Scaling Sustainable Impact through a Performance-Based Financial Mechanism
Nov 2025
Author(s): Brusa, Federico;Chaves Graniero, Juan Martin;Rodríguez Ochoa, Asier;Carvallo Vazquez, Agustina
The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region confronts significant hurdles in realizing its climate and nature objectives. Advancement toward these ambitious national targets is hindered by…
APIBox: A Technology Sandbox for Open Finance
Nov 2025
Author(s): Zárate Moreno, Ana María;Lema, Jonathan;Reyes, José Tomás;Jiménez, Juan Manuel
Open finance is built on the transfer of financial information in an efficient, standardized, and secure way through application programming interfaces (APIs). These interfaces are the core…
IDB Guide to Communities of Practice: Supporting CoPs as Dynamic Knowledge Networks that Help the IDB Learn Faster, Share Smarter, and Strengthen Development Impact
Oct 2025
Author(s): Barrio Sarmiento, Adela;Camera, Fernanda;Rodríguez, Lorena
The IDB Guide to Communities of Practice (CoPs), prepared by the Knowledge and Learning Division (KLD) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), positions CoPs as strategic knowledge networks…
Commodity Prices and Fiscal (Pro)Cyclicality
Oct 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Petrella, Ivan ;Juvenal, Luciana ;Di Pace, Federico
Consensus holds that Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs) engage in procyclical fiscal behavior. We emphasize that considering conditional responses to macroeconomic shocks is crucial…
Evidence Gap Maps as a Tool for Evidence-Informed Decision-Making
Oct 2025
Author(s): Acosta Mejía, Camilo;Kang, Minji;Shisler, Shannon
This note outlines the methodology for developing Evidence Gap Maps (EGMs) as adapted for the Inter-American Development Bank, positioning them as tools to enhance the quality and impact of…
Extended Country Program Evaluation: Ecuador 2018-2025
Oct 2025
Author(s): Galinsky, Damian;Legarreta, Regina;Infanzón, Michelle;Corrales, Luis Fernando;Rivas Berrios, Gustavo Edgardo;Marneau Acevedo, Ari Rene;Teran Orsini, Nancy Alejandra;Wong, Melisa;Soriano, Alejandro;Motta, Marialisa
This Extended Country Program Evaluation (XCPE) assesses the relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability of the IDB Group's support to Ecuador during 2018-2025, corresponding to the last two…
Capturing the Data Center Opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean
Oct 2025
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Puig Gabarró, Pau;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique;Pérez Colón, Rafael
This report provides a strategic framework for Latin American and Caribbean governments to harness the economic, technological, and environmental potential of the data center industry. As global…
A Macroprudential Theory of Foreign Reserve Accumulation
Oct 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arce, Fernando;Bengui, Julien;Bianchi, Javier
We propose a macroprudential theory of foreign reserve accumulation that can rationalize the secular trends in public and private international capital flows. In middle-income countries, the increase…
Overborrowing, Underborrowing, and Macroprudential Policy
Oct 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arce, Fernando;Bengui, Julien;Bianchi, Javier
In this paper, we revisit the scope for macroprudential policy in production economies with pecuniary externalities and collateral constraints. We study competitive equilibria and constrained-…
From Risk to Reliability: Resilient Infrastructure Services to Face Nature's Challenges
Oct 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bagnoli, Lisa Serena;Balza, Lenin;Brichetti, Juan Pablo;Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Eguiguren-Cosmelli, José;Libra, Jesse Madden;Pérez Urdiales, María;Rivas, María Eugenia;Stisman, Priscila Rebeca;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor
Latin America and the Caribbean face weather variations and natural disasters that increasingly disrupt transport, energy, water, and sanitation services and disproportionately harm the most…
Remote Tutoring in Latin America
Oct 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Albornoz, Facundo;Almeyda, Gonzalo;Lombardi, María;Oubiña, Victoria;Zoido, Pablo
