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dc.titleNudging Latin America and the Caribbean: A Decade of Improving Public Policies through Behavioral Economics
dc.contributor.authorInter American Development Bank
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageLatin America and the Caribbean
dc.date.available2022-08-26T00:08:00
dc.date.issue2022-08-26T00:08:00
dc.description.abstractFor a decade, the Inter-American Development Bank has worked with local and national governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to further knowledge on individual and collective decision-making. The interventions described in this document span more than 14 countries in the region, and they are tangible examples of the IDBs work in six distinct areas. These areas include tax compliance, gender equality, public administration, health, and the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises. Moreover, the document includes the lessons obtained from interventions that were implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic to support governments in the region in curbing the spread of the virus. The projects are presented through a series of summaries that take the reader through each interventions problem, context, and design, along with the supporting behavioral analysis, the evaluation process, the challenges encountered, and the lessons learned.
dc.format.extent194
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004399
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Nudging-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-A-Decade-of-Improving-Public-Policies-through-Behavioral-Economics.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Pequenos-empujones-para-America-Latina-y-el-Caribe-una-decada-de-mejorar-la-politica-publica-con-la-economia-del-comportamiento.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectWomen
dc.subjectNudge
dc.subjectEducational Institution
dc.subjectBehavioral Economics
dc.subjectChildren
dc.subjectTax Compliance
dc.subjectGender Equality
dc.subjectBehavioral Science
dc.subjectSocial Norm
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectTaxation
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectGender Equity
dc.subjectTax Collection
dc.subject.jelcodeI12 - Health Behavior
dc.subject.jelcodeI15 - Health and Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeI18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health
dc.subject.jelcodeD91 - Intertemporal Household Choice • Life Cycle Models and Saving
dc.subject.jelcodeC90 - Design of Experiments: General
dc.subject.jelcodeE60 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook: General
dc.subject.jelcodeI20 - Education and Research Institutions: General
dc.subject.jelcodeD73 - Bureaucracy • Administrative Processes in Public Organizations • Corruption
dc.subject.jelcodeJ26 - Retirement • Retirement Policies
dc.subject.jelcodeJ16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.keywords: Behavioral economics;COVID-19;field experiments;public policies
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-MG-00967
idb.operationBK-C2135
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