Feb 2023
En este estudio se analiza la evolución de la vocación integracionista de las y los latinoamericanos en un intervalo temporal de alrededor de 25 años. La información utilizada corresponde a los datos…
Nov 2022
This note provides insights into understanding and combating vaccine hesitancy in the Caribbean. We draw on both qualitative and quantitative evidence stemming from IDB analytical and operational…
Aug 2022
We report the results of a meta-analytic review of the effectiveness of programs designed to retrain workers. The review focuses on studies that rely on identification strategies designed to obtain…
Aug 2022
Using meta-analysis we document that (across several contexts) attending sought-after public secondary schools does not tend to improve student test scores. We argue that this fact does not preclude…
Aug 2022
While schools may influence academic and non-academic outcomes, it is not clear whether schools that improve test scores are the same schools that causally improve longer-run outcomes. This policy…
Jul 2022
La invasión rusa a Ucrania representa un choque significativo para la economía mundial, que se produce al tiempo que la región de América Latina y el Caribe aún se está recuperando de la pandemia.…
Jul 2022
La invasión rusa a Ucrania representa un choque significativo para la economía mundial, que se produce al tiempo que la región de América Latina y el Caribe aún se está recuperando de la pandemia.…
Feb 2022
Food loss and waste (FLW) is a challenge affecting the Latin American and Caribbean region economically, socially, and environmentally. In 2015, nations of the world agreed to halve rates of retail…
Feb 2022
La pérdida y el desperdicio de alimentos (PDA) son retos que afectan a la región de América Latina y el Caribe de forma económica, social y ambiental. En 2015, las naciones del mundo acordaron…
Feb 2022
The “Food Loss and Waste Country Progress Index” (“FLW Country Progress Index” or “the Index”) is designed to provide an objective assessment of the degree to which countries are taking steps toward…
Feb 2022
El “índice sobre pérdida y desperdicio de alimentos” (“índice de PDA” o “el índice”) está diseñado para brindar una evaluación objetiva del grado en que los países están tomando medidas para reducir…
Jan 2022
Pese a los avances recientes en la reducción de la brecha de género, las normas sociales vigentes y los estereotipos de género todavía asignan roles, capacidades y responsabilidades diferenciadas…
Oct 2021
El acceso a documentos nacionales de identidad (DNI) es a menudo necesario para reclamar beneficios del gobierno. Sin embargo, aumentar su obtención puede ser especialmente difícil entre los grupos…
Oct 2020
This paper reviews Israels early experience with dynamic entrepreneurship programs. Rather than discussing current policies, it focuses on two programs that were at the core of these policies since…
Oct 2020
We conducted a telephone-based nationally representative survey of Barbados between May and June 2020. The main objective was to quantify the early consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We document…
Jul 2020
Interpersonal trust and trust in institutions have been falling steadily over the last couple of decades all over the world. This is particularly problematic because previous research has found…
Jun 2020
The COVID-19 crisis will have devastating implications for countries around the worldparticularly tourism-dependent economies. This paper highlights the vulnerability of many Latin American and…
Jun 2020
La COVID-19 tendrá consecuencias devastadoras para los países de todo el mundo, en particular para aquellos que dependen del turismo. Nuestro capítulo resalta que muchos países de América Latina y el…
Jun 2020
Investors' interest in investments that consider environmental, social, and governance factors (ESG investments) is increasing as they seek investments that combine financial returns with…
Jun 2020
Behavioral insights are becoming part of the policy toolkit in countries around the world, and the IDB has positioned itself at the forefront of this movement in Latin America and the Caribbean. This…