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Date issued: juin 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

INTAL Connection informs on developments on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue focuses on the update of COSIPLAN website “Integration and Development Hubs”, where…

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

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 renovación del sitio web de COSIPLAN “Ejes…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Arniella, Elio F.

The objective of this document is to present an assessment of the current situation in the application of Smart Water Infrastructure Technologies (SWIT) and to provide a summary of potential key…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Arniella, Elio F.

El objetivo de este documento es presentar una evaluación de la situación actual en la aplicación de Tecnologías inteligentes para infraestructura hídrica (SWIT por sus siglas en ingles) y aportar…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique

Information and communications technology (ICT) plays an important role in promoting and enabling social, economic, and environmental well-being worldwide. Data centers are essential for the…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Arrieta, Ariel;Peña, Ignacio;Cruz, Marta;Costa, Gonzalo;Coronel, Francisco

This work seeks to measure the impact of technology companies in Latin America have on the regional economy, as well as the global reach of their innovation. After a thorough process of survey and…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Schady, Norbert

Teachers vary considerably in their effectiveness, but identifying teacher characteristics that predict their impact on learning outcomes has been elusive. We analyze a teacher evaluation that is…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Milano, Flavia

The Caribbean has promising resources and land, it is shocking to acknowledge that this region faces many development challenges that threat its magnificence and its sustainable development. This…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Guarata, Nora;Pagliacci, Carolina

This paper examines how financial fluctuations and macroeconomic stability interact in the case of Venezuela, acknowledging that financial conditions deteriorating the macroeconomic environment can…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Huberts, Alyssa;Machado, Fabiana

The Brazilian Schools Panel database and Brazilian Municipal Education Panel Database combine and simplify 20 years' worth of data from the Brazilian School Census, educational testing, and…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

While citizen security has become an ever-increasing concern for many Caribbean countries, the magnitude of the problem has not been matched with an equally robust response in terms of research. This…

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

El delito constituye sin duda un tema de preocupación para los responsables de las políticas y los ciudadanos del Caribe. Al contrario de las tendencias internacionales-que muestran bajas o…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Camacho, Marcos;Muñóz, Hadda;Borbón, Álvaro;Mora, Greivin;Pereira, Pablo A.

Históricamente, la cartera de Costa Rica ha sido identificada como de bajo desempeño en términos de edad del portafolio y porcentaje de desembolsos. En efecto, programas de inversión bajo la…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit

El estudio evalúa el contexto institucional y operativo del reciclaje inclusivo en 12 ciudades de América Latina y el Caribe por medio de un conjunto de indicadores cualitativos y cuantitativos, con…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Carrillo, Julio A.;Mendoza, Enrique G.;Nuguer, Victoria;Roldán-Peña, Jessica

Quantitative analysis of a New Keynesian model with the Bernanke-Gertler accelerator and risk shocks shows that violations of Tinbergen's Rule and strategic interaction between policymaking…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Aruoba, S. Boragan;Drazen, Allan;Vlaicu, Razvan

This paper proposes a structural approach to measuring the effects of electoral accountability. A political agency model with imperfect information is modeled in order to identify and quantify…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Josling, Timothy;Boyce, Rachel;Valero, Sara;Mills, Anaitée;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Alleng, Gerard

This document presents the results of a study that combines data on the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHG measured in CO2 equivalents) from farming activities with the incidence of policy incentives…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report represents an initial effort to systematically describe the commercial activities of Fintech in Latin America. In the first part, we offer an overview of the sector and its main trends in…

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

Este informe constituye un primer esfuerzo por describir de manera sistemática la actividad empresarial relativa a las Fintech en toda América Latina. En el primer capítulo se ofrece una panorámica…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Este relatório é uma primeira tentativa de descrever de forma sistemática a atividade empresarial relativa às fintechs em toda a América Latina. O primeiro capítulo apresenta uma visão geral do setor…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Yépez-García, Ariel;Anaya, Fernando

La presente publicación tiene por objetivo evaluar la introducción del gas natural como opción energética en Centroamérica en base a la estimación de la demanda potencial, análisis de estrategias y…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Peirce, Jennifer

This paper presents updated information about crime and violence in Belize, and about current and recent initiatives that address these issues, with an emphasis on youth and on Southside Belize City…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Rodríguez, Patricio;Palomino, Norma;Mondaca, Javier

This paper discusses the constantly changing definition of big data and portrays the landscape of the most widely used analytical techniques in the context of public policy formulation in Latin…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Rodríguez, Patricio;Palomino, Norma;Mondaca, Javier

El presente trabajo comenta la definición de "datos masivos", en evolución permanente, y describe un panorama de las técnicas analíticas más utilizadas en el contexto de la formulación de…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mycoo, Michelle;Donovan, Michael G.

