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Date issued: feb 2023
Author(s): Blanchard, Olivia

El 91% de las personas que se dedican al trabajo doméstico remunerado son mujeres. El trabajo doméstico supone en promedio, alrededor del 11% del empleo de las mujeres en América Latina y el Caribe…

Date issued: feb 2023
Author(s): Barafani, Magdalena;Garnero, Paula;Merino, María Florencia

En este estudio se analiza la evolución de la vocación integracionista de las y los latinoamericanos en un intervalo temporal de alrededor de 25 años. La información utilizada corresponde a los datos…

Date issued: feb 2023
Author(s): Chernicharo, Carlos Augusto de Lemos;Bressani Ribeiro, Thiago

La presente serie de notas técnicas fue desarrollada como parte de los Talleres de Conocimiento en Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales en Ecuador, llevado a cabo entre el 23 de septiembre del 2021 y el…

Date issued: feb 2023
Author(s): Gallardo Montoya, María Lourdes;Muente, Arturo;Valdez, Eugenia

Digital identification systems unlock tremendous benefits from digital government initiatives. However, governments across the globe, including in Latin America and the Caribbean, have been slow to…

Date issued: feb 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alviarez, Vanessa;Chen, Cheng;Pandalai-Nayar, Nitya;Varela, Liliana;Yi, Kei-Mu;Zhang, Hongyong

We study the role of multinationals (MNCs) in facilitating firm-level and aggregate structural transformation. Using a stylized model of multinational production and trade, we show that an inward…

Date issued: jan 2023
Author(s): Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Cuestas, Ernesto;Szwedzki, Roni;Andrade Sakaguchi, Sumiko;Galinsky, Damian;Barbosa, Fernando;Del Pilar, Diego;Miranda, Laura;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;De Santis, Stefania;King, Julie;Carbajo, José;Leonard, Keith

At the 2015 annual meeting in Busan, the Boards of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) decided to consolidate the IDB Group…

Date issued: jan 2023
Author(s): Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Cuestas, Ernesto;Szwedzki, Roni;Andrade Sakaguchi, Sumiko;Galinsky, Damian;Barbosa, Fernando;Del Pilar, Diego;Miranda, Laura;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;De Santis, Stefania;King, Julie;Carbajo, José;Leonard, Keith

En el marco de la reunión anual de 2015 en Busán, las Asambleas de Gobernadores del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y la Corporación Interamericana de Inversiones (CII) aprobaron la…

Date issued: jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Valencia, Oscar;Rodriguez, Luis Alberto;Siachoque, Juan Pablo

Total public debt in most emerging markets grew before and after the pandemic with a sizable share in foreign currency. Along this trend, interest payments increased even in the presence of active…

Date issued: jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gulesci, Selim;Lombardi, María;Ramos, Alejandra

How does exposure to soap operas with LGBTIQ characters affect attitudes toward the LGBTIQ community? To answer this question, we construct a novel database of 175 telenovelas (soap operas) with…

Date issued: jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ham, Andrés;Guarin, Angela;Ruiz, Juanita

This paper studies whether household surveys precisely identify the LGBT population and are suitable to measure labor market discrimination in Colombia. We first quantify the size of the LGBT…