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Date issued:
jul 2023
Innovation in the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector can contribute to achieving the goal of availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. However, innovation…
Date issued:
jul 2023
La innovación en el sector de abastecimiento de agua y saneamiento puede contribuir a llegar a la meta de disponibilidad y gestión sostenible del agua y saneamiento para todos. Sin embargo, las…
Date issued:
jul 2023
Current insurance schemes for the self-employed in Latin America are, in general, adaptations of the model created for salaried employees. These mechanisms need to respond better to their needs and…
Date issued:
jul 2023
Los esquemas de aseguramiento vigentes para los trabajadores independientes de la región son por lo general adaptaciones del modelo creado para trabajadores asalariados. Estos mecanismos no responden…
Date issued:
jul 2023
Os atuais esquemas de seguro para trabalhadores autônomos da América Latina, baseados em modelos de esquemas de assalariados, não atendem às suas necessidades adequadamente, resultando em uma…
Date issued:
jul 2023
The agrifood supply chain of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) stands out for its resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic, and multiple studies have been conducted to analyze the differential impacts…
Date issued:
jul 2023
La cadena de suministro agroalimentaria de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) se destaca por su resiliencia a la pandemia de COVID-19, y se han realizado múltiples estudios para analizar los impactos…
Date issued:
jul 2023
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This paper explores the effect of inflation supply and demand shocks on government debt. It identifies the shocks using a sign-restricted Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) model with quarterly…
Date issued:
jul 2023
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During a period of COVID-19-induced job losses and mobility restrictions, the government of Colombia's launched Empléate, an innovative Pay-for-performance (P4P) program that targeted…
Date issued:
jul 2023
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The Value-Added Tax (VAT) is the most prevalent consumption tax globally, yet it is frequently deemed highly regressive. To address this, we propose a Personalized VAT (PVAT) devised in conjunction…