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Date issued: 11月 2022
Author(s): Casseb, Márcia;Bonomo, Umberto;Gambarra, Thaise;Abraham, Salma;Cristaldo, Osvaldo

Esta publicación recopila y visibiliza un trabajo de larga trayectoria realizado en el marco del Programa Patrimonio Vivo en Asunción del Paraguay y desarrollado por la mesa interinstitucional de…

Date issued: 11月 2022
Author(s): Gerritsen, Erik;Korteweg, Lisa;Petsinaris, Foivos;Lamothe, Rachel;Laan, Jeroen van der;Chiriac, Daniela;Strinati, Costanza;Stout, Sean;Tonkonogy, Bella

Healthy and resilient ecosystems underpin our societies and economies. Collapse of just a few ecosystem services such pollination, timber from forests and food from marine fisheries, could result in…

Date issued: 11月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Matiz, Juan Pablo;Landaverde, Osvaldo;Granada, Isabel;Martinez Rivas, Marelia

En los últimos 30 años, la integración física de América Latina y el Caribe ha sido un tema fundamental para el desarrollo de la región y una prioridad de las agendas gubernamentales. Las cadenas de…

Date issued: 11月 2022
Author(s): Pareja, Alejandro;Morales, Marcela

Esta es la cuarta edición de Simplificando Vidas. Al igual que las publicaciones anteriores, esta procura contribuir a la mejora de los trámites y procesos de gestión que pueden impedir el acceso a…

Date issued: 11月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Andrian, Leandro Gaston;Valencia, Oscar;Hirs, Jorge;Urrea Rios, Ivan Leonardo

Governments can issue public debt for both good and bad reasons. The former include intertemporal tax smoothing, fiscal stimulus, and asset management. In contrast, the bad reasons, which generate…

Date issued: 11月 2022
Author(s): Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development;Inter-American Development Bank

The review examines how higher education institutions are supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in their surrounding communities. The study focuses on eleven universities located in six…

Date issued: 11月 2022
Author(s): Rocha, Cecilia;Urban, Anne-Marie;Ortiz, Diana;Frisancho, Verónica;Pandolfi, Jimena

Un clima de convivencia escolar saludable está asociado a mejores resultados académicos y de involucramiento de los niños, niñas y adolescentes con los centros educativos; así como a menores índices…

Date issued: 11月 2022
Author(s): Lashley, Jonathan;Smith, Katrine;Thomas, Luwayne

Extant research has indicated that women are under-represented in business ownership in the Caribbean, and when they do establish businesses, that they underperform relative to men in business…

Date issued: 11月 2022
Author(s): Cristia, Julian P.;Bernal, Pedro;Santamaria, Julieth;Algarra, Paula;Bernal, Carolina;Escalante, Lisseth;Gallegos, Andrés;Irazoque, Nicolás;Arias Ortiz, Elena;Della Nina Gambi, Gabriela;Nelson, Jennifer;Roseth, Benjamin;Vlaicu, Razvan

The increase in access to digital technologies is opening up opportunities for governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to offer digital public services. However, there is scarce evidence…

Date issued: 11月 2022
Author(s): Goyeneche, Laura;Boruchowicz, Cynthia;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Tejerina, Luis;Roseth, Benjamin;Nelson, Jennifer

This study describes the perception, adoption, and acceptance factors involved in the deployment of digital technologies for public health in Latin America and considers the implications for future…

Date issued: 11月 2022
Author(s): Goyeneche, Laura;Boruchowicz, Cynthia;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Tejerina, Luis;Roseth, Benjamin;Nelson, Jennifer

Este informe describe los factores de percepción, adopción y aceptación involucrados en el despliegue de tecnologías digitales para la salud pública en América Latina y considera sus implicancias…

Date issued: 11月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cavalcanti, Tiago;Hasna, Zeina;Santos, Cezar

We evaluate the aggregate and distributional effects of climate change mitigation policies using a multi-sector equilibrium model with intersectoral input-output linkages and worker heterogeneity…

Date issued: 11月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Granada, Isabel;Landaverde, Osvaldo;Pinto Ayala, Ana María;Peña, Mariam

En los últimos 30 años, la integración regional de América Latina y el Caribe ha sido un tema fundamental en la agenda de desarrollo y una prioridad para el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y sus…

Date issued: 11月 2022
Author(s): Weiss, Mariana;Daltro, Yuri;Campo, Evelyn;Matías, David;Arias, Karla;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

This manual gives a brief Introduction to the Electrorating database and its methodology. Electrorating is an initiative led by the Knowledge Team of the IDBs Energy Division to raise, build,

