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Date issued: 8月 2026
Author(s): Guerrero Sanchez, Laura;Roseth, Benjamin;Santamaria, Julieth

Este documento analiza la experiencia de la ciudadanía uruguaya con los trámites gubernamentales, con especial atención a las diferencias según el canal utilizado y entre distintos grupos…

Date issued: 8月 2026
Author(s): Peña, Norma;Vergara Bolbaran, Eduardo Javier;Wolfenzon, Denisse;Alarcon Barrera, Hector Sebastian;Martínez Arroyo, María José

This document summarizes the outcomes of the technical workshop and policy dialogue on prevention of youth recruitment. It begins by examining the nature of youth recruitment into organized crime,…

Date issued: 8月 2026
Author(s): Blackman, Allen;Díaz, Andrés

Over the past quarter century, policymakers have spent billions of dollars on initiatives aimed at providing formal legal title to landholders in the Global South. But evaluations of these…

Date issued: 8月 2026
Author(s): Avalos Monge, Beatriz;Fernandez Torres, Yeiner;Pombo, Cristina;Rivas Herrera, Carolina;Rodriguez Gonzalez, David;Roseth, Benjamin;Santamaria, Julieth;Vásquez, Mateo

Este documento analiza los patrones de uso en los trámites gubernamentales de la ciudadanía guatemalteca con énfasis en los canales de acceso, niveles de satisfacción y la disposición al cambio. Si…

Date issued: 8月 2026
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;IDB Invest;IDB Lab

The Impact Report showcases how the IDB Group is working to achieve impact across Latin America and the Caribbean. Formerly known as the Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO), the report offers…

Date issued: 8月 2026
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;BID Invest;BID Lab

El Informe de Impacto muestra cómo el Grupo BID está generando impacto en América Latina y el Caribe. Conocido anteriormente como el Panorama de Efectividad en el Desarrollo (DEO), este informe…

Date issued: 8月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Poli, Lucas Luiz;Couleau, Anabelle;Pérez Urdiales, María;Tojal Ramos Dos Santos, Carolina

Ensuring safe drinking water depends not only on infrastructure but on effective regulatory compliance. This paper studies compliance with drinking water quality regulations through a three-layer…

Date issued: 8月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Brichetti, Juan Pablo;Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Pitetti, Diego Andres;Leon Gomez, Carlos Raul

This document updates the estimates of Brichetti et al. (2021) regarding the investment needs that Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) must mobilize to achieve the infrastructure targets associated…

Date issued: 8月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Brichetti, Juan Pablo;Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Pitetti, Diego Andres;Leon Gomez, Carlos Raul

Este documento actualiza las estimaciones de Brichetti et al. (2021) sobre las necesidades de inversión que América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) debe movilizar para avanzar hacia las metas de…

Date issued: 8月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dassen, Nicolás;Duque, Marcela;Basch, Fernando Felipe

Este documento examina cómo los órganos de integridad pública en América Latina pueden interpretar y aplicar las normas sobre conflictos de interés en contextos en los que los marcos normativos…

Date issued: 8月 2026
Author(s): Lupica, Carina;Mertehikian, Yasmin Amira;Caravedo, Sofía;Silvera, Christian

Este documento examina los desafíos que plantea la recolección de datos en poblaciones ocultas o de difícil acceso, caracterizadas por su limitada visibilidad estadística debido a barreras…

Date issued: 8月 2026
Author(s): Lupica, Carina;Mertehikian, Yasmin Amira;Caravedo, Sofía;Silvera, Christian

This document examines the challenges involved in collecting data on hidden or hard-to-reach populations, which are characterized by limited statistical visibility due to structural, social, legal,…

Date issued: 8月 2026
Author(s): Lupica, Carina;Mertehikian, Yasmin Amira;Caravedo, Sofía;Silvera, Christian

Este documento examina os desafios associados à coleta de dados em populações ocultas ou de difícil acesso, caracterizadas por sua limitada visibilidade estatística devido a barreiras estruturais,…

Date issued: 8月 2026
Author(s): Aguirre, Josefa;Gallego, Francisco;Jordán, Felipe;Leiva, Benjamín;Ramírez, Denisse;Bernal Lopez, Juanita

Environmental disruptions are intensifying social inequalities, disproportionately affecting women, Indigenous Peoples, and Afro-descendant communities. This systematic review synthesizes causal…

Date issued: 8月 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vera-Cossio, Diego A.;Garbay Flores, Sergio Andres

We study the eects of sectoral lending quotas in Bolivia, which required lenders to allocate a minimum share of their portfolios to priority sectors. Exploiting the timing of the reform and variation…

Date issued: 7月 2026
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Lugo Ibarra, Mariana;Jaramillo Vasconez, Oscar Eduardo

O Índice de Melhores Empregos do BID 2026 analisa a quantidade (taxas de participação e emprego) e a qualidade (formalidade e suficiência salarial para alcançar um salário digno) do mercado de…

Date issued: 7月 2026
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Lugo Ibarra, Mariana;Jaramillo Vasconez, Oscar Eduardo

The IDB's Better Jobs Index 2026 tracks labor market quantity (participation and employment rates) and quality (formality and living-wage adequacy) across 18 Latin American and Caribbean…

Date issued: 7月 2026
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Lugo Ibarra, Mariana;Jaramillo Vasconez, Oscar Eduardo

El Índice de Mejores Empleos del BID 2026 analiza la cantidad (tasas de participación y empleo) y la calidad (formalidad y suficiencia salarial para alcanzar un salario digno) del mercado laboral en…

Date issued: 7月 2026
Author(s): Valencia, Oscar;López, Arnoldo;Serrano, Jeffrey

Este trabajo analiza el rol de la eficiencia en el multiplicador fiscal del gasto público en educación para un panel de países de América Latina y el Caribe, mediante proyecciones locales. La…

Date issued: 7月 2026
Author(s): Pastor Justo, Jordi J;Inchauste Daza, Adriana

La crisis hídrica que afectó a las ciudades de La Paz y El Alto entre 2016 y 2017, impulsó a la Empresa Pública Social de Agua y Saneamiento (EPSAS) a transformar su enfoque de gestión de sequías,…

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…