Monitoring the Governance of State-Owned Enterprises: Assessing the Impact of Brazilian Corporate Governance Reforms
May 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Coelho, Daphne;Teodorovicz, Thomaz;Martínez Fritscher, André;Motta Café, Renata;Lazzarini, Sergio;Ikawa, Jorge Norio Rezende
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) are often justified for correcting market failures, providing essential public services, and fulfilling social objectives. Yet, SOEs face unique governance challenges…
Does Reluctance to Share Personal Data Reduce Citizen Demand for Personalized Services? Evidence from a Survey Experiment
May 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aguirre De Mora, Florencia;Roseth, Benjamin;Santamaria, Julieth
Two seemingly contradictory trends have accompanied the rise of digital transformation: a demand for better and more customized services, which require the use of personal data, and a concern for…
Reshaping Retirement: Navigating Latin America’s Pension Systems after COVID-19
May 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Izquierdo, Alejandro;Robles, Edgar A.;Tapia Troncoso, Waldo
In the wake of the global turmoil unleashed by COVID-19, Latin America and the Caribbean faces a glaring gap in understanding the impact of the pandemic on pension systems. Through a collaboration…
Consumers and Firms in International Trade
May 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Sztajerowska, Monika;Santi, Mariana Belén
Modern theoretical and empirical analyses in international trade typically focus on firms as the sole trading actors. This is consistent with the fact that firms have traditionally accounted for the…
Unraveling the Paradox of Anticorruption Messaging: Experimental Evidence from a Tax Administration Reform
May 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ajzenman, Nicolás;Ardanaz, Martín;Cruces, Guillermo;Feierherd, Germán;Lunghi, Ignacio
Recent literature highlights a paradox in corruption prevention messaging: instead of reducing tolerance for corruption, such campaigns can inadvertently intensify it by priming the existence of…
Inequality Persistence and Policymaking Constraints: Explaining Regional Data Patterns
May 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vlaicu, Razvan
In well-functioning democracies, the policymaking process should in principle respond to persistent economic inequality with corrective policies. This process is set in motion through majority…
How Much do Households Pay for Water Supply and Sanitation Services in Latin America? A Descriptive Analysis of Tariffs and Subsidies in the Region
May 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): López-Ruiz, Samara;Cunial, Santiago;Libra, Jesse Madden;Naspolini, Giovanna;Pérez Urdiales, María
Although rates and subsidies for water and sanitation services play a fundamental role in meeting goal 6.1 of the Sustainable Development Goals, public and easily accessible information on prices and…
¿Cuánto pagan los hogares en América Latina por los servicios de agua y saneamiento?
May 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): López-Ruiz, Samara;Cunial, Santiago;Libra, Jesse Madden;Naspolini, Giovanna;Pérez Urdiales, María
A pesar de que las tarifas y subsidios de los servicios de agua y saneamiento juegan un papel fundamental en el cumplimiento de la meta 6.1 de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, la información…
Quanto as residências pagam pelos serviços de água e saneamento na América Latina? análise descritiva de tarifas e subsídios na região.
May 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): López-Ruiz, Samara;Cunial, Santiago;Libra, Jesse Madden;Naspolini, Giovanna;Pérez Urdiales, María
Embora as taxas e os subsídios para os serviços de água e saneamento desempenhem um papel fundamental no cumprimento da meta 6.1 dos Objectivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável, a informação pública e…
Environmental Damage News and Stock Returns: Evidence from Latin America
May 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Cepeda, Ana;Panizza, Ugo
This paper studies the interplay between environmental performance and financial valuation of firms in Latin America and the Caribbean. We provide insights into how environmental considerations are…
Trends in International Economics Relations of Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic: Trade, Tourism, Toreign Direct Investment, and International Cooperation
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Deza, María Cecilia;Martin Rivero, Lucia;Monge, Mauricio;Ruiz-Arranz, Marta
This paper analyses the evolution of the international economic relations of the countries in Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (CAPADR), in the areas of international trade, tourism…
Tendencias de las relaciones comerciales internacionales de Centroamérica, Panamá y República Dominicana: comercio, turismo, inversión extranjera directa y cooperación internacional
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Deza, María Cecilia;Martin Rivero, Lucia;Monge, Mauricio;Ruiz-Arranz, Marta
Este documento analiza la evolución de las relaciones económicas internacionales de los países de Centroamérica, Panamá y República Dominicana (CAPARD) en los ámbitos de comercio internacional,…
Capacidades científicas y tecnológicas en Uruguay: 35 años del proceso de construcción
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Baptista, Belén;Bianchi, Carlos
Uruguay logró contener la expansión del virus SARS-CoV-2 con relativo éxito hasta la llegada de las vacunas, con una evolución de contagios similar a la de Corea del Sur durante los primeros nueve…
Local Education Spending and Migration: Evidence from a Large Redistribution Program
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chauvin, Juan Pablo
This paper studies the effects of changes in local public education budgets on individual schooling attainment and migration, as well as on local labor market outcomes. I leverage the introduction of…
Streaking to Success: The Effects of Highlighting Streaks on Student Effort and Achievement
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cristia, Julian P.;Cueto, Santiago;Malamud, Ofer;Aulagnon, Raphaëlle
We examine whether highlighting streaks encourages 4th to 6th grade students in Peru to increase their use of an online math platform and improve learning. Sixty thousand students were randomly…
Lowering Businesses' Carbon Footprint: Adoption of Eco-efficiency Indicators in Colombia and Peru
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Díaz, Lina M.;Martínez Villarreal, Déborah;Scartascini, Carlos;Ladreit, Colombe
This document provides a guide for conducting behaviorally informed interventions to reduce businesses' carbon footprint. It draws insights from a pilot study within Colombia's textile…
Toward Enhanced Climate Ambition: Transparency and Digital Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bravo, Sandra;Doherty-Bigara, Jennifer;Restrepo Duarte, Daniella
Climate data governance is a key step in taking advantage of the opportunities offered by innovative financial mechanisms, based on the provision of data and indicators that can attest to the…
Hacia una ambición climática mejorada: transparencia y gobernanza digital en América Latina y el Caribe
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bravo, Sandra;Doherty-Bigara, Jennifer;Restrepo Duarte, Daniella
La gobernanza de los datos climáticos es un paso clave para poder seguir aprovechando las oportunidades que brindan los mecanismos financieros innovadores, fundamentados en la provisión de datos e…
Weak Parties and the Inequality Trap in Latin America
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lupu, Noam
Latin America is widely acknowledged as one of the most unequal regions of the world (Sánchez-Ancochea 2021). But it is also one of the most democratic, certainly as compared to other developing…
Can Conditional Cash Transfers Alter the Effectiveness of Other Human Capital Development Policies?
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Ramos Bonilla, Andrea ;Stampini, Marco
Covering the full population of applicants to the Jamaican Conditional Cash Transfer Program (PATH), we explore whether receiving PATH since childhood altered the academic gains from attending a more…