Evidências sobre políticas de mercado de trabalho e implicações para o Brasil: treinamento ao empreendedorismo
Jul 2026
Author(s): Mancha, André;Cavalcanti, Filipe;Rachter, Laísa;Gouvea, Livia;Das Neves Junior, Edivaldo Constantino;Miranda Antonio, Kelly ;Fontes, Luiz Felipe
Programas de capacitação em empreendedorismo podem estimular a criação de novos negócios e aumentar a renda de empreendedores. No entanto, no Brasil e em outros países da América Latina e do Caribe (…
Evidence in Labor Market Policies and Implications for Brazil: Business Training
Jul 2026
Author(s): Mancha, André;Cavalcanti, Filipe;Rachter, Laísa;Gouvea, Livia;Das Neves Junior, Edivaldo Constantino;Miranda Antonio, Kelly ;Fontes, Luiz Felipe
Business training can foster business creation and increase the income of entrepreneurs. However, in Brazil and other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), many programs face…
Total Factor Productivity Growth in Brazilian Agriculture (1985-2017): The Roles of Climate Change and Public Policy
Jul 2026
Author(s): Helfand, Steven M.;Lima Cavalcanti, Francisco;Freitas, Carlos Otávio;Moreira, Ajax R B;Schling, Maja
Brazil ranks among the worlds top four agricultural producers and exporters, and continued growth is important for domestic and global food security. Sustained productivity growth is essential to…
Análisis de políticas agropecuarias en la provincia de Buenos Aires en Argentina 2018-2022
Jun 2026
Author(s): Lódola, Agustín;Morra, Fernando Martin;Buchter, Edgar Juan;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Rondinone, Gonzalo;Jacquet, Bruno
Este informe analiza las políticas públicas provinciales de apoyo al sector agropecuario en la provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina, para el período 2018-2022. Utilizando la metodología de Estimado…
Approach Paper. Extended Country Program Evaluation: Peru, 2017-2026
Jun 2026
Author(s): Figueroa, Claudia;Legarreta, Regina;Barcellos, Andreia;Cuadros Angeles, Oscar Ismael;Machado De Godoi E Silva, Sofia;Straight, Erin Elizabeth;Leon Irazola, Giuliana Francesca;Rubio Jaramillo, Nicole Mishel;Wong, Melisa;Motta, Marialisa;Soriano, Alejandro
Extended Country Program Evaluations (XCPEs) evaluate the relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability of the IDB Group's support. The Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) prepares XCPEs…
Documento de Enfoque. Evaluación Extendida de Programa País: Perú 2017-2026
Jun 2026
Author(s): Figueroa, Claudia;Legarreta, Regina;Barcellos, Andreia;Cuadros Angeles, Oscar Ismael;Machado De Godoi E Silva, Sofia;Straight, Erin Elizabeth;Leon Irazola, Giuliana Francesca;Rubio Jaramillo, Nicole Mishel;Wong, Melisa;Motta, Marialisa;Soriano, Alejandro
Las evaluaciones extendidas de programa de país (XCPE) evalúan la relevancia, efectividad y sostenibilidad del apoyo del Grupo del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (Grupo BID). La Oficina de…
The Unmeasured Cost of Fiscal Execution: Payment Timing and Public Service Delivery
Jun 2026
Author(s): Zanoni, Wladimir;López, Rodrigo;Rangel, Marcos
When governments face fiscal stress, they frequently manage consolidation by delaying cash payments on legally incurred obligations rather than cutting explicit appropriations. This "execution…
From Korea to LAC: Mapping South Korean EdTech Solutions for AI and Digital Transformation in Education
Jun 2026
Author(s): Yi, Jiyeon;Della Nina Gambi, Gabriela;Gamberini, Carla;Park, Kyungmin
Drawing on more than two decades of collaboration between Korea and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in advancing digital education across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), this report…
An Analysis of Agricultural Total Factor Productivity Growth and Its Determinants in Bolivia
Jun 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schling, Maja;Ortiz, María Camila;Perez Massard, Renee Gabriela;Saenz Somarriba, Magaly;Chang Huaita, Rodrigo Ysaac
This paper analyzes trends in agricultural total factor productivity in Bolivia between 2008 and 2015 and the factors driving these trends using national agricultural surveys. On balance, the…
The Price of Protection: Tariff Incidence and Import Collapse under the Infamous Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Jun 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mitchener, Kris James;Pedemonte, Mathieu
Using newly digitized monthly data on the quantities and prices of imports as well as product-level data on tariff rates, we estimate that in the first year after the passage of the Smoot-Hawley…
