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Date issued: 10月 2020
Author(s): Acevedo, Ivonne;Castellani, Francesca;Flores, Iván;Lotti, Giulia;Székely, Miguel

El coronavirus está golpeando fuertemente a los países de América Latina y el Caribe. El presente documento ofrece estimaciones sobre los posibles cambios en la estructura social de los países de la…

Date issued: 10月 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mungroo, Albert;Tjon Kie Sim-Balker, Peggy

High and unsustainable public debt is an economic problem at the center of many emerging and developing economies. This paper investigates, for the period 1978-2017, how the Surinamese Government…

Date issued: 10月 2020
Author(s): Khadan, Jeetendra

Suriname is facing severe macroeconomic disequilibrium characterized by large fiscal and external imbalances and a sharp decline in economic growth. Although the country is in a precarious economic…

Date issued: 10月 2020
Author(s): Aruoba, S. Boragan;Drazen, Allan;Vlaicu, Razvan

The opportunity to run for reelection provides a significant incentive for incumbent U.S. governors to exert effort, creating a disciplining effect. This improves policy outcomes by 4.9 percent.…

Date issued: 10月 2020
Author(s): Aruoba, S. Boragan;Drazen, Allan;Vlaicu, Razvan

La oportunidad para presentarse a la reelección representa un incentivo importante para que los gobernadores actuales en Estados Unidos se esfuercen y creen un efecto disciplinante. Esto mejora los…

Date issued: 10月 2020
Author(s): Rodríguez Chatruc, Marisol;Stein, Ernesto H.;Vlaicu, Razvan

While voters in Latin America were generally very favorable to increased trade with other countries, mainly based on perceived employment gains, public opinion is affected by common pro- and anti-…

Date issued: 10月 2020
Author(s): Rodríguez Chatruc, Marisol;Stein, Ernesto H.;Vlaicu, Razvan

Pese a que en general el electorado en América Latina estaba muy a favor de incrementar el comercio con otros países, basándose principalmente en los beneficios percibidos en materia de empleo, la…

Date issued: 10月 2020
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos;Vlaicu, Razvan

Voters would be better off if they removed politicians whose populist policies lead to low-quality government, yet in many political contexts, including those with free and fair elections, voters do…

Date issued: 10月 2020
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos;Vlaicu, Razvan

Los votantes estarían mejor si quitaran a los políticos cuyas políticas populistas generan un gobierno de baja calidad. Sin embargo, en numerosos contextos políticos, incluidos aquellos donde se…

Date issued: 10月 2020
Author(s): Arias Ortiz, Elena;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Vásquez, Madiery;Brechner, Miguel

In order to maintain social distancing during the reopening of schools, the number of students per classroom should be reduced by approximately 30%. With this, education systems will have to…