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Ιαν 2024
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This paper investigates how a country's economic complexity influences its sovereign yield spread with respect to the United States. Notably, a one-unit increase in the Economic Complexity Index…
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Ιαν 2024
In Latin America and the Caribbean, there exists an important digital divide which can have important implications for children's educational development. In particular, many children in the…
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Ιαν 2024
Proveer acceso a Internet en el hogar aumentó las habilidades de uso de computadoras e Internet de estudiantes de Perú. No se detectaron efectos significativos del acceso a Internet en rendimiento…
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Ιαν 2024
This database compiles current standardized statistics on sovereign debt issuances for the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region and contains biannual data starting in 2006 through June 2023.…
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Ιαν 2024
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Studying and working abroad, internationally mobile scientists meet foreign scientists and become carriers of knowledge. The benefits of international scientific mobility might extend to nonmobile…
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Ιαν 2024
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We study the effects of a new 1% employment quota enacted in Chile in 2018 using anonymized administrative data on monthly employer-employee linkages and disability certification records. Our firm-…
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Ιαν 2024
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Government organizations worldwide are harvesting the transformative potential of digital technologies to automate interactions with citizens, businesses, and each other. Automation can bring…
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Ιαν 2024
Two of the development challenges that Belize has recently worked on, with support from the IDB Group, are vulnerability to climate change and educational quality. The measures implemented on both…
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Ιαν 2024
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Standard water affordability measures that only account for expenditure on piped water are unlikely to adequately capture the situation of all consumers in developing countries, who often experience…
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Ιαν 2024
The technical note "Water Footprint Estimation in Latin America" analyzes the water footprint of Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica. The document describes the harmonization of databases and…
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Ιαν 2024
A nota técnica "Estimativa da Pegada Hídrica na América Latina" analisa a pegada hídrica do Brasil, Colômbia e Costa Rica. O documento descreve a harmonização de bases de dados e destaca…
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Ιαν 2024
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The push for adopting digital modes of payment rests on three promises: increased efficiency of transactions, increased financial inclusion, and improvements in the financial well-being of low-income…
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Ιαν 2024
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Uno de los mayores desafíos que enfrenta la humanidad es hacer que el planeta sea habitable para las próximas generaciones. Para ello, se requiere el rápido paso hacia economías descarbonizadas y que…
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Ιαν 2024
Las tensiones en torno a la actividad minera en el Perú son indicativas de muchos de los problemas que resultan del insuficiente diálogo intercultural en el diseño e implementación de políticas y…
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Ιαν 2024
Education and skill accumulation are fundamental for overcoming structural inequalities, improving social mobility, and boosting productivity. However, educational systems in Latin America and the…
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Ιαν 2024
La educación y la acumulación de habilidades son fundamentales para superar desigualdades estructurales, mejorar la movilidad social e impulsar la productividad. Sin embargo, los sistemas educativos…
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Ιαν 2024
A educação e a acumulação de habilidades são fundamentais para superar desigualdades estruturais, melhorar a mobilidade social e impulsionar a produtividade. No entanto, os sistemas educacionais na…
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Ιαν 2024
El sector infraestructura ha sido clave para mejorar la productividad y reducir la pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe. Generar y promover empleos de calidad en este sector parece ser una fórmula…
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Ιαν 2024
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Financiers in early-stage entrepreneurial finance are known for their “spray-and-pray” approach, where they fund multiple start-ups expecting profits on a few to compensate losses on a lot of failed…
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Ιαν 2024
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Political trust is foundational to democratic legitimacy, representative governance, and the provision of effective public policy. Various shocks can influence this trust, steering countries onto…
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Ιαν 2024
The focused analysis on gender and diversity is a tool that allows water and sanitation operators to assess the degree to which gender equality and diversity inclusion practices have been…
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Ιαν 2024
El análisis focalizado de género y diversidad es una herramienta que permite a las empresas de agua y saneamiento evaluar el grado de institucionalización de prácticas de igualdad de género e…
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Ιαν 2024
América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) se caracteriza por aplicar una estrategia de desarrollo que depende de manera notable de la explotación de sus recursos naturales. Debido a que la población de la…
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Ιαν 2024
¿Qué información sobre la gestión de residuos en América Latina y el Caribe está disponible para ser consultada? ¿Qué entidad y enlaces en la web albergan dicha información? ¿Existen sistemas de…
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Ιαν 2024
This factsheet outlines the water access indicators in the updated OLAS Household Survey dataset. The dataset uses national household survey information spanning from 2003 to the present to produce…