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Date issued: Nov 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bottan, Nicolas L.;Hoffmann, Bridget;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.

The current coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented public health challenge that has devastating economic impacts for households. Using a sample of 230,540 respondents to online surveys in 17…

Date issued: Nov 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bottan, Nicolas L.;Hoffmann, Bridget;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.

La pandemia del coronavirus está causando una doble crisis económica y de salud a un ritmo sin precedentes. Este documento presenta los resultados de una encuesta a gran escala que fue lanzada en…

Date issued: Nov 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Tun, Thet Hein;Welle, Benjamin;Hidalgo, Darío;Albuquerque, Cristina;Castellanos, Sebastián;Sclar, Ryan;Escalante, David

The paper examines the integral role of semi-formal and informal transport services as viable and legitimate public transport options in Latin America. While the region is well-known as the “cradle…

Date issued: Nov 2020
Author(s): Acevedo, Ivonne;Castro, Eleno;Fernández-Coto, Raquel;Flores, Iván;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Székely, Miguel;Zoido, Pablo

El presente estudio argumenta que la crisis sanitaria amenaza con revertir los niveles de inclusión y logros educativos de los estudiantes alcanzados en la última década en América Latina y el Caribe…

Date issued: Nov 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pisani, Michael;Borda, Dionisio;Ovando, Fernando;García, Diana

El objetivo de este trabajo es realizar una estratificación y caracterización de los cuentapropistas full-time en Paraguay (emprendedores de subsistencia, gacelas potenciales, emprendedores exitosos…

Date issued: Nov 2020
Author(s): Campos, Nicolás;Engel, Eduardo;Fischer, Ronald;Galetovic, Alexander

Los documentos en las causas judiciales y los reportes realizados por medios periodísticos de investigación acerca del caso Odebrecht revelan información detallada sobre el funcionamiento de la…

Date issued: Nov 2020
Author(s): Mooney, Henry;Rosenblatt, David;Giles Álvarez, Laura;McCaskie, Ariel;Gauto, Victor;Bollers, Elton;Khadan, Jeetendra;Abdul-Haqq, Nazera

Except for Barbados, the Caribbean region experienced a new surge of Covid cases in the middle of this summer. Several factors contributed to this unfortunate situation: a rise in imported cases as…

Date issued: Nov 2020
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Elías, Alison;Café, Eduardo;Alonzo, Haydée

Evidence from different countries around the world shows huge variations in academic performance between immigrant and native students across countries, regardless of socioeconomic background and…

Date issued: Nov 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banerjee, Onil;Crossman, Neville;Vargas, Renato;Brander, Luke;Verburg, Peter;Cicowiez, Martin;Hauck, Jennifer;McKenzie, Emily

The year 2020 is a critical year for sustainable development policy and practice with the review and renewal of various international commitments including the Sustainable Development Goals, the…

Date issued: Nov 2020
Author(s): Tribouillard, Clémentine;González-Mahecha, Esperanza;Rosse Caldas, Lucas;Minoja, Livia

O Grupo BID adotou a meta institucional de dedicar pelo menos 30% dos investimentos a projetos com objetivos de mitigação ou adaptação às mudanças climáticas. O setor da construção ocupa uma parte…