Firms and Inequality in Latin America
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Eslava, Marcela;Meléndez, Marcela;Ulyssea, Gabriel;Urdaneta, Nicolás;Flores, Ignacio
The relationship between firms and inequality has been a focus of recent attention globally. This chapter summarizes basic facts about this relationship for Latin America. Unlike advanced economies…
Evidencia regional en el uso del mecanismo de iniciativas privadas para el desarrollo de infraestructura y mejores prácticas internacionales: una revisión de la experiencia de Brasil, Chile, Colombia y Perú, y recomendaciones de política
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Suárez-Alemán, Ancor;Dominguez, Enrique
El desarrollo de infraestructura pública constituye una de las principales responsabilidades que tiene todo Gobierno, toda vez que congrega los fundamentos físicos que proveen acceso a servicios…
Gender-Based Research and Interviewer Effects: Evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Guizzo Altube, Matías;Scartascini, Carlos
As the measurement of public opinion and attitudes toward gender issues has gained increasing attention in gender policy and research, the accurate design, implementation, and analysis of survey data…
Debiasing Policymakers: The Role of Behavioral Economics Training
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rojas Méndez, Ana María;Scartascini, Carlos
Behavioral biases often lead to suboptimal decisions, a vulnerability that extends to policymakers who operate under conditions of fatigue, stress, and time constraints and with significant…
Voter Responses to Fiscal Crisis: New Evidence on Preferences for Fiscal Adjustment in Emerging Markets
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ardanaz, Martín;Hübscher, Evelyne;Keefer, Philip;Sattler, Thomas
Though governments regularly implement fiscal adjustments to avert crisis, voter attitudes toward competing adjustment strategies are still poorly understood. A conjoint experiment with 8,000 survey…
Climate Change and Sovereign Risk: A Regional Analysis for the Caribbean
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Agarwala, Matthew;Burke, Matt;Doherty-Bigara, Jennifer;Klusak, Patrycja;Mohaddes, Kamiar
Climate change is an existential threat to the world economy, with complex, evolving and nonlinear dynamics that remain a source of great uncertainty. There is a bourgeoning literature on the…
Mercado inmobiliario e impuesto predial: aplicaciones de técnicas de valuación masiva
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Eguino, Huáscar;Erba, Diego;Ferreira de Oliveira, Antônio Augusto;Piumetto, Mario;Carranza, Juan Pablo;Morales, Hernán;Stumpf González, Marco Aurelio;Reyes Bueno, Fabián;Da Silva, Everton;Ramos da Silva, Liane;Vieira, Carlos A. O.;Oliveira, Francisco
Uno de los desafíos más importantes de los gobiernos subnacionales de América Latina y el Caribe es mejorar sus ingresos tributarios a partir de medidas que sean fáciles de implementar, tengan bajos…
Mercado inmobiliário e imposto predial: aplicação de técnicas de avaliação em massa
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Eguino, Huáscar;Erba, Diego;Ferreira de Oliveira, Antônio Augusto;Piumetto, Mario;Carranza, Juan Pablo;Morales, Hernán;Stumpf González, Marco Aurelio;Reyes Bueno, Fabián;Da Silva, Everton;Ramos da Silva, Liane;Vieira, Carlos A. O.;Oliveira, Francisco
Um dos desafios mais importantes para os governos subnacionais, na América Latina e no Caribe, é ampliar suas receitas tributárias por meio de medidas de fácil implementação, de baixo custo e que…
Asociaciones público-privadas resilientes: una caja de herramientas regional y multisectorial desde la preparación hasta el financiamiento sostenible de proyectos
Apr 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Donadi, Elisa;Arciniegas, Andrea;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor;Dominguez, Enrique
La Caja de Herramientas que se presenta está diseñada con el objeto de proveer un enfoque integral de sostenibilidad ambiental y resiliencia climática en el desarrollo de infraestructura bajo el…
Poner manos a la obra con la integridad: herramientas para evaluar, gestionar y fortalecer la integridad en organizaciones del sector de agua y saneamiento en América Latina y el Caribe
Mar 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Acuña Mantilla, Kelly;Vergara Stuardo, Josefa
