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Date issued: May 2026
Author(s): Watson, Gregory;Prats Cabrera, Joan Oriol;Nill, Anna Catarine;Arriaga Cinta, Frida Beatriz;Llaguno, Duval

The present Guidance synthesizes strategic, technical, and operational lessons to support governments in the region that are exploring or implementing Debt-for-Nature Conversions (DFNC). The document…

Date issued: May 2026
Author(s): Watson, Gregory;Prats Cabrera, Joan Oriol;Nill, Anna Catarine;Arriaga Cinta, Frida Beatriz;Llaguno, Duval

La presente Guía sintetiza las lecciones estratégicas, técnicas y operativas con el fin de apoyar a los gobiernos de la región que están explorando o implementando Conversiones de Deuda por…

Date issued: May 2026
Author(s): Doane, Daniel;Afoon Jones, Dominique Marie;Nelson, Jennifer;Kanjee, Ameera

ONE Caribbean Connect convened government leaders, technical experts from seven Caribbean countries, and regional partners including PAHO/WHO and IDB to advance regional collaboration on digital…

Date issued: Apr 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Levy Yeyati, Eduardo

We study how the speed of Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption affects labor market outcomes during technological transitions. In a dynamic model where displaced routine workers enter a retraining…

Date issued: Apr 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lagarda, Guillermo;Verastegui Lira, Paulina

Does Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey-listing disrupt cross-border financial flows? The answer is not obvious. Grey-listing imposes no formal transaction restrictions, yet it can trigger…

Date issued: Apr 2026
Author(s): Eyzaguirre Ducci, Raimundo;Freire, Carolina;Held Labbe, Pedro Samuel;Hojman, Andrés;Martinez, Sebastian

Este documento presenta los hallazgos de una evaluación de un programa público de educación inicial basada en centros (Early Childhood Education ECE) en Panamá. Utilizando la asignación aleatoria de…

Date issued: Apr 2026
Author(s): Beltran, Alejandro;Martínez-Vázquez, Jorge;Muñoz Miranda, Andrés;Slack, Enid

Despite the equity and efficiency advantages of property taxes, revenues from this source are low for most local governments in Latin America and around the world. Weak cadastral management is a well…

Date issued: Apr 2026
Author(s): Alessandro, Martín;Reyes Bernal, Leonardo Javier;García Mejía, Mauricio;Brankevich, Paula

This report presents a first systematic approach to a strategic yet scarcely explored topic: the political economy of the management of non-financial public assets, such as land, buildings, and…

Date issued: Apr 2026
Author(s): Alessandro, Martín;Reyes Bernal, Leonardo Javier;García Mejía, Mauricio;Brankevich, Paula

Este informe presenta una primera aproximación sistemática a un tema estratégico, aunque escasamente explorado: la economía política de la gestión de activos públicos no financieros, como tierras,…

Date issued: Apr 2026
Author(s): Alessandro, Martín;Reyes Bernal, Leonardo Javier;García Mejía, Mauricio;Brankevich, Paula

Este relatório apresenta uma primeira aproximação sistemática a um tema estratégico, embora ainda pouco explorado: a economia política da gestão de ativos públicos não financeiros, como terras,…