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Date issued:
Apr 2023
A través de sus préstamos, los Bancos Multilaterales de Desarrollo (BMDs) son movilizadores clave de recursos. Los préstamos de los BMDs a un sector en un país aumentan significativamente los flujos…
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Apr 2023
Weaknesses in public procurement in Latin America are responsible for a large share of waste and inefficiency in government spending. This document presents a tool developed by the IDB that…
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Apr 2023
Las debilidades en la compra pública en América Latina son responsables de gran parte del malgasto e ineficiencia en el gasto público. Esta publicación presenta una herramienta desarrollada por el…
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Apr 2023
As deficincias das compras públicas na América Latina so responsáveis por grande parte do desperdício e da ineficincia nos gastos governamentais. Este documento apresenta uma ferramenta desenvolvida…
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Apr 2023
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La región andina se enfrenta a múltiples desafíos productivos, como la dependencia de materias primas, el cambio climático y la descarbonización, así como una baja productividad. En este contexto, la…
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Apr 2023
In 2022, the IDB made significant strides in building and consolidating partnerships with a diverse group of stakeholders, aligning objectives and actions under a broad vision of helping Latin…
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Apr 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic brought school systems to a halt across the globe. In Belize, remote learning was challenging owing to limited access to educational technologies and lack of familiarity with…
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Apr 2023
This case study aims to examine how Barbadian and Trinbagonian teachers experienced socio-emotional skill learning through a digital badge-driven learning process and what were teachers perceptions…
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Mar 2023
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The first Decade of Action for Road Safety has ended, but not without demonstrating the importance that systemic work on road safety offers towards protecting life. At the same time, it is clear that…
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Mar 2023
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El primer plan del decenio ha terminado, no sin antes demostrar la importancia que revierte para el mundo el trabajo sistémico en seguridad vial en cuanto a la protección de la vida. Asimismo, se ha…
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Mar 2023
A través de entrevistas en profundidad, grupos focales y talleres de validación con referentes del sector público y privado, este estudio tiene por objetivo indagar en las principales causas de la…
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Mar 2023
Using the Brazilian administrative credit registry data with the universe of all consumer loans originated by banks in the country from 2013 to 2019, we document high borrowing interest rates, which…
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Mar 2023
The gender earning gap in Latin America poses a significant obstacle to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. In the Dominican Republic, this gap is concentrated in the informal…
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Mar 2023
En República Dominicana se puede apreciar que existe una brecha de ingresos laborales entre hombres y mujeres que se concentra en el sector informal, trabajadores por cuenta propia, y en regiones con…
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Mar 2023
Developing countries are characterized by a high share of informal workers and several types of labor market regulation. We study the effects of the enforcement of this type of regulation on firm…
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Mar 2023
Despite the relative popularity of fiscal rules, they are per se, no panacea for improving fiscal performance. Fiscal rule effectiveness is enhanced when policymakers consider i) the quality of rule…
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Mar 2023
A pesar de la relativa popularidad de las reglas fiscales, éstas no son, per se, una panacea para mejorar el desempeño fiscal. La eficacia de la regla fiscal mejora cuando los responsables de las…
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Mar 2023
Transparency initiatives are well-known tools introduced to foster trust and empower citizens. To explain why some governments introduce them but others do not, in a theoretical model we interpret…
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Mar 2023
En este informe se comparten los resultados del Chequeo digital 2022 en Venezuela, una herramienta diseñada para que las pequeñas y medianas empresas obtengan un diagnóstico sobre su nivel de madurez…
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Mar 2023
Health outcomes can vary significantly across cities within the same country, and within neighborhoods of the same city in Latin America and the Caribbean. This variation is partly explained by…
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Mar 2023
En América Latina y el Caribe, los resultados de salud pueden variar significativamente entre las ciudades de un mismo país y entre los barrios de una misma ciudad. Esta variación se explica en parte…
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Mar 2023
Countries can use carbon taxes to achieve their climate mitigation goals from the Paris Agreement with little economic disruption. Using carbon taxes, the United States could achieve its Paris…
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Mar 2023
Los países pueden utilizar los impuestos sobre el carbono para lograr sus objetivos de mitigación del cambio climático según el Acuerdo de París con escasas perturbaciones económicas. Al aplicar los…
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Mar 2023
El presente documento expone cómo ocurrió el desarrollo del Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro único de Beneficiarios del Estado (SINIRUBE) enfocándose en las decisiones clave, los retos y…
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Mar 2023
Due to an increase in import competition from the early 2000s, Mexico experienced a loss in manufacturing employment of 1.8 percentage points accompanied by a decrease in wages in the short run.…
