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8月 2020
This Technical Note describes the process of designing a behavioral intervention to help reduce the prevalence of anemia in children in El Salvador. It first describes a traditional micronutrient…
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8月 2020
Evidence suggests that violence against women is likely to increase in Latin America and the Caribbean as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and the implementation of social distancing measures such as…
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8月 2020
La evidencia sugiere que es probable que la violencia contra las mujeres aumente en América Latina y el Caribe como resultado de la crisis de COVID-19 y las consecuentes medidas preventivas de…
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8月 2020
Alcanzar el Objetivo de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) 6, “Asegurar la disponibilidad y la gestión sostenible del agua y el saneamiento para todos”, requiere de un cambio de paradigma de manejo de…
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8月 2020
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The Venezuelan migration to Peru has been growing at fast speed since 2016 reaching a peak in 2018. Using a panel that allows us to control for individual effects, we study the heterogeneous short-…
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8月 2020
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Popular empirical strategies that examine the labor impacts of migrants, like the skill-cell approach, are frequently used to measure the effects of immigrants from a particular skill group on native…
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8月 2020
This paper evaluates the impact of irrigation improvement works to benefit indigenous communities in the highlands of Ecuador, largely dependent on agriculture for their livelihoods. The findings…
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8月 2020
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Auctions to procure long-term contracts with Independent Power Producers are the most common instrument to scale-up the private investment and the deployment of renewable energy sources capacity in…
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8月 2020
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Las subastas para adquirir contratos a largo plazo con productores de energía independientes son el instrumento más común para aumentar la inversión privada y el despliegue de capacidad de fuentes de…
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8月 2020
Hurricane Dorian is not an isolated occurrence, but the latest example of recurrent extreme climate events that have changed the Bahamian landscape and impacted its economy. The increase in water…
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8月 2020
En las últimas décadas, los países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) se han estado desarrollando rápidamente, con un crecimiento económico e incrementos en ingresos. El sector agrícola es…
Date issued:
8月 2020
En las últimas décadas, los países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) se han estado desarrollando rápidamente, con un crecimiento económico e incrementos en ingresos. El sector agrícola es…
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8月 2020
Chile's FONDEF and FONTEC R&D grant programs both boost the productivity of direct beneficiaries, increasing total factor productivity (TFP) by around 4.2 percent. However, spillover effects…
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8月 2020
Ambos programas de subsidios de ID de Chile, FONDEF y FONTEC, generan ganancias de productividad de los beneficiarios directos, aumentando su productividad total de los factores (PTF) en 4,2%. Sin…
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8月 2020
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This report reviews the taxation of oil, gas, and mining sectors by the governments of the major Latin American and Caribbean producing countries. It finds the fiscal regimes in place to be complex…
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8月 2020
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Este informe revisa la tributación de los sectores de petróleo, gas y minería por parte de los gobiernos de los principales países productores de América Latina y el Caribe. En informe encuentra que…
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8月 2020
Autonomous unmanned vehicles (UAS) or Drones, similar to many other interventions such as the internet, GPS and nuclear energy, derived from applications designed for military purposes.
In the…
In the…
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8月 2020
Los vehículos aéreos no tripulados (VANT) o Drones, al igual que otras invenciones como el internet, el GPS y la energía nuclear, son derivados de aplicaciones diseñadas para los conflictos. Su…
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8月 2020
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Punitive anti-crime policies in the Americas have contributed to steadily increasing rates of incarceration. This creates prison overcrowding and can lead to recidivism. Harsh penalties are often…
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8月 2020
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Effectively fighting the pandemic requires thorough understanding of the gaps in public policies that governments must address. To this end, Bank experts have recently drafted two documents aimed at…
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8月 2020
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Combatir efectivamente la pandemia requiere entender cabalmente las disyuntivas de políticas públicas que los gobiernos enfrentan. En consecuencia, el BID ha elaborado documentos dirigidos a…
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8月 2020
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Este artigo desenvolve uma avaliação ex-post do programa de desenvolvimento do turismo Prodetur no estado de Pernambuco, Brasil. Para tanto, foram cumpridas, de forma sequencial, duas etapas…
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8月 2020
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In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) the overall infrastructure investment gap has undermined the regions ability to sustain recent levels of economic growth. Estimates suggest that the region…
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8月 2020
Esta nota busca destacar los desafíos más prominentes de la pandemia del COVID-19 para las personas con discapacidad en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) y presenta medidas claves para intentar…
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8月 2020
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New technological trends, such as digitization, artificial intelligence and robotics, have the power to drastically increase economic output but may also displace workers. In this paper we assess the…