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Date issued: feb 2023
Author(s): Baca Campodónico, Jorge F.;Reyes-Tagle, Gerardo

Most studies of total factor productivity (TFP) and long-term production functions use capital stock time series obtained from ad hoc estimates of the rate of depreciation and the initial capital…

Date issued: feb 2023
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Vlaicu, Razvan

Self-collected data on public sector employees from eighteen Latin American countries reveal that employees trust in each other affects individual constraints, organizational constraints, and mission…

Date issued: feb 2023
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Vlaicu, Razvan

Los datos recopilados sobre los empleados del sector público en 18 países de América Latina revelan que la confianza mutua de los empleados influye en las limitaciones individuales, las limitaciones…

Date issued: feb 2023
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;IDB Invest;IDB Lab

In 2022, the Central American region and the Dominican Republic expected to continue its path towards economic recovery that it had begun in 2021. However, new external shocks interrupted these…

Date issued: feb 2023
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;BID Invest;BID Lab

En 2022 se esperaba continuar la senda de recuperación económica iniciada en 2021 para la región de Centroamérica y República Dominicana, pero nuevos choques externos deterioraron estas perspectivas…

Date issued: feb 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cantet, Natalia;Feld, Brian;Hernández, Mónica

We measure the extent of discrimination against same-sex couples by schools in Colombia using a matched-pair correspondence study. We send requests to visit private schools from several couples of…

Date issued: feb 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Costella, Cecilia;Diez, Ana;Beazley, Rodolfo;Alfonso, Mariana

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the regions most exposed and vulnerable to climate-related risks, with large shocks occurring regularly. Climate change is exacerbating the frequency…

Date issued: feb 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ayres, João;Navarro, Gaston;Nicolini, Juan Pablo;Teles, Pedro

We assess the quantitative relevance of expectations-driven sovereign debt crises, focusing on the Southern European crisis of the early 2010s and the Argentine default of 2001. The source of…

Date issued: feb 2023
Author(s): Lovera Viloria, Victor Alfonzo;Sinde Cantorna, Sandra

Esta publicación introduce la compra pública de innovación (CPI), una herramienta para promover la innovación desde la demanda pública, y analiza la experiencia de TIERRA 3, un programa de la…

Date issued: feb 2023
Author(s): Cubillo, Francisco

El presente documento aborda la valoración de la continuidad de negocio en la prestación de los servicios urbanos de agua y saneamiento, analizando y evaluando todos los aspectos que condicionan y…