We study the effect of a randomized one-on-one remote phone tutoring program implemented between 2021 and 2023. The intervention reached more than seven thousand students in seven Latin American…
Funding and Financing of Public Transport in Latin America and the Caribbean
Oct 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rivas, María Eugenia;Calatayud, Agustina;Hansz, Martín;Brichetti, Juan Pablo;Sánchez González, Santiago;Rodriguez, Jesús;Leon Gomez, Carlos Raul;Navas, Cristian;Pereyra, Andrés;Alem, Mauro
Public transport is essential for promoting social inclusion, productivity, and sustainability in the cities of Latin America and the Caribbean. However, achieving these benefits largely depends on…
Two Decades, One Partnership: Korea and the IDB Group Delivering at Scale: Building Momentum for the Next Twenty Years
Oct 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Volpe Martincus, Christian;Scattolo, Gabriel;Santi, Mariana Belén;Villascusa Cerezo, Jose Miguel;Prada, Eliana;Acosta, Geovana ;Kim, Younghoon;Chang, Yonghee ;Yi, Jongwon ;Yun, Se Ra
This report was prepared for the Korea-LAC Business Summit, held in Seoul, Korea, on October 27-28, 2025. Since the Republic of Koreas entry into the Inter-American Development Bank in 2005, this…
한국과 IDB 협력, 또다른 20년을 준비하는 지난 20년의 성찰: Building momentum for the next twenty years
Oct 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Volpe Martincus, Christian;Scattolo, Gabriel;Santi, Mariana Belén;Villascusa Cerezo, Jose Miguel;Prada, Eliana;Acosta, Geovana ;Kim, Younghoon;Chang, Yonghee ;Yi, Jongwon ;Yun, Se Ra
이 보고서는 2025년 10월 27일부터 28일까지 대한민국 서울에서 개최된 한-중남미 비즈니스 서밋을 위해 작성되었다.
대한민국이 2005년 미주개발은행(IDB)에 가입한 이후, 양측의 협력은 지역 간 연계와 협력을 촉진하는 데 중요한 역할을 해왔다.
한-중남미 파트너십 20주년을 맞아, 본 보고서는 양 지역 간 협력이 혁신과…
Amazonia: A Journey Toward Prosperity and Resilience
Oct 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Galindo, Arturo;Giles Álvarez, Laura;Rocha, Nadia Patrizia
Amazonia, covering 40% of South America, is a region of immense ecological, cultural, and economic importance. It harbors unparalleled biodiversity, vital freshwater reserves, and communities whose…
Research Insights: Are Job Concerns a Factor in Supporting Trade?
Oct 2025
Author(s): Rodríguez Chatruc, Marisol;Stein, Ernesto H.;Vlaicu, Razvan;Zuluaga, Víctor
The majority of Latin Americans are favorable to expanding trade with other countries, mainly based on perceived employment gains, and pro-trade messages further increase support for trade by 3.5…
Advancing Ecosystem Accounting for Financing Protected Areas in Colombia: Final Report
Oct 2025
Author(s): Angarita, Héctor;Goldstein, Jesse;Mandle, Lisa;Miranda-Moreno, Luis;Vargas Rayo, Orlando;Díaz Giraldo, Carolina;Villalba Pardo, Fabián Dario;Diaz Campos, Camilo ;Barbosa Rodriguez, Lina Vanessa
This document outlines the activities and results of the Colombian pilot project under the Regional Technical Cooperation (TC), “Transforming Policy and Investment through Mainstreaming Rapid…
Advancing Ecosystem Accounting for Financing Protected Areas: Colombia Case Study
Oct 2025
Author(s): Angarita, Héctor;Goldstein, Jesse;Mandle, Lisa;Moreno Miranda, Jaime;Vargas Rayo, Orlando;Díaz Giraldo, Carolina;Villalba Pardo, Fabián Dario;Diaz Campos, Camilo ;Barbosa Rodriguez, Lina Vanessa
This document outlines the activities and results of the Colombian pilot project under a Regional Technical Cooperation (TC), “Transforming Policy and Investment through Mainstreaming Rapid…
Ideas for Improving Mineral Taxation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Opportunities for Sustainable Development
Oct 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Reyes-Tagle, Gerardo;Taquiri, Jacqueline;Cubillos González, Juliana;Karl Estupiñán, Claudio Rene
Mining represents one of the primary sources of revenue, tax receipts, sustainable development, and productive transformation for Latin America and the Caribbean. However, policies governing taxation…
Regional Process of the Americas World Water Forum 2024: The Caribbean Sub-Regional Report
Oct 2025
Author(s): Cashman, Adrian
The Caribbean Subregional Report presents a diagnosis centered around the themes and topics of the 10th World Water Forum: Water security, Financing, Hydrodiplomacy, Innovation, etc. It identifies…