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Feb 2025
América Latina enfrenta un problema de bajo crecimiento de la productividad. Gran parte de las políticas destinadas a mejorar la productividad han apoyado al sector improductivo, principalmente a…
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Feb 2025
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Transparency initiatives are well-known tools to foster trust and empower citizens. To explain why some governments introduce them but others do not, we model these initiatives as a signal that…
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Feb 2025
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In recent years, tax administrations around the globe have leveraged digital transformation to enhance processes and services to improve tax compliance. Massive self-regularization platforms, which…
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Feb 2025
Central America is a highly trade-integrated region. However, there has been little analysis of the effects such integration has had on macroeconomic aggregates. This study explores how spillovers…
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Jan 2025
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HUELLA, an innovative methodology developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), represents a paradigm shift in evaluating development project impacts. By integrating advanced tools such as…
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Jan 2025
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HUELLA, una metodología innovadora desarrollada por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), representa un cambio de paradigma en la evaluación del impacto de los proyectos de desarrollo. Al…
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Jan 2025
Urban migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean generally perform well in destination labor markets. However, female migrants and those displaced by violence or extreme weather events tend to face…
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Jan 2025
Los migrantes urbanos en América Latina y el Caribe generalmente tienen buenos resultados en los mercados laborales de destino. Sin embargo, las migrantes mujeres y las personas desplazadas por la…
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Jan 2025
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In Colombia, women represent 65% of the teacher workforce but only 34% of school principals, reflecting a significant gender gap in leadership. This study examines two centralized principal selection…
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Jan 2025
Extended Country Program Evaluations (XCPEs) evaluate the relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability of the IDB Groups support in a country. The IDB Group Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE)…
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Jan 2025
Las Evaluaciones Extendidas de País (XCPE) evalúan la relevancia, efectividad y sostenibilidad del apoyo del Grupo del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (Grupo BID) en un país. La Oficina de…
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Jan 2025
Este documento examina los desafíos y las oportunidades significativas para el sector agrícola en América Latina y el Caribe (LAC). Destaca el papel central del sector para abordar tres prioridades…
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Jan 2025
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Recent improvements in security, reduced migration, and stronger economic indicators, such as growth and investment, have created favorable conditions for El Salvador's development. With a young…
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Jan 2025
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América en el Centro es un programa de desarrollo regional para la región de Centroamérica, Panamá y Republica Dominicana que aborda desafíos compartidos. El presente informe contribuye a dar a…
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Jan 2025
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América en el Centro is a regional development program for the region comprising Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, a program that addresses common challenges among these countries…
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Jan 2025
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This paper examines the effects of the introduction of mobile number portability (MNP) using data from Uruguay. MNP allows customers to switch mobile providers while retaining their phone number,…
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Jan 2025
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This paper calculates the exchange rate pass through (ERPT) with time constant and time varying coefficients for Colombia between 2006 and 2023. It then estimates the ERPT during four specific…
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Jan 2025
Los estados del mundo han sido llamados a impulsar una agenda climática que desarrolle economías bajas en carbono y fortalezca la resiliencia ante los daños generados por eventos climáticos. La…
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Jan 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to become a transformative general-purpose technology, reshaping economic, social, and institutional frameworks globally. The Inter-American Development…
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Jan 2025
The Latin American and Caribbean region offers a rich history of innovative policies and investments in urban mobility. We review some of these experiences with the aim of extracting lessons that can…
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Jan 2025
El proyecto piloto en la cuenca del Río Bueno, liderado por el Ministerio de Hacienda en su rol de Secretaría Técnica del Comité de Capital Natural de Chile, con el apoyo del Banco Interamericano de…
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Jan 2025
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Este trabajo analiza la trayectoria transformadora de la Agencia Digital de Innovación Pública (ADIP) de la Ciudad de México, resaltando su enfoque innovador para integrar la tecnología en la…
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Jan 2025
El sector de los cuidados de larga duración es una parte importante de la economía plateada. En este sector, frente al rápido envejecimiento de la población, se generan importantes oportunidades de…
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Jan 2025
The long-term care sector is an important part of the silver economy. In this sector, given the rapid aging of the population, significant business opportunities are generated. Likewise, there are…
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Jan 2025
