Jul 2025
Author(s): Rossi, José Luiz;Teixeira Rios, Heron Marcos
The main objective of this study is to analyze the relevance of economic and institutional factors in shaping the dynamics of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). To this end, several econometric…
Jul 2025
Author(s): Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;Inter American Center of Tax Administrations;Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;Inter American Development Bank
This report compiles comparable tax revenue statistics over the period 1990-2023 for 27 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. It provides harmonised data on the level and structure of tax…
Jul 2025
Author(s): Ríos-Salas, Vanessa;Rubio-Codina, Marta
In recent decades, the evaluation of social programs has focused on measuring their impact, prioritizing effects on outcome indicators and, more recently, on intermediate indicators. This document…
Jul 2025
Author(s): Tamagnan, Marie;Dovali Delgado, Leticia Milena;Mejía, Carla;Irizarry, Laura;Kohnstamm, Sarah;Rodas, Carlos Santiago;De Pee, Saskia;Kiess, Lynda;Jacobsen, Jo;Damu, Claudia;Donze, Anne-Sophie;Hong, Seo Yeon;Wilson, Rolando;Arias, Lena;Pardo, Arturo;Lopez, Eunice;Kestler, Karen;Sinclair, Kate
This report presents findings from Fill the Nutrient Gap (FNG) analyses conducted in Guatemala and Peru, assessing how school meal programs can improve child nutrition and diet affordability. Using…
Jul 2025
Author(s): Lucas, Miguel;Burgueño, Alejandro;Carazas, Miguel;Buenadicha Sánchez, César;Ramirez Rufino, Smeldy;Rosales Torres, César Said;Korn, Daniel;Tesfaye, Hiwot;Deo, Gretchen
This publication analyzes the performance of artificial intelligence (AI) models when interacting in Indigenous American languages. The study evaluates seven representative languages from Latin…
Jul 2025
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Ramos Bonilla, Andrea ;Stampini, Marco
Covering the full population of applicants to the Jamaican Conditional Cash Transfer Program (PATH), we explore whether receiving PATH during childhood causally affects school progression and…
Jul 2025
Author(s): Hajdini, Ina;Kumar, Saten;Malik, Samreen;Norris, Jordan J.;Pedemonte, Mathieu
Using a randomized control trial of approximately 1,000 firm pairs in New Zealand that have a customer-supplier relationship, we provide an information treatment to analyze both the direct effects on…
Jul 2025
Author(s): Barinas-Forero, Andrés Felipe;Scartascini, Carlos
While the literature extensively explores the structural enablers of corruption and its adverse effects on economic performance, less is known about how the state of the economy influences corruption…
Jul 2025
Author(s): Inter American Development Bank;World Bank;Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
The quality of the built environment is fundamental to the functioning, health, and sustainability of societies and economies. Rapid population growth and urbanization are expected to increase the…
Jun 2025
Author(s): Sanchez-Aragon, Leonardo;Sánchez, Gonzalo;Zanoni, Wladimir
This paper investigates the causal effects of central-to-local government transfers on local economic activity in Ecuador, utilizing exogenous variation from a reform in the intergovernmental…
Jun 2025
Author(s): Alfaro, Laura;Quintana, Javier
This paper explores Spains evolving role in global supply chains amid rising geopolitical tensions, protectionist policies, and the post-COVID-19 push for reshoring. It traces the transformation of…
Jun 2025
Author(s): Muñoz, Ercio;Sansone, Dario;Ysique Neciosup, Mayte
Economic research on sexual minority individuals in low- and middle-income countries is limited due to the lack of representative data including information on sexual orientation. This paper uses…
Jun 2025
Author(s): Barandiarán, Melissa;Esquivel, Maricarmen;Lacambra Ayuso, Sergio;Suarez, Ginés;Zuloaga, Daniela;Troch, Serge-Henri
The Disaster Risk Management Plan (DRMP) is the document that describes and articulates all the structural and non-structural measures identified to reduce and manage the risks associated with a…
Jun 2025
Author(s): Vera-Cossio, Diego A.;Bosch, Mariano;Leganza, Jonathan M;Mojica Uruena, Tatiana;Oliveri, María Laura
We study how public pensions impact lifecycle labor supply decisions. Our analysis centers on pension eligibility rules in Ecuador. We first use administrative data to document and unpack retirement…
Jun 2025
Author(s): McCarthy, Julie;Kulenkampff, Arend;Furtado, Marcelo;Martins, Gustavo;Maia, Luana;Martins, Julia;Galmez Marquez, Veronica ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola
The bioeconomy is a sustainable socio-economic model focused on the renewable use of biological resources to address climate change, food security, economic development, and poverty reduction. Its…
Jun 2025
Author(s): Inter American Development Bank;World Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank jointly developed the Amazonia Bond Issuance Guidelines to provide guidance and suggestions for the issuance of capital market instruments to…
Jun 2025
Author(s): Vlaicu, Razvan
Digital payments have increasingly been adopted by consumers and firms in Latin America and the Caribbean. This policy research paper analyzes recent post-pandemic data on digital payments in the…
Jun 2025
Author(s): Inter American Development Bank
The 2024 Annual Business Review (ABR) provides an overview of the IDB's performance on sovereign-guaranteed outputs and lending program priorities. The ABR identifies trend deviations from IDB…
Jun 2025
Author(s): Bergamaschi, Andrea;Giambruno, Cecilia;Morales, Paula;Forkosh-Baruch, Alona;Hanuka, Shlomi;Hershkovitz, Amon
Educational dashboards are key tools for enhancing data-driven decision-making in schools, providing teachers and principals with actionable insights. However, their adoption in Latin America and the…
Jun 2025
Author(s): Maldonado, Nicolás;Andrade, Felipe;Dávalos, Carolina;Gonzalez-Artigas, Sebastián;Cuesta, Francisco;Calderón, Marco;Smith, Luke;Wade Smith, Austin;Proaño Castro, Carolina;Yepez, Pablo;Pascual, Moisés
NFTree creates incentives to protect ecosystems of high ecological value and strengthens territorial resilience by integrating companies, communities, and key stakeholders under an innovative…