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Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Correia, Tiago de Barros;Tolmasquim, Mauricio;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

Auctions to procure long-term contracts with Independent Power Producers are the most common instrument to scale-up the private investment and the deployment of renewable energy sources capacity in…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Correia, Tiago de Barros;Tolmasquim, Mauricio;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

Las subastas para adquirir contratos a largo plazo con productores de energía independientes son el instrumento más común para aumentar la inversión privada y el despliegue de capacidad de fuentes de…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Almeida, Juliana;Rios, Ana R.;Prager, Steven;Schiek, Benjamin;Gonzalez, Carlos E.

En las últimas décadas, los países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) se han estado desarrollando rápidamente, con un crecimiento económico e incrementos en ingresos. El sector agrícola es…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Almeida, Juliana;Rios, Ana R.;Prager, Steven;Schiek, Benjamin;Gonzalez, Carlos E.

En las últimas décadas, los países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) se han estado desarrollando rápidamente, con un crecimiento económico e incrementos en ingresos. El sector agrícola es…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Crespi, Gustavo;Figal Garone, Lucas;Maffioli, Alessandro;Stein, Ernesto H.

Chile's FONDEF and FONTEC R&D grant programs both boost the productivity of direct beneficiaries, increasing total factor productivity (TFP) by around 4.2 percent. However, spillover effects…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Crespi, Gustavo;Figal Garone, Lucas;Maffioli, Alessandro;Stein, Ernesto H.

Ambos programas de subsidios de ID de Chile, FONDEF y FONTEC, generan ganancias de productividad de los beneficiarios directos, aumentando su productividad total de los factores (PTF) en 4,2%. Sin…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Davis, Graham A.;Smith, James L.

This report reviews the taxation of oil, gas, and mining sectors by the governments of the major Latin American and Caribbean producing countries. It finds the fiscal regimes in place to be complex…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Davis, Graham A.;Smith, James L.

Este informe revisa la tributación de los sectores de petróleo, gas y minería por parte de los gobiernos de los principales países productores de América Latina y el Caribe. En informe encuentra que…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Truog, Susan;Lawrence, Emily;Defawe, Olivier;Ramirez Rufino, Smeldy;Perez Richiez, Orlando

Autonomous unmanned vehicles (UAS) or Drones, similar to many other interventions such as the internet, GPS and nuclear energy, derived from applications designed for military purposes.
In the…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Truog, Susan;Lawrence, Emily;Defawe, Olivier;Ramirez Rufino, Smeldy;Perez Richiez, Orlando

Los vehículos aéreos no tripulados (VANT) o Drones, al igual que otras invenciones como el internet, el GPS y la energía nuclear, son derivados de aplicaciones diseñadas para los conflictos. Su…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Cafferata, Fernando Gabriel;Gingerich, Daniel

Punitive anti-crime policies in the Americas have contributed to steadily increasing rates of incarceration. This creates prison overcrowding and can lead to recidivism. Harsh penalties are often…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Cotacachi, David;Grigera, Ana

This document summarizes some of the actions taken by the indigenous peoples of Latin America to confront COVID-19. It aims to be a support for the communities and their authorities in decision-…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Cotacachi, David;Grigera, Ana

Este documento resume algunas de las acciones tomadas por los pueblos indígenas de América Latina para hacer frente al COVID-19. Pretende ser un apoyo para las comunidades y sus autoridades en la…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Cotacachi, David;Grigera, Ana

Considerations that can facilitate dialogue and coordination among governments and indigenous populations in specific contexts regarding COVID-19 management. These considerations complement the…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Cotacachi, David;Grigera, Ana

El objetivo de este documento es proponer algunas consideraciones que, en contextos específicos, pueden facilitar el diálogo y la coordinación entre los gobiernos y los pueblos indígenas respecto a…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;IDB Invest;IDB Lab

The Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO) is an annual report produced by the IDB Group to share the results and impact of its work in Latin America and the Caribbean. It showcases the IDB Group…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;BID Invest;BID Lab

El Panorama de la Efectividad en el Desarrollo (DEO) es un informe anual elaborado por el Grupo BID para dar a conocer los resultados y el impacto de su trabajo en América Latina y el Caribe. Este…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Serebrisky, Tomás;Brichetti, Juan Pablo;Blackman, Allen;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

Effectively fighting the pandemic requires thorough understanding of the gaps in public policies that governments must address. To this end, Bank experts have recently drafted two documents aimed at…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Serebrisky, Tomás;Brichetti, Juan Pablo;Blackman, Allen;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

Combatir efectivamente la pandemia requiere entender cabalmente las disyuntivas de políticas públicas que los gobiernos enfrentan. En consecuencia, el BID ha elaborado documentos dirigidos a…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Tavares, Ignacio;Cavalcanti de Almeida, Aléssio Tony;Levy, Denise;Banerjee, Onil

Este artigo desenvolve uma avaliação ex-post do programa de desenvolvimento do turismo Prodetur no estado de Pernambuco, Brasil. Para tanto, foram cumpridas, de forma sequencial, duas etapas…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): López-Ghio, Ramiro;Salazar Echavarría, Carlos;Schloeter, Luis

In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) the overall infrastructure investment gap has undermined the regions ability to sustain recent levels of economic growth. Estimates suggest that the region…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): Duryea, Suzanne;Pinzon Caicedo, Mariana;Salazar, Juan Pablo;Pereira, María Antonella

Esta nota busca destacar los desafíos más prominentes de la pandemia del COVID-19 para las personas con discapacidad en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) y presenta medidas claves para intentar…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bustelo, Monserrat;Egaña del Sol, Pablo;Ripani, Laura;Soler, Nicolás;Viollaz, Mariana

New technological trends, such as digitization, artificial intelligence and robotics, have the power to drastically increase economic output but may also displace workers. In this paper we assess the…

Date issued: aug 2020
Author(s): African Development Bank;Asian Development Bank;Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank;European Bank for Reconstruction and Development;European Investment Bank;Inter-American Development Bank;Islamic Development Bank;World Bank

The Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks Climate Finance and this “key figures” infographic are an annual collaborative effort to make public MDB climate finance figures, together with a…

Date issued: aug 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Rodríguez Chatruc, Marisol;Lage de Sousa, Filipe;Merchán, Federico

This paper uses the sudden surge in Chinese competition faced by Brazil's manufacturers in the 2000s to revisit the findings from the literature on how productivity, innovation, and employment…