Boosting Foreign Direct Investment through Strategic Reforms
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…
Revenue Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean 2025
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…
Rapid Evaluations for Social Program Design and Improvement
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…
More Than a Meal: How School Meals Can Drive Improved Nutrition and Sustainable Food Systems: Findings from Fill the Nutrient Gap Analysis in Guatemala and Peru
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…
Executive Summary: The Performance of Artificial Intelligence in the Use of Indigenous American Languages
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…
Conditional Cash Transfers, School Progression and Academic Achievement in Jamaica
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…
Supply Chain Networks and the Macroeconomic Expectations of Firms
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…
Corruption and Political Accountability in Good and Bad Economic Times
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…
A Global Assessment of Building Codes: Current Status and Evolving Needs to Promote Resilient, Green and Inclusive Buildings
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…
Stimulating Local Economies through Central Transfers: A Natural Experiment from Ecuador
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…
Spain's Reallocation of Global Supply Chains: Preliminary Findings
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…
Socioeconomic Disparities in Latin America among Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples
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…
Disaster and Climate Change Risk Assessment Methodology
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…
Public Pensions and the Strategic Timing of Formal Employment
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…
Harnessing the Bioeconomy-Climate Nexus for Sustainable Development
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…
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): 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…
Digital Payments Adoption by Consumers and Firms: Implications for Financial Inclusion
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…
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;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…
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…