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Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Azzato, Franco;Díaz, Claudia;Café, Eduardo

The World Health Organization, in its publication "Global Road Status Report on Road Safety, 2018" establishes that, each year, approximately 1.35 million people die in the world due to…

Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Azzato, Franco;Díaz, Claudia;Café, Eduardo

La Organización Mundial de la Salud, en su publicación “Global Road Status Report on Road Safety, 2018” establece que, cada año, fallecen en el mundo aproximadamente 1.35 millones de personas debido…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe

Con nuevo formato y contenido, el presente Newsletter se centra en la recuperación y el futuro de la región, con sus oportunidades y desafíos. En esta edición se hace un repaso sobre el estado del…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Hernández, Iván;Castellanos, Gonzalo;Gómez León, Andrés;Bermeo-Andrade, Helga Patricia;Sosa Bautista, Sergio;Penna, Caetano C. R.;Radaelli, Vanderléia

Las políticas orientadas por misiones (POM) conducen a la acción dentro de un marco audaz de amplia relevancia social, dirección clara y orientada a actividades de innovación ambiciosas. Además, van…

Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Park, Soontae;García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique;Puig Gabarró, Pau;Choi, Kwanghee;Oh, Donghwan;Song, Hyein;Lim, Junok

This report, a joint effort between the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), emphasizes the rising importance of critical infrastructure protection…

Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Goya, Daniel

Marshallian externalities are the benefits obtained by a sector due to geographical agglomeration, and Jacobian effects are spillovers related to the novel combinations that can occur in cities with…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Cárdenas, Helena

This document presents a review of the literature on three pressing policy issues that currently are of relevance to regulators and utility companies in the water and sanitation sector: i) subsidy…

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

The analysis of cost and benefit regarding Disaster Risk Management (DRM) policy interventions is more important than ever as IDB countries face significant impacts due to increasing climate and…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Bonzi Teixeira, Augusto;Benavides, Juan;Rasteletti, Alejandro;Urrea Rios, Ivan Leonardo;Madrigal, Marcelino

Discussion paper and policy options for countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region to manage the fiscal impact of the deployment of electromobility programs.
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Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Giraldo, María Cristina;Ríos, Carlos;Alarcon Rodriguez, Arturo Daniel;Snyder, Virginia;Echevarría, Carlos;Riobó, Alexander;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle;Irigoyen, José

“Energizados” es una solución construida para mostrar cómo con el uso de aprendizaje automático se puede ayudar a detectar y disminuir las pérdidas no técnicas reduciendo tiempos de regularización e…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Martínez, Jara;Medina, Raúl;Aguirre-Ayerbe, Ignacio;Pellón, Erica;Ramírez, Marta;Menéndez, Pelayo;Casal, Cristina;Cánovas, Verónica;Delgado, Diego;Jiménez, Julián;Suarez, Ginés

Belize is a low-lying Caribbean coastal country and its location makes the country prone to be struck by hurricanes. Additionally, Belize is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change (CC)…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos

Trust is the most pressing and yet least discussed problem confronting Latin America and the Caribbean. Whether in others, in government, or in firms, trust is lower in the region than anywhere else…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos

La confianza es el problema más acuciante y, sin embargo, el menos abordado al que se enfrenta América Latina y el Caribe. Ya se trate de los demás, del gobierno o de las empresas, la confianza en la…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos

La confiance est le problème le plus pressant et pourtant le moins abordé auquel sont confrontées lAmérique latine et les Carabes. Que ce soit la confiance envers autrui, un gouvernement ou une…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos

A confiança é o problema mais urgente, mas o menos discutido que a América Latina e o Caribe enfrentam. Seja em outras pessoas, no governo ou nas empresas, a confiança é menor na região do que em…

Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos

La confianza es el problema más acuciante y, sin embargo, el menos abordado al que se enfrenta América Latina y el Caribe. Ya se trate de los demás, del gobierno o de las empresas, la confianza en la…

Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos

La confianza es el problema más acuciante y, sin embargo, el menos abordado al que se enfrenta América Latina y el Caribe. Ya se trate de los demás, del gobierno o de las empresas, la confianza en la…

Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Finkelstein-Shapiro, Alan;Mandelman, Federico S.;Nuguer, Victoria

Financial inclusion is strikingly low in emerging economies. In only a few years, financial technologies (fintech) have led to a dramatic expansion in the number of non-traditional credit…

Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Blyde, Juan S.;Ramírez, Mayra A.

Empirical analyses that rely on micro-level panel data have found that exporters are generally less pollutant than non-exporters. While alternative explanations have been proposed, firm level data…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Abufhele, Alejandra;Bravo, David;Lopez Boo, Florencia

The learning and developmental losses from pre-primary program closures due to COVID-19 may be unprecedented. These disruptions early in life, when the brain is more sensitive to environmental…

Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fiorentin, Florencia;Pereira, Mariano;Suárez, Diana

This study explores the presence of gender bias in public grants for science and technology (S&T) activities known as the Matilda effect in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Rosenblatt, David;Mooney, Henry;García Zaballos, Antonio;Ortiz de Mendívil, Cloe;McCaskie, Ariel;Gauto, Victor;Christie, Jason;Khadan, Jeetendra;Abdul-Haqq, Nazera

This edition reviews the long-term performance of economic growth and productivity in the region. It then draws on research from the Inter-American Development Banks Connectivity, Markets, and…

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

This report presents a probabilistic disaster risk assessment model for Barbados, focusing on beach erosions caused by episodic cyclonic hazard events and chronic effects associated with maritime…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Correal, Magda;Rihm, Alfredo

In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) there is a tendency to dispose of waste in sanitary landfills and open dumps. The implementation of recovery technologies is still incipient, despite the…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Correal, Magda;Rihm, Alfredo

En América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) existe una tendencia a eliminar los residuos mediante la técnica de disposición final en rellenos sanitarios y botaderos a cielo abierto. La implementación de…