Date issued: 11月 2022
Author(s): Weiss, Mariana;Daltro, Yuri;Campo, Evelyn;Matías, David;Arias, Karla;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

Este manual es una breve introducción a la base de datos Electrorating y su metodología. Electrorating es una iniciativa liderada por el Equipo de Conocimiento de la División de Energía del BID que…

Date issued: 11月 2022
Author(s): Weiss, Mariana;Daltro, Yuri;Campo, Evelyn;Matías, David;Arias, Karla;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

Este manual apresenta uma breve introduço ao Banco de Dados Electrorating e sua metodologia. A Electrorating é uma iniciativa liderada pela Equipe de Conhecimento da Diviso de Energia do BID que visa…

Date issued: 11月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Drouet Arias, Marcelo;Elacqua, Gregory;Marotta, Luana;Rosa, Leonardo

It is unclear whether teachers with a degree in education are more effective than those who are not trained in an education-related field. To further examine this issue, we analyze the rela- tionship…

Date issued: 10月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Estache, Antonio;Foucart, Renaud;Serebrisky, Tomás

We study the potential benefits of adding a lottery component to cut the main risks associated with standard negotiated and rule-based auction procurement procedures. We show that adopting a two…

Date issued: 10月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Domínguez, Patricio;Scartascini, Carlos

Crime levels are a perennial development problem in Latin America and a renewed concern in the United States. At the same time, trust in the police has been falling, and questions abound about…

Date issued: 10月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Olivera, Javier;Valderrama, José A.

We study the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the pension policy response on the private and public pension systems of Peru. We find that the policies allowing early withdrawals from the private…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Weiss, Mariana;Eguiguren-Cosmelli, José;Matías, David;Daltro, Yuri;Arias, Karla;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

Dada la heterogeneidad de las empresas de distribución eléctrica en América Latina y el Caribe no es trivial diseñar incentivos para garantir decisiones eficientes. Una buena gobernanza es una…

Date issued: 10月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gómez-Lobo, Andrés;Sánchez González, Santiago;González Mejia, Vileydy

This paper reviews three targeted transit subsidies applied in Latin America. The Vale Transporte scheme in Brazil is the oldest, having been introduced in 1985. Household survey data for 26…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Maciel, Odette;Rose, Jonathan;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;Corrales, Luis Fernando;Dyer, Henry;Barcellos, Andreia;Garay, Ingrid

This Independent Country Program Review (ICPR) analyzes the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group's country strategy (CS) and country program with Jamaica during the 2016-2022 period.…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Maciel, Odette;Rose, Jonathan;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;Corrales, Luis Fernando;Dyer, Henry;Barcellos, Andreia;Garay, Ingrid

En la presente Revisión Independiente del Programa de País (ICPR), se evalúan la Estrategia de País del Grupo BID con Jamaica para el período 2016-2022 y su correspondiente Programa de País. En las…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Yamamoto, Chiaki;Riveros, Luisa;De Santis, Stefania;Peña-Habib, Oliver;King, Julie

This report summarizes the results of the Office of Evaluation and Oversight's (OVE's) annual validation of Project Completion Reports (PCRs) and Expanded Supervision Reports (XSRs). PCRs…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Yamamoto, Chiaki;Riveros, Luisa;De Santis, Stefania;Peña-Habib, Oliver;King, Julie

En este informe se resumen los resultados de la validación anual efectuada por la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) de los informes de terminación de proyecto (PCR) y los informes ampliados…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Soriano, Alejandro;Riveros, Luisa;Peña-Habib, Oliver;Barcellos, Andreia

The objective of this Protocol is to define the scope of the Office of Evaluation and Oversight's (OVE's) country products; the procedures regulating their planning, production, and…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Soriano, Alejandro;Riveros, Luisa;Peña-Habib, Oliver;Barcellos, Andreia

El objetivo de este Protocolo es definir el alcance de los productos país de la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE); los procedimientos que regulan su planificación, producción y difusión; y…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): León Gutiérrez, Pedro

This note systematizes some of the lessons derived from the various investigations conducted by MICI's Compliance Review Phase. Specifically, this note focuses on two of the most common issues…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): León Gutiérrez, Pedro

Esta nota sistematiza algunas de las lecciones derivadas de las diversas investigaciones realizadas por la Fase de Verificación de la Observancia del MICI. En concreto, se enfoca en dos de los temas…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): León Gutiérrez, Pedro

Esta nota sistematiza algumas das lições derivadas das diversas investigações realizadas pela Fase de Verificação da Observância do MICI. Especificamente, concentra-se em duas das questões que…

Date issued: 10月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Valencia, Oscar;Parra, Diego A.;Díaz, Juan Camilo

