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Date issued: 9월 2026
Author(s): Girardo, Belen;Puerto, Fernando

Cryptography underpins much of the infrastructure that every digital system in the world - including countries in Latin America and the Caribbean - depends on today: bank transfers, government…

Date issued: 9월 2026
Author(s): Girardo, Belen;Puerto, Fernando

La criptografía sustenta gran parte de la infraestructura de la que dependen hoy en día todos los sistemas digitales del mundo, incluidos los de América Latina y el Caribe: transferencias bancarias,…

Date issued: 9월 2026
Author(s): Bebczuk, Ricardo N.;Castro Diaz, Maria Jose;Feal-Zubimendi, Soledad;Galindo, Arturo

Chile cuenta con uno de los sistemas bancarios más profundos de América Latina, pero persisten restricciones relevantes de acceso al crédito para una parte del sector empresarial, especialmente entre…

Date issued: 9월 2026
Author(s): Bebczuk, Ricardo N.;Estavillo Canale, Alejo Juan;Galindo, Arturo;Rodríguez Chatruc, Marisol

Financial development is central to growth because it mobilizes savings, allocates capital, and supports investment and productivity. This paper asks why Uruguay combines an ample deposit base with…

Date issued: 9월 2026
Author(s): Bueno, Rodrigo De Losso Da Silveira;Rocha Cavalcante, Carlos Nathaniel

Pix represented one of the most profound transformations of Brazil's payment system by introducing a low-cost, interoperable, and public instant payment infrastructure available nationwide in…

Date issued: 9월 2026
Author(s): Bebczuk, Ricardo N.;Ferreira Berg, Nelson Marcelo;Galindo, Arturo;Teixeira, Gisele

Si bien existe amplia evidencia de que la profundización financiera puede fortalecer las condiciones económicas y sociales, sus efectos positivos serán posibles solo en el marco de un sistema…

Date issued: 9월 2026
Author(s): Bebczuk, Ricardo N.;Galindo, Arturo;Sánchez, Gabriel

As Argentina has been unable to embark on a sustainable GDP growth process for several decades now, the development of the banking system presents itself as a plausible policy goal to unleash the…

Date issued: 9월 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bolivar, Carlos;Dueñas, Federico;Valencia, Oscar

This paper studies how sovereign default risk shapes public investment in climate adaptation. We build a sovereign default model in which governments invest in adaptation to reduce disaster damages.…

Date issued: 9월 2026
Author(s): Dovali Delgado, Leticia Milena;Tamagnan, Marie

School feeding programs in Latin America and the Caribbean are largely financed through domestic resources, yet their ability to maintain political priority and stable funding varies considerably…

Date issued: 9월 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Silva de Anzorena, María Paloma;Menezes Fajardo, Washington ;Castro Bedolla, Edith;Madera Arends, Roberto

El déficit habitacional en América Latina y el Caribe ha transitado de un problema cuantitativo a uno predominantemente cualitativo, representando cerca del 78% del total. Esta transformación refleja…