Start your advanced search in the IDB Publications Catalog.
Date issued:
Αυγ 2026
We study the eects of sectoral lending quotas in Bolivia, which required lenders to allocate a minimum share of their portfolios to priority sectors. Exploiting the timing of the reform and variation…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
We estimate the effect of a rise in female employment on municipal-level value added in Mexico. We combine economic census data with administrative records on the expansion of the Full-Time Schools…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
The IDB's Better Jobs Index 2026 tracks labor market quantity (participation and employment rates) and quality (formality and living-wage adequacy) across 18 Latin American and Caribbean…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
El Índice de Mejores Empleos del BID 2026 analiza la cantidad (tasas de participación y empleo) y la calidad (formalidad y suficiencia salarial para alcanzar un salario digno) del mercado laboral en…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
How are Caribbean economies navigating a world of higher borrowing costs, volatile energy prices, climate risks, and rising development needs? This issue of the Caribbean Economics Quarterly examines…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
Este trabajo analiza el rol de la eficiencia en el multiplicador fiscal del gasto público en educación para un panel de países de América Latina y el Caribe, mediante proyecciones locales. La…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
Making labor markets work, for both productivity and worker welfare, is among the most important and most neglected levers available to Latin America and the Caribbean. The region's labor market…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
Hacer que los mercados laborales funcionen, tanto para la productividad como para el bienestar de los trabajadores, es de las palancas más importantes y más desatendidas de las que dispone América…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
Agricultural price stabilization policies are widely used to protect farmers from market volatility, yet their long-term consequences for production incentives and market efficiency remain poorly…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
La crisis hídrica que afectó a las ciudades de La Paz y El Alto entre 2016 y 2017, impulsó a la Empresa Pública Social de Agua y Saneamiento (EPSAS) a transformar su enfoque de gestión de sequías,…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
This paper examines the relationship between fiscal- and monetary-policy shocks and private-sector outcomes, with a focus on private investment, private credit, and firm creation, by using an annual…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
Motorcyclists represent the primary challenge for road safety in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where fatalities among this group have increased by 98% between 2010 and 2024, despite an…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
Los motociclistas representan el principal desafío para la seguridad vial en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), donde las muertes de este grupo han aumentado un 98% entre 2010 y 2024, a pesar de una…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
This study reviews a decade of rigorously evaluated IDB-supported agricultural interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The evidence base encompasses five major intervention categories:…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
Esta publicación analiza la asistencia escolar como eje clave para proteger las trayectorias educativas y prevenir el abandono. Con base en evidencia nacional y regional, muestra que el ausentismo es…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
This paper estimates the economy-wide economic value of expanding metrological services using the Centro Nacional de Metrología (CENAM) of Mexico as a case study. The analysis models and quantifies…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
Bolivia enfrenta un momento determinante: el de superar una serie de vulnerabilidades macroeconómicas, institucionales y productivas que restringen significativamente su potencial de desarrollo. El…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
Este estudio analiza las políticas públicas provinciales de apoyo al sector agropecuario en la provincia de Mendoza, Argentina, para el período 2018 a 2022. Utilizando la metodología de Estimado de…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a major public health challenge in low- and middle-income countries, yet little is known about how treatment, behavior, adiposity, and glycemic control evolve after…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
La movilización de recursos hacia inversiones resilientes y sostenibles es uno de los principales desafíos de desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). En este contexto, las taxonomías verdes y…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
This report assesses the capacity of Belize's social protection system to anticipate, withstand, and respond to shocks using the Inter-American Development Bank's Adaptive Social Protection…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
This study examines whether information about corruption and tax evasion changes perceived unfairness in the income distribution, perceived inequality of opportunity, and support for specific…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
We study the labor market effects of a major flood disaster in Brazil and whether a temporary labor-retention schemePrograma Emergencial de Apoio Financeiro (PEAF)mitigated these effects by providing…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
Job displacement generates large and persistent income losses. This paper examines how alternative social protection mechanisms mitigate the consequences of job loss in Uruguay, a middle-income…
Date issued:
Ιουλ 2026
Evidence from 88 impact evaluations shows that schools can play a central role in preventing behavioral forms of violence. School-delivered Behavioral Violence Prevention (BVP) interventions…