Creating and Issuing Credentials
May 2023
Digital badges have emerged as an integral aspect of various capacity building opportunities offered by IDB, gaining widespread recognition among both internal and external clients, despite their…
May 2023
What fiscal tools should Latin American and Caribbean governments use to respond to two of the biggest challenges in the region? The region is one of the most unequal regions in the world and its…
May 2023
Genome editing tools have promised tremendous opportunities in agriculture for breeding crops and livestock across the food supply chain. Potentially addressing issues associated with a growing…
May 2023
This edition of the Caribbean Economics Quarterly focuses on the issue of long-term economic growth. As economies have recovered from the pandemic, the main question is: Will the region return to…
May 2023
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Digital one-stop shops for firm registration can significantly reduce costs and increase access to information for firms entering the formal sector. This paper examines the impact of a nationwide…
May 2023
What do a wind farm in Uruguay, a math tutoring program in Mexico and a plant with three-meter long roots in Trinidad and Tobago have in common? They are all development projects that advanced after…
May 2023
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) was the only region that achieved the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving the proportion of people suffering from malnutrition between 1990 and 2015.…
May 2023
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Patients are reluctant to use telemedicine health services. Telemedicine is an “experience good,” one that can be accurately evaluated and compared to its substitute (in this case, in-person visits)…
May 2023
Understanding the characteristics of Venezuelan refugees and migrants in the Dominican Republic (DR) is key to informing appropriate policy responses, such as the most recent regularization program (…
May 2023
This report compiles comparable tax revenue statistics over the period 1990-2020 for 27 Latin American and Caribbean economies. Based on the OECD Revenue Statistics database, it applies the OECD…
May 2023
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Groundwater represents 99% of the planet's fresh water and is a natural resource that is crucial for human activities. Its extraction allows meeting the demand for several purposes such as human…