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Date issued: Aug 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bernal, Carolina;Vlaicu, Razvan

This paper examines how rural households cope with climate change related rainfall shocks by re-allocating childrens time between domestic activities and school attendance. Households affected by an…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Castro, Lucio;Scartascini, Carlos

The results of a field experiment in Argentina indicate that taxpayers who received a deterrent message (describing the penalties for non-compliance) are more likely to comply with payment of taxes…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Castro, Lucio;Scartascini, Carlos

Los resultados de un experimento de campo en Argentina indican que los contribuyentes que recibieron un mensaje de disuasión (que describía las sanciones por incumplimiento) tenían más probabilidades…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): IDOM Consulting

A Port Community System (PCS) is a digital platform which facilitates information exchange and collaboration among all stakeholders within a port ecosystem. In this Technical Note, the authors…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): IDOM Consulting

Un Sistema de Comunidad Portuaria (“Port Community System” o “PCS”, por sus siglas en inglés) es una plataforma digital que facilita el intercambio de información y colaboración entre todos los…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Gortazar, Lúcas;Hupkau, Claudia;Roldán, Antonio

In 2021, EsadeEcPol, in collaboration with the "Empieza Por Educar" Foundation (ExE), launched "Menttores", an online educational reinforcement program aimed at students from…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Echevarría, Carlos;Pessanha, José Francisco;Weiss, Mariana;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

As lâmpadas LED (em inglês, light-emitting diodes) vem se consolidando no mercado principalmente após melhorias tecnológicas e significativa redução de seus custos. Entretanto, ainda há um potencial…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Contreras, M. Ignacia;Duryea, Suzanne;Martínez, Claudia

In Chile, students with disabilities experienced greater difficulties in accessing well-established post-secondary institutions during the pandemic than did their peers without disabilities. For…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Contreras, M. Ignacia;Duryea, Suzanne;Martínez, Claudia

En Chile, los alumnos con discapacidades experimentaron más dificultades durante la pandemia para tener acceso a instituciones postsecundarias de alta calidad. En el caso de los alumnos con…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Franco, Maria;Scartascini, Carlos;Tommasi, Mariano

Macroeconomic volatility can have serious implications for the economy; reducing a countrys exposure can increase long-term prosperity. When the government has significant capabilities, it is not…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Franco, Maria;Scartascini, Carlos;Tommasi, Mariano

La volatilidad macroeconómica puede tener graves consecuencias para la economía; reducir la exposición de un país puede aumentar la prosperidad a largo plazo. Cuando el gobierno tiene capacidades, no…

Date issued: Aug 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mosqueira, Edgardo;Alessandro, Martín

There is a growing mismatch between the types of public problems that governments face and the capabilities of the public administrations that design and implement policies to address them.…

Date issued: Aug 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mosqueira, Edgardo;Alessandro, Martín

Existe un desajuste creciente entre el tipo de problemas públicos que los gobiernos deben enfrentar y las capacidades de las administraciones públicas que diseñan e implementan políticas para…

Date issued: Aug 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mosqueira, Edgardo;Alessandro, Martín

Existe um crescente descompasso entre os tipos de problemas públicos enfrentados pelos governos e as capacidades das administrações públicas que elaboram e implementam políticas para resolvê-los. Os…

Date issued: Aug 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cosbey, Aaron;Vogt-Schilb, Adrien

There is a growing wave of concern for the embodied carbon in traded goods. One manifestation of that concern is large economies such as the USA and the European Union enacting climate-related trade…

Date issued: Aug 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cosbey, Aaron;Vogt-Schilb, Adrien

Existe una creciente preocupación por el carbono incorporado en los bienes importados. Una manifestación de esa preocupación es la promulgación por parte de grandes economías como EE.UU. y la Unión…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Gómez, José Ramon;Elliot, Patricia;Salazar Diez de Sollano, Francisco Javier

El objetivo de esta nota es hacer una propuesta para la implementación de una transición energética justa en el Perú, liderada por el Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MINEM). Esta propuesta es el…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Caruso, Germán;Scartascini, Carlos;Tommasi, Mariano

If politics is conducted largely outside of formal arenas, political institutions may not play a very large role in determining policy outcomes. We propose a new index of institutionalization to…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Caruso, Germán;Scartascini, Carlos;Tommasi, Mariano

Si la política se desenvuelve principalmente fuera de las instancias formales, puede que las instituciones políticas no tengan un rol demasiado grande en la determinación de los resultados de las…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Neftenov, Nikola;Stankovich, Miriam

While the globe reels from numerous crises following the COVID-19 pandemic, a silent yet extremely persistent crisis continues to deepen in water and sanitation sectors worldwide. As one of the most…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Neftenov, Nikola;Stankovich, Miriam

Mientras el mundo se sacude por numerosas crisis tras la pandemia de COVID-19, una crisis silenciosa pero extremadamente persistente continúa profundizándose en los sectores del agua y saneamiento en…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): IDOM Consulting

Appendices to “Smart and Sustainable Ports: Tools for Implementing Port Community Systems” It describes in more detail the data sources and provides more useful documentation.

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): IDOM Consulting

El apéndice técnico para “Puertos inteligentes y sostenibles: herramientas para implementar Sistemas de Comunidad Portuaria” brinda detalles adicionales y fuentes de información de los diversos temas…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Sato, Caio Kyoshi Costa;Lacerda, Guilherme de Andrade;Cossi, João;Aguiar, Martim Ancona de F. B.

A educação é um direito universal. No entanto, a concretização desse direto é desigual entre regiões, entre zonas urbanas e rurais, entre raças e entre gêneros. O desafio para resolver, ou pelo menos…

Date issued: Aug 2023
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Netflix

This report quantifies the economic impact of the screen industries in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, explains how the screen industries generate wider economic benefits through their supply…