Start your advanced search in the IDB Publications Catalog.
Date issued:
4월 2023
Os gastos tributários desempenham um papel importante nas pressões fiscais enfrentadas pelo Brasil e pela região da América Latina e o Caribe, mas há pouca informação sobre uma das mais importantes,…
Date issued:
4월 2023
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
We conduct a meta-analysis of 44 studies and 68 different managerial skills training programs, with the aim of identifying program characteristics that can lead to more effective public policies…
Date issued:
4월 2023
Cities that received more migrants observed faster growth in employment and a slower increase in wages. The wage effects are stronger in the service sector, likely due to its higher degree of labor…
Date issued:
4월 2023
En las ciudades que recibieron más migrantes se observó un crecimiento más rápido del empleo y un aumento más lento de los salarios. Los efectos en los salarios son mayores en el sector de servicios…
The Central Role of Social Dynamics in Nudging Social Norms for Collective Health (Discussion Paper)
Date issued:
4월 2023
“Norms-nudging” consists of publicizing how others in society behave on average, hoping to encourage further adoption of a desired behavior. While numerous studies show that norms nudges can work in…
Date issued:
4월 2023
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
Governments often pursue procyclical fiscal policies, even though they reduce voter welfare. Is this because voters actually prefer procyclical policies? The analysis in this paper exploits the first…
Date issued:
4월 2023
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
This paper provides new evidence on the effect of debt on economic growth through two alternative methodological approaches. On the one hand, by using a panel error correction model with a sample of…
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
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
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
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
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:
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
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…
Date issued:
3월 2023
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
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
Generative AI enabled
Generative AI enabled
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
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
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…
Date issued:
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…