Feb 2025
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;BID Lab;BID Invest
En un contexto de grandes desafíos en Centroamérica, México, Panamá, República Dominicana y Haití, múltiples demandas sociales y limitado espacio fiscal, es imperioso garantizar que cada dólar…
Feb 2025
Author(s): Ernest, William;Crespi, Gustavo
América Latina enfrenta un problema de bajo crecimiento de la productividad. Gran parte de las políticas destinadas a mejorar la productividad han apoyado al sector improductivo, principalmente a…
Feb 2025
Author(s): Yarygina, Anastasiya;Martínez, André
In recent years, tax administrations around the globe have leveraged digital transformation to enhance processes and services to improve tax compliance. Massive self-regularization platforms, which…
Feb 2025
Author(s): López, Arnoldo;Serrano, Jeffrey
Central America is a highly trade-integrated region. However, there has been little analysis of the effects such integration has had on macroeconomic aggregates. This study explores how spillovers…
Jan 2025
Author(s): Ruiz-Arranz, Marta;Martin, Lucia;Lotti, Giulia;Peña, Werner;Bolaños, Francisco
HUELLA, an innovative methodology developed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), represents a paradigm shift in evaluating development project impacts. By integrating advanced tools such as…
Jan 2025
Author(s): Ruiz-Arranz, Marta;López, Arnoldo;Galdámez Vanegas, Carla Catalina;Serrano, Jeffrey;Pérez, Gabriela;Sosa, Luis;Jiménez, Melanie;Bastién-Olvera, Bernardo;Deza, María Cecilia;Escobar, Julia
América en el Centro es un programa de desarrollo regional para la región de Centroamérica, Panamá y Republica Dominicana que aborda desafíos compartidos. El presente informe contribuye a dar a…
Jan 2025
Author(s): Ruiz-Arranz, Marta;Martin, Lucia;Barrios, Juan José;Contreras, Diana;Peña, Werner
Recent improvements in security, reduced migration, and stronger economic indicators, such as growth and investment, have created favorable conditions for El Salvador's development. With a young…
Jan 2025
Author(s): Gandelman, Néstor;Roldán, Flavia;Viera, Sofía
This paper examines the effects of the introduction of mobile number portability (MNP) using data from Uruguay. MNP allows customers to switch mobile providers while retaining their phone number,…
Jan 2025
Author(s): Larrahondo, Cristhian;Chávez, Augusto;Giles Álvarez, Laura;Andrian, Leandro Gaston
This paper calculates the exchange rate pass through (ERPT) with time constant and time varying coefficients for Colombia between 2006 and 2023. It then estimates the ERPT during four specific…
Jan 2025
Author(s): Merino, José;Muñoz del Olmo, Mariano
Este trabajo analiza la trayectoria transformadora de la Agencia Digital de Innovación Pública (ADIP) de la Ciudad de México, resaltando su enfoque innovador para integrar la tecnología en la…
Jan 2025
Author(s): Angarita, Héctor;Tramón, Jaime;Saavedra, Valentina;Pasten, Roberto;De la Vega, Xaviera;Del Rio Arteaga, Mariana Teresita Carmen
El proyecto piloto en la cuenca del Río Bueno, liderado por el Ministerio de Hacienda en su rol de Secretaría Técnica del Comité de Capital Natural de Chile, con el apoyo del Banco Interamericano de…
Jan 2025
Author(s): Elacqua, Gregory;Rodrigues, Mateus;Rosa, Leonardo
Teacher turnover is a major challenge for human resource management in schools, adversely affecting student learning. We examine the impact of a monetary incentive program introduced in 2022 in the…
Jan 2025
Author(s): Arceo, Eva;López, Arnoldo;Ventosa-Santaulària, Daniel;Roque, Brian
Emigration in Mexico predominantly involves young men, with millions of individuals crossing borders, while female labor force participation (FLFP) remains significantly below international levels.…
Jan 2025
Author(s): Aguilar-Gómez, Sandra;Salazar-Díaz, Andrea
Every year, 245 million women are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV). Climate change is hypothesized to exacerbate this figure through its disruptive impact on household livelihoods, among…
Jan 2025
Author(s): Hajdini, Ina;Knotek, Edward S;Leer, John;Pedemonte, Mathieu;Rich, Robert;Schoenle, Raphael
Using a large, nationally representative survey of US consumers, we estimate a causal 20 percent pass-through from inflation expectations to income growth expectations for the average consumer, with…
Jan 2025
Author(s): De Los Santos, Gabriela ;Erhardt, Cecilia ;Marroig, María ;Flores, Iván;Rasso-Masías, Paulina ;Székely, Miguel;Abizanda, Beatriz
Este documento presenta los resultados de evaluar el impacto de un programa de promoción de actitudes de género equitativas (Programa HM), aplicado a 326 estudiantes de secundaria de las áreas de…
Jan 2025
Author(s): Amarante, Verónica;Galván, Estefanía;Yapor, Mijail
This paper provides novel insights into labor market dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent recovery period in Uruguay. Using social security administrative records, we focus on the…
Dec 2024
Author(s): Gallego, Juan Miguel;Nieves, Alejandro;Vargas, Fernando;Díaz, Lina M.;Saboin, José Luis
The persistent productivity gap between Latin America and the Caribbean and high-income countries is partially attributed to low levels of innovation and limited adoption of technologies, such as…
Dec 2024
Author(s): Cossi, João;Aguiar, Martim Ancona de F. B.;Rocha, Guilherme;Ruli, Leonardo;Silva, Milla;Stolar, Larissa
O abandono escolar no Ensino Médio é um problema comum nas diversas redes estaduais do Brasil que impacta consideravelmente a aprendizagem dos alunos e pode levar a situações de evasão escolar. Com a…
Dec 2024
Author(s): Ceballos Ochoa, Francisco;Cervantes Bautista, Juan José;Espino, Nilson Ariel;Guerrero, Jorge;Martínez Yoldin, Cernin;Márquez, Jorge;Mena, Adriana;Pinto Carrillo, Augusto César;Porcuna, Alvaro;Ruiz Hernández, Felipe de Jesús;Torcida Amero, Luis Ignacio Joaquín;Vidigal Coachman, Natalia
Este reporte de avance muestra los hallazgos identificados durante el proceso de investigación en campo, trabajo de gabinete y entrevistas con actores relevantes dentro de la cadena de valor del…