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Date issued: mei 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Abizanda, Beatriz;Almeyda, Gonzalo;Arias Ortiz, Elena;Berlanga, Cecilia;Bornacelly, Iván;Bos, María Soledad;Díaz, Ela;Dueñas, Ximena;Elacqua, Gregory;Elías, Alison;Fernández-Coto, Raquel;Frisancho, Verónica;García Moreno, Vicente A.;Hernández Cardozo, Jenny Carolina;Hincapie, Diana;Margitic, Juan Francisco;Marotta, Luana;Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes;Morduchowicz, Alejandro;Muñoz, Felipe;Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ruiz-Arranz, Marta;Thailinger, Agustina;Valverde Rodríguez, Francisco Javier;Vezza, Evelyn;Zoido, Pablo

Durante la pandemia de COVID-19, 165 millones de estudiantes de América Latina y el Caribe se vieron abruptamente desconectados de la educación. A finales de 2021, las escuelas habían estado cerradas…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): Giraldez Zúñiga, Francisca;Sánchez González, Santiago;Calatayud, Agustina

Este documento complementa los hallazgos de Rivas et al. (2019) acerca de “Hechos estilizados de transporte urbano en América Latina y el Caribe”, con especial atención a la movilidad privada. En…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): Baumann Fonay, Iván

Since the turn of the century, emerging market economies have begun to develop markets for bonds denominated in their local currencies, thus trying to avoid the “original sin” that resulted in many…

Date issued: mei 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pérez Urdiales, María;Libra, Jesse Madden;Machado, Kleber;Serebrisky, Tomás;Solís, Ben

An issue that affects the effectiveness of water pricing policies is consumers misperception, which implies that households decide their water consumption based on poor/inaccurate information about…

Date issued: mei 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ibáñez, Ana María;Quigua, Juliana;Romero, Jimena;Velásquez, Andrea

By 2017, one-quarter of people born in El Salvador were estimated to live in the U.S. We show that extreme temperatures negatively impact agricultural production and increase international migration…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): Azuara Herrera, Oliver;Mondragón, Mauricio;Rodríguez Tapia, Catalina;Vivanco, Fermín

IDB Group's Laboratory of Digital Social Security and DiDi Mexico partnered to profile DiDi drivers and DiDI Food couriers. This alliance began in 2021 with a survey of 583 driver users and 1,…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): Azuara Herrera, Oliver;Mondragón, Mauricio;Rodríguez Tapia, Catalina;Vivanco, Fermín

El Laboratorio de Seguridad Social Digital del Grupo BID y DiDi México se asociaron para conocer el perfil de los conductores de DiDi y repartidores usuarios de DiDi Food. Esta alianza inició en 2021…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): San Salvador Del Valle, María;Solaun, Kepa;Alleng, Gerard;Flores, Adrián;Abadal, Jordi

Climate change is expected to impact electricity generation and demand in Suriname significantly. Of all the generation technologies, hydroelectric energy will be the most affected. Research in this…

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

San Salvador island in the Bahamas is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts due to its limited land space, fragile ecosystems, population and assets exposure, limited human and technological…

Date issued: mei 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Calatayud, Agustina;Katz, Raúl;Riobó, Alexander

Este estudio cuantifica el estado de la transformación digital del transporte en los países de América Latina y el Caribe, y analiza los beneficios y los desafíos de la misma. Sobre la base de buenas…

Date issued: mei 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Calatayud, Agustina;Katz, Raúl;Riobó, Alexander

Este estudio cuantifica el estado de la transformación digital del transporte en los países de América Latina y el Caribe, y analiza los beneficios y los desafíos de la misma. Sobre la base de buenas…

Date issued: mei 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Benavente, José Miguel;Zuñiga, Pluvia

The effect of market competition on firm innovation remains controversial, especially in the context of developing countries. This paper presents new empirical evidence about the causal impact of…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): Carrera-Marquis, Daniela;Espiga, Franklin;Johnson, Trevor

Hurricanes Joaquin, Matthew, Irma, and Dorian have left indelible marks on the Bahamian landscape. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in cooperation with ECLAC, has conducted Damage and Loss…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Puig Gabarró, Pau;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique

La reducción de la brecha de infraestructura se ha convertido en una prioridad debido al impacto que tendría en términos de la continuidad de los servicios públicos y la mejora de la productividad…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): Calatayud, Agustina;Riobó, Alexander;Irigoyen, José;Basani, Marcello;Unzueta, Adriana;Katz, Raúl

La estrategia de transformación digital del sector de Infraestructura y Energía presenta las implicancias de la Visión 2025 y el Marco de Acción de Transformación Digital del BID, en las tácticas y…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): Galdon Clavell, Gemma;Lorente Martínez, Antoni

Este estudio analiza en primer lugar el contexto histórico de los avances tecnológicos, se proporcionan definiciones que ayudan a comprender dichos avances, así como una explicación detallada de los…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): Lampis, Andrea;Mandai, Silvia Sayuri;Berejuk, Guilherme;Hermsdorff, Sonia;Bermann, Daniel

O Dossier de Energia 2022 do Brasil tem por objetivo abordar as principais informações sobre o panorama nacional de energia elétrica do Brasil, abordando o histórico, a geração, a capacidade…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): Almeyda, Gonzalo

Versión abreviada de la revisión de literatura sobre los efectos de las tutorías remotas como solución costo-efectiva para la aceleración de aprendizajes. Recupera experiencias de tutorías relevantes…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): Cubillo, Francisco;Allakulov, Umrbek;Patiño Piñeros, Daniela;Basani, Marcello

This document is part of the series called AquaRating Focused Analyses, which addresses, in a detailed way, relevant issues within the provision of water and sanitation services. The Focused Analyses…

Date issued: mei 2022
Author(s): Cubillo, Francisco;Allakulov, Umrbek;Patiño Piñeros, Daniela;Basani, Marcello

Este documento se integra en la colección denominada Análisis Focalizados Aquarating, que aborda, de forma particularizada, temas relevantes dentro de la prestación de servicios de agua y saneamiento…

Date issued: apr 2022
Author(s): Ashby-Mitchell, Kimberly;Donaldson-Davis, Kayon;McKoy-Davis, Julian;Willie-Tyndale, Douladel;Eldemire-Shearer, Denise

Recent estimates show that almost 15% of the Jamaican population is 60 years old or more. About 7% of this population need help with at least one activity of daily living. The demand for long-term…

Date issued: apr 2022
Author(s): Lotti, Giulia;Margolis, David

This study assesses whether the deployment of Technical Cooperation operations (TCs) of the Inter-American Development Bank is related to business development and which alert indicators predict…

Date issued: apr 2022
Author(s): Borensztein, Eduardo;Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Pereira Dos Santos, Pablo

Debntures Incentivadas or incentivized bonds are securities first issued in 2012 whose interest and capital gains enjoy income tax exemption conditional on using funds to finance infrastructure…

Date issued: apr 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Nuguer, Victoria;Finkelstein-Shapiro, Alan

We study how policies that facilitate firm digital adoption shape the labor market and economic recovery from COVID-19 in a search and matching framework with firm entry and exit where salaried firms…

Date issued: apr 2022
Author(s): Garcimartín, Carlos;Astudillo, Jhonatan A.;Schneider, Christian

La inclusión financiera ha venido adquiriendo un interés creciente, tanto a nivel académico, como por parte de las autoridades, el sector privado y la sociedad civil. Es así porque la inclusión…