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Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Grupo del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) promueve acciones para abordar los problemas de sostenibilidad y los impactos del cambio climático mediante el apoyo a proyectos de transición de…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Ortega, Daniel;Scartascini, Carlos

Tax compliance can be affected by how taxpayers are informed of their outstanding liabilities. In Colombia, in-person visits from a tax inspector were compared to more impersonal methods such as…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Ortega, Daniel;Scartascini, Carlos

La manera en que se les informa a los contribuyentes sobre sus deudas fiscales puede tener un gran impacto en el pago de impuestos. En Colombia, se comparó el efecto en el pago de impuestos que tuvo…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castro Abril, Miguel

This paper estimates the impact of solar and wind power intermittency on wholesale prices, arbitrage opportunities and the profitability of storage. First, I use the short term randomness of wind and…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Herrera, Diego

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) comprise 99.5 percent of the businesses, 60 percent of the employed population, and about 25 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in Latin…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Herrera, Diego

Las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas (mipyme) comprenden el 99,5% de las empresas, el 60% de la población empleada y aproximadamente el 25% del producto interno bruto (PIB) en América Latina y el…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Frisari, Giovanni Leo;Mills, Anaitée;Silva Zuniga, Mariana C.;Ham, Marcel;Donadi, Elisa;Shepherd, Christine;Pohl, Irene

The need to consider climate change issues in the provision of infrastructure services through PPPs originates from two key observations in the context of climate vulnerable countries in Latin…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique;Prado, Gerald;Árias, Germán;Huici, Héctor;Puig Gabarró, Pau;Martínezgarza, Ricardo;Cabello, Sebastián

El rol que juegan las infraestructuras de comunicaciones en la vida diaria del ser humano resulta cada vez más crítico; desde hace un tiempo atrás, mucho se habla de la digitalización como un paso…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hersh, Jonathan;Engstrom, Ryan;Mann, Michael;Martin, Lucia;Mejía, Alejandra

This study creates poverty maps for Belize leveraging free and open source methodologies that link satellite imagery and existing survey data with machine learning. Belize is an exemplar of country…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Gutiérrez-Rubi, Antoni

La pandemia producida por el COVID-19 marca un momento histórico que tiene el potencial de transformar radicalmente la vida cotidiana de millones de personas en todo el mundo. Esta crisis ha llegado…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Puig Gabarró, Pau

This document discusses the institutional, legal, regulatory, and policy frameworks that are needed to prompt the investment necessary to close the digital connectivity infrastructure gap. These good…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Puig Gabarró, Pau

This document discusses ways in which sharing passive and active infrastructure within and/or across sectors can enhance quality and price-based digital services competition. Passive infrastructure…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Schoen, Daví Parente;Libertun de Duren, Nora Ruth

New York City's success in providing high-quality, sustainable, ecologically productive and equity-promoting parks in recent years presents a number of important lessons for cities in Latin…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Schoen, Daví Parente;Libertun de Duren, Nora Ruth

El éxito de la ciudad de Nueva York en los últimos años al proporcionar parques de alta calidad, sostenibles, ecológicamente productivos y que promueven la equidad, son una lección importante que…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Schoen, Daví Parente;Libertun de Duren, Nora Ruth

O sucesso da cidade de Nova York nos últimos anos na provisão de parques sustentáveis de alta qualidade, ecologicamente produtivos e promotores da equidade oferece uma série de lições importantes que…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Cathles, Alison

This publication summarizes the main sources of data available for digital talent in Latin America and the Caribbean. It provides an inventory of resources including a general description of the…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

In 2019, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB Group) closed out the decade with a strong focus on partnerships as a tool for amplifying development impact and generating measurable results in…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Aclan, Carolina;Alfonso, Mariana;Arroio, Raimundo;Irigoyen, José;Mejía Rivas, Isabel;Mendieta, Claudia;Moreno, Samuel;Muente, Arturo;Peñaherrera, Sebastián;Pombo, Cristina;Regalia, Ferdinando;Savedoff, William D.;Stein, Ernesto H.;Tejerina, Luis

This document raises a series of considerations to consider when resuming activities once the confinement stage ends, motivated by the need to reduce the spread of COVID-19. It also reviews a series…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Aclan, Carolina;Alfonso, Mariana;Arroio, Raimundo;Irigoyen, José;Mejía Rivas, Isabel;Mendieta, Claudia;Moreno, Samuel;Muente, Arturo;Peñaherrera, Sebastián;Pombo, Cristina;Regalia, Ferdinando;Savedoff, William D.;Stein, Ernesto H.;Tejerina, Luis

Este documento plantea una serie de consideraciones para tener en cuenta al momento de la reanudación de actividades una vez que quede atrás la etapa de con finamiento motivada por la necesidad de…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pagés, Carmen;Aclan, Carolina;Alfonso, Mariana;Arroio, Raimundo;Irigoyen, José;Mejía Rivas, Isabel;Mendieta, Claudia;Moreno, Samuel;Muente, Arturo;Peñaherrera, Sebastián;Pombo, Cristina;Regalia, Ferdinando;Savedoff, William D.;Stein, Ernesto H.;Tejerina, Luis

Este documento levanta várias considerações a serem consideradas ao retomar as atividades quando o estágio de confinamento terminar, motivado pela necessidade de reduzir a propagação do COVID-19.…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Altafin, Irene

En este documento de conocimiento se analiza la implementación de Humedales Construidos en Latinoamérica, enfocándose en efluentes domésticos bajo la responsabilidad de autoridades municipales,…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Angelelli, Pablo;Hennessey, Michael;Henriquez, Pauline;Benavente, José Miguel;Radaelli, Vanderléia;Sasso, Simone;Anta, Rafael;Crespi, Gustavo;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Vargas, Fernando

The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are shaking global socioeconomic structures. Given this, the scientific world, innovation ecosystems, and the business sector are deploying efforts at blistering…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Angelelli, Pablo;Hennessey, Michael;Henriquez, Pauline;Benavente, José Miguel;Radaelli, Vanderléia;Sasso, Simone;Anta, Rafael;Crespi, Gustavo;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Vargas, Fernando

Los efectos de la pandemia del COVID-19 están sacudiendo las estructuras socioeconómicas a nivel global. Ante ello, el mundo científico, los ecosistemas de innovación y el sector empresarial están…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Angelelli, Pablo;Hennessey, Michael;Henriquez, Pauline;Benavente, José Miguel;Radaelli, Vanderléia;Sasso, Simone;Anta, Rafael;Crespi, Gustavo;Navarro, Juan Carlos;Vargas, Fernando

Os efeitos da pandemia da COVID-19 estão abalando as estruturas socioeconômicas em todo o mundo. Diante disso, o mundo científico, os ecossistemas da inovação e o setor empresarial estão empreendendo…

Date issued: Μάιος 2020
Author(s): Garrido, María;Sey, Araba

This report provides a categorization of twenty-five projects part of the IDB Lab Future of Work portfolio between 2016-2019. This categorization is based on the different training approaches and…