Feb 2020
A lo largo de las últimas décadas, los asociaciones público-privadas han pasado a constituir la norma en el contexto de la infraestructura portuaria, con particular énfasis en las terminales de carga…
Feb 2020
La República del Ecuador ha emitido el primer bono social soberano del mundo con el objetivo de diversificar sus fuentes de financiamiento para el acceso a vivienda asequible y digna, con apoyo de…
Feb 2020
The Republic of Ecuador has issued the world's first sovereign social bond to diversify its financing sources for affordable housing access. This issuance is supported by a guarantee from the…
Feb 2020
En América Latina alrededor de 66 millones de personas tienen considerables dificultades en su movilidad debido a que viven con algún tipo de discapacidad. La discapacidad está asociada a múltiples…
Feb 2020
While 12% of the world’s freshwater is located in Brazil, its unevenly distributed across the country. As a result, water scarcity is a real and present challenge in many areas across Brazil.…
Feb 2020
Electricity tariff reforms will be an essential part of the clean energy transition. Existing tariffs rely on average cost pricing and often set a price per unit that exceeds marginal cost. The…
Feb 2020
Las tecnologías inteligentes están redefiniendo las habilidades requeridas en los trabajos del futuro. Las más valoradas hoy incluyen las habilidades no cognitivas o socioemocionales, como la…
Feb 2020
Los megaproyectos se caracterizan por ser fenómenos orgánicos que co-evolucionan con su contexto, y sufren así una transformación continua en términos de metas y objetivos.
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Feb 2020
Coastal zones are among the most economically productive areas of the world. However, they are also among the most vulnerable regions to disasters triggered by natural hazards. Recent recognition of…
Feb 2020
This paper analyzes the effect on the level and volatility of the Central American countries' exchange rates of transferring remittances through central banks. Given the importance of…
Feb 2020
Digital technologies are changing the way people, businesses, and governments interact, but what is their impact on international trade? Although some of the effects of digital technologies on trade…
Jan 2020
Multinational production has become increasingly important in recent decades. Countries resort to different industrial policies to influence the geography of this production. In this paper, we focus…
Jan 2020
Using the multisector, heterogeneous-firm general equilibrium trade model of Caliendo et al. (2017), this paper carries out five exercises to understand the trade and welfare effect of trade…
Jan 2020
Los Consejos Sectoriales de Competencias forman parte del sistema de cualificaciones del país y se encargan de mejorar el sistema educativo y la formación para el trabajo a través de la reducción de…
Jan 2020
This article reviews some of the literature on technological disruption and infrastructure investment over the long run, looking at how service provision was affected by that interaction. Although…
Jan 2020
A growing body of evidence suggests that people exhibit large biases when processing information about themselves, but less is known about the underlying inference process. This paper studies belief…
Jan 2020
La inteligencia artificial (IA) ofrece oportunidades únicas para promover la igualdad de oportunidades y mejorar la calidad de vida de todas las personas de la región. Más allá de las posibilidades…
Jan 2020
In this paper we present evidence on the impact of investment promotion activities on multinational firms location decisions using -for the first time to our knowledge- firmlevel data. In particular…
Jan 2020
The objective of this discussion paper is to propose a Results Based Framework for programs which aim to increase tax compliance. We pose setting state capacity as a specific project result, as…
Jan 2020
This paper examines the effects of skill advantages at age six on different types of parental investments, and long-run outcomes up to age 27. We exploit exogenous variation in skills due to school…