Over the past two decades, national and local governments in Caribbean and Pacific Small Island Development States have partnered with the donor community to implement over $55 billion in development…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pastor, Cinthya;Serebrisky, Tomás;Alberti, Juan;González, Aldo;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor

El presente documento busca analizar más allá de cuánto invertir en infraestructura, el cómo financiar la inversión privada en infraestructura en tres países de ALC. En particular se busca…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Granda, Catalina;Hamann, Franz;Rud, Juan Pablo

In this paper, we build a heterogeneous agents-dynamic general equilibrium model wherein saving constraints interact with credit constraints. Saving constraints in the form of fixed costs to use the…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Sutton, Heather;Álvarez, Lucciana;van Dijk, Jan;van Kesteren, John;Ruprah, Inder J.;Godinez Puig, Luisa;Jaitman, Laura;Torre, Iván;Pecha, Camilo

While citizen security has become an ever-increasing concern for many Caribbean countries, the magnitude of the problem has not been matched with an equally robust response in terms of research. This…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gallagher, Kevin;Lagarda, Guillermo;Linares, Jennifer

The 2008 Financial Crisis and subsequent financial turbulence has triggered economists and policymakers to revisit the extent to which capital account liberalization is optimal for all countries at…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Rose, Jonathan;Linares, Ana María;Fryer, Michelle;Soldano, Miguel;Maciel, Odette;Oliveira, Patricia;Palomino, Alejandro;Sadeghi, Patricia

This document presents an evaluation by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) of the Country Program of the Inter-American Development Bank with Guyana over the period 2012-2016. This Country…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Rose, Jonathan;Linares, Ana María;Fryer, Michelle;Soldano, Miguel;Maciel, Odette;Oliveira, Patricia;Palomino, Alejandro;Sadeghi, Patricia

Este documento presenta una evaluación de la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) sobre el Programa de País del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo con Guyana durante el período 2012-2016. Esta…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Paixão, Marcelo

Apesar dos avanços da inclusão financeira no Brasil, grande parte dos microempreendedores de baixa renda ainda não possui acesso ao crédito produtivo. Esse é um desafio enfrentado especialmente por…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Wright, Allan;Ramirez, Francisco A.

This study uses simulations of state-dependent distributions of fiscal limits for 18 economies in Central America and the Caribbean to better understand governments¿ ability to service their debt,…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cicowiez, Martin;Banerjee, Onil;Morris, Emily

In this study we develop an evidence-based tool to help to guide policy and investment choices, to maximize developmental returns from tourism. Specifically, we develop a tourism-extended social…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Ramos Martínez, Alejandro;Michalczewsky, Kathia

This report presents estimates of Latin American and Caribbean international trade flows in 2016 and an update through the first quarter of 2017. It was prepared by the Integration and Trade Sector (…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Ramos Martínez, Alejandro;Michalczewsky, Kathia

Esta nota presenta las estimaciones de los flujos comerciales internacionales de América Latina y el Caribe para el año 2016 y una actualización hasta el primer trimestre de 2017, elaboradas por el…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arana, Rumile;Ramirez, Francisco A.;Wright, Allan

Our paper addresses the issue on the interaction between monetary and macroprudential policies in small open economies for different exchange rate regimes. The need for macroprudential policy arises…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): De Diego, Maria Eugenia;González-Velosa, Carolina;Rieble-Aubourg, Sabine;Rucci, Graciana

The objective of this Technical Note is to describe the way competitive funds operate, based on examples from developed countries. The ultimate goal is to inform and guide its possible design and…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): De Diego, Maria Eugenia;González-Velosa, Carolina;Rieble-Aubourg, Sabine;Rucci, Graciana

El objetivo de esta Nota Técnica es describir la manera en la que operan los fondos concursables, a partir de ejemplos de países desarrollados. El fin es informar y orientar su posible creación y uso…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit;Inter-American Development Bank

This document is the fifth edition of an informational tool and benchmarking index that assesses the capacity of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to carry out sustainable public-private…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Economist Intelligence Unit;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este documento es la quinta edición de una herramienta informática e índice de referencia que evalúa la capacidad de los países de América Latina y el Caribe de llevar a cabo asociaciones público-…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Acevedo, Paloma;Hobbs, Jason;Martinez, Sebastian

We evaluate the effects of municipal infrastructure upgrades on property prices in the Municipality of Campo Grande, Brazil. Using detailed administrative data on property characteristics and sales…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Banerjee, Onil

This first edition to the new series entitled "Environmental Economics for Evidence Based Policy" presents the Integrated Economic-Environmental Modeling (IEEM) Platform as a state of the…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Banerjee, Onil

Esta primera edición de la nueva serie titulada "Economía-Ambiental para Políticas Basadas en la Evidencia" presenta la Plataforma Integrada de Modelación Económico-Ambiental (IEEM) como un…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Beccaria, Luis

En este documento se desarrolla la propuesta del Índice de Capacidad Estadística Nacional (ICEN), una metodología para la medición cuantitativa de la capacidad de los sistemas estadísticos nacionales…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gallego, Juan Miguel;Gutiérrez, Luis H.

Over one million firms around the world have adopted a Quality Management System (QMS) that conforms to ISO 9001 certification in 2015 and recent figures show that certifications have rapidly…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Martinez, Sebastian;Galiani, Sebastián;Gálvez, Ramiro H.

La Estrategia de Fortalecimiento de Cobertura en Panamá utiliza un modelo de pago por desempeño para incentivar la provisión de servicios de calidad en poblaciones con alto grado de marginación, con…

Date issued: mai 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jimenez Mori, Raul Alberto;Yépez-García, Ariel

The paper investigates the determinants of household energy spending and energy budget shares, with a focus on understanding their non-linear relationship with income, and the presence of economies…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Banerjee, Onil

This edition of Environmental Economics for Evidence Based Policy applies the IEEM Platform to evaluating strategies for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Results from applying IEEM…

Date issued: mai 2017
Author(s): Banerjee, Onil

Esta edición de Economía-Ambiental Políticas Basadas en la Evidencia aplica la Plataforma IEEM para evaluar estrategias para lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (SDGs). Los resultados de la…