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Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos

La confianza es el problema más acuciante y, sin embargo, el menos abordado al que se enfrenta América Latina y el Caribe. Ya se trate de los demás, del gobierno o de las empresas, la confianza en la…

Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Finkelstein-Shapiro, Alan;Mandelman, Federico S.;Nuguer, Victoria

Financial inclusion is strikingly low in emerging economies. In only a few years, financial technologies (fintech) have led to a dramatic expansion in the number of non-traditional credit…

Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Blyde, Juan S.;Ramírez, Mayra A.

Empirical analyses that rely on micro-level panel data have found that exporters are generally less pollutant than non-exporters. While alternative explanations have been proposed, firm level data…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Abufhele, Alejandra;Bravo, David;Lopez Boo, Florencia

The learning and developmental losses from pre-primary program closures due to COVID-19 may be unprecedented. These disruptions early in life, when the brain is more sensitive to environmental…

Date issued: jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fiorentin, Florencia;Pereira, Mariano;Suárez, Diana

This study explores the presence of gender bias in public grants for science and technology (S&T) activities known as the Matilda effect in STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Rosenblatt, David;Mooney, Henry;García Zaballos, Antonio;Ortiz de Mendívil, Cloe;McCaskie, Ariel;Gauto, Victor;Christie, Jason;Khadan, Jeetendra;Abdul-Haqq, Nazera

This edition reviews the long-term performance of economic growth and productivity in the region. It then draws on research from the Inter-American Development Banks Connectivity, Markets, and…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report presents a probabilistic disaster risk assessment model for Barbados, focusing on beach erosions caused by episodic cyclonic hazard events and chronic effects associated with maritime…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Correal, Magda;Rihm, Alfredo

In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) there is a tendency to dispose of waste in sanitary landfills and open dumps. The implementation of recovery technologies is still incipient, despite the…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Correal, Magda;Rihm, Alfredo

En América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) existe una tendencia a eliminar los residuos mediante la técnica de disposición final en rellenos sanitarios y botaderos a cielo abierto. La implementación de…

Date issued: jan 2022
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El objetivo principal de este estudio consiste en llevar a cabo una evaluación indicativa del riesgo ante eventos naturales para un proyecto de mejoramiento del Eje Vial No. 4, Provincia de Zamora…