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Date issued: Dec 2021
Author(s): Scholl, Lynn;Oviedo, Daniel;Sabogal-Cardona, Orlando

Este artículo busca arrojar luz sobre la dimensión de seguridad personal de las aplicaciones de movilidad desde una perspectiva de género. Se explora cómo las funciones que ofrecen los servicios de…

Date issued: Dec 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gachot, Sebastien;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Rondinone, Gonzalo

The agricultural sector plays a crucial role in Jamaicas economic development by contributing to employment (15.93% of the active population in 2019; higher than the regional average) and exports (18…

Date issued: Dec 2021
Author(s): Saporito, Nunzia Francesca ;Moreira, Julia de Furquim Werkner ;Penna, Caetano C. R.;Radaelli, Vanderléia

Innovation is crucial for development. A set of institutional capacities and coordinated actions between the public and private sectors are required to drive large mission-oriented innovation…

Date issued: Dec 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Martínez, Lina María;Sayago, Juan Tomás

This paper studies the effect of two place-based policies implemented in Cali, Colombia on social capital and trust. We use the CaliBRANDO survey to account for institutional and interpersonal trust…

Date issued: Dec 2021
Author(s): Navas-Alemán, Lizbeth;Bazan, Luiza

Mining companies have mirrored other large multinational companies in setting up global value chains (GVCs), sourcing their inputs and services from an ever-larger number of highly capable suppliers…

Date issued: Dec 2021
Author(s): Navas-Alemán, Lizbeth;Bazan, Luiza

A exemplo de outras grandes empresas multinacionais, as mineradoras estruturam cadeias globais de valor (CGVs) adquirindo insumos e serviços de uma quantidade cada vez maior de fornecedores altamente…

Date issued: Dec 2021
Author(s): Bailey, Jed;Carvajal, Paola;García Fernández, Javier;Gischler, Christiaan;Henriquez, Carlos;Minoja, Livia

The Caribbean islands are among the 25 most-vulnerable nations in terms of disasters per-capita or land area, and climate change is only expected to intensify these vulnerabilities. The loss caused…

Date issued: Dec 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Araujo, María Caridad;Macours, Karen

In 1997, the Mexican government designed the conditional cash transfer program Progresa, which became the worldwide model of a new approach to social programs, simultaneously targeting human capital…

Date issued: Dec 2021
Author(s): Gómez-Lobo, Andrés;Gutiérrez, Mauro;Huamaní, Sandro;Serebrisky, Tomás;Solís, Ben

Alrededor del 92% de la población en Lima Metropolitana y el Callao (Perú) se encontraba conectada, en 2015, a la red de Sedapal, empresa pública a cargo de la prestación de los servicios de agua y…

Date issued: Dec 2021
Author(s): González-Velosa, Carolina

Colombia sobresale a nivel internacional por sus grandes dificultades para generar empleos de calidad. Mitigar los riesgos asociados a la pérdida de empleo, a los que tantos ciudadanos están…