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Teacher turnover is a major challenge for human resource management in schools, adversely affecting student learning. We examine the impact of a monetary incentive program introduced in 2022 in the…
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Jan 2025
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Este estudo examina o impacto de um programa de incentivo monetário introduzido em 2022 na cidade de São Paulo, cujo objetivo é reduzir a rotatividade de professores por meio da alocação de…
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Jan 2025
This report provides estimates of Latin America and the Caribbeans international trade flows for 2024. It was prepared by the Productivity, Trade, and Innovation Sector (PTI) at the Inter-American…
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Jan 2025
Esta nota presenta las estimaciones de los flujos comerciales internacionales de América Latina para el año 2024. Las cifras fueron elaboradas por el Sector de Productividad, Comercio e Innovación (…
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Jan 2025
Este estudio analiza cómo las instituciones financieras de inclusión en América Latina y el Caribe están adoptando tecnologías digitales para mejorar su eficiencia y ampliar su impacto. Explora la…
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Jan 2025
Emigration in Mexico predominantly involves young men, with millions of individuals crossing borders, while female labor force participation (FLFP) remains significantly below international levels.…
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Jan 2025
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Every year, 245 million women are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). Climate change is hypothesized to exacerbate this figure through its disruptive impact on household livelihoods, among…
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Jan 2025
This paper investigates the effects of competition laws and regulations on manufacturing firms productivity in Latin American countries (LACs), addressing a gap in existing research. Leveraging firm-…
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Jan 2025
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Using a large, nationally representative survey of US consumers, we estimate a causal 20 percent pass-through from inflation expectations to income growth expectations for the average consumer, with…
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Jan 2025
Hospitals are a critical component of health systems. This technical note proposes a policy-oriented framework for measuring hospital performance and provides a short list of indicators related to…
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Jan 2025
Los hospitales son un componente crítico de los sistemas de salud. Esta nota técnica propone un marco orientado a las políticas para medir el desempeño de los hospitales y presenta una lista corta de…
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Jan 2025
When searching for employment, workers consider non-wage job characteristics, such as effort requirements or amenities. We study an environment where unemployed workers search for jobs of different…
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Jan 2025
This paper examines the transition from exclusive card network-acquirer relationships to a multi-acquiring model. Using the case of Uruguay's adoption of multi-acquiring in 2022, as part of a…
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Jan 2025
Los bootcamps de programación son programas intensivos y de corta duración diseñados para desarrollar competencias digitales avanzadas. Esta publicación presenta los resultados de un análisis…
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Jan 2025
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Este documento presenta los resultados de evaluar el impacto de un programa de promoción de actitudes de género equitativas (Programa HM), aplicado a 326 estudiantes de secundaria de las áreas de…
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Jan 2025
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This paper aims to assess the extent to which cash transfers, direct taxes, and social contributions help to reduce gender income inequalities in seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia,…
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Jan 2025
This study examines the regulatory landscape and competitive dynamics in the telecommunications industry of five key Latin American countries: Colombia, Peru, Mexico, Brazil, and Chile. Focusing on…
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Jan 2025
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This paper provides novel insights into labor market dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent recovery period in Uruguay. Using social security administrative records, we focus on the…
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Dec 2024
O abandono escolar no Ensino Médio é um problema comum nas diversas redes estaduais do Brasil que impacta consideravelmente a aprendizagem dos alunos e pode levar a situações de evasão escolar. Com a…
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Dec 2024
The persistent productivity gap between Latin America and the Caribbean and high-income countries is partially attributed to low levels of innovation and limited adoption of technologies, such as…
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Dec 2024
The Sustainable Debt Framework supports the issuance of green, social, and sustainability bonds, aiming to finance projects that generate positive environmental and social impact Latin America and…
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Dec 2024
Este reporte de avance muestra los hallazgos identificados durante el proceso de investigación en campo, trabajo de gabinete y entrevistas con actores relevantes dentro de la cadena de valor del…
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Dec 2024
Esta publicación aborda la inclusión educativa en Argentina dentro del contexto de América Latina y el Caribe, destacando patrones preocupantes en la región. Datos censales de ocho países reflejan…
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Dec 2024
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This book explains why in the effective tax burden is generally low in many Caribbean countries despite their high statutory tax rates. The narrow tax bases are due to a complex system of tax…
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Dec 2024
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Este Manual constituye un auténtico compendio de fiscalidad internacional, aportando un valioso material de primera mano para la aplicación de la red global de convenios de doble imposición, desde…
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Dec 2024
This report examines the intricate landscape of industrial energy use and emissions in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region and explores potential avenues for decarbonization across key…