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Date issued: Jul 2026
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Lugo Ibarra, Mariana;Jaramillo Vasconez, Oscar Eduardo

The IDB's Better Jobs Index 2026 tracks labor market quantity (participation and employment rates) and quality (formality and living-wage adequacy) across 18 Latin American and Caribbean…

Date issued: Jul 2026
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Lugo Ibarra, Mariana;Jaramillo Vasconez, Oscar Eduardo

O Índice de Melhores Empregos do BID 2026 analisa a quantidade (taxas de participação e emprego) e a qualidade (formalidade e suficiência salarial para alcançar um salário digno) do mercado de…

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): González-Velosa, Carolina;Kaplan, David S.;Minaya, Auri Melissa;Silva Porto, María Teresa

Making labor markets work, for both productivity and worker welfare, is among the most important and most neglected levers available to Latin America and the Caribbean. The region's labor market…

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): González-Velosa, Carolina;Kaplan, David S.;Minaya, Auri Melissa;Silva Porto, María Teresa

Hacer que los mercados laborales funcionen, tanto para la productividad como para el bienestar de los trabajadores, es de las palancas más importantes y más desatendidas de las que dispone América…

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Armijos, Jean Pol;Riveros, Jorge Luis;Torregroza Vargas, Nathaly Milena

Motorcyclists represent the primary challenge for road safety in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where fatalities among this group have increased by 98% between 2010 and 2024, despite an…

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Armijos, Jean Pol;Riveros, Jorge Luis;Torregroza Vargas, Nathaly Milena

Los motociclistas representan el principal desafío para la seguridad vial en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), donde las muertes de este grupo han aumentado un 98% entre 2010 y 2024, a pesar de una…

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Tovar Jalles, João;Andrian, Leandro Gaston

This paper examines the relationship between fiscal- and monetary-policy shocks and private-sector outcomes, with a focus on private investment, private credit, and firm creation, by using an annual…

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schling, Maja;Salazar, Lina;Perez Massard, Renee Gabriela;Barbosa, Daniel;Chang Huaita, Rodrigo Ysaac;Lee, Dasun

This study reviews a decade of rigorously evaluated IDB-supported agricultural interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The evidence base encompasses five major intervention categories:…

Date issued: Jul 2026
Author(s): Mercadante, Jared Phillip;Zhang, Hongrui;World Bank;Inter-American Development Bank

This publication, developed jointly by the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank, evaluates Belize's disaster risk finance framework and provides a roadmap to strengthen its…

Date issued: Jul 2026
Author(s): Suasnábar, Juan;Vinacur, Tamara;Alegre, Silvina Cecilia

Esta publicación analiza la asistencia escolar como eje clave para proteger las trayectorias educativas y prevenir el abandono. Con base en evidencia nacional y regional, muestra que el ausentismo es…