Amazonia Bond Issuance Guidelines: Guidance for Labeled Bonds Dedicated to Financing the Economic, Environmental, and Social Development of the Amazonia Region
Jun 2025
Author(s): Hajek, Frank;Amoa, Diana K.;Killeen, Timothy J.
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…
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Business Review 2024
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…
Empowering Schools with Data: How Can We Achieve Effective Use of Educational Dashboards for Teachers and Principals?
Jun 2025
Author(s): Bergamaschi, Andrea;Giambruno, Cecilia;Morales, Paula
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…
NFTree: Replication Guide for the Development of Financing Mechanisms for the Conservation of High Ecological Value Ecosystems
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…
The Impact of Crime Perception on Public Transport Demand: Evidence from Six Latin American Capitals
Jun 2025
Author(s): De Martini, Santiago;Gonzalez, Juan B.;Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.
Public urban transportation systems are essential for mitigating climate change, leading policymakers to intensify efforts to boost ridership. However, there is not much evidence showing up to what…
Tax Revolts and Sovereign Defaults
Jun 2025
Author(s): Arce, Fernando;Morgan, Jan;Werquin, Nicolas
Political crises often coincide with fiscal crises, with complex causal dynamics at play. We examine the interaction between tax revolts and sovereign risk using a quantitative structural model…
Direct and Spillover Effects of an Agricultural Technology Adoption Program: Evidence from Bolivia
Jun 2025
Author(s): Salazar, Lina;Bernal Hernandez, Sebastian ;Miranda Baez, Luis Enrique
This study employs an experimental approach to estimate both the direct and indirect effects (i.e. spillovers) of an agricultural technology adoption program on small landholder farmers in Bolivia.…
Buyer Market Power and Exchange Rate Pass-through
Jun 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Juarez, Leticia
I derive a model-based equation relating pass-through to buyer size and estimate it on the micro transaction level data for Colombia. I find that after an exchange rate shock, sellers connected to…
Research Insights: How Does Exposure to High Concentrations of Air Pollution Affect Daily Labor Supply, and Do These Effects Differ Across the Income Distribution?
May 2025
Author(s): Hoffmann, Bridget;Rud, Juan Pablo
On days with high pollution, workers reduce their labor supply, with highincome workers decreasing hours worked more than low-income workers. Workers partially compensate for lost hours of work on…
Superheroes of Development 2024: Sharing Knowledge Creates Change
May 2025
Author(s): Gómez Osorio, Andrés;Zepeda, David;García Ferro, Luz Ángela
Sharing knowledge is key to transforming realities. This publication brings together five finalist cases from the 2024 edition of Superheroes of Development, an initiative through which the IDB Group…
Research Insights: How Can Unemployment Insurance Programs Balance Support, Job Quality, and Costs?
May 2025
Author(s): Da Costa, Carlos;Maestri, Lucas;Santos, Cezar
Non-wage job attributes, such as effort and amenities, affect unemployment spells and unemployment insurance (UI) costs, with unobservable features leading to inefficiencies and moral hazard. UI…
Research Insights: Do the Incentives Provided to Current Teachers Affect Future Cohorts?
May 2025
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Alfonso, Mariana;Ñopo, Hugo R.;Rivera Bianchi, Antonella Maria;Yentzen, Triana
Attracting, developing, and retaining effective teachers is essential for improving education outcomes, yet making the teaching profession appealing to talented youth remains challenging. Providing…
Debt Ceiling Rules under Intermediate Commitment: Discussion Paper
May 2025
Author(s): Arce, Fernando;Villa, Alessandro T
Fiscal rules can help countries with long-term debt overcome time-inconsistent default incentives, but enforcement is often imperfect. We integrate an optimal fiscal policy framework under partial…
Skills and Multinational Production
May 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lassmann, Andrea;Volpe Martincus, Christian
This paper provides new evidence on the role of human capital in shaping economies participation in multinational production. In particular, we primarily examine whether and to what extent the level…
AquaFund as a Catalyzer for Climate Action in the LAC Region
May 2025
Author(s): Trejo, Denea Larissa
Water is fundamental to the region's economic growth, with essential exports relying entirely on it. Over 70% of agricultural output in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC reliens on rainwater…
Research Insights: Do Water Expenditures Exacerbate Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean?
May 2025
Author(s): Pérez Urdiales, María;Tojal Ramos Dos Santos, Carolina
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have made impressive economic, social, and environmental progress, however significant disparities remain. While advancements have been made in the water and…
Temporary teachers in Latin America and the Caribbean
May 2025
Author(s): Elacqua, Gregory;Marotta, Luana;Morales, Catalina
This study delves into the growing trend of hiring temporary teachers in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), driven by the need for education systems to find more cost-effective and flexible…
Globalization, Technological Change and Market Power in Latin America: Evidence for Chile and Colombia
May 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bracco, Jessica;Brambilla, Irene;Cerimelo, Manuela;César, Andrés;Falcone, Guillermo
This paper studies concentration and market power in Chile and Colombia and the role that globalization and automation have had in shaping these two phenomena. Using panels of firm surveys, we…
Women Political Leaders as Agents of Environmental Change
May 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berniell, Inés;Marchionni, Mariana;Pedrazzi, Julián;Viollaz, Mariana
This paper explores how female political leaders impact environmental outcomes and climate change policy actions using data from mixed-gender mayoral races in Brazil. We rely on a Regression…
A Mixed-method Feasibility Trial of an Early Childhood, Violence Prevention, Parenting Program Integrated into Preschool Provision in Jamaica
May 2025 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Baker-Henningham, Helen;Taja, Francis;Bowers, Marsha
We adapted a violence-prevention, parenting program (the Irie Homes Toolbox, or IHT) for integration into Jamaican preschool services. The adapted IHT was evaluated in a mixed-method feasibility…