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Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Verhulst, Stefaan G.;Young, Andrew

Across the world, significant time and resources are being invested in making government data accessible to all with the broad goal of improving people’s lives. Evidence of open data’s impact - on…

Date issued: déc 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lema, Daniel;Gallacher, Marcos;Egas, Juan José;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

Este informe analiza la política agrícola argentina, particularmente lo relacionado al nivel de apoyo brindado a los productores y consumidores. A manera de contexto, el informe comienza con un…

Date issued: déc 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lema, Daniel;Gallacher, Marcos;Egas, Juan José;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

This report analyzes agricultural policy in Argentina, in particular with respect to the degree of support producers and consumers receive. Available evidence suggests that: (i) as a result of export…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Demaestri, Edgardo C.;Moskovits, Cynthia;Chiara, Jimena

This paper discusses the main issues concerning sovereign fiscal and financial risks from public–private partnerships (PPPs) with a focus on contingent liabilities (CLs). It is based on the…

Date issued: déc 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banuri, Sheheryar;Keefer, Philip;Walque, Damien de

A booming literature has argued that mission-based motives are a central feature of mission-oriented labor markets. This paper shifts the focus to task-based motivation and finds that it yields…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Schmid, Juan Pedro;Schwartz, Moises;Zegarra, Maria Alejandra;Wright, Allan;Giles Álvarez, Laura;Waithe, Kimberly;Gauto, Victor;Bollers, Elton;Mooney, Henry;Khadan, Jeetendra;Smets, Lodewijk

The divergence in the development of the countries that correspond to the Inter-American Development Bank’s Caribbean Country Department and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Pereira Dos Santos, Pablo

Guarantees are powerful tools to scale up private investment in infrastructure and enhance the catalytic role Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) play in mobilizing private resources to bridge the…

Date issued: déc 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mitnik, Oscar A.;Sanchez, Raul;Yáñez-Pagans, Patricia

This paper quantifies the impacts of transport infrastructure investments on economic activity in Haiti, proxied by satellite luminosity data. Our identification strategy exploits the differential…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Lotti, Giulia;Avellán, Leopoldo;Goncalves Cavalcanti, Vitor;Cossens, Shakirah

This Technical Note aims to analyze project characteristics associated with problems in execution as reported in the Progress Monitoring Report (PMR), a tool used by the Inter-American Development…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Schmid, Juan Pedro;Waithe, Kimberly;Lorde, Kishmar

The Barbados economy has been challenged over the last decade by elevated fiscal deficits and a rapid build-up in debt. While the country has made efforts to address this challenge through revenue…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Jaitman, Laura

This paper uses the crime economics framework to shed light on the main drivers of crime and proposes avenues for future research and action in the region to reduce crime and its social and economic…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Caruso Bloeck, Martín;Galiani, Sebastián;Weinschelbaum, Federico

This paper studies the relative effectiveness of these and other mechanisms by way of a formal model in which workers choose between job opportunities in the formal and informal sectors. Although the…

Date issued: déc 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Martinez, Sebastian;Sanchez, Raul;Yáñez-Pagans, Patricia

This paper studies the effects of areal cable cars on mode of transport, time use and employment in the metropolitan area of La Paz, Bolivia. Using an instrumental variables approach, we estimate…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Souto, Gonzalo;Tommasino, Humberto;Errea, Eduardo;Sáder, Mayid

En este volumen se realiza un relevamiento de las principals cadenas agroindustriales del país, enfatizando en los movimientos de cargas que se realizan a lo cadena de valor, la logística utilizada,…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Antón, Arturo;Rasteletti, Alejandro

En este documento se presenta un modelo de equilibrio general estático de decisión ocupacional con heterogeneidad en habilidades laborales y empresariales, capaz de generar elevados niveles de…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Bos, María Soledad;Vegas, Emiliana;Viteri, Adriana;Zoido, Pablo

Esta nota presenta los resultados de la evaluación PISA-D en Guatemala, incluye los resultados del estudio a escala nacional. Uno de cada tres jóvenes de 15 años abandonó el sistema escolar, y la…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Muñoz Miranda, Andrés;Martínez-Vázquez, Jorge

This paper argues that the need for metropolitan-wide government is higher the larger the unrealized benefits from economies of scale and externalities. It contends that there is no trade-off between…

Date issued: déc 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barnes, Douglas F.;Samad, Hussain

