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Aoû 2018
With the aim of contributing to the design of evidence-based public health policies in Latin America and the Caribbean and giving special consideration to patient or health service user perspectives…
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Aoû 2018
En esta publicación se recoge información relevante para propiciar el diálogo y el debate en torno a políticas de financiamiento de las tecnologías en el sector agropecuario. El objetivo es que sirva…
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Aoû 2018
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Inequality in Latin America fell substantially in the early 2000s. In this paper, we take advantage of administrative matched employee-employed data in Brazil, Chile and Ecuador to examine whether…
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Aoû 2018
La contratación pública se ha utilizado como un instrumento para promover objetivos socioeconómicos, ofreciendo una vía óptima para combatir la pobreza y promover el crecimiento económico a nivel…
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Aoû 2018
This paper provides new evidence to characterize changes in the demand for skills associated with shifts in occupations for a sample of 10 of the G20 countries, using information available from…
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Aoû 2018
Este documento proporciona nueva evidencia para caracterizar los cambios en la demanda de habilidades asociadas con los cambios en las ocupaciones para una muestra de 10 de los países del G20,…
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Aoû 2018
Taking full advantage of the opportunities brought by the digital economy requires transforming Latin American and Caribbean's productive sectors and firms. Digital technologies such as the…
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Aoû 2018
Aprovechar al máximo las oportunidades que ofrece la economía digital requiere transformar las empresas y los sectores productivos. La denominada cuarta revolución industrial surge a partir de la…
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Aoû 2018
Aproveitar ao máximo as oportunidades que a economia digital oferece exige transformar empresas e setores produtivos. A chamada Quarta Revolução Industrial surge a partir da transformação da economia…
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Aoû 2018
Costa Rica es un país que ha logrado una transformación productiva importante de su economía, así como un razonable crecimiento económico durante las últimas tres décadas mediante políticas de…
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Aoû 2018
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Most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) seek to reform their health systems so they can achieve universal coverage and improve health expenditure efficiency, while meeting citizens’…
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Aoû 2018
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En la región de América Latina y Caribe (ALC), la mayoría de los países buscan reformar sus sistemas de salud para lograr la cobertura universal y mejorar la eficiencia de sus gastos sanitarios, al…
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Aoû 2018
In addition to the supply of an essential input for the operation of a building such as electricity, the use of photovoltaic solar energy can pursue economic objectives, by reducing the cost of…
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Aoû 2018
Además del suministro de un insumo esencial para el funcionamiento de una edificación como lo es la energía eléctrica, el empleo de la energía solar fotovoltaica puede perseguir objetivos económicos…
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Aoû 2018
L’utilisation de l'énergie solaire photovoltaïque dans les bâtiments permet d’offrir un apport électrique essentiel au bon fonctionnement de l’infrastructure tout en poursuivant des objectifs…
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Aoû 2018
Garantizar el derecho a la identidad para toda la población depende de una institucionalidad robusta que sea capaz de brindar servicios de identidad y registro de forma accesible, eficiente y segura…
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Aoû 2018
Paraguay is one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America and the Caribbean. Despite solid growth and sound macroeconomic fundamentals, foreign direct investment flows remain sluggish. Since…
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Aoû 2018
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We use a field experiment to evaluate the impact of two informational get-out-the-vote (GOTV) campaigns to boost female electoral participation in Paraguay. We find that public campaigns had no…
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Aoû 2018
This discussion paper was developed by the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Division in collaboration with the Knowledge, Innovation and Communication…
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Aoû 2018
Este documento de trabajo fue elaborado por la División de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda (HUD, por sus siglas en inglés) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en colaboración con el…
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Aoû 2018
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Recent studies document that, in many cases, the schools that parents prefer over others do not improve student test scores. This could be because (a) parents cannot discern schools causal impacts,…
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Aoû 2018
Protected areas are fundamental to reaching the goals laid out as a part of the recent Sustainable Development Goals. Recognition of the importance of protected areas from policy makers,…
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Aoû 2018
El contexto nuevo y cambiante de la economía digital y la digitalización del sector público ofrecen a las administraciones fiscales de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) un marco con necesidades e…
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Aoû 2018
This policy brief examines these crises, explores successes and pitfalls in the response mechanisms, and extracts valuable lessons to assist decision makers in dealing with droughts, providing…
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Aoû 2018
El cambio climático está acelerando la frecuencia y gravedad de las sequías, generando desafíos tanto para los encargados de políticas como para la población a nivel mundial. Este informe de…
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Aoû 2018
