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Aug 2023
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Understanding health-seeking behaviors and their drivers is key for governments to manage health policies. There is a growing literature on the role of cognitive biases and heuristics in health and…
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Aug 2023
Changes in brand ownership resulting from cross-border mergers and acquisitions impact competition and consumer welfare. Foreign acquisitions of local brands often lead to an increase in cost or a…
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Aug 2023
Los cambios en la propiedad de las marcas que resultan de las fusiones y adquisiciones transfronterizas tienen un impacto en la competencia y en el bienestar de los consumidores. Las adquisiciones…
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Aug 2023
Digital projects in education, healthcare, and administrative services displayed net present values and low implementation costs, but wide variation was found in net benefits across policy options A…
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Aug 2023
Los proyectos digitales en la educación, la atención de salud y los servicios administrativos mostraron valores presentes netos y bajos costos de implementación, pero se observó una amplia variación…
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Aug 2023
Metodología de análisis sociocultural (ASC) basada en siete estudios de caso de operaciones del BID que implican la participación de pueblos indígenas, afrodescendientes y comunidades tradicionales…
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Aug 2023
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Do individuals trust experts' advice? Does the sector represented by these experts matter for trust and compliance? Do individuals prefer the public or the private sector for large-scale…
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Aug 2023
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This paper presents a comprehensive framework examining fiscal sustainability in developing economies. It integrates public capital, labor informality, and global liquidity shocks in a two-sector…
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Aug 2023
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Latin American and Caribbean countries have historically been known for their rates of land inequality, highest in the world. However, these countries also exhibit a high degree of heterogeneity in…
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Aug 2023
El proyecto Punto Creativo Región Sur-Sureste tiene como objetivo identificar áreas de oportunidad a través de mediciones basadas en la intersección de la Industrias Culturales y Creativas y las…
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Aug 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly accelerated the digitalization of micro, small, and medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Latin America. The shift from in-person to online banking transactions has…
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Aug 2023
La pandemia del COVID-19 ha acelerado considerablemente la digitalización de las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas (MPyMEs) en América Latina. El cambio de las transacciones bancarias presenciales…
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Aug 2023
The 2023 second 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…
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Aug 2023
The availability of numerous beneficial healthcare technologies presents both an opportunity and a challenge: while they have the potential to improve health outcomes, financial constraints limit…
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Aug 2023
Estamos en una situación afortunada de tener a nuestra disposición más tecnologías beneficiosas que las que podemos financiar. Sin embargo, esta mayor disponibilidad junto con el envejecimiento de la…
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Aug 2023
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This analysis applies a regression discontinuity approach combined with remote sensing data to measure the productivity impacts linked to a fruit-fly eradication program, implemented in Peru. For…
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Aug 2023
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We examine the impact of changes in local labor market concentration on two components of income inequality in Mexico: local wage shares and labor income inequal-ty. Combining data from the Economic…
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Aug 2023
The probability of tax reform is higher during banking crises. Tax reform is unlikely to occur during election periodseven if the government is facing financing problemsso reforms that seek to raise…
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Aug 2023
La probabilidad de una reforma tributaria aumenta durante las crisis bancarias. Es poco probable que una reforma tributaria se produzca durante períodos electorales, aun cuando el gobierno se…
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Aug 2023
Teachers are the most important and expensive input when it comes to improving the quality of education. In many Latin American countries, the decentralized way in which teachers are assigned is…
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Aug 2023
Los maestros son el factor más importante y caro, al momento de mejorar la calidad de la educación. En muchos países de Latinoamérica, la forma descentralizada en la que se asignan los docentes es…
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Aug 2023
Os professores são o fator mais importante e caro para melhorar a qualidade da educação. Em muitos países da América Latina, a forma descentralizada através da qual os docentes são alocados é…
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Aug 2023
This paper studies the role of buyer market power in determining the response of international prices to exchange rate changes (i.e., exchange rate pass-through). Using a novel dataset of the…
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Aug 2023
Public employment services have a crucial role in the search for quality jobs, worker placement, labor market adaptation, and mitigating impacts during economic transitions. Globally, these services…
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Aug 2023
Los Servicios Públicos de Empleo desempeñan un papel crucial en la búsqueda de empleos de calidad, la colocación de trabajadores, la adaptación al mercado laboral y la mitigación de impactos durante…