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Women at Work: The Impact of Female Employment on Value Added in Mexico
Women at Work: The Impact of Female Employment on Value Added in Mexico

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cabrera Hernandez, Francisco Javier;López, Arnoldo;Ventosa-Santaulària, Daniel

We estimate the effect of a rise in female employment on municipal-level value added in Mexico. We combine economic census data with administrative records on the expansion of the Full-Time Schools…
Better Jobs Index 2026 Country Data: Latin America Achieves Historic Levels of Employment Quality, Although they Remain Insufficient for Most of the Population
Better Jobs Index 2026 Country Data: Latin America Achieves Historic Levels of Employment Quality, Although they Remain Insufficient for Most of the Population

Date issued: Jul 2026
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Lugo Ibarra, Mariana;Jaramillo Vasconez, Oscar Eduardo

The IDB's Better Jobs Index 2026 tracks labor market quantity (participation and employment rates) and quality (formality and living-wage adequacy) across 17 Latin American and Caribbean…
Private Sector Participation in Childcare Service Provision: International Evidence and Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean
Private Sector Participation in Childcare Service Provision: International Evidence and Implications for Latin America and the Caribbean

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Suaya, Agustina

This monograph systematizes the international evidence on public policy instruments that can encourage, regulate, limit, or condition private sector participation in the provision of childcare…
El sector privado en la provisión de servicios de cuidado infantil: evidencia internacional e implicancias para América Latina y el Caribe
El sector privado en la provisión de servicios de cuidado infantil: evidencia internacional e implicancias para América Latina y el Caribe

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Suaya, Agustina

Esta monografía sistematiza la evidencia internacional sobre los instrumentos de política pública que pueden incentivar, ordenar, limitar o condicionar la participación del sector privado en la…
Flushing out Barriers to Sewerage Connections: Results from a Cluster Randomized Trial in El Alto, Bolivia
Flushing out Barriers to Sewerage Connections: Results from a Cluster Randomized Trial in El Alto, Bolivia

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Martinez, Sebastian;Mecerreyes, Cristina;Sanchez-Decotto, Manuela;Vidal, Cecilia

Low levels of household sewerage connectivity constitute a pervasive challenge in low-income, peri-urban settings, limiting the potential benefits of sanitation systems. The situation calls for…
Motorcyclists in Latin America: Current Situation, Lessons Learned and Recommended Best Practices for the Protection of its Users. 2nd Edition
Motorcyclists in Latin America: Current Situation, Lessons Learned and Recommended Best Practices for the Protection of its Users. 2nd Edition

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Armijos, Jean Pol;Riveros, Jorge Luis;Torregroza Vargas, Nathaly Milena

Motorcyclists represent the primary challenge for road safety in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where fatalities among this group have increased by 98% between 2010 and 2024, despite an…
Motociclistas en América Latina: Situación actual, lecciones aprendidas y buenas prácticas recomendadas para la protección de sus usuarios. Segunda edición
Motociclistas en América Latina: Situación actual, lecciones aprendidas y buenas prácticas recomendadas para la protección de sus usuarios. Segunda edición

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Armijos, Jean Pol;Riveros, Jorge Luis;Torregroza Vargas, Nathaly Milena

Los motociclistas representan el principal desafío para la seguridad vial en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), donde las muertes de este grupo han aumentado un 98% entre 2010 y 2024, a pesar de una…
Fiscal and Monetary Policy Shocks and Private Sector Activity: Evidence Across Countries
Fiscal and Monetary Policy Shocks and Private Sector Activity: Evidence Across Countries

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Tovar Jalles, João;Andrian, Leandro Gaston

This paper examines the relationship between fiscal- and monetary-policy shocks and private-sector outcomes, with a focus on private investment, private credit, and firm creation, by using an annual…
Agricultural Development through Evidence: Lessons from a Decade of IDB Impact Evaluations in Latin America and the Caribbean (2014-2025)
Agricultural Development through Evidence: Lessons from a Decade of IDB Impact Evaluations in Latin America and the Caribbean (2014-2025)

Date issued: Jul 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schling, Maja;Salazar, Lina;Perez Massard, Renee Gabriela;Barbosa, Daniel;Chang Huaita, Rodrigo Ysaac;Lee, Dasun

This study reviews a decade of rigorously evaluated IDB-supported agricultural interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean. The evidence base encompasses five major intervention categories:…
Disaster Risk Finance in Belize: Progress and Perspectives
Disaster Risk Finance in Belize: Progress and Perspectives

Date issued: Jul 2026
Author(s): Mercadante, Jared Phillip;Zhang, Hongrui;World Bank;Inter-American Development Bank

This publication, developed jointly by the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank, evaluates Belize's disaster risk finance framework and provides a roadmap to strengthen its…