A mudança climática está aumentando a frequência e intensidade das secas, o que impõe enormes desafios tanto para os formuladores de políticas como para os cidadãos em todo o mundo. Esta síntese de…
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Aoû 2018
Esta base de datos contiene información sobre desempeño e inclusión financiera por institución regulada en la región. FINLAC data cubre siete años (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 y 2015) y…
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Aoû 2018
In 2010 the IDB’s Board of Governors approved the 9th General Capital Increase (IDB-9), adding $70 billion in paid-in and callable capital to IDB’s existing $100 billion capital base. Governors tied…
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Aoû 2018
En 2010, la Asamblea de Gobernadores del BID aprobó el Noveno Aumento General de Capital, que incrementó la base de capital de US$100.000 millones con que contaba el BID en US$70.000 millones en…
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Aoû 2018
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The important debate about how economic fluctuations affect employment reallocation in heterogeneous businesses is currently open in the literature. This debate is relevant as it matters for the…
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Aoû 2018
This report outlines a range of reforms needed to develop a digital economy and to take advantage of digital trade opportunities. Many of the recommended reforms are domestic in nature, such as…
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Aoû 2018
A number of policy discussions in macroeconomics have to do with the impact of commodity price fluctuations on fiscal policy in commodity exporting countries. Commodity price movements, however, have…
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Aoû 2018
This paper examines the effect of exposure to air pollution on the probability of a pregnancy ending in a stillbirth delivery. We use official registry data of pregnancy outcomes and municipality-…
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Aoû 2018
This paper studies the predictive power of several proxies for liquidity in forecasting exchange rates for a set of countries from January 2001 to April 2013. The results indicate that changes in…
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Aoû 2018
Knowledge is transferred between firms explicitly or tacitly. While non-embedded knowledge can be transferred explicitly through patent citations, embedded knowledge is essentially transferred…
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Aoû 2018
Decentralizing the allocation of resources to community members is an increasingly popular form of delivering public resources in developing countries. However, this approach is associated with the…
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Aoû 2018
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A medida que los programas de visitas continúan expandiéndose, es crucial desarrollar métodos costo-efectivos de monitoreo de su calidad, que sean factibles de aplicación a escala. Este documento…
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Aoû 2018
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As home visiting programs continue to expand, it is crucial to develop cost-effective methods to monitor their quality that are feasible at-scale. This paper compares two instruments widely used…
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Aoû 2018
Este estudio busca responder a la pregunta de cómo deberían los servicios públicos (domiciliarios) de infraestructura ser objeto de imposición, procediendo a revisar la literatura de imposición…
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Aoû 2018
There are several modalities for the elaboration of social infrastructure designs: they can be carried out by the executing unit or other public institution of the borrowing country. Individual…
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Aoû 2018
Para la elaboración de diseños de infraestructura social existen varias modalidades: pueden ser realizados por el propio personal de la unidad ejecutora o de otra institución pública del país…
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Aoû 2018
Pour le développement de conceptions d'infrastructures sociales, il existe plusieurs modalités : elles peuvent tre réalisées par le personnel de l'unité d'exécution ou d'une autre…
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Aoû 2018
Existem várias modalidades para a elaboraço de projetos de infraestrutura social: eles podem ser executados pela unidade executora ou outra instituiço pública do país mutuário, consultores…
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Aoû 2018
The selection of the appropriate area for the location is one of the critical aspects that arise at the start of an infrastructure project and has implications throughout its life cycle. This…
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Aoû 2018
La selección del sitio adecuado para la ubicación de un edificio es uno de los aspectos críticos que surge en el inicio de un proyecto de infraestructura, y tiene incidencia en el ciclo de vida del…
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Aoû 2018
En 2017, les directions des secteurs de l'infrastructure et de l'énergie (INE / INE) et du secteur social (SCL / SCL) ont décidé de créer l'unité "Infrastructures sociales"…
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Aoû 2018
A seleção da localização apropriada para a construção de um edifício é um dos aspectos críticos que surge no início de um projeto de infraestrutura e tem implicações ao longo do ciclo de vida do…
A Community-Based Intervention to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls in Haiti: Lessons Learned
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Aoû 2018
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is highly prevalent in Haiti and constitutes a serious public health problem. Social norms promoting power imbalance between women and men and condoning VAWG…
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Aoû 2018
Gender segmentation in the labor market is widespread. However, most existing studies of the effects of labor demand shocks on local economies assume away gender. In this paper, I show that local…
Public Education Investment and Local Labor Markets: Evidence from a Large Federal Program in Brazil
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Aoû 2018
Do education investments improve regional labor market outcomes? In principle, education could lead to higher local productivity, but potential benefits to local economies could be muted if the…