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Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Chalup, Miguel;Urquidi, Manuel;Serrate, Liliana

The gender earnings gap in labor earnings between men and women in Latin America is an obstacle to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. In Peru, the earnings gap persists despite…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Serrate, Liliana;Sardán, Solange;Chumacero, Mauricio;Albarracín, Santiago

El documento presenta información de demanda laboral en las tres áreas metropolitanas del eje de Bolivia. La información proviene de encuestas relevadas a empresas en 2022 y 2023. Este documento…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Acevedo, Ivonne;Fernández, Raquel;Pagés, Carmen;Székely, Miguel

Education is a crucial asset for a countrys economic prospects and for its inhabitants. In addition to its direct impact on growth via the accumulation of human capital, it is a critical ingredient…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Soriano, Alejandro;Pedraza, Lina;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;Barbosa, Fernando;Galinsky, Damian;Peña-Habib, Oliver;Barcellos, Andreia;Del Pilar, Diego;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;King, Julie;Pérez, Gabriela

This Independent Country Program Review (ICPR) analyzes the strategy and program of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group in Brazil for the 2019-2022 period. ICPRs are independent reviews…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Soriano, Alejandro;Pedraza, Lina;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;Barbosa, Fernando;Galinsky, Damian;Peña-Habib, Oliver;Barcellos, Andreia;Del Pilar, Diego;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;King, Julie;Pérez, Gabriela

Esta Revisión Independiente de Programa de País (ICPR) analiza la estrategia y el programa del Grupo Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en Brasil durante el periodo 2019-2022. Las ICPR son…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Telles, Edward E.;Bailey, Stanley R.;Davoudpour, Shahin;Freeman, Nicholas C.

This chapter examines socioeconomic inequality in Latin America through the lens of race and ethnicity. We primarily use national census data from the International Public Use Micro Data Sample (…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Goyeneche, Laura;Bauhoff, Sebastian

We estimate the efficiency of health spending in 145 middle and high-income and the potential gains from improving efficiency for a range of health system outputs using Data Envelopment Analysis for…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Altamirano Montoya, Álvaro;Oliveri, María Laura;Bosch, Mariano;Tapia Troncoso, Waldo

This paper examines the implicit subsidies within pension systems across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. We first calculate the theoretical benefits of pension for hypothetical workers…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Eslava, Marcela;García-Marín, Alvaro;Messina, Julián

Firms market power may exacerbate income inequality. We investigate this relationship among firms in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where this phenomenon remains understudied. We use firm-…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barroso Tostes Neto, José;Calijuri, Mónica

El modelo tradicional de gestión tributaria, basado en el control y sanciones, se revela inadecuado frente a la alta litigiosidad tributaria en muchos países. En respuesta, varios países están…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Chalup, Miguel;Sardán, Solange

The gender earnings gap between men and women in Latin America is an obstacle to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. In Uruguay, this gap persists despite women often having a…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Chalup, Miguel;Sardán, Solange

La brecha de ingresos laborales entre hombres y mujeres en América Latina es un obstáculo para lograr la igualdad de género y el desarrollo sostenible. En Uruguay, esta brecha persiste a pesar de que…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pessino, Carola;Rasteletti, Alejandro;Artana, Daniel;Lustig, Nora

This chapter analyzes the incidence on income distribution by a comprehensive array of direct and indirect taxes in ten Latin American countries circa 2018. The study finds that although there is a…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Ibáñez, Ana María;Messina, Julián;Quigua, Juliana

This chapter examines the redistributive preferences of Latin Americans and investigates the factors that shape them. Using a detailed survey in eight Latin American countries, the study sheds new…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lustig, Nora;Martinez Pabon, Valentina;Pessino, Carola

This paper uses standard fiscal incidence analysis to study how much income redistribution and poverty reduction are accomplished through the fiscal system in eighteen Latin American and Caribbean (…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bancalari, Antonella;Berlinski, Samuel;Buitrago, Giancarlo;García, María Fernanda;Mata, Dolores de la;Vera-Hernández, Marcos

The present paper outlines measures of disparity in healthcare access and health outcomes, drawing from the standardized metrics introduced in one related study (Bancalari et al., 2023). Beveridge…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Medellín, Nadin;Ibarrarán, Pablo

We assess the non-contributory cash transfer systems in 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries to identify factors that keep them from reducing poverty and inequality. To perform this assessment,…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Medellín, Nadin;Ibarrarán, Pablo

Evaluamos los sistemas de transferencias monetarias no contributivas en 17 países de América Latina y el Caribe para identificar factores que les impiden reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad. Para…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Medellín, Nadin;Ibarrarán, Pablo

Avaliamos os programas de transferência de renda não contributivas em 17 países da América Latina e do Caribe para identificar os fatores que os impedem de reduzir a pobreza e a desigualdade. Para…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Guizzo Altube, Matías;Scartascini, Carlos;Tommasi, Mariano

Predominant views on the political economy of Latin America and the Caribbean tend to emphasize that elite domination helps to understand the high levels of inequality. The contemporary fiscal…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Morduchowicz, Alejandro;Suasnábar, Juan

¿Qué es planificar la educación hoy? Mejor dicho, ¿qué podría ser? Para la primera hay unas cuantas respuestas posibles, pero para la segunda sería difícil encontrar más de un par. El planeamiento…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Rincón-Gallardo, Santiago

En México, las Redes de Tutoría surgieron en los 90s como respuesta a la necesidad de impulsar el aprendizaje autodirigido en comunidades marginadas. Estas redes, ancladas en el diálogo equitativo,…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Cappelletti, Gachy;Savransky, Natalia

Ante la crisis de aprendizajes dada por la pandemia, los gobiernos de América Latina y diversas organizaciones de la sociedad civil pusieron en marcha iniciativas de aprendizaje remoto, que variaron…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Chalup, Miguel;Sardán, Solange;Urquidi, Manuel

The gender earnings gap between men and women in Lan America is an obstacle to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. In Chile, this gap persists despite the fact that women, in many…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Chalup, Miguel;Sardán, Solange;Urquidi, Manuel

La brecha de ingresos laborales entre hombres y mujeres en América Latina es un obstáculo para lograr la igualdad de género y el desarrollo sostenible. En Chile, esta brecha persiste a pesar de que…