Do litoral alagoano à Amazônia: caminhos para transformar a qualidade da educação no Brasil
Jun 2026
Author(s): Paseto, Carolina;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Alves Soares, Bruna;Bravo, Maria Helena;Bourroul Gonsalves, Marcela
Este relatório apresenta e analisa ações de gestão e práticas pedagógicas adotadas pelas redes municipais de Educação de Coruripe (Alagoas) e de Manaus (Amazonas). Entre 2019 e 2023, ambas…
Condições Institucionais para uma Formação Continuada Docente Eficaz: Evidências e Aprendizados da Amazônia Legal Brasileira
Jun 2026
Author(s): Barbosa Born, Barbara;Macedo de Andrade, Poliana;Princiotti, Vinicius;Paseto, Carolina;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo
A melhoria da qualidade do ensino é um dos principais desafios das políticas educacionais contemporâneas, especialmente em contextos marcados por desigualdades territoriais e institucionais. Embora…
Learning about Inflation and Exchange Rates: Beliefs and Consumer Behavior in a Small Open Economy
Jun 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Bottan, Nicolas L.;Hoffmann, Bridget;Khadan, Jeetendra;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.
We study how expert forecasts about inflation and nominal exchange rates affect households inflation perceptions, exchange rate beliefs, and later durable-goods holdings in a small open economy.…
Fortaleciendo el liderazgo comunitario en Cartagena de Indias: Experiencia y lecciones aprendidas
Jun 2026
Author(s): Giles Álvarez, Laura;Mendoza Perez, Mary Alejandra;Galvis, Daniela;Meza, Exequiel
En muchos barrios de Cartagena, Colombia, las decisiones que afectan la vida cotidiana no se toman en oficinas públicas, sino en reuniones comunitarias, en calles sin pavimentar o en espacios donde…
The Anatomy of Household Shocks in Latin America: Evidence from Panel Surveys
Jun 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arteaga Vallejo, Julian Gabriel;Bosch, Mariano;Ibáñez, Ana María;Tejerina, Luis
Households in developing economies face frequent and uninsured shocks that generate income volatility and persistent vulnerability. Using harmonized longitudinal data from household surveys in…
"We did the best we could with what we had": A Qualitative Study of the Pandemic Vaccine Response in Belize
Jun 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Góngora, Pamela;Cabieses Valdes, Baltica Beatriz;Bonilla Zarrazaga, Lidia;Espinoza, Manuel Antonio;Largaespada Beer, Natalia;Bell, Lizett S.;Balmaceda, Carlos
The COVID-19 pandemic had an unprecedented global impact, making the rapid development of vaccines critical. Belize, a small, middle-income country in Central America and the Caribbean, displayed…
Multinational Enterprises and Employment in Mexico
Jun 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Filippo, Agustín;Guaipatín, Carlos;Navarro, Lucas;Willington, Ignacio;Wyss, Federico
This paper examines the employment effects of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Mexico, focusing on the labor market impacts of foreign tariff increases during 2018-2019. Using data from Mexicos…
Effective Families or Effective Schools? Experimental Evidence on Fostering Children’s Numeracy
May 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berlinski, Samuel;Giannola, Michele;Toppeta, Alessandro
We study the relative effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and interaction of family- and school-based learning interventions using a randomized controlled trial in Colombia that assigns children to a…
Assessment of the Effects and Impacts of Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica
May 2026
Author(s): Bello, Omar;Hori, Tsuneki;Johnson, Monique Therese Marie;Suarez, Ginés
Hurricane Melissa caused unprecedented devastation in Jamaica, with total estimated costs exceeding JMD 1,451,577 millionover three times the expense of Hurricane Gilbert, the country's previous…
Reaching the Hardest to Reach: Lessons Learned from a Feasibility Trial to Assess Online Services for Low-Income, Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in Brazil
May 2026
Author(s): Díaz del Valle, Emiliano;Pileggi, Isabella;Mellow, Daniel;Blanco, Joaquín
Digital platforms are increasingly proposed to reach survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) in low- and middle-income countries, yet few feasibility data exist. We assessed the viability of…