Publications

Trust: The Key to Social Cohesion and Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

Find out how the lack of trust impacts economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean and what we must do to restore it while creating more prosperous, innovative, and resilient societies.

Healing a Broken World: The Power of Art for Social Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era

Learn how art and culture are coming up with solutions for development challenges to spur recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO) 2021

Learn how the IDB Group is contributing towards the development of its member countries and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Fiscal Policy and Climate Change: Recent Experiences of Finance Ministries in Latin America and the Caribbean

Learn about this new study that discusses the strategic role finance ministries can play to boost a fair transition towards green economies.

Sustainable Issuer versus Sustainable Issuance: Providing Public Issuers of Sustainable Bonds in Latin America and the Caribbean with Insight into the Nascent Universe of ESG Ratings

For sovereign issuers, ESG investing represents new demand challenges, but they also offer great opportunities for economic growth to improve the quality of life of the people. Find out how the the governments in the region must work on when issuing new debt to meet international investors’ ESG demands. Download here.

Financial Management Information Systems (FMIS): Project Guide: Strategic, Functional, Technological, and Governance Issues in the Design and Implementation of New Platforms for Public Financial Management Systems

This SIAF Project Guide details strategic, organizational, functional, technological and operational aspects for the successful implementation of a SIAF digital transformation project. The Guide contains 14 self-contained chapters, which can be consulted individually. (Available only in Spanish)

Annual Report of the Broadband Development Index: IDBA 2020: Digital Gap in Latin America and the Caribbean

Discover how Latin America and the Caribbean can create 15 million direct jobs if it manages to close the broadband gap in relation to developed countries.

Digital Transformation and Public Employment: The Future of Government Work

Discover a unique survey for more than 700 Latin American public managers to understand the impact of the lack of talent within the digital transformation projects of public administrations in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Publications

Development Diagnostics for the Southern Cone

May 2014

Author(s): Borensztein, Eduardo;Miller, Sebastián J.;Sánchez, Gabriel;Valenzuela, Patricio

This is an update and revision of our 2009 study. Using a broad dataset and an original methodology, this paper reports composite development gaps across economic, social and institutional sectors.…

Análisis prospectivo de las capacidades institucionales y de gestión de los gobiernos subnacionales en Chile

Aug 2007

Author(s): Valenzuela, Juan Pablo

Reconociendo la relevancia creciente que tienen los gobiernos subnacionales en la gestión pública y los importantes desafíos que estos enfrentan para fortalecer la participación de los ciudadanos y…