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Date issued:
4월 2023
Weaknesses in public procurement in Latin America are responsible for a large share of waste and inefficiency in government spending. This document presents a tool developed by the IDB that…
Date issued:
4월 2023
Las debilidades en la compra pública en América Latina son responsables de gran parte del malgasto e ineficiencia en el gasto público. Esta publicación presenta una herramienta desarrollada por el…
Date issued:
4월 2023
As deficincias das compras públicas na América Latina so responsáveis por grande parte do desperdício e da ineficincia nos gastos governamentais. Este documento apresenta uma ferramenta desenvolvida…
Date issued:
4월 2023
Using unique features of a tariff schedule for natural gas in Buenos Aires, we find that a price increase causes a prompt and significant decline in residential consumption. The results also indicate…
Date issued:
4월 2023
Utilizando características únicas de un sistema de precios del gas natural en Buenos Aires, observamos que un aumento del precio provoca una disminución rápida y significativa del consumo residencial…
Date issued:
4월 2023
Through their loans, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are key resource mobilizers. MDB lending to a sector in a country significantly increases inflows from other sources up to two years later.…
Date issued:
4월 2023
A través de sus préstamos, los Bancos Multilaterales de Desarrollo (BMDs) son movilizadores clave de recursos. Los préstamos de los BMDs a un sector en un país aumentan significativamente los flujos…
Date issued:
4월 2023
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La región andina se enfrenta a múltiples desafíos productivos, como la dependencia de materias primas, el cambio climático y la descarbonización, así como una baja productividad. En este contexto, la…
Date issued:
4월 2023
This case study aims to examine how Barbadian and Trinbagonian teachers experienced socio-emotional skill learning through a digital badge-driven learning process and what were teachers perceptions…
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4월 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic brought school systems to a halt across the globe. In Belize, remote learning was challenging owing to limited access to educational technologies and lack of familiarity with…
Date issued:
4월 2023
In 2022, the IDB made significant strides in building and consolidating partnerships with a diverse group of stakeholders, aligning objectives and actions under a broad vision of helping Latin…
Date issued:
3월 2023
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The first Decade of Action for Road Safety has ended, but not without demonstrating the importance that systemic work on road safety offers towards protecting life. At the same time, it is clear that…
Date issued:
3월 2023
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El primer plan del decenio ha terminado, no sin antes demostrar la importancia que revierte para el mundo el trabajo sistémico en seguridad vial en cuanto a la protección de la vida. Asimismo, se ha…
Date issued:
3월 2023
A través de entrevistas en profundidad, grupos focales y talleres de validación con referentes del sector público y privado, este estudio tiene por objetivo indagar en las principales causas de la…
Date issued:
3월 2023
The gender earning gap in Latin America poses a significant obstacle to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. In the Dominican Republic, this gap is concentrated in the informal…
Date issued:
3월 2023
En República Dominicana se puede apreciar que existe una brecha de ingresos laborales entre hombres y mujeres que se concentra en el sector informal, trabajadores por cuenta propia, y en regiones con…
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3월 2023
Developing countries are characterized by a high share of informal workers and several types of labor market regulation. We study the effects of the enforcement of this type of regulation on firm…
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3월 2023
Despite the relative popularity of fiscal rules, they are per se, no panacea for improving fiscal performance. Fiscal rule effectiveness is enhanced when policymakers consider i) the quality of rule…
Date issued:
3월 2023
A pesar de la relativa popularidad de las reglas fiscales, éstas no son, per se, una panacea para mejorar el desempeño fiscal. La eficacia de la regla fiscal mejora cuando los responsables de las…
Date issued:
3월 2023
Transparency initiatives are well-known tools introduced to foster trust and empower citizens. To explain why some governments introduce them but others do not, in a theoretical model we interpret…
Date issued:
3월 2023
Using the Brazilian administrative credit registry data with the universe of all consumer loans originated by banks in the country from 2013 to 2019, we document high borrowing interest rates, which…
Date issued:
3월 2023
En este informe se comparten los resultados del Chequeo digital 2022 en Venezuela, una herramienta diseñada para que las pequeñas y medianas empresas obtengan un diagnóstico sobre su nivel de madurez…
Date issued:
3월 2023
Health outcomes can vary significantly across cities within the same country, and within neighborhoods of the same city in Latin America and the Caribbean. This variation is partly explained by…
Date issued:
3월 2023
En América Latina y el Caribe, los resultados de salud pueden variar significativamente entre las ciudades de un mismo país y entre los barrios de una misma ciudad. Esta variación se explica en parte…
Date issued:
3월 2023
Countries can use carbon taxes to achieve their climate mitigation goals from the Paris Agreement with little economic disruption. Using carbon taxes, the United States could achieve its Paris…