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Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): De Groote, Roberto

The Caribbean countries have experienced positive economic growth rates and significant increases in their exports, but GDP remains relatively low, and indicators of poverty, productivity, and...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Valencia, Oscar

This policy brief summarizes a conference on recent developments in the analysis of current account sustainability held by Research Department of the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB) and Banco...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Cabrol, Marcelo;Beliz, Gustavo;Rodrik, Dani;Aboal, Diego;Salazar-Xirinachs, José Manuel;Chelala, Santiago;Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada;Sosa Escudero, Walter;Pagés, Carmen;Ripani, Laura;Calvo, Cristina;Zunino, Gonzalo;Sundararajan, Arun

This new edition contains the work of over 40 experts from different parts of the world, who analyze the risks that automation may pose to work and how this may affect integration and employment....

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Cabrol, Marcelo;Beliz, Gustavo;Rodrik, Dani;Aboal, Diego;Salazar-Xirinachs, José Manuel;Chelala, Santiago;Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada;Sosa Escudero, Walter;Pagés, Carmen;Ripani, Laura;Calvo, Cristina;Zunino, Gonzalo;Sundararajan, Arun

¿Los robots serán una fuente de creación, desplazamiento o destrucción de empleos? ¿Cómo afectará el fenómeno de la automatización acelerada a los procesos de integración y comercio de América Latina...

Date issued: Ago 2017 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Gaglianone, Wagner Piazza;Dutra Areosa, Waldyr

This paper proposes a methodology for constructing a Financial Conditions Indicator (FCI) based on factor analysis and the approaches of Brave and Butters (2011) and Aramonte et al. (2013). A...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Guillard, Charlotte;Salazar, Mónica

This document summarizes the responses to a questionnaire conducted jointly by the Network of Ibero-American and Inter-American Science and Technology Indicators (RICYT) and the Inter-American...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Guillard, Charlotte;Salazar, Mónica

Este documento resume las respuestas a un cuestionario realizado conjuntamente por la Red de Indicadores Científicos y Tecnológicos Iberoamericanos e Interamericanos (RICYT) y el Banco Interamericano...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Lagarda, Guillermo;Linares, Jennifer

Durante los últimos años, el precio (considerado un estimulador de actividad a nivel mundial) cayó y tuvo un impacto en todos los sectores de la economía, incluyendo productores, exportadores,...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Castillo Paez, Paula;Kearney, Matthew C.

Social media has become an increasingly important means of communicating for governments, practitioners, and activists in the Inter-American Development Bank’s borrowing member countries in Latin...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean

INTAL Connection informs on developments on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue focuses on the presentation of the report “Robotlution. The Future of Work in Latin...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe

Conexión INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. Esta edición se dedica a la presentación del informe “Robotlución. El...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Fernández Illescas, Coral;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Schijman, Agustina;Alejandre, Florencia;Figueroa, Claudia;Hernández, María José;Sadeghi, Patricia

The IDBG has increasingly placed knowledge generation and dissemination as one of its core mandates. However, it was not until the Realignment of the Bank in 2007 that the Bank explicitly sought to...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Fernández Illescas, Coral;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Schijman, Agustina;Alejandre, Florencia;Figueroa, Claudia;Hernández, María José;Sadeghi, Patricia

Es cada vez mayor el énfasis que pone el Grupo BID en la generación y difusión de conocimientos como uno de sus mandatos fundamentales. Sin embargo, no fue sino hasta la realineación del Banco en...

Date issued: Ago 2017 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Caruso Bloeck, Martín;Galiani, Sebastián;Ibarrarán, Pablo

This paper discusses theoretical and practical issues related to long-term care (LTC) services in Latin America. Demand for these services will rise as the region undergoes a swift demographic...

Date issued: Ago 2017 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Caruso Bloeck, Martín;Galiani, Sebastián;Ibarrarán, Pablo

Este documento analiza las cuestiones teóricas y prácticas relacionadas a los servicios de cuidados de larga duración (CLD) en América Latina. La demanda de estos servicios irá en aumento a medida...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): INDESA;Diamond, Alex;Astudillo, Jhonatan A.

Un gran número de países desarrollados y en desarrollo han sido exitosos en impulsar a las industrias creativas a través de políticas públicas integrales. Panamá inició un proceso de identificación y...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Yépez-García, Ariel

Energy liberalization is commonly measured by the level of market competitiveness and price reductions. This review applies an alternative method, market power, to give a sense of firms’ pricing...

Date issued: Ago 2017 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Navia Díaz, María del Rosario;Ducci, Jorge

El presente Manual (Manual I) busca aclarar el contenido e implicaciones de los Derechos Humanos al Agua y Saneamiento (DHAS) de una manera sencilla. Se dirige a los actores clave del sector: Estados...

Date issued: Ago 2017 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Bosch, Mariano;Schady, Norbert;Araujo, María Caridad

We study the impact of welfare payments in Ecuador on the probability that women and men work, and on whether they are employed in the formal or informal sectors. Our analysis is based on two...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Peters, Amos

This paper’s primary goal is to determine the size of the informal sector in the heterogeneous Caribbean countries. The informal economic activities of a country have several implications for their...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Calatayud, Agustina;Schneider, Christian;Valencia, Carolina

En el contexto de la IV Revolución Industrial, las nuevas tecnologías digitales prometen generar importantes cambios en la economía. En particular, estas tecnologías pueden mejorar radicalmente la...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Aboal, Diego;Vairo, Maren

This paper evaluates the impact of Paraguay’s National Researcher Incentive Program (Programa Nacional de Incentivo a los Investigadores, or PRONII) on the gender production gap in academic science....

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Agua y género es desarrollo. El papel tradicional de las mujeres en el hogar en muchas sociedades las pone a cargo de los quehaceres domésticos, un trabajo con muy poco reconocimiento y ninguna...

Date issued: Ago 2017 IA generativa habilitada
Author(s): Martinez, Sebastian;Celhay, Pablo;Vidal, Cecilia;Johannsen, Julia

We study the effects of conditional cash transfers to pregnant women on stillbirths and child survival in Bolivia. Payments are conditional on compliance with medically recommended prenatal care and...

Date issued: Ago 2017
Author(s): De León, Ignacio L.;Mora, Julian

Crowdfunding is a financial alternative that has exhibited sustainable growth over the past decade. Further, it has been positioned as a promising mechanism for LAC countries to improve their...