Impact evaluation has gained recognition over the last decade as an essential component of project development. Impact evaluation details how and to what extent policies and project interventions…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Passos, Mauro;Alarcon Rodriguez, Arturo Daniel;Dalaison, Wilhelm

+ SOL + LUZ põe na mão de qualquer pessoa, numa linguagem e formato simples, as respostas a muitas das inquietudes em relação ao que são sistemas fotovoltaicos, como funcionam, por que utilizá-los,…

Date issued: déc 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Celhay, Pablo;Martinez, Sebastian;Vidal, Cecilia

This paper examines gaps in child development by socioeconomic status (SES) using a large nationally representative sample of children 0–59 months old in Bolivia and a rich set of child health and…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2018 third quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Minoja, Livia;Fernández, Luz;Yurivilca, Rossemary

The guidelines, addressed to team leaders and executors, explain how buildings, both of social infrastructure and other sectors, can contribute to meeting the 30% goal of climate financing that the…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Minoja, Livia;Fernández, Luz;Yurivilca, Rossemary

Los lineamientos, dirigidos a los jefes de equipo y los ejecutores, explican cómo los edificios, tanto de infraestructura social como de otros sectores, pueden contribuir al cumplimiento de la meta…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Minoja, Livia;Fernández, Luz;Yurivilca, Rossemary

As diretrizes, dirigidas aos líderes de equipe e executores, explicam como os edifícios, tanto de infraestrutura social quanto de outros setores, podem contribuir para cumprir a meta de 30% de…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Díaz, Rodrigo;Mojica, Carlos;Hollnagel, Julia

Este documento tiene como objetivo presentar un recuento de las lecciones aprendidas y los retos en la implementación de sistemas de transporte público. El presente estudio analiza cinco proyectos…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Cardona Vasco, Clara;González Ávila, Liliana;Hermida Gómez, Néstor;Moscoso Pérez, Robinson

Análisis temático comparativo de 10 países para documentar, examinar y sistematizar información clave sobre la implementación de la Guía de estándares de calidad NEO en más 230 proveedores de…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Schwartz, Liora;Bos, María Soledad

Este catálogo presenta experiencias ejemplares de innovación en infraestructura escolar en América Latina y el Caribe, con alto nivel de innovación en: condiciones de confort, sustentabilidad…

Date issued: déc 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Adler, Verónica;Vera, Felipe;Wainer, Laura Sara;Roquero, Pablo;Poskus, Mariana A.;Valenzuela, Luis;Letelier, Marcela;Olivares, Pablo;Treimun, John;Gamboa, Alexis;Canales, Karina;Guajardo, Javier;Libertun de Duren, Nora Ruth;Davis, Diane E.;Donovan, Michael G.;Claramunt Torche, Pauline

Over the course of the 20th century the worlds population grew more than during any other period in history, increasing from around 1.5 billion people in 1900 to nearly seven billion people today.…

Date issued: déc 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Adler, Verónica;Vera, Felipe;Wainer, Laura Sara;Roquero, Pablo;Poskus, Mariana A.;Valenzuela, Luis;Letelier, Marcela;Olivares, Pablo;Treimun, John;Gamboa, Alexis;Canales, Karina;Guajardo, Javier;Libertun de Duren, Nora Ruth;Davis, Diane E.;Donovan, Michael G.;Claramunt Torche, Pauline

Durante el siglo XX la población mundial se incrementó más que en ningún otro periodo de la historia: desde alrededor de 1.500 millones de personas en el 1900 hasta cerca de 7 mil millones hoy en día…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Crotte Alvarado, Amado;Arvizu, Carina;Ocampo, Ximena

Esta guía incluye los conceptos básicos que un gobierno debe llevar a cabo para implementar un Sistema de Bicicletas Públicas, con especial énfasis en la tecnología disponible para facilitar la…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Sierpe Urbano S.C.

Este estudio, a través de un plan maestro, presenta un proyecto de renovación integral para el Barrio La Huaca, un barrio histórico de Veracruz que fue fundado hace aproximadamente tres siglos. El…

Date issued: déc 2018
Author(s): Arquitectos Urbanistas A+U S.A.S.

