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Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Robles Peiro, Rocío H.

Las finanzas alternativas o crowdfunding permiten el acceso a financiamiento a personas y empresas no atendidas o subatendidas por el sector financiero tradicional. Este estudio describe las…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Ergueta, Amparo;Durand, Guillaume;Raphael, Mariana

En los últimos años el gobierno de Bolivia ha implementado una serie de políticas y proyectos para combatir los desafíos que enfrentan tanto empleadores como buscadores de empleo para generar o…

Date issued: aug 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dolabella, Marcelo;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

The dire prospects of global warming have been increasing the pressure on policymakers to use trade policy as a mitigation tool, challenging trade economists canonical “targeting principle.” Even…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Ángel, Ana;Márquez, Juan Sebastián

Este estudio tiene el objetivo de discutir los principales sistemas de certificación de origen para hidrógeno y sus derivados reconocidos en el mundo que, a la fecha de esta publicación, se…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Kinnan, Cynthia;Samphantharak, Krislert;Townsend, Robert;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.

Small firm owners facing idiosyncratic shocks adjust production by cutting spending and reducing their demand for external workers. These shocks propagate to other local households with whom shocked…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Kinnan, Cynthia;Samphantharak, Krislert;Townsend, Robert;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.

Los propietarios de pequeñas empresas que se enfrentan a shocks idiosincráticos causados por enfermedades ajustan la producción recortando el gasto y reduciendo su demanda de trabajadores externos.…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Finkelstein-Shapiro, Alan;Nuguer, Victoria

In response to a shock such as the COVID-19 pandemic, a policy that facilitates firm digital adoption can, in the short run, accelerate the recovery of GDP, total employment, and labor income. In the…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Finkelstein-Shapiro, Alan;Nuguer, Victoria

Como respuesta a un shock como la pandemia de la COVID-19, una política que facilita la adopción digital en las empresas puede, a corto plazo, acelerar la recuperación del PIB, el empleo total y el…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): García, Juan Felipe;Moreno, Karen;Agudelo, María F.;Romero, Nicolás

El presente estudio cualitativo explora las experiencias de usuarios de Ingreso Solidario en zonas urbanas, rurales y rurales dispersas con el objetivo de: (i) ampliar la comprensión acerca de la…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Echeverría, Carlos;Weiss, Mariana;Borges, Talita;Castillo, Harold del;Biosca, Oriol;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

O presente estudo propõe uma estrutura analítica para estimar a demanda potencial de energia para veículos elétricos (VE), e traz os principais resultados da sua aplicação para um estudo de caso para…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Cristia, Julian P.;Garofalo, Pablo;Messina, Julián

We report the results of a meta-analytic review of the effectiveness of programs designed to retrain workers. The review focuses on studies that rely on identification strategies designed to obtain…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Calatayud, Agustina;Constance, Paul

Today, governments are acutely aware that merely building new infrastructure is not the solution, and they are seeking the IDB Groups assistance in designing smarter transportation services that will…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Michelena, Gabriel;Bentivegna, Belén;Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu;Barafani, Magdalena;Merino, María Florencia;Basco, Ana Inés

Este estudio analiza el impacto de la política comercial en las mujeres en sus diferentes roles, como trabajadora, empresaria y consumidora.
En esta oportunidad, en conjunto con la División…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether

Using meta-analysis we document that (across several contexts) attending sought-after public secondary schools does not tend to improve student test scores. We argue that this fact does not preclude…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether

While schools may influence academic and non-academic outcomes, it is not clear whether schools that improve test scores are the same schools that causally improve longer-run outcomes. This policy…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Rubio-Codina, Marta;Lopez Boo, Florencia

This document summarizes the most important lessons learned from the efforts that various early childhood programs made to provide hybrid services during the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts that were…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Rubio-Codina, Marta;Lopez Boo, Florencia

Este documento resume los principales aprendizajes de los variados esfuerzos de atención híbridos a la primera infancia que se diseñaron, adaptaron, implementaron y/o evaluaron con el apoyo técnico y…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2022 second quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Rubio-Codina, Marta;Lopez Boo, Florencia

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the efforts that various early childhood programs made to provide hybrid services during the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts that were designed, adapted,…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Rubio-Codina, Marta;Lopez Boo, Florencia

Este reporte analiza en detalle los variados esfuerzos de atención híbridos a la primera infancia que se diseñaron, adaptaron, implementaron y/o evaluaron con el apoyo técnico y financiero del Banco…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Kohon, Jorge

Se denominan servicios ferroviarios de pasajeros suburbanos a los que se prestan entre el centro de una ciudad cabecera mediana a grande y sus suburbios y otras ciudades cercanas, movilizando…

Date issued: aug 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schling, Maja;Pazos, Nicolas

This study assesses the impact of the Program for Rural Development and Family Agriculture (PRODAF), a smart subsidies project that benefited the family farming stratum in northeastern Argentina. The…

Date issued: aug 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schling, Maja;Pazos, Nicolas

Este estudio evalúa el impacto del Programa de Desarrollo Rural y Agricultura Familiar (PRODAF), un proyecto de subsidios inteligentes que benefició al estrato de agricultores familiares en el…

Date issued: aug 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gachot, Sebastien;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Rondinone, Gonzalo

The agricultural sector plays a crucial role in Guyanas economic development by contributing 21.15% of gross domestic product (GDP). However, the share of the agricultural sector has been gradually…

Date issued: aug 2022
Author(s): Evia Duarte, Daniela;Hernández Sotelo, Lilia;Abraham, Salma;Cristaldo, Osvaldo

Durante el último siglo, hemos sido testigos de que el crecimiento urbano y la forma que toman las ciudades impacta a un gran número de personas. Las ciudades ofrecen acceso a empleos, a servicios…