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Date issued: sep 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pinto, Diana M.;Regalia, Ferdinando;Perez-Cuevas, Ricardo;Marín, Tania;Astorga, Ignacio;Máñez, Miguel Angel;Gutiérrez Alba, Gaudencio;Jaramillo Castell, Fabiola;Minué, Sergio;Muños Hernández, José Alberto;Reyes Morales, Hortensia;Ricaurte Cepeda, Melissa ;Santilli, Irene;Yépez Chamorro, María Clara;Cejas, Cintia ;Juárez Ramírez, Clara

Integrated Health Service Delivery Networks (IHSDN) based on primary health care (PHC) are the most promising solution for health systems to satisfy the health needs of the population and to address…

Date issued: sep 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pinto, Diana M.;Regalia, Ferdinando;Perez-Cuevas, Ricardo;Marín, Tania;Astorga, Ignacio;Máñez, Miguel Angel;Gutiérrez Alba, Gaudencio;Jaramillo Castell, Fabiola;Minué, Sergio;Muños Hernández, José Alberto;Reyes Morales, Hortensia;Ricaurte Cepeda, Melissa;Santilli, Irene;Yépez Chamorro, María Clara;Cejas, Cintia;Juárez Ramírez, Clara

Las redes integradas de prestación de servicios de salud (RISS) basadas en la atención primaria a la salud (APS) son la solución más prometedora para satisfacer las necesidades de la población y…

Date issued: sep 2020
Author(s): Martínez Mancilla, Yolanda;Vega, Marco

Desde el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo valoramos la creación de espacios de colaboración en el diseño de políticas públicas como la Política Nacional de Inteligencia Artificial liderada por el…

Date issued: sep 2020
Author(s): Rozo, Sandra;Vargas, Juan F.

About 1.8 of the 5.2 million Venezuelans who have left their country due to political and economic turmoil have settled in neighboring Colombia. The extent to which the Colombian schooling system can…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alvarez, Lourdes;Páez, Tania

This paper presents the systematization of the successful experience of incentives for connectivity to the sewerage network under the Cajamarquilla Project. Following this Introduction, Chapter II…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alvarez, Lourdes;Páez, Tania

En la zona de Cajamarquilla, Nievería y Cerro Camote en Lima (Perú), se desarrolló una estrategia de incentivo a la conectividad a los servicios de alcantarillado con resultados exitosos, logrando…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

La gestión del riesgo de desastres es una de las actividades fundamentales de los gobiernos de países que se encuentran en zonas de alta amenazas a fenómenos de la naturaleza como sismos o eventos…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Davidson, Kristiane;Gunawan, Nabilla;Ambrosano, Julia;Souza, Leisa;Brakarz, Barbara

Green investment opportunities can help to close the country's infrastructure funding gap and also meet its climate commitments. The Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities - Brazil 2019…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Davidson, Kristiane;Gunawan, Nabilla;Ambrosano, Julia;Souza, Leisa;Brakarz, Barbara

As oportunidades de investimento verde podem ajudar a fechar a lacuna de financiamento em infraestrutura do país e também cumprir com seus compromissos climáticos. O relatório Oportunidades de…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arias Ortiz, Elena;Cristia, Julian P.;Cueto, Santiago

The early twenty-first century has witnessed an explosion of technological changes that have revolutionized the way we travel, shop, interact and play. Technology can also transform education by…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arias Ortiz, Elena;Cristia, Julian P.;Cueto, Santiago

El comienzo del siglo XXI ha sido testigo de una explosión de cambios tecnológicos que han revolucionado la forma en que viajamos, compramos, interactuamos y jugamos. La tecnología también puede…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Afonso, José Roberto;Castro, Kleber Pacheco de;Elacqua, Gregory;Marotta, Luana;Soares, Sammara

Sistemas escolares em diversas partes do mundo enfrentam uma crescente incerteza sobre o financiamento da educação no próximo ano, considerando a iminente recessão econômica resultante da pandemia da…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Rossi, Martín;Vázquez, Antonia;Vieyra, Juan Cruz

This paper provides experimental evidence about the causal impact of disclosing information related to public investment projects on the performance of these projects. Specifically, it analyzes the…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Rossi, Martín;Vázquez, Antonia;Vieyra, Juan Cruz

Esta publicación proporciona evidencia experimental sobre el impacto causal que la divulgación de información relacionada con proyectos de inversión pública tiene en el desempeño de estos proyectos.…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ajzenman, Nicolás;Bertoni, Eleonora;Elacqua, Gregory;Marotta, Luana;Méndez, Carolina

Inequality in access to high-quality teachers is an important driver of student socioeconomic achievement gaps. We experimentally evaluate a novel nation-wide low-cost government program aimed at…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Balza, Lenin;Brearley, Emily;Clarke, Dillon;Gauto, Victor

New oil-producing countries face the daunting challenge of transforming expected revenue windfalls into sustainable and inclusive economic development. Record discoveries and growing hydrocarbon…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Abuelafia, Emmanuel;Saboin, José Luis

The collapse of the Venezuelan economy is unprecedented. If the expected reduction in economic activity of 2020 (around 30%) is added to the 70% contraction between 2013 and 2019, the Venezuelan…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Abuelafia, Emmanuel;Saboin, José Luis

El colapso en que se encuentra la economía venezolana no tiene precedentes. La economía se contrajo un 70% entre 2013 y 2019, a lo que se suma una reducción esperada del 30% en 2020, lo que la ubica…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Ikeda, John;Basani, Marcello;De Kervenoael, Mathieu;Murthy, Sudhir

Massive amounts of investment are needed to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for water supply and sanitation. However, several challenges have limited the ability to mobilize…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Támola, Alejandro;Fernández Díez, María Carmen

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the largest global economic contraction since the Great Depression. Governments are faced with the daunting task of devising policy responses in an environment of…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Támola, Alejandro;Fernández Díez, María Carmen

La pandemia del COVID-19 ha desencadenado la mayor contracción económica mundial desde la Gran Depresión. Los gobiernos se enfrentan a la abrumadora tarea de diseñar políticas públicas en un entorno…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Elacqua, Gregory;Marotta, Luana;Bertoni, Eleonora;Méndez, Carolina;Westh Olsen, Anne Sofie;Román, Alonso;Soares, Sammara

Amid the economic crisis triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, there is a risk that the inequality of opportunity in education may increase in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries unless well…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Elacqua, Gregory;Marotta, Luana;Bertoni, Eleonora;Méndez, Carolina;Westh Olsen, Anne Sofie;Román, Alonso;Soares, Sammara

En el escenario de crisis económica que abre la pandemia de Covid-19, existe el riesgo de que se profundicen las desigualdades en las oportunidades educativas en los países de América Latina y el…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Elacqua, Gregory;Marotta, Luana;Bertoni, Eleonora;Méndez, Carolina;Westh Olsen, Anne Sofie;Román, Alonso;Soares, Sammara

Diante da crise econômica deflagrada pela pandemia da Covid-19, existe o risco de que as desigualdades de oportunidades educacionais nos países da América Latina e Caribe (ALC) se aprofundem se não…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Maduro, Lucía;Veiga, Pedro da Motta;Rios, Sandra Polónia

O acordo MERCOSUL-UE representa uma inflexão na política de inserção internacional do MERCOSUL e de seus paises associados. Sendo um acordo de nova geracão, alinhado com os acordos comerciais mais…