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Date issued: okt 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Estache, Antonio;Foucart, Renaud;Serebrisky, Tomás

We study the potential benefits of adding a lottery component to cut the main risks associated with standard negotiated and rule-based auction procurement procedures. We show that adopting a two…

Date issued: okt 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Domínguez, Patricio;Scartascini, Carlos

Crime levels are a perennial development problem in Latin America and a renewed concern in the United States. At the same time, trust in the police has been falling, and questions abound about…

Date issued: okt 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Olivera, Javier;Valderrama, José A.

We study the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the pension policy response on the private and public pension systems of Peru. We find that the policies allowing early withdrawals from the private…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Weiss, Mariana;Eguiguren-Cosmelli, José;Matías, David;Daltro, Yuri;Arias, Karla;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

Dada la heterogeneidad de las empresas de distribución eléctrica en América Latina y el Caribe no es trivial diseñar incentivos para garantir decisiones eficientes. Una buena gobernanza es una…

Date issued: okt 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gómez-Lobo, Andrés;Sánchez González, Santiago;González Mejia, Vileydy

This paper reviews three targeted transit subsidies applied in Latin America. The Vale Transporte scheme in Brazil is the oldest, having been introduced in 1985. Household survey data for 26…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Maciel, Odette;Rose, Jonathan;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;Corrales, Luis Fernando;Dyer, Henry;Barcellos, Andreia;Garay, Ingrid

This Independent Country Program Review (ICPR) analyzes the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group's country strategy (CS) and country program with Jamaica during the 2016-2022 period.…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Maciel, Odette;Rose, Jonathan;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;Corrales, Luis Fernando;Dyer, Henry;Barcellos, Andreia;Garay, Ingrid

En la presente Revisión Independiente del Programa de País (ICPR), se evalúan la Estrategia de País del Grupo BID con Jamaica para el período 2016-2022 y su correspondiente Programa de País. En las…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Yamamoto, Chiaki;Riveros, Luisa;De Santis, Stefania;Peña-Habib, Oliver;King, Julie

This report summarizes the results of the Office of Evaluation and Oversight's (OVE's) annual validation of Project Completion Reports (PCRs) and Expanded Supervision Reports (XSRs). PCRs…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Yamamoto, Chiaki;Riveros, Luisa;De Santis, Stefania;Peña-Habib, Oliver;King, Julie

En este informe se resumen los resultados de la validación anual efectuada por la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) de los informes de terminación de proyecto (PCR) y los informes ampliados…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Soriano, Alejandro;Riveros, Luisa;Peña-Habib, Oliver;Barcellos, Andreia

The objective of this Protocol is to define the scope of the Office of Evaluation and Oversight's (OVE's) country products; the procedures regulating their planning, production, and…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Soriano, Alejandro;Riveros, Luisa;Peña-Habib, Oliver;Barcellos, Andreia

El objetivo de este Protocolo es definir el alcance de los productos país de la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE); los procedimientos que regulan su planificación, producción y difusión; y…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): León Gutiérrez, Pedro

This note systematizes some of the lessons derived from the various investigations conducted by MICI's Compliance Review Phase. Specifically, this note focuses on two of the most common issues…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): León Gutiérrez, Pedro

Esta nota sistematiza algunas de las lecciones derivadas de las diversas investigaciones realizadas por la Fase de Verificación de la Observancia del MICI. En concreto, se enfoca en dos de los temas…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): León Gutiérrez, Pedro

Esta nota sistematiza algumas das lições derivadas das diversas investigações realizadas pela Fase de Verificação da Observância do MICI. Especificamente, concentra-se em duas das questões que…

Date issued: okt 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Valencia, Oscar;Parra, Diego A.;Díaz, Juan Camilo

This paper provides a comprehensive early warning system (EWS) that balances the classical signaling approach with the best-realized machine learning (ML) model for predicting fiscal stress episodes…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Carter, Rebecca;Tye, Stefanie;Aguilar, Soledad

Long-term adaptation planning (LTAP) is an important element of the response to the impacts of climate change, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), a region that is highly…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Carter, Rebecca;Tye, Stefanie;Aguilar, Soledad

La planificación de la adaptación a largo plazo (PLP) es un elemento importante de la respuesta a los impactos del cambio climático, en particular en América Latina y el Caribe, una región que es…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Soto, Carolina;Manriquez, Sebastian;Tala, Nayib;Suaznabar, Claudia;Henriquez, Pauline

Este documento consolida las metodologías y aprendizajes de Planbim de Chile y del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en la incorporación de la metodología de Building Information Modelling (…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Zambrano, Omar;Hernández, Hugo;Benzecry, Ricardo;Gómez, José Gregorio

La presente investigación explora los impactos que tuvo la Apertura Petrolera, una política sectorial que otorgó acceso masivo a la participación del sector privado en la industria petrolera…

Date issued: okt 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alviarez, Vanessa

Global value chains (GVCs) provide countries with opportunities to diversify trade, and boost productivity and growth by specializing in one stage of the production process. However, for the most…

Date issued: okt 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fuentes, Nelson;Aguilar, Gonzalo;Trillos, Camila

Using an impact evaluation methodology for interrupted time-series and the IDB Pension Projection Model, this study estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic could have notably effects on the private…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Arias, Karla;Camino-Mogro, Segundo;Weiss, Mariana;Matías, David;Daltro, Yuri;Carvajal, Franco;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

This study identifies and analyzes the evolution of efficiency in providing services and in the financial performance of the LAC electricity distribution companies between 2014-2020. In addition, it…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Arias, Karla;Camino-Mogro, Segundo;Weiss, Mariana;Matías, David;Daltro, Yuri;Carvajal, Franco;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

Este estudio identifica y analiza la evolución de la eficiencia en la prestación de servicios y en el desempeño financiero de las empresas distribuidoras de electricidad de ALC entre 2014-2020.…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Féry, Guillaume

This discussion paper provides a foundation for digital transformation of water and sanitation utilities and illustrates how emerging technologies, new types of organizations, and forms of working…

Date issued: okt 2022
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Bosch, Mariano

Este documento, basado en el Documento de Marco Sectorial de Protección Social y Pobreza, tiene el propósito de mostrar el estado actual de la protección social en América Latina y el Caribe. Para…