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Mar 2025
In the labor market, there are issues that need to be addressed and resolved, such as lack of skills or low productivity, barriers to employment, low wages, mismatch between job vacancies and job…
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Mar 2025
En el mercado laboral existen problemas que necesitan ser abordados y resueltos, como la falta de habilidades o baja productividad, barreras para acceder a un empleo, remuneraciones bajas,…
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Mar 2025
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), 51% of working-age adults live in working poverty and are affected by widespread informality and low productivity. Active labor market policies are essential…
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Mar 2025
En América Latina y el Caribe, el 51 por ciento de las personas en edad de trabajar viven en condiciones de pobreza laboral y enfrentan la informalidad y la baja productividad. Las políticas activas…
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Mar 2025
This report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of how Generative AI works and will provide an update to the information presented on the September 2023 IDB Report. Further sections will delve…
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Mar 2025
Este informe tiene como objetivo ofrecer una visión completa de cómo funciona la IA Generativa y actualizar la información presentada en el Informe del BID de septiembre de 2023. Las siguientes…
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Mar 2025
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International trade increases aggregate welfare but also creates winners and losers, which makes free trade a contentious political issue. Recent research has established that individuals are more…
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Mar 2025
Women and girls use water for domestic activities and home-caring for vulnerable family members, as well as taking care of small cattle and agricultural production. Given their active use of water,…
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Mar 2025
This guide describes how to conduct a Health Impact Assessment (HIA), its process for identifying environmental and social risks and impacts, as well as the optimal way to systematically identify,…
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Mar 2025
Esta guía describe cómo hacer una Evaluación de Impacto en la Salud (HIA, por sus siglas en inglés), su proceso de identificación de riesgos e impactos ambientales y sociales, así como la forma…
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Mar 2025
Este guia descreve como conduzir uma Avaliação de Impacto na Saúde (AIS), seu processo de identificação de riscos e impactos ambientais e sociais, bem como a maneira ideal de identificar, avaliar e…
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Mar 2025
Countries often undertake structural reforms to boost productivity, reduce inequality, and improve public sector efficiency, yet there is limited data on the reform process to evaluate these efforts…
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Mar 2025
This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2024 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of…
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Mar 2025
Este es el segundo de dos volúmenes que constituyen el Informe Anual del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) 2024. El presente volumen contiene la discusión y análisis de la Administración:…
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Mar 2025
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This paper uses seven standard market power indicators (price-cost margin, and six drawn upon the production approach) to estimate the effect market power on the rate of change of total factor…
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Mar 2025
La trata de personas es un delito y una grave violación de los derechos humanos que afecta a millones de niños, niñas, mujeres y hombres en todo el mundo. Este fenómeno, complejo y multicausal,…
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Mar 2025
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of technology on the legal sector, with a focus on emerging solutions. It delves into the origins of legaltech, examines current trends,…
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Mar 2025
La tecnología legal (o legaltech) ha modernizado la prestación de servicios legales. Los nuevos avances en tecnologías como la inteligencia artificial (IA), el aprendizaje automático (ML), la IA…
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Mar 2025
It provides a comprehensive overview of how these innovations are being employed to enhance efficiency and sustainability in agricultural practices, covering topics such as regenerative agriculture,…
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Mar 2025
Este reporte tiene como objetivo describir la aplicación de tecnologías emergentes en el sector agrícola de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), con enfoque en aquellas de bajo riesgo que se adapten al…
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Mar 2025
We study inequality in monitoring and exposure to particulate matter air pollution in four metropolitan areas of Latin America, Bogota, Colombia, Mexico City, Mexico, Gran Santiago, Chile, and Sao…
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Mar 2025
Este estudio ofrece a los responsables de políticas un conjunto de herramientas sobre las mejores prácticas y medidas para facilitar la participación de las microempresas y las pequeñas y medianas…
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Mar 2025
This study provides policymakers with a toolkit of best practices and measures to facilitate the participation of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in international trade. To this end…
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Mar 2025
Haiti is a fragile country, with an economy that is largely informal and historically dependent on agriculture. With the majority of the population under 24 years old, an illiteracy rate of around 40…
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Mar 2025
Haïti fait face à des défis économiques et sociaux majeurs, notamment une économie largement informelle, un chômage des jeunes élevé (37 %) et un faible taux d'alphabétisation (40 %). Malgré ces…
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Mar 2025