This paper provides a comprehensive early warning system (EWS) that balances the classical signaling approach with the best-realized machine learning (ML) model for predicting fiscal stress episodes…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Carter, Rebecca;Tye, Stefanie;Aguilar, Soledad

Long-term adaptation planning (LTAP) is an important element of the response to the impacts of climate change, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), a region that is highly…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Carter, Rebecca;Tye, Stefanie;Aguilar, Soledad

La planificación de la adaptación a largo plazo (PLP) es un elemento importante de la respuesta a los impactos del cambio climático, en particular en América Latina y el Caribe, una región que es…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Soto, Carolina;Manriquez, Sebastian;Tala, Nayib;Suaznabar, Claudia;Henriquez, Pauline

Este documento consolida las metodologías y aprendizajes de Planbim de Chile y del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en la incorporación de la metodología de Building Information Modelling (…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Zambrano, Omar;Hernández, Hugo;Benzecry, Ricardo;Gómez, José Gregorio

La presente investigación explora los impactos que tuvo la Apertura Petrolera, una política sectorial que otorgó acceso masivo a la participación del sector privado en la industria petrolera…

Date issued: 10月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alviarez, Vanessa

Global value chains (GVCs) provide countries with opportunities to diversify trade, and boost productivity and growth by specializing in one stage of the production process. However, for the most…

Date issued: 10月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fuentes, Nelson;Aguilar, Gonzalo;Trillos, Camila

Using an impact evaluation methodology for interrupted time-series and the IDB Pension Projection Model, this study estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic could have notably effects on the private…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Arias, Karla;Camino-Mogro, Segundo;Weiss, Mariana;Matías, David;Daltro, Yuri;Carvajal, Franco;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

This study identifies and analyzes the evolution of efficiency in providing services and in the financial performance of the LAC electricity distribution companies between 2014-2020. In addition, it…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Arias, Karla;Camino-Mogro, Segundo;Weiss, Mariana;Matías, David;Daltro, Yuri;Carvajal, Franco;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

Este estudio identifica y analiza la evolución de la eficiencia en la prestación de servicios y en el desempeño financiero de las empresas distribuidoras de electricidad de ALC entre 2014-2020.…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Féry, Guillaume

This discussion paper provides a foundation for digital transformation of water and sanitation utilities and illustrates how emerging technologies, new types of organizations, and forms of working…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Bosch, Mariano

Este documento, basado en el Documento de Marco Sectorial de Protección Social y Pobreza, tiene el propósito de mostrar el estado actual de la protección social en América Latina y el Caribe. Para…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Dalio, Maribel;Garran, Jesús;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique;Puig Gabarró, Pau;Martínez Garza Fernández, Ricardo

El desarrollo de la tecnología 5G nos permitirá descubrir cosas que hasta ahora no podíamos hacer tecnológicamente. Y habilitará la fusión del mundo físico (operational technology, OT) con el mundo…

Date issued: 10月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Trachtenberg, Danielle

This document uses responses from a questionnaire to examine whether tax policy is a barrier to information technology (IT) services imports in Latin America and the Caribbean. The responses show…

Date issued: 10月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castro, Rubén;González, Leonardo;Schiappacasse, Ignacio;Tapia, Juan

The Chilean pension system was hit hard during 2020-2021 by the withdrawal of 25 per cent of the individual pensions funds accumulated by 2019, an amount equivalent to 20 per cent of Chiles GDP. We…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

Environmental journalists have worked for decades to increase awareness of the imminent climate crisis. They did so long before the issue ever made the front page, or companies had sustainability…

Date issued: 10月 2022
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Desde hace décadas, los periodistas ambientales trabajan para aumentar la visibilidad de la crisis climática que enfrentamos. Ya lo hacían cuando el tema todavía no llegaba a las portadas de los…

Date issued: 10月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bedoya-Maya, Felipe;Calatayud, Agustina;González Mejia, Vileydy

Road congestion and air pollution are key challenges for quality of life in urban settings. This research leverages highly disaggregated crowdsourced data from Latin America to study the effect of…

Date issued: 10月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Frisancho, Verónica;Pappa, Evi;Santantonio, Chiara

Every day, three women are murdered in the United States by a current or former partner. Yet policy action to prevent gender-based violence has been limited. Previous studies have highlighted the…

Date issued: 10月 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Álvarez Marinelli, Horacio;Berlinski, Samuel;Busso, Matías;Martínez Correa, Julián

Teachers are the most fundamental input of students' learning. For this reason, developing teaching skills is a policy priority for most governments around the world. We experimentally evaluate…