Oct 2022
Esta nota sistematiza algunas de las lecciones derivadas de las diversas investigaciones realizadas por la Fase de Verificación de la Observancia del MICI. En concreto, se enfoca en dos de los temas…
Oct 2022
This paper provides a comprehensive early warning system (EWS) that balances the classical signaling approach with the best-realized machine learning (ML) model for predicting fiscal stress episodes…
Oct 2022
Long-term adaptation planning (LTAP) is an important element of the response to the impacts of climate change, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), a region that is highly…
Oct 2022
La planificación de la adaptación a largo plazo (PLP) es un elemento importante de la respuesta a los impactos del cambio climático, en particular en América Latina y el Caribe, una región que es…
Oct 2022
La presente investigación explora los impactos que tuvo la Apertura Petrolera, una política sectorial que otorgó acceso masivo a la participación del sector privado en la industria petrolera…
Oct 2022
Este documento consolida las metodologías y aprendizajes de Planbim de Chile y del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en la incorporación de la metodología de Building Information Modelling (…
Oct 2022
This study identifies and analyzes the evolution of efficiency in providing services and in the financial performance of the LAC electricity distribution companies between 2014-2020. In addition, it…
Oct 2022
Este estudio identifica y analiza la evolución de la eficiencia en la prestación de servicios y en el desempeño financiero de las empresas distribuidoras de electricidad de ALC entre 2014-2020.…
Oct 2022
This discussion paper provides a foundation for digital transformation of water and sanitation utilities and illustrates how emerging technologies, new types of organizations, and forms of working…
Oct 2022
Este documento, basado en el Documento de Marco Sectorial de Protección Social y Pobreza, tiene el propósito de mostrar el estado actual de la protección social en América Latina y el Caribe. Para…
Oct 2022
Global value chains (GVCs) provide countries with opportunities to diversify trade, and boost productivity and growth by specializing in one stage of the production process. However, for the most…
Oct 2022
Using an impact evaluation methodology for interrupted time-series and the IDB Pension Projection Model, this study estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic could have notably effects on the private…
Oct 2022
El desarrollo de la tecnología 5G nos permitirá descubrir cosas que hasta ahora no podíamos hacer tecnológicamente. Y habilitará la fusión del mundo físico (operational technology, OT) con el mundo…
Oct 2022
Environmental journalists have worked for decades to increase awareness of the imminent climate crisis. They did so long before the issue ever made the front page, or companies had sustainability…
Oct 2022
Desde hace décadas, los periodistas ambientales trabajan para aumentar la visibilidad de la crisis climática que enfrentamos. Ya lo hacían cuando el tema todavía no llegaba a las portadas de los…
Oct 2022
This document uses responses from a questionnaire to examine whether tax policy is a barrier to information technology (IT) services imports in Latin America and the Caribbean. The responses show…
Oct 2022
The Chilean pension system was hit hard during 2020-2021 by the withdrawal of 25 per cent of the individual pensions funds accumulated by 2019, an amount equivalent to 20 per cent of Chiles GDP. We…
Oct 2022
Road congestion and air pollution are key challenges for quality of life in urban settings. This research leverages highly disaggregated crowdsourced data from Latin America to study the effect of…
Oct 2022
Every day, three women are murdered in the United States by a current or former partner. Yet policy action to prevent gender-based violence has been limited. Previous studies have highlighted the…
Oct 2022
Teachers are the most fundamental input of students' learning. For this reason, developing teaching skills is a policy priority for most governments around the world. We experimentally evaluate…