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Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Valencia, Oscar

La deuda ha aumentado en todo el mundo y América Latina y el Caribe no es la excepción. La deuda total ha crecido hasta alcanzar unos US$5,8 billones o el 117% del producto interno bruto (PIB) de la…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Valencia, Oscar

O endividamento aumentou em todo o mundo, e a região da América Latina e Caribe no é exceção. A dívida total subiu para US$ 5,8 trilhes - ou 117% do PIB na região como um todo, chegando a 140% do PIB…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Frisancho, Verónica

This article relies on a large-scale field experiment in Mexico to measure the effects of two ability-grouping models (tracking and heterogeneous/bimodal groups) on student learning outcomes during…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Lopez, David;Weiss, Mariana;Pessanha, José Francisco;Arias, Karla;Gouvea, Livia;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

The present study analyzes the relation between energy transition and the job creation potential in Latin America. It capitalizes on companies' characteristics to infer potential hiring process…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Chauvin, Juan Pablo

This paper explores the effects of weather-induced rural-urban migration on urban labor and housing markets in Brazil. In order to identify causal effects, it uses weather shocks to the rural…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Grazzi, Matteo;Radaelli, Vanderléia;Henriquez, Pauline;Pufal, Nathalia;López, Sandra

La innovación verde es todavía incipiente en América Latina y el Caribe. Este documento presenta el concepto de innovación verde, su potencial y relación con el cambio climático y algunos datos sobre…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Lovera Viloria, Victor Alfonzo;Sinde Cantorna, Sandra

Una de las razones que suele justificar el uso de las políticas de innovación de demanda, en particular la compra pública, son los efectos que puede tener sobre el dinamismo del ecosistema…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Radics, Axel;Vázquez, Francisco;Pérez Benítez, Noel;Ruelas, Ignacio

The Outlook of Fiscal Relations among Levels of Government in Latin America and the Caribbean is a joint publication by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Economic Commission for Latin…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Radics, Axel;Vázquez, Francisco;Pérez Benítez, Noel;Ruelas, Ignacio

Panorama das relações fiscais entre os níveis de governo dos países da América Latina e do Caribe é uma publicação conjunta do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) e da Comisso Econômica das…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Santamaría Hernández, Esteban

El conocimiento que tengan los creativos y creativas sobre la propiedad intelectual es fundamental para poder aprovechar al máximo los beneficios de la economía creativa. Esta guía sobre propiedad…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Blyde, Juan S.;Busso, Matías;Park, Kyunglin;Romero, Dario

By exploiting spatial variation in import exposure arising from initial differences in industry specialization, we analyze how local labor markets in Mexico adjusted to increased Chinese-import…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): González Jaramillo, María José;Hernández, Juan

The governments response to the COVID-19 pandemic left Latin America and the Caribbean economies with increased levels of sovereign debt as a percentage of output, bringing up the question of debt…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Luzes, Marta;Rodríguez Guillén, Lucina

This document is part of a series of studies from the Citizen Perception Laboratory on Migration. It explores the trend of public opinion regarding migration over the last 5 years in Latin America…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Luzes, Marta;Rodríguez Guillén, Lucina

Este documento del Laboratorio de Percepción Ciudadana y Migración explora la tendencia de la opinión pública respecto de la migración en los últimos 5 años en América Latina y el Caribe. El…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Grez, María Teresa;Vogt, Yvonne;Cantu, Valeria

Los bonos verdes han demostrado ser instrumentos de mercado de capitales efectivos para acelerar flujos financieros hacia la agenda de sostenibilidad. Existe una gran oportunidad para las empresas…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Concha, Paulina

El objetivo de esta nota técnica es dar visibilidad a los requisitos, importancia y beneficios que tiene la planeación e inversión en proyectos centrados en la adaptación climática y el aumento de…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Carreño, Úrusla;Llempén, Zoila;Muñoz Miranda, Andrés

Building Information Modelling (BIM) es una innovación revolucionaria que, implementada adecuadamente, promete un importante ahorro en los gastos de infraestructura al facilitar la colaboración…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Carrillo Maldonado, Paul A.;Arias, Karla;Zanoni, Wladimir;Cruz, Zoe;Ruiz, Sebastián

This study seeks to determine whether the Fruta del Norte project affected the main economic and social indicators of the Yantzaza canton, where the large-scale mining project is located. To do so,…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Brakarz, Barbara;Ribeiro, Karisa;Siqueira Moraes, Marcos;Callau, Vanessa;Hideki Ono, Fabio;Gomes Benevenuto, Rodolfo;Camargo Botassio, Diego;Prado Rocha, Ana Flávia;Polacow Herzog, Cecilia;Sanches de Faria, Francisco;Coradini Frantz, Letícia;Ricco Uranga, Paulo Ricardo

Investimentos em infraestrutura têm efeitos significativos na economia, como aumento de produtividade, competitividade e geração de empregos em diversos setores. Decisões sobre investimentos tomadas…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lakdawala, Leah K.;Martínez Heredia, Diana;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.

We study the effects of a Bolivian law that introduced benefits and protections for child workers (who are overwhelmingly informal workers) and lowered the de facto legal working age from 14 to 10.…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Zavala, Dominica;Montero, Gabriel;Masjuan, Felipe;Sosa, Martín;Caldo, Alejandra;Vargas, Ana;Navas, Cristian

Se propone una nueva metodología de estimación de costos operativos para el servicio de transporte de granos oleaginosos y aceites de origen vegetal en Paraguay que contemple, de manera más precisa,…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El presente catálogo muestra los avances y contribuciones al sector de agua y saneamiento en comunidades de América Latina y el Caribe del FECASALC (Fondo Español de Cooperación para Agua y…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Schimer Soares, Raiana;Weiss, Mariana;Lampis, Andrea;Bermann, Celio;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

El acceso a los servicios energéticos es fundamental para la satisfacción de las necesidades básicas de las personas y, por lo tanto, es considerado un importante indicador de desigualdades…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Latin American and Caribbean Public Debt Management Specialists Group

This database compiles up-to-date standardized statistics on sovereign debt issuances for the LAC region and contains biannual data starting in 2006 through to June 2022. Sovereign Debt Data is…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Missbach, Leonard;Steckel, Jan Christoph;Vogt-Schilb, Adrien

One reason carbon prices are difficult to implement is that they might imply high additional costs on poor and vulnerable households. In response, studies often highlight that recycling revenues…