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Date issued: jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cusato, Antonio;Castillo, José Luis;IDB Invest

We exploit the staggered expansion of the internet broadband network to firms and bank branches locations in Peru during the last decade to study non-financial firm performance and bank credit…

Date issued: jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Krakowski, Krzysztof;Ronconi, Lucas

Does compliance with low-cost civic duties increase demand for social accountability? We address this question by conducting a field experiment at train stations in Buenos Aires. We create exogenous…

Date issued: jun 2023
Author(s): Latin American and Caribbean Public Debt Management Specialists Group

This database compiles up-to-date standardized statistics on sovereign debt issuances for the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region and contains biannual data starting in 2006 through December…

Date issued: jun 2023
Author(s): Bazel, Philip;Mintz, Jack M.;Reyes-Tagle, Gerardo

Little is known about mining taxation in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), although it is both particularly complex and has large effects on incentives for investments in mining activities. This…

Date issued: jun 2023
Author(s): García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique;Puig Gabarró, Pau;Dalio, Maribel

Este informe describe y presenta los resultados del Índice de Desarrollo de la Banda Ancha (IDBA) en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). El principal objetivo del IDBA es medir la brecha digital en ALC…

Date issued: jun 2023
Author(s): Azuara, Oliver;Bosch, Mariano;Torres Ramirez, Eric

This document describes recent demographic, economic, and social trends of people 50 and older in Latin America. We analyze the labor profile of those generations who will face retirement over the…

Date issued: jun 2023
Author(s): Lema, Daniel;Gallacher, Marcos;Galetto, Alejandro;Gastaldi, Laura;Gatti, Nicolás

Este trabajo analiza las posibilidades y limitaciones que tendrían los seguros paramétricos como herramienta para contribuir a la adaptación al riesgo climático en la producción agropecuaria en los…

Date issued: jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Peña, Ignacio;Jenik, Micaela

DeepTech startups are companies based on a scientific discovery or meaningful engineering innovation. Deep Tech startups involve significant technological risk and R&D. However, Deep Tech…

Date issued: jun 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Peña, Ignacio;Jenik, Micaela

Las startups DeepTech son empresas basadas en un descubrimiento científico o en una innovación de ingeniería significativa. Las startups DeepTech implican un riesgo tecnológico y de RD (investigación…

Date issued: jun 2023
Author(s): Lucas, Caroline;Rodríguez, Sebastián;Sánchez, Fernando;Buitrago, Jose

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) can offer great advantages for companies planning on going public, including shortening times compared with conventional pathways to initial public…