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Date issued: Jun 2023
Author(s): Spencer, Nekeisha

The damaging effects of extreme weather on residential real estate are concerning for many countries around the world. Results from combining hurricane and rainfall events with 16 years of data on…

Date issued: Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rossi, José Luiz;Doyle, Morgan

Brazil was already facing a sluggish economic recovery prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2014 and 2016, the country experienced a deep recession marked by substantial drop in economic activity…

Date issued: Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rossi, José Luiz;Doyle, Morgan

Em um mundo pós-pandêmico, políticas que facilitem a transformação digital e o uso equilibrado do abundante capital natural do Brasil serão vitais para alcançar um crescimento inclusivo e sustentável…

Date issued: Jun 2023
Author(s): Jozami, Mora;Mora, Carolina;Aguirre Negrete, Lizeth;Amigo, Huilén;Merino, María Florencia;Jimenez Orjuela, July Empreatriz

Conducted in collaboration with the Foro del Sur Foundation and facilitated by the partnership established between IDB ConnectAmericas and Mujeres ConnectAmericas, this research by IDB INTAL aimed to…

Date issued: Jun 2023
Author(s): Jozami, Mora;Mora, Carolina;Aguirre Negrete, Lizeth;Amigo, Huilén;Merino, María Florencia;Jimenez Orjuela, July Empreatriz

Desde el BID INTAL, junto con la Fundación Foro del Sur y gracias al vínculo que BID ConnectAmericas y Mujeres ConnectAmericas establecieron con mujeres empresarias y líderes de cooperativas, se…

Date issued: Jun 2023
Author(s): Rossi, José Luiz;Sousa, José Eduardo Gonçalves de;Gutiérrez Briceño, Jose Alejandro

This paper develops an alternative approach for estimating the potential output and the output gap, intending to serve as a good balance between a simple low data requiring method and a powerful but…

Date issued: Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Duryea, Suzanne;Ribas, Rafael P.;Sampaio, Breno;Sampaio, Gustavo R.;Trevisan, Giuseppe

This paper investigates the long-term impact on earnings of attending a tuition-free, top-quality university in Brazil. We identify the causal effect through a sharp discontinuity in an admission…

Date issued: Jun 2023
Author(s): Astesiano, Gastón;Lembo, Carolina;Simón Morientes, Cristina;Castillo Martínez, Paula;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor;Leduc, Denis;Araújo, Ana Beatriz;Hurtado, Jaime;Li Ojeda, Jaime

This discussion paper brings together the ideas and insights discussed in preparation for PPP Americas 2023. Three concept notes were developed, and three virtual seminars (PPP Talks) were held to…

Date issued: Jun 2023
Author(s): Cathles, Alison;Henriquez, Pauline;Suaznabar, Claudia

Si bien se ha reconocido que la productividad de la industria de la construcción es de vital importancia para las economías de la región de América Latina y el Caribe, y que el crecimiento de su…

Date issued: Jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dix-Carneiro, Rafael;Kovak, Brian K.

We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on research emerging from the late 2000s onward, with an emphasis on empirical work…