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Date issued: mei 2018
Author(s): Khadan, Jeetendra

This policy brief presents a summary of the development challenges facing the country

Date issued: mei 2018
Author(s): African Development Bank;Asian Development Bank;European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;Inter-American Development Bank

Recent technological innovation in fields such as robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence have reduced the number of workers required in a range of sectors, while lowering costs and…

Date issued: mei 2018
Author(s): African Development Bank;Asian Development Bank;European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Las recientes innovaciones tecnológicas en campos como la robótica, la automatización y la inteligencia artificial han reducido la cantidad de trabajadores requeridos en una variedad de sectores, al…

Date issued: mei 2018
Author(s): Barreto-Dillon, Leonellha;Basani, Marcello;De Simone, Francesco;Cotlear, Blanche

La adopción de prácticas de transparencia es uno de los determinantes principales de la eficiencia de los proveedores y reguladores de servicios de agua y saneamiento (AyS). Esta es una de las…

Date issued: mei 2018
Author(s): Sample, Kristen

Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have seen, in recent years, a sharp uptick in public mobilization against corruption, as well as the adoption of transparency and accountability-enhancing…

Date issued: mei 2018
Author(s): Albuquerque, Pedro;Cravo, Tulio;Justino, Leandro;Quintana, Rodrigo

The location of offices of public employment services matters. It can bring jobseekers and vacancies closer together to accelerate the matching process and make the best use of resources. In the case…

Date issued: apr 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Giedion, Úrsula;Distrutti, Marcela;Muñoz, Ana Lucía;Pinto, Diana M.;Díaz, Ana M.

Esta monografía utiliza un enfoque sistémico para abordar la priorización explícita en salud, lo que facilita la comprensión de los procesos que la integran, los actores que involucra y su relación…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): Noveck, Beth Simone;Koga, Kaitlin;Aceves Garcia, Rafael;Deleanu, Hannah;Cantú-Pedraza, Dinorah

Corruption presents a fundamental threat to the stability and prosperity of Mexico and combating it demands approaches that are both principled and practical. In 2017, the Inter-American Development…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): Noveck, Beth Simone;Koga, Kaitlin;Aceves Garcia, Rafael;Deleanu, Hannah;Cantú-Pedraza, Dinorah

La corrupción representa una amenaza fundamental para la estabilidad y la prosperidad de México, y combatirla requiere de enfoques tanto prácticos como basados en principios. En 2017, el Banco…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): Silva Huerta, Renzo César;Stampini, Marco

El Programa Nacional de Apoyo Directo a los Más Pobres - Juntos es el programa de transferencias monetarias condicionadas (PTMC) de Perú, que inició sus operaciones en 2005. Para que los hogares sean…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): De la Peña, Maria Eugenia;Alvarez, Lourdes

La brecha en el acceso a servicios de agua potable y saneamiento (APS) entre la zona urbana y la zona rural ha disminuido en las últimas décadas; sin embargo, todavía en 2015 alrededor de 18 millones…

Date issued: apr 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Carneiro, Pedro;Cruz-Aguayo, Yyannu;Schady, Norbert

We study the determinants of math achievement among children in early elementary school using data from a unique experiment in which children were randomly assigned to classrooms within schools for…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): Pasha, Sukrishnalall;Bollers, Elton;Wenner, Mark D.

Guyana has experienced significant economic growth and several waves of reforms over the past two decades. Nevertheless, several constraints continue to affect Guyana’s private sector. This policy…

Date issued: apr 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pfeiffer, Alexander;Hepburn, Cameron;Vogt-Schilb, Adrien;Caldecott, Ben

Over the coming decade, the power sector is expected to invest ~7.2 trillion USD in power plants and grids globally, much of it into CO2-emitting coal and gas plants. These assets typically have a…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): Wenner, Mark D.;Bollers, Elton;Clarke, Dillon;Pasha, Sukrishnalall

Most businesses in Guyana are small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs). SMEs are assumed to generate a significant share of employment and contribute to wealth creation. However, they operate in a…

Date issued: apr 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mora Barrenechea, Mauricio;Heredia Gómez, Juan Carlos;Zeballos Coria, David

This paper analyzes the time-varying degree of inflation expectations anchoring in Bolivia and, more precisely, whether inflation expectations have been in line with the inflation objectives…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Conexión INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. Esta edición se dedica a los servicios basados en conocimiento, y…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): Grenade, Kari;Wright, Allan

Risks from climatic changes, advances in financial technology, de-risking activities by correspondent banks, and changing lifestyles and expectations of millennial customers are deemed to be macro-…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Aranco, Natalia;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Medellín, Nadin

Datos del resumen de políticas: https://publications.iadb.org/handle/11319/8757
El proceso de envejecimiento acelerado que están atravesando los países de América Latina y el Caribe impone…

Date issued: apr 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gallego, Francisco;Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Alfonso, Mariana

Tailoring instruction to each student’s needs can produce significant learning gains. However, few programs have successfully implemented this approach. In this paper, we present the results of a…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Schijman, Agustina;Maciel, Odette;Legarreta, Regina;Figueroa, Claudia;García, Juan Felipe;McInerney, Angelica

This is OVE’s fourth independent evaluation of the IDB’sprogram in Chile. The diagnostic assessments in the previous CPEs (documents RE-320, RE-380, and RE-465-1) highlighted Chile’s difficulty in…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): Gonzalez Diez, Verónica M.;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Schijman, Agustina;Maciel, Odette;Legarreta, Regina;Figueroa, Claudia;García, Juan Felipe;McInerney, Angelica

Esta es la cuarta evaluación que realiza OVE del programa del BID en Chile. Este documento define el alcance y la metodología del CPE, que continuará con las líneas de trabajo anteriores,…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): Calero, Carla;Mejalenko, Juan;Mitnik, Oscar A.;Ripani, Laura

Following the seminal work of Deaton (1985), pseudo-panels (or synthetic panel) analysis has been widely used in the context of consumption and income (e.g. Deaton and Paxson, 1994; Banks, Blundell,…

Date issued: apr 2018
Author(s): Ayres, João

This paper quantifies the flow of knowledge within U.S. multinational corporations in the United States and European Union. A general equilibrium model of knowledge flows within multinationals is…

Date issued: apr 2018 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lopez-Ghio, Ramiro;Ramírez, Juan Mauricio;Rojas, Fernando;Salazar Echavarría, Carlos;Bateman, Alfredo

Con el avance de los procesos de descentralización en América Latina, los gobiernos municipales han recibido mayor autonomía política, administrativa y fiscal para la toma de decisiones de política…