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Latin America and the Caribbean Standardized Public Debt Database: Data as of June 2023
Latin America and the Caribbean Standardized Public Debt Database: Data as of June 2023

Date issued: Jan 2024
Author(s): Latin American and Caribbean Public Debt Management Specialists Group

This database compiles current standardized statistics on sovereign debt issuances for the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region and contains biannual data starting in 2006 through June 2023.…
Connecting the Dots: The Role of Internationally Mobile Scientists in Linking Nonmobile with Foreign Scientists
Connecting the Dots: The Role of Internationally Mobile Scientists in Linking Nonmobile with Foreign Scientists

Date issued: Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ito, Rodrigo;Chavarro, Diego;Ciarli, Tommaso;Cowan, Robin;Visentin, Fabiana

Studying and working abroad, internationally mobile scientists meet foreign scientists and become carriers of knowledge. The benefits of international scientific mobility might extend to nonmobile…
Disability Employment Quotas: Effects of Laws and Nudges
Disability Employment Quotas: Effects of Laws and Nudges

Date issued: Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Duryea, Suzanne;Martínez, Claudia;Smith, Raimundo

We study the effects of a new 1% employment quota enacted in Chile in 2018 using anonymized administrative data on monthly employer-employee linkages and disability certification records. Our firm-…
When Does Automation in Government Thrive or Flounder?
When Does Automation in Government Thrive or Flounder?

Date issued: Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Estevez, Elsa;Janowski, Tomasz;Roseth, Benjamin

Government organizations worldwide are harvesting the transformative potential of digital technologies to automate interactions with citizens, businesses, and each other. Automation can bring…
Belize: Making an Impact to Improve Lives Selected Results in IDB Group-supported Projects on Climate Change and Education
Belize: Making an Impact to Improve Lives Selected Results in IDB Group-supported Projects on Climate Change and Education

Date issued: Jan 2024
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;IDB Lab;IDB Invest

Two of the development challenges that Belize has recently worked on, with support from the IDB Group, are vulnerability to climate change and educational quality. The measures implemented on both…
Water Affordability Measures Under Multiple and Non-Exclusive Sources in Latin America and the Caribbean
Water Affordability Measures Under Multiple and Non-Exclusive Sources in Latin America and the Caribbean

Date issued: Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Martinez-Espiñeira, Roberto;Pérez Urdiales, María

Standard water affordability measures that only account for expenditure on piped water are unlikely to adequately capture the situation of all consumers in developing countries, who often experience…
Water Footprint Estimation in Latin America
Water Footprint Estimation in Latin America

Date issued: Jan 2024
Author(s): Ferrazzo, Giovanna;Libra, Jesse Madden;Pérez Urdiales, María

The technical note "Water Footprint Estimation in Latin America" analyzes the water footprint of Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica. The document describes the harmonization of databases and…
Estimativa da pegada hídrica na América Latina
Estimativa da pegada hídrica na América Latina

Date issued: Jan 2024
Author(s): Ferrazzo, Giovanna;Libra, Jesse Madden;Pérez Urdiales, María

A nota técnica "Estimativa da Pegada Hídrica na América Latina" analisa a pegada hídrica do Brasil, Colômbia e Costa Rica. O documento descreve a harmonização de bases de dados e destaca…
The Promises of Digital Bank Accounts for Low-income Individuals
The Promises of Digital Bank Accounts for Low-income Individuals

Date issued: Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Hernández Romero, Karla;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.;Hoffmann, Bridget;Pecha, Camilo

The push for adopting digital modes of payment rests on three promises: increased efficiency of transactions, increased financial inclusion, and improvements in the financial well-being of low-income…
Dependencia fiscal de los recursos naturales a nivel subnacional en la Región Andina: desafíos y reformas
Dependencia fiscal de los recursos naturales a nivel subnacional en la Región Andina: desafíos y reformas

Date issued: Jan 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Andrian, Leandro Gaston;Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo;Jiménez, Juan Pablo;Martínez-Vázquez, Jorge;Muñoz Miranda, Andrés

Uno de los mayores desafíos que enfrenta la humanidad es hacer que el planeta sea habitable para las próximas generaciones. Para ello, se requiere el rápido paso hacia economías descarbonizadas y que…