La integridad en la gobernanza del agua, definida como o el uso ético y honesto de los poderes y recursos conferidos para la prestación sostenible y equitativa de los servicios, es crucial para…
Impacto de la conectividad digital en hogares liderados por mujeres, individuos de pueblos indígenas o afrodescendientes en Ecuador
Mar 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Katz, Raúl;Valencia, Ramiro;Callorda, Fernando;Puig Gabarró, Pau;García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique;Dalio, Maribel
El objetivo de este documento es estudiar el efecto socioeconómico de las tecnologías digitales (uso de Internet o computadora y tenencia de celular) en Ecuador, abordando el análisis desde un…
Diagnóstico institucional do serviço público na América Latina: Brasil 2024
Mar 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Drumond, Felipe
O presente diagnóstico descreve os resultados da avaliação do serviço civil do Brasil, realizada em 2023. Fundamentou-se no quadro metodológico elaborado em 2002 e nas boas práticas descritas na…
Measuring Racial Bias in Employment Services in Colombia
Mar 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Duryea, Suzanne;Millán-Quijano, Jaime;Morrison, Judith;Ovideo Gil, Yanira
In this paper, we document de facto, implicit, and explicit racial biases within the public employment service in Colombia. By combining administrative data about job seekers and job openings with…
The Impact of the Creation of a Sovereign ESG Reference Yield Curve on Corporate ESG Bonds Issuances from Latin American and Caribbean
Mar 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cunha, Daniel;Craveiro, Giovana;Rossi, Marina
This paper explores a granular database from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Green Bond Transparency Platform covering the issuance of 430 corporate and sovereign Environmental, Social, and…
The Central Role of Social Dynamics in Nudging Social Norms for Collective Health
Mar 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Martínez Villarreal, Déborah;Rojas Méndez, Ana María;Scartascini, Carlos;Simpser, Alberto
Can societies be nudged to adopt beneficial behaviors? Publicizing how people behave on average descriptive-norms nudging has emerged as a key tool for increasing the adoption of desirable behaviors…
The Labor Market Power of Exporting Firms: Evidence from Latin America
Mar 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Amodio, Francesco;Brancati, Emanuele;De Roux, Nicolas;Di Maio, Michele
Using establishment-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, we assess the market power of exporting firms across 16 countries in Latin America. Leveraging information on export destinations…
When Emotion Regulation Matters: The Efficacy of Socio-Emotional Learning to Address School-Based Violence in Central America
Mar 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dinarte, Lelys;Egaña del Sol, Pablo;Martínez, Claudia;Rojas Alvarado, Cindy Jacqueline
After-school programs (ASP) that keep youth protected while engaging them in socio-emotional learning might address school-based violent behaviors. This paper experimentally studies the socio-…
Asymmetric Sovereign Risk: Implications for Climate Change Preparation
Mar 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gomez-Gonzalez, Jose E.;Uribe, Jorge M.;Valencia, Oscar
Climate change adaptation efforts are heavily dependent on a countrys fiscal capacity and the associated costs of undertaking adaptation policies. The current accumulation of high debt levels in…
Expectations of Economy and Finance Ministries on Carbon Pricing and Evidence of their Effectiveness
Mar 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Talbot-Wright, Hipólito;Delgado, Raúl;Vogt-Schilb, Adrien;Alvarado, Jose Miguel;Buchuk, Daniela;Torres Pelaez, Daniela;Loo-Kung, Rudy
This document analyzes the expectations and objectives of the Ministries of Finance, Economy, and Finance of Latin America and the Caribbean regarding implementing carbon pricing mechanisms. It…
Expectativas de los ministerios de Hacienda, Economía y Finanzas sobre los precios al carbono y evidencia de su efectividad
Mar 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Talbot-Wright, Hipólito;Delgado, Raúl;Vogt-Schilb, Adrien;Alvarado, Jose Miguel;Buchuk, Daniela;Torres Pelaez, Daniela;Loo-Kung, Rudy
Este documento analiza las expectativas y los objetivos de los ministerios de Hacienda, Economía y Finanzas de América Latina y el Caribe respecto a la implementación de mecanismos de precios al…