Jun 2022
We exploit mobility restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic to show the existence of a larger potential demand for telemedicine services in a middle-income developing country. We find an…
Jun 2022
Explotamos las restricciones sobre la movilidad impuestas durante la pandemia de la COVID-19 para mostrar la existencia de una mayor demanda latente de servicios de telemedicina en un país de ingreso…
Jun 2022
Despite the sharp contraction in portfolio flows in March 2020, only six of 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries analyzed suffered a sudden stop in net capital flows during the COVID crisis.…
Jun 2022
A pesar de la fuerte contracción de los flujos de cartera en marzo de 2020, sólo seis de los 22 países de América Latina y el Caribe analizados sufrieron una parada súbita en los flujos de capital…
Jun 2022
Unlike in other policy areas, responsibility for gender policy is distributed throughout the entire structure of the State. However, in order to coordinate and make public action on the gender…
Jun 2022
A diferencia de otras áreas de política, la responsabilidad de la política de género está distribuida a lo largo y ancho de toda la estructura del Estado. No obstante, para coordinar y efectivizar el…
Jun 2022
Este documento aborda el desarrollo de la fruticultura en Chile y su inserción en los mercados internacionales, así como los bienes y políticas públicas y la organización gremial que la han…
Jun 2022
La quinua orgánica y convencional, es uno de los rubros agrícolas de mayor importancia económica y social para Bolivia y Perú, por su rol en la seguridad alimentaria y aporte a las exportaciones no…
Jun 2022
La cooperativa Coopsol, localizada en Santiago del Estero, se dedica a la producción y exportación de miel. Exporta casi el total de su producción, de la cual alrededor el 35% es orgánica. Impulsada…
Jun 2022
Participatory programs can reduce the informational and power asymmetries that engender mistrust. These programs, however, cannot include every citizen. Hence, it is important to evaluate not only if…
Jun 2022
Current carbon emission trends threaten inevitable and irreversible changes to the environment that could cost the region US$100 billion annually by 2050 and the loss of up to 2.5 million jobs by…
Jun 2022
Las tendencias de las emisiones de carbono actuales amenazan con cambios inevitables e irreversibles en el medio ambiente que podrían costarle a la región USD 100.000 millones anuales para 2050 y la…
Jun 2022
In this volume, we study gender gaps in the Southern Cone countries which include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. We assess the importance of gender inequalities and present evidence…
Jun 2022
In this volume, we study gender gaps in the Southern Cone countries which include Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. We assess the importance of gender inequalities and present evidence…
Jun 2022
Esta publicación estudia las brechas de género en los países del Cono Sur (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay) y presenta evidencia sobre las consecuencias económicas de las desigualdades…
Jun 2022
Este livro estuda as desigualdades de gênero nos países do Cone Sul e apresenta evidências das consequências econômicas das desigualdades de gênero, suas causas e as políticas que podem contribuir…
May 2022
We exploit the randomized evaluation of a remedying education intervention that improved the reading skills of low-performing third grade students in Colombia, to study whether providing educational…
May 2022
We use matched employer-employee data together with data on the ownership networks of Chilean firms to document a novel relationship between inequality in labor income and ownership structures.…
May 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic produced a shock to public finances throughout the world. In the case of Colombia, the public debt to GDP ratio increased from 39.8% to 65.0%. We use a two-country neoclassical…
May 2022
Since the turn of the century, emerging market economies have begun to develop markets for bonds denominated in their local currencies, thus trying to avoid the “original sin” that resulted in many…