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Date issued: 6月 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Roseth, Benjamin

Do targeted transparency interventions reduce corrupt behavior when corrupt actors are few and politically influential; their behavior imposes small costs on numerous individuals; and corrupt…

Date issued: 6月 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Roseth, Benjamin

Las intervenciones de transparencia focalizada, ¿reducen el comportamiento corrupto cuando los actores corruptos son pocos y políticamente influyentes, su comportamiento impone pequeños costes a…

Date issued: 6月 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aparicio, Gabriela;Bobić, Vida;De Olloqui, Fernando;Fernández Díez, María Carmen;Gerardino, María Paula;Mitnik, Oscar A.;Vargas, Sebastián

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of easing credit constraints for rural producers in Mexico through loans provided by a national public development finance institution. In contrast to most of…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

As a development institution, the IDB Group is committed to improving the lives of all people in Latin America and the Caribbean by providing the most innovative and pragmatic solutions to our…

Date issued: 6月 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alviarez, Vanessa;Head, Keith;Mayer, Thierry

We assess the consequences for consumers in 76 countries of multinational acquisitions in beer and spirits. Outcomes depend on how changes in ownership affect markups versus efficiency. We find that…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Morrison, Andrew;Hernández Jurado, María;De la Piedra García, Andrea

Hay evidencia empírica convincente de que las empresas más diversas en términos de raza, etnia y género son más innovadoras, más productivas y generan mayores utilidades. Chile, Colombia, México y…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Herrera Dappe, Matías;Serebrisky, Tomás;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor

Do differences in port performance explain differences in maritime transport costs? How much would improvements in port performance reduce maritime transport costs in developing countries? To answer…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Cuadra, Gabriel;Nuguer, Victoria

Advanced economies (AEs) transmit economic crisis to Emerging Market Economies (EMEs) through cross-border bank flows, impacting their output, credit, and assets prices. Empirical evidence suggests…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Cuadra, Gabriel;Nuguer, Victoria

Las economías avanzadas (EA) transmiten una crisis económica a las economías emergentes (EME) a través de los flujos bancarios transfronterizos, lo cual tiene un impacto en su producto, el crédito y…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Ferraz, João Carlos;Torracca, Julia;Urraca Ruiz, Ana;Britto, Jorge;Schmidt, Henrique

El presente estudio determina las etapas de evolución y el proceso de transformación productiva en términos de adopción de tecnologías digitales de las firmas en Argentina y en Brasil. Además destaca…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique;Puig Gabarró, Pau

A regio da América Latina e Caribe (ALC) está avançando na eliminaço das lacunas no acesso à banda larga? Esta atualizaço do ndice de Desenvolvimento da Banda Larga (IDBL), composto por 44 variáveis…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique;Puig Gabarró, Pau

Está avanzando la región América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) en cerrar las brechas de acceso a la Banda Ancha? Esta actualización del Indice de Desarrollo de la Banda Ancha (IDBA), conformado de 44…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique;Puig Gabarró, Pau

A regio da América Latina e Caribe (ALC) está avançando na eliminaço das lacunas no acesso à banda larga? Esta atualizaço do ndice de Desenvolvimento da Banda Larga (IDBL), composto por 44 variáveis…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Allende López, Marcos;López León, Diego;Cerón, Sergio;Leal Batista, Antonio;Pareja, Adrián;Da Silva, Marcelo;Pardo, Alejandro;Jones, Duncan;Worrall, David;Merriman, Ben;Gilmore, John;Kitchener, Nick;Venegas-Andraca, Salvador E.

This paper describes the work carried out by the Inter-American Development Bank, the IDB Lab, LACChain, Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC), and Tecnológico de Monterrey to identify and eliminate…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Chakalall, Yuri;Carrera-Marquis, Daniela;Espiga, Franklin;Smith, Katherine;Best, Daniel M.;Otsuyama, Kensuke;Tanaka, Hideharu

This Brochure captures the content of the Workshop held last year August 24, 2021 on 'International Good Practices and Lessons learned in Post Disaster Reconstruction in The Bahamas' with…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Libertun de Duren, Nora Ruth;Hernández, Carmen;Acosta M., María Elena

El estudio "Brechas de género en el acceso al mercado hipotecario en Ecuador" analiza el acceso de las mujeres en condición de pobreza y pobreza moderada para la obtención de un crédito…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Libertun de Duren, Nora Ruth;Hernández, Carmen;Acosta M., María Elena

The study "Gender gaps in access to the mortgage market in Ecuador" analyzes the access of women in conditions of poverty and moderate poverty to obtain a home loan in the formal financial…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Duarte Salcedo, Catalina;Cotto Girón, Eira Idalmy

“Aprendamos todos a leer” es un programa para la enseñanza del lenguaje en la básica primaria. En preescolar y primer grado, la enseñanza explícita de la lectura y la escritura se enfoca en el…

Date issued: 6月 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aromi, Daniel;Bonel, María Paula;Cristia, Julian P.;Llada, Martín;Palomino, Luis

This study analyzes mobility patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic for eight large Latin American cities. Indicators of mobility by socioeconomic status (SES) are generated by combining georeferenced…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Michalczewsky, Kathia

This report provides estimates of Latin America and the Caribbeans international trade flows for 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. It was prepared by the Integration and Trade Sector (INT) at the…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Michalczewsky, Kathia

Esta nota presenta las estimaciones de los flujos comerciales internacionales de América Latina y el Caribe para el año 2020 y el primer trimestre de 2021. Las cifras fueron elaboradas por el Sector…

Date issued: 6月 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cafferata, Fernando Gabriel;Scartascini, Carlos

Crime is a major problem in Latin America and the Caribbean. With 9 percent of the world's population, the region accounts for 33 percent of global homicides. Using new, extensive survey data,…

Date issued: 6月 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cafferata, Fernando Gabriel;Scartascini, Carlos

La delincuencia es un problema importante en América Latina y el Caribe. Con el 9 por ciento de la población mundial, la región suma el 33 por ciento de los homicidios. Utilizando nuevos y amplios…

Date issued: 6月 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Andreasen, Eugenia;Bauducco, Sofía;Dardati, Evangelina

This paper studies the effect of capital controls on misallocation and welfare in an economy with financial constraints. We build a general equilibrium model with heterogeneous firms, financial…

Date issued: 6月 2021
Author(s): Arias Ortiz, Elena;Cristia, Julian P.;Palomino, Luis

Este trabajo presenta los resultados de un estudio piloto implementado para promover el uso de la plataforma de aprendizaje para Matemáticas ConectaIdeas desde el hogar. Utilizamos datos recolectados…