The medical device sector is a critical driver of Costa Rica's economic development, accounting for 37 percent of total exports as of 2022. This paper analyzes the main enablers and bottlenecks…
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Mar 2025
In 2024, MICI managed 31 complaints from 11 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean related to projects financed by the IDB, IDB Invest and IDB Lab. MICI-facilitated dispute resolution led to…
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Mar 2025
En 2024, el MICI gestionó 31 reclamos de 11 países de América Latina y el Caribe relacionados con proyectos financiados por el BID, BID Invest y BID Lab. La resolución de disputas facilitada por el…
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Mar 2025
Em 2024, o MICI gerenciou 31 reclamações de 11 países da América Latina e do Caribe relacionadas a projetos financiados pelo BID, BID Invest e BID Lab. A resolução de disputas facilitada pelo MICI…
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Mar 2025
En 2024, le MICI a traité 31 plaintes émanant de 11 pays d'Amérique latine et des Caraïbes et liées à des projets financés par la BID, BID Invest et BID Lab. Le règlement des différends facilité…
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Mar 2025
O avanço da digitalização dos serviços públicos no Brasil torna necessário aprofundar o conhecimento sobre como diferentes grupos populacionais interagem com esses serviços. Em um país com grandes…
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Mar 2025
Violence against women (VAW) is a persistent and deeply rooted issue that requires urgent policy action. Despite increasing global attention, significant knowledge gaps remain regarding effective…
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Mar 2025
La violencia contra las mujeres (VCM) es un problema persistente y profundamente arraigado que exige una respuesta urgente en materia de políticas públicas. A pesar de la creciente atención global,…
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Mar 2025
La trata de personas es un delito y una grave violación de los derechos humanos que afecta a millones de niños, niñas, mujeres y hombres en todo el mundo. Este fenómeno, complejo y multicausal,…
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Mar 2025
La trata de personas es un delito y una grave violación de los derechos humanos que afecta a millones de niños, niñas, mujeres y hombres en todo el mundo. Este fenómeno complejo y multicausal explota…
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Mar 2025
The 2024 third quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…
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Mar 2025
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Widening income disparities, higher corruption and larger informality in many emerging market and developing economies (EMDE) including Latin America, all with pressing and mounting fiscal problems,…
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Mar 2025
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We study how poorly-behaved children affect learning and other outcomes of their peers using data from a unique experiment in Ecuador. Within each school, students were randomly assigned to…
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Mar 2025
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Este estudio presenta una actualización y revisión del análisis de políticas públicas de apoyo al sector agropecuario de El Salvador en 2018-2022. Se emplea la metodología de Estimado de Apoyo al…
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Mar 2025
Care is essential work and a fundamental pillar for economic growth and well-being. Everyone will require care at some point in their life. Care includes healthcare, household care, care for…
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Mar 2025
El cuidado es una labor esencial y un pilar fundamental para el bienestar y el crecimiento económico. A lo largo de la vida, todas las personas lo requieren. Esto incluye atención médica, trabajo…
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Mar 2025
El propósito de este documento es recopilar historias de éxito en actividades de restauración forestal en bosques públicos, en el marco del Proyecto Manejo Sostenible de Bosques, desarrollado en la…
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Mar 2025
Este documento analiza las inversiones necesarias para que el sistema eléctrico peruano alcance la carbono neutralidad a 2050, a través del contraste de planes de expansión óptimos de generación y…
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Mar 2025
Infrastructure services - transport, energy, water and sanitation, and digital infrastructure - are central to the fight against global poverty. Yet, their ability to improve lives hinges on…
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Mar 2025
The future development of the countries of the Southern Cone - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay - depends largely on the interventions made today to improve the prospects of young…
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Mar 2025
The availability of beneficial ownership information on legal persons and arrangements (legal entities) is a key requirement of tax transparency and a key instrument in the fight against tax evasion…
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Mar 2025
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Generative AI enabled
In this paper, we analyze the competition in the Colombian banking sector using bank-level monthly balance sheet information. We estimate the changes in measures of market power due to the exogenous…
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Mar 2025
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Climate change presents both a critical threat and a unique opportunity for progress in Latin America and the Caribbean. This book delves into this dual reality, showing that climate action is…
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Mar 2025
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El cambio climático representa a la vez una amenaza decisiva y una oportunidad única para el progreso en América Latina y el Caribe. Este libro aborda esta realidad dual, y muestra que la acción…
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Mar 2025
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As mudanças climáticas representam tanto uma ameaça crítica quanto uma oportunidade única de progresso na América Latina e no Caribe. Este livro se aprofunda nessa dupla realidade, mostrando que a…