Publications

Economic Institutions for a Resilient Caribbean

The Caribbean needs stronger fiscal, monetary and financial institutions to promote long-term development in a post-pandemic era. Learn more about the key reforms the region needs to undertake.

Inequality and Social Discontent: How to Address Them through Public Policy: Economic Report on Central America, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, and Panama

The economic report on Central America, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico, and Panama explores the effects of the pandemic on poverty and inequality and offers recommendations on how to address it.

La financiación de la economía creativa en Colombia

Learn about mechanism and public policy recommendations to generate greater financing in companies in the creative economy sector in Colombia and it potential (Available only in Spanish).

Health Networks in Action: The experiences of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico

Integrated networks are the most promising solution to address the access, efficiency, quality and equity challenges faced by health systems.

The Future of Work in Latin America and the Caribbean: How Can Technology Facilitate Job Recovery after COVID-19? (Interactive version)

COVID-19 has been a catalyst for three technologies: teleworking, on-demand digital labor platforms, and online training. In this interactive note, we highlight the main opportunities and challenges to further expand these forms of work and training in order to facilitate labor markets' reconstruction.

From Structures to Services: The Path to Better Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean

This book offers policy options for countries to improve the access, quality, and affordability of services today, to ensure that they will be sustainable in the future, and to harness emerging technological advances for the benefit of all.

Publications

Savings Groups Reduce Vulnerability, but Have Mixed Effects on Financial Inclusion

Dec 2020

Author(s): Frisancho, Verónica; Valdivia, Martín

This paper evaluates the impact of the introduction of savings groups on poverty, vulnerability, and financial inclusion outcomes in rural Peru. Using a cluster randomized control trial and relying…

Social Interactions and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay: The Role of Urbanization Patterns on the Effectiveness of GOVT Campaigns

Aug 2018

Author(s): Chong, Alberto E.; León, Gianmarco; Roza, Vivian; Valdivia, Martín; Vega, Gabriela

We use a field experiment to evaluate the impact of two informational get-out-the-vote (GOTV) campaigns to boost female electoral participation in Paraguay. We find that public campaigns had no…