Mar 2023
Developing countries are characterized by a high share of informal workers and several types of labor market regulation. We study the effects of the enforcement of this type of regulation on firm…
Mar 2023
Despite the relative popularity of fiscal rules, they are per se, no panacea for improving fiscal performance. Fiscal rule effectiveness is enhanced when policymakers consider i) the quality of rule…
Mar 2023
A pesar de la relativa popularidad de las reglas fiscales, éstas no son, per se, una panacea para mejorar el desempeño fiscal. La eficacia de la regla fiscal mejora cuando los responsables de las…
Mar 2023
Transparency initiatives are well-known tools introduced to foster trust and empower citizens. To explain why some governments introduce them but others do not, in a theoretical model we interpret…
Mar 2023
Using the Brazilian administrative credit registry data with the universe of all consumer loans originated by banks in the country from 2013 to 2019, we document high borrowing interest rates, which…
Mar 2023
Health outcomes can vary significantly across cities within the same country, and within neighborhoods of the same city in Latin America and the Caribbean. This variation is partly explained by…
Mar 2023
En América Latina y el Caribe, los resultados de salud pueden variar significativamente entre las ciudades de un mismo país y entre los barrios de una misma ciudad. Esta variación se explica en parte…
Mar 2023
Countries can use carbon taxes to achieve their climate mitigation goals from the Paris Agreement with little economic disruption. Using carbon taxes, the United States could achieve its Paris…
Mar 2023
Los países pueden utilizar los impuestos sobre el carbono para lograr sus objetivos de mitigación del cambio climático según el Acuerdo de París con escasas perturbaciones económicas. Al aplicar los…
Mar 2023
El presente documento expone cómo ocurrió el desarrollo del Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro único de Beneficiarios del Estado (SINIRUBE) enfocándose en las decisiones clave, los retos y…
Mar 2023
Due to an increase in import competition from the early 2000s, Mexico experienced a loss in manufacturing employment of 1.8 percentage points accompanied by a decrease in wages in the short run.…
Mar 2023
Debido a un aumento de la competencia de las importaciones desde comienzos de la década del 2000, México experimentó una pérdida de empleos en el sector manufacturero de 1,8 puntos porcentuales,…
Mar 2023
We implemented a large-scale field experiment in 171 public schools in Mexico grouping students based on initial academic performance under two models: tracking (i.e., sorting students by initial…
Mar 2023
Implementamos un experimento de campo a gran escala en 171 escuelas públicas en México agrupando a los alumnos en aulas según su desempeño académico inicial bajo dos modelos: el tracking (es decir,…
Mar 2023
The increasing number of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia, which now exceeds 2.9 million, has raised concerns about their potential discrimination and socioeconomic integration. We propose a novel…
Mar 2023
Nearly 120 million people reside in urban slums in Latin America and the Caribbean, where precarious housing and socioeconomic circumstances testify to deep inequality. This paper investigates…
Mar 2023
This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2022 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of…
Mar 2023
The Annual Report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 2022 (loans, guarantees and grants). The second volume contains the full set of the financial statements of the Bank's…
Mar 2023
Relatório Anual contém uma análise das operaçes do Banco em 2022 (empréstimos, garantias e concesses). O segundo volume contém também o conjunto completo de declaraçes financeiras sobre os recursos…
Mar 2023
Le Rapport annuel contiens une analyse des opérations de la Banque en 2022 (prts, garanties et dons). Le second volume contiens les états financiers complets de la Banque.