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Date issued: 7月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): González-Velosa, Carolina;Kaplan, David S.;Minaya, Auri Melissa;Silva Porto, María Teresa

Making labor markets work, for both productivity and worker welfare, is among the most important and most neglected levers available to Latin America and the Caribbean. The region's labor market…

Date issued: 7月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): González-Velosa, Carolina;Kaplan, David S.;Minaya, Auri Melissa;Silva Porto, María Teresa

Hacer que los mercados laborales funcionen, tanto para la productividad como para el bienestar de los trabajadores, es de las palancas más importantes y más desatendidas de las que dispone América…

Date issued: 7月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mejía-Tejada, Daniela;Muñoz-Mora, Juan Carlos;Rodríguez Arbeláez, Daniel Alberto;Valbuena, Nicolás;González, Karen;Lopez, Stefany;Salazar, Lina;Rondinone, Gonzalo;Parra-Pena Somoza, Rafael Isidro;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

Agricultural price stabilization policies are widely used to protect farmers from market volatility, yet their long-term consequences for production incentives and market efficiency remain poorly…

Date issued: 7月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cabrera Hernandez, Francisco Javier;López, Arnoldo;Ventosa-Santaulària, Daniel

We estimate the effect of a rise in female employment on municipal-level value added in Mexico. We combine economic census data with administrative records on the expansion of the Full-Time Schools…

Date issued: 7月 2026
Author(s): Mercer-Blackman, Valerie;Mooney, Henry;Graham, Monique;Saboin, José Luis;Mazzocca, Angelo;Hernaiz, Daniel;Ortiz de Mendívil, Cloe;Mitchell, Travis Klaus;Hussain, Lisa;Gauto, Victor;Ivey, Wendel Garfield;Castilleja Vargas, Liliana;Suliman, Naiema;Okey, Onoh-Obasi;Satnarine-Singh, Nirvana

How are Caribbean economies navigating a world of higher borrowing costs, volatile energy prices, climate risks, and rising development needs? This issue of the Caribbean Economics Quarterly examines…

Date issued: 7月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alexeeva, Victoria;Zhang, Hongrui;Banco Mundial;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Esta publicación, elaborada por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y el Banco Mundial, analiza el marco de financiamiento del riesgo de desastres en la República Dominicana y propone una hoja de…

Date issued: 7月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Martinez, Sebastian;Mecerreyes, Cristina;Sanchez-Decotto, Manuela;Vidal, Cecilia

Low levels of household sewerage connectivity constitute a pervasive challenge in low-income, peri-urban settings, limiting the potential benefits of sanitation systems. The situation calls for…

Date issued: 7月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Armijos, Jean Pol;Riveros, Jorge Luis;Torregroza Vargas, Nathaly Milena

Motorcyclists represent the primary challenge for road safety in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where fatalities among this group have increased by 98% between 2010 and 2024, despite an…

Date issued: 7月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Armijos, Jean Pol;Riveros, Jorge Luis;Torregroza Vargas, Nathaly Milena

Los motociclistas representan el principal desafío para la seguridad vial en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), donde las muertes de este grupo han aumentado un 98% entre 2010 y 2024, a pesar de una…

Date issued: 7月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Tovar Jalles, João;Andrian, Leandro Gaston

This paper examines the relationship between fiscal- and monetary-policy shocks and private-sector outcomes, with a focus on private investment, private credit, and firm creation, by using an annual…