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Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Lupica, Carina;Mertehikian, Yasmin Amira;Caravedo, Sofía;Silvera, Christian

Este documento examina os desafios associados à coleta de dados em populações ocultas ou de difícil acesso, caracterizadas por sua limitada visibilidade estatística devido a barreiras estruturais,…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Aguirre, Josefa;Gallego, Francisco;Jordán, Felipe;Leiva, Benjamín;Ramírez, Denisse;Bernal Lopez, Juanita

Environmental disruptions are intensifying social inequalities, disproportionately affecting women, Indigenous Peoples, and Afro-descendant communities. This systematic review synthesizes causal…

Date issued: Aug 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vera-Cossio, Diego A.;Garbay Flores, Sergio Andres

We study the eects of sectoral lending quotas in Bolivia, which required lenders to allocate a minimum share of their portfolios to priority sectors. Exploiting the timing of the reform and variation…

Date issued: Jul 2026
Author(s): Pastor Justo, Jordi J;Inchauste Daza, Adriana

La crisis hídrica que afectó a las ciudades de La Paz y El Alto entre 2016 y 2017, impulsó a la Empresa Pública Social de Agua y Saneamiento (EPSAS) a transformar su enfoque de gestión de sequías,…

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mejía-Tejada, Daniela;Muñoz-Mora, Juan Carlos;Rodríguez Arbeláez, Daniel Alberto;Valbuena, Nicolás;González, Karen;Lopez, Stefany;Salazar, Lina;Rondinone, Gonzalo;Parra-Pena Somoza, Rafael Isidro;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

Agricultural price stabilization policies are widely used to protect farmers from market volatility, yet their long-term consequences for production incentives and market efficiency remain poorly…

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cabrera Hernandez, Francisco Javier;López, Arnoldo;Ventosa-Santaulària, Daniel

We estimate the effect of a rise in female employment on municipal-level value added in Mexico. We combine economic census data with administrative records on the expansion of the Full-Time Schools…

Date issued: Jul 2026
Author(s): Mercer-Blackman, Valerie;Mooney, Henry;Graham, Monique;Saboin, José Luis;Mazzocca, Angelo;Hernaiz, Daniel;Ortiz de Mendívil, Cloe;Mitchell, Travis Klaus;Hussain, Lisa;Gauto, Victor;Ivey, Wendel Garfield;Castilleja Vargas, Liliana;Suliman, Naiema;Okey, Onoh-Obasi;Satnarine-Singh, Nirvana

How are Caribbean economies navigating a world of higher borrowing costs, volatile energy prices, climate risks, and rising development needs? This issue of the Caribbean Economics Quarterly examines…

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alexeeva, Victoria;Zhang, Hongrui;Banco Mundial;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Esta publicación, elaborada por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y el Banco Mundial, analiza el marco de financiamiento del riesgo de desastres en la República Dominicana y propone una hoja de…

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Martinez, Sebastian;Mecerreyes, Cristina;Sanchez-Decotto, Manuela;Vidal, Cecilia

Low levels of household sewerage connectivity constitute a pervasive challenge in low-income, peri-urban settings, limiting the potential benefits of sanitation systems. The situation calls for…

Date issued: Jul 2026
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Lugo Ibarra, Mariana;Jaramillo Vasconez, Oscar Eduardo

El Índice de Mejores Empleos del BID 2026 analiza la cantidad (tasas de participación y empleo) y la calidad (formalidad y suficiencia salarial para alcanzar un salario digno) del mercado laboral en…