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Mar 2023
Debido a un aumento de la competencia de las importaciones desde comienzos de la década del 2000, México experimentó una pérdida de empleos en el sector manufacturero de 1,8 puntos porcentuales,…
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Mar 2023
We implemented a large-scale field experiment in 171 public schools in Mexico grouping students based on initial academic performance under two models: tracking (i.e., sorting students by initial…
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Mar 2023
Implementamos un experimento de campo a gran escala en 171 escuelas públicas en México agrupando a los alumnos en aulas según su desempeño académico inicial bajo dos modelos: el tracking (es decir,…
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Mar 2023
The increasing number of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia, which now exceeds 2.9 million, has raised concerns about their potential discrimination and socioeconomic integration. We propose a novel…
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Mar 2023
El documento presenta un estudio enfocado en analizar las consecuencias observables de la pandemia de la COVID 19, en el sector educativo, en América Latina. Para ello se realizó el procesamiento de…
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Mar 2023
Nearly 120 million people reside in urban slums in Latin America and the Caribbean, where precarious housing and socioeconomic circumstances testify to deep inequality. This paper investigates…
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Mar 2023
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Este trabajo presenta una revisión y actualización al análisis de la estructura de las políticas públicas de apoyo al sector agropecuario de Panamá. Se analizan los datos de apoyo al sector para el…
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Mar 2023
This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2022 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of…
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Mar 2023
Este es el segundo de dos volúmenes que constituyen el Informe Anual del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) 2022. El presente volumen contiene la discusión y análisis de la Administración:…
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Mar 2023
The Annual Report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 2022 (loans, guarantees and grants). The second volume contains the full set of the financial statements of the Bank's…
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Mar 2023
Le Rapport annuel contiens une analyse des opérations de la Banque en 2022 (prts, garanties et dons). Le second volume contiens les états financiers complets de la Banque.
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Mar 2023
Relatório Anual contém uma análise das operaçes do Banco em 2022 (empréstimos, garantias e concesses). O segundo volume contém também o conjunto completo de declaraçes financeiras sobre os recursos…
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Mar 2023
This snapshot presents a synthesis of the evaluation work completed by OVE in 2022. The focus is on lessons learned from the findings and recommendations of OVE's evaluations. In 2022 OVE…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
Presenta una síntesis del trabajo de evaluación completado por OVE en 2022. El enfoque se centra en las lecciones aprendidas de los hallazgos y recomendaciones de las evaluaciones de OVE. En 2022,…
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Mar 2023
This study analyzes gender earnings gap in 18 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It finds a significant difference in hourly earnings between men and women in most of the region. It also…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
En el presente documento se analiza la brecha de género en ingresos laborales en 18 países de América Latina y el Caribe. Se observa que existe una brecha de ingresos significativa en el ingreso por…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
No presente documento é analisada a diferença de rendimentos salariais por gênero em 18 países da América Latina e Caribe. Observa-se que existe uma diferença significativa…
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Mar 2023
El documento realiza un análisis exhaustivo de la evolución del comercio electrónico en Paraguay. Explora las barreras iniciales, las condiciones y situaciones que contribuyeron a su crecimiento en…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
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The paper examines the impact of providing market-based reference prices on public procurement efficiency in Brazil. Specifically, the study focuses on the State Secretariat of Health (SES) in Rio…
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Mar 2023
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Uruguay implemented an ambitious financial inclusion program that included a fiscal stimulus through VAT rebates and subsidies for point of sale (POS) adoption. One of its main provisions banned cash…
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Mar 2023
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Latin America and the Caribbean faces a triple social, fiscal and growth challenge that is limiting the development of the region and its population. Poverty and inequality levels have worsened,…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
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América Latina y el Caribe se enfrenta a un triple desafío social, fiscal y de crecimiento que está limitando el desarrollo de la región y su población. Los niveles de pobreza y desigualdad…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
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A América Latina e o Caribe enfrentam um tríplice desafio social, fiscal e de crescimento que está limitando o desenvolvimento da região e de sua população. Os níveis de pobreza e desigualdade…
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Mar 2023
Although the artistic, cultural and creative sector has played an active role in making gender gaps visible, the availability of data and analysis on how they materialize specifically in the Latin…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
En los últimos años, la igualdad de género ha adquirido creciente importancia en las discusiones sobre formulación de políticas públicas para lograr un mayor equilibrio y el desarrollo de sociedades…