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Date issued: Feb 2023
Author(s): Blanchard, Olivia

El 91% de las personas que se dedican al trabajo doméstico remunerado son mujeres. El trabajo doméstico supone en promedio, alrededor del 11% del empleo de las mujeres en América Latina y el Caribe…

Date issued: Feb 2023
Author(s): Barafani, Magdalena;Garnero, Paula;Merino, María Florencia

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…

Date issued: Feb 2023
Author(s): Chernicharo, Carlos Augusto de Lemos;Bressani Ribeiro, Thiago

La presente serie de notas técnicas fue desarrollada como parte de los Talleres de Conocimiento en Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales en Ecuador, llevado a cabo entre el 23 de septiembre del 2021 y el…

Date issued: Feb 2023
Author(s): Gallardo Montoya, María Lourdes;Muente, Arturo;Valdez, Eugenia

Digital identification systems unlock tremendous benefits from digital government initiatives. However, governments across the globe, including in Latin America and the Caribbean, have been slow to…

Date issued: Feb 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alviarez, Vanessa;Chen, Cheng;Pandalai-Nayar, Nitya;Varela, Liliana;Yi, Kei-Mu;Zhang, Hongyong

We study the role of multinationals (MNCs) in facilitating firm-level and aggregate structural transformation. Using a stylized model of multinational production and trade, we show that an inward…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Cuestas, Ernesto;Szwedzki, Roni;Andrade Sakaguchi, Sumiko;Galinsky, Damian;Barbosa, Fernando;Del Pilar, Diego;Miranda, Laura;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;De Santis, Stefania;King, Julie;Carbajo, José;Leonard, Keith

At the 2015 annual meeting in Busan, the Boards of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) decided to consolidate the IDB Group…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Cuestas, Ernesto;Szwedzki, Roni;Andrade Sakaguchi, Sumiko;Galinsky, Damian;Barbosa, Fernando;Del Pilar, Diego;Miranda, Laura;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;De Santis, Stefania;King, Julie;Carbajo, José;Leonard, Keith

En el marco de la reunión anual de 2015 en Busán, las Asambleas de Gobernadores del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y la Corporación Interamericana de Inversiones (CII) aprobaron la…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Valencia, Oscar;Rodriguez, Luis Alberto;Siachoque, Juan Pablo

Total public debt in most emerging markets grew before and after the pandemic with a sizable share in foreign currency. Along this trend, interest payments increased even in the presence of active…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gulesci, Selim;Lombardi, María;Ramos, Alejandra

How does exposure to soap operas with LGBTIQ characters affect attitudes toward the LGBTIQ community? To answer this question, we construct a novel database of 175 telenovelas (soap operas) with…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ham, Andrés;Guarin, Angela;Ruiz, Juanita

This paper studies whether household surveys precisely identify the LGBT population and are suitable to measure labor market discrimination in Colombia. We first quantify the size of the LGBT…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cerda, Maikol;Cervantes, David;Gertler, Paul;Higgins, Sean;Montoya, Ana María;Parrado, Eric;Serrano, Carlos;Undurraga, Raimundo;Yáñez-Pagans, Patricia

The COVID-19 pandemic generated a large negative external shock to the global economy. Businesses worldwide were affected by economic, health, and mobility restrictions that impacted consumers…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ibáñez, Ana María;Moya, Andrés;Velásquez, Andrea

El número de migrantes forzados ha aumentado considerablemente desde principios de la década del 2000 y se ha duplicado en la última década. Para responder a las necesidades de la población…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Zegarra Ascui, Francisco;Pombo, Cristina;Tipan, Giovanna;Ortega, Gloria

Esta nota técnica busca ofrecer una hoja ruta para la gestión migratoria que contemple los procesos de diseño de vías de atención y protección de personas migrantes; discutir el modelo de ventanilla…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Galindo, Arturo;Nuguer, Victoria

We estimate the impact of fuel-commodity price shocks on inflation and inflation expectations for eight Latin American countries in which monetary policy follows inflation-targeting frameworks. We…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Valencia, Oscar

Debt has risen around the world, and Latin America and the Caribbean is no exception. Total debt has grown to US$5.8 trillion, or 117 percent of GDP, for the region and as much as 140 percent of GDP…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Valencia, Oscar

La deuda ha aumentado en todo el mundo y América Latina y el Caribe no es la excepción. La deuda total ha crecido hasta alcanzar unos US$5,8 billones o el 117% del producto interno bruto (PIB) de la…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Valencia, Oscar

O endividamento aumentou em todo o mundo, e a regio da América Latina e Caribe no é exceço. A dívida total subiu para US$ 5,8 trilhes - ou 117% do PIB na regio como um todo, chegando a 140% do PIB no…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Valencia, Oscar

Debt has risen around the world, and Latin America and the Caribbean is no exception. Total debt has grown to US$5.8 trillion, or 117 percent of GDP, for the region and as much as 140 percent of GDP…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Valencia, Oscar

La deuda ha aumentado en todo el mundo y América Latina y el Caribe no es la excepción. La deuda total ha crecido hasta alcanzar unos US$5,8 billones o el 117% del producto interno bruto (PIB) de la…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Valencia, Oscar

O endividamento aumentou em todo o mundo, e a região da América Latina e Caribe no é exceção. A dívida total subiu para US$ 5,8 trilhes - ou 117% do PIB na região como um todo, chegando a 140% do PIB…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Lopez, David;Weiss, Mariana;Pessanha, José Francisco;Arias, Karla;Gouvea, Livia;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

The present study analyzes the relation between energy transition and the job creation potential in Latin America. It capitalizes on companies' characteristics to infer potential hiring process…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Frisancho, Verónica

This article relies on a large-scale field experiment in Mexico to measure the effects of two ability-grouping models (tracking and heterogeneous/bimodal groups) on student learning outcomes during…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Chauvin, Juan Pablo

This paper explores the effects of weather-induced rural-urban migration on urban labor and housing markets in Brazil. In order to identify causal effects, it uses weather shocks to the rural…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Grazzi, Matteo;Radaelli, Vanderléia;Henriquez, Pauline;Pufal, Nathalia;López, Sandra

La innovación verde es todavía incipiente en América Latina y el Caribe. Este documento presenta el concepto de innovación verde, su potencial y relación con el cambio climático y algunos datos sobre…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Blyde, Juan S.;Busso, Matías;Park, Kyunglin;Romero, Dario

By exploiting spatial variation in import exposure arising from initial differences in industry specialization, we analyze how local labor markets in Mexico adjusted to increased Chinese-import…