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Date issued: Φεβ 2023
Author(s): Gallardo Montoya, María Lourdes;Muente, Arturo;Valdez, Eugenia

Digital identification systems unlock tremendous benefits from digital government initiatives. However, governments across the globe, including in Latin America and the Caribbean, have been slow to…

Date issued: Φεβ 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alviarez, Vanessa;Chen, Cheng;Pandalai-Nayar, Nitya;Varela, Liliana;Yi, Kei-Mu;Zhang, Hongyong

We study the role of multinationals (MNCs) in facilitating firm-level and aggregate structural transformation. Using a stylized model of multinational production and trade, we show that an inward…

Date issued: Ιαν 2023
Author(s): Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Cuestas, Ernesto;Szwedzki, Roni;Andrade Sakaguchi, Sumiko;Galinsky, Damian;Barbosa, Fernando;Del Pilar, Diego;Miranda, Laura;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;De Santis, Stefania;King, Julie;Carbajo, José;Leonard, Keith

At the 2015 annual meeting in Busan, the Boards of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) decided to consolidate the IDB Group…

Date issued: Ιαν 2023
Author(s): Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Cuestas, Ernesto;Szwedzki, Roni;Andrade Sakaguchi, Sumiko;Galinsky, Damian;Barbosa, Fernando;Del Pilar, Diego;Miranda, Laura;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;De Santis, Stefania;King, Julie;Carbajo, José;Leonard, Keith

En el marco de la reunión anual de 2015 en Busán, las Asambleas de Gobernadores del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y la Corporación Interamericana de Inversiones (CII) aprobaron la…

Date issued: Ιαν 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Valencia, Oscar;Rodriguez, Luis Alberto;Siachoque, Juan Pablo

Total public debt in most emerging markets grew before and after the pandemic with a sizable share in foreign currency. Along this trend, interest payments increased even in the presence of active…

Date issued: Ιαν 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gulesci, Selim;Lombardi, María;Ramos, Alejandra

How does exposure to soap operas with LGBTIQ characters affect attitudes toward the LGBTIQ community? To answer this question, we construct a novel database of 175 telenovelas (soap operas) with…

Date issued: Ιαν 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ham, Andrés;Guarin, Angela;Ruiz, Juanita

This paper studies whether household surveys precisely identify the LGBT population and are suitable to measure labor market discrimination in Colombia. We first quantify the size of the LGBT…

Date issued: Ιαν 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cerda, Maikol;Cervantes, David;Gertler, Paul;Higgins, Sean;Montoya, Ana María;Parrado, Eric;Serrano, Carlos;Undurraga, Raimundo;Yáñez-Pagans, Patricia

The COVID-19 pandemic generated a large negative external shock to the global economy. Businesses worldwide were affected by economic, health, and mobility restrictions that impacted consumers…

Date issued: Ιαν 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ibáñez, Ana María;Moya, Andrés;Velásquez, Andrea

El número de migrantes forzados ha aumentado considerablemente desde principios de la década del 2000 y se ha duplicado en la última década. Para responder a las necesidades de la población…

Date issued: Ιαν 2023
Author(s): Zegarra Ascui, Francisco;Pombo, Cristina;Tipan, Giovanna;Ortega, Gloria

Esta nota técnica busca ofrecer una hoja ruta para la gestión migratoria que contemple los procesos de diseño de vías de atención y protección de personas migrantes; discutir el modelo de ventanilla…