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Date issued: May 2024
Author(s): Martínez Álvarez, Juan;Ortega Andrade, Adrián;Corbella, Montserrat

Subnational development banks (SDBs) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) provide financing to regional and local governments, subnational entities, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), but…

Date issued: May 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Cepeda, Ana;Panizza, Ugo

This paper studies the interplay between environmental performance and financial valuation of firms in Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide insights into how environmental considerations are…

Date issued: May 2024
Author(s): Monterrey, Javier Ramiro

El turismo es uno de los principales sectores con gran potencial de crecimiento en las economías andinas. Frente al desafío de llevar a cabo un proceso de transformación productiva, varios países de…

Date issued: May 2024
Author(s): Baptista, Belén;Bianchi, Carlos

La División de Competitividad, Tecnología e Innovación del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo investiga la respuesta de varios países del mundo a la crisis causada por la pandemia de COVID-19 desde…

Date issued: May 2024
Author(s): Bancalari, Antonella;Bernal, Pedro;García, María Fernanda;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Sánchez-Monin, Emmanuelle;Zúñiga Brenes, Paola

This paper investigates the effects of releasing remoteness constraints on the accessibility and quality of maternal and infant healthcare. Through a field experiment, we provided complementary…

Date issued: May 2024
Author(s): Bernal, Pedro;Ajzenman, Nicolás;Iriarte, Emma;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Sánchez, María Deni;García, María Fernanda

We investigate the impact of non-invasive anemia screening on treatment adherence in El Salvador. Anemia is a common childhood condition in low-income countries, due mainly to iron-deficiency, which…

Date issued: May 2024
Author(s): Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;Inter American Center of Tax Administrations;Inter-American Development Bank

This report compiles comparable tax revenue statistics over the period 1990-2022 for 27 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. It provides harmonised data on the level and structure of tax…

Date issued: May 2024
Author(s): Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económico;Centro Interamericano de Administraciones Tributarias;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este informe recopila estadísticas comparables de ingresos tributarios durante el periodo 1990-2022 para 27 economías de América Latina y el Caribe. A partir de la base de datos de estadísticas…

Date issued: May 2024
Author(s): Garnero, Paula;Trombetta, Martin;Merino, María Florencia

Desde el Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe (INTAL) del Sector de Integración y Comercio (INT) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) se realizó este estudio que…

Date issued: May 2024
Author(s): Maldonado, Leonardo;Manzano, Osmel

This paper examines inequality in the Andean countries using satellite-recorded nighttime lights and gridded population datasets from 2012 to 2021. We follow a multiple-stage nested Theil index…