Este estudio plantea un proyecto integral de ordenamiento territorial y planificación urbana para la “Ciudadela del Abra” en el Municipio de Sacaba, Departamento de Cochabamba, donde se observa un…

Date issued: nov 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lotti, Giulia;Avellán, Leopoldo;Galindo, Arturo

Fiscal policy is procyclical in developing countries. An ample literature has explained this fact and explored its consequences for aggregate cyclical fluctuations. Multilateral Development Banks (…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Underwood, John

The potential of public policies and the services provided by any State are closely linked to the quality of its civil service. The ways in which the civil service is managed—in other words, the…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Loewendahl, Henry

Attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) is an important pillar of economic development policy, and most countries in the world have established national investment promotion agencies (IPAs) with…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Robertson, Raymond

This paper evaluates labor market integration in Central America using pooled household surveys from 17 Latin American countries. Using three measures of labor market integration, the results show…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Pochat, Víctor;Donoso, María

El informe subregional de Sudamérica para el 8.º Foro Mundial del Agua fue elaborado por los consultores Víctor Pochat y María Concepción Donoso, en colaboración con la Universidad de Los Andes. Se…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Moreno-Serra, Rodrigo;Anaya Montes, Misael;Smith, Peter C.

This technical note reports on the results of a study that seeks to identify the levels of efficiency and their possible determinants across Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) health systems, as well…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Fioravanti, Reinaldo;Lembo, Carolina;Queiroz, Cesar

Debido a las limitaciones de recursos públicos y fiscales, y reconociendo la importancia de la inversión en infraestructura para impulsar el crecimiento de sus economías, los gobiernos recurren cada…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Kim, Hwa Young;Shin, Cheolkyun;Park, Yonghyo;Moon, Jiyoung

The Republic of Korea (ROK, South Korea) boasts a 5,000-year history. However, it is better known for recovering from the complete destruction caused by the Korean War (1950-1953) and for…

Date issued: nov 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernandes, Ana M.;Klenow, Peter J.;Meleshchuk, Sergii;Pierola, Martha Denisse;Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés

The Melitz model highlights the importance of the extensive margin (the number of firms exporting) for trade flows. Using the World Bank’s Exporter Dynamics Database (EDD) featuring firm-level…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Alemann, Clara;Bustelo, Monserrat;Franco, Jorge;Martinez, Sebastian;Suaya, Agustina

Este estudio presenta los resultados de la línea de base de la evaluación de impacto de un programa de paternidad activa, Programa P, implementado en El Alto, Bolivia. El programa P es un programa…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Acevedo, Paloma;Alviar, Carlos;Carrasco, Yeny;Pinzón, Leonardo;Pinzón, Leonardo;Pinzón, Leonardo;Sánchez-Monin, Emmanuelle;Smith, Ruth Ann Cecilia;Pérez Expósito, Ana

Este documento presenta los resultados del análisis de la encuesta de línea de base de la evaluación experimental del Programa Nutrividas. El objetivo del programa es mejorar el estado nutricional de…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Bustos, Verónica;Ampuero, Luis;Acuña, Oscar;Estrada, María

En el documento se tratan los siguientes temas: Insumos prioritarios para la proyección de la demanda de Recursos Humanos de Salud (RHS); Proyección cuantitativa y describir los pasos de la…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Fioravanti, Reinaldo;Café, Eduardo;Diez-Roux, Esteban

This document consolidates the experience and lessons learned by the Bank in its support to the sector, especially during the last five years through different instruments, such as loans, policy…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Fioravanti, Reinaldo;Café, Eduardo;Diez-Roux, Esteban

El presente documento consolida la experiencia y lecciones aprendidas del Banco apoyando el sector, principalmente en los últimos 5 años, por medio de diferentes instrumentos como préstamos, diálogos…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Gómez Reino, Juan Luis;Hinojosa, Sergio Alejandro;Mascle-Allemand, Anne-Laure

Los activos públicos, desde la infraestructura hasta las reservas naturales, pasando por los yacimientos arqueológicos y el patrimonio cultural, presentan desafíos en su administración y gestión,…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Ribeiro, Karisa;Fioravanti, Reinaldo;Cruvinel, Rodrigo

Esta nota técnica aborda o histórico do processo de concessões de infraestrutura de transportes desenvolvido pelo Governo Federal entre 1990 a 2018 e apresenta de maneira sintética os desafios…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Alvarado, Nathalie;Muggah, Robert

Ensuring the safety and security of citizens is one of the most important and difficult functions of municipal governments in many countries. This document brings to light experiments in Latin…

Date issued: nov 2018
Author(s): Alvarado, Nathalie;Muggah, Robert

Hoy en día hay cada vez más ciudades que están innovando con iniciativas de prevención y reducción del crimen y de la violencia. Garantizar la seguridad de los ciudadanos es una de las funciones más…