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Date issued:
jan 2026
Este documento define el enfoque que la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) utilizará para evaluar el apoyo del Grupo BID a sus clientes, los Pequeños Estados Insulares en Desarrollo (PEID) en…
Date issued:
jan 2026
El documento analiza cinco experiencias recientes de ayuda mutua internacional para el combate de incendios forestales en América Latina y el Caribe (Brasil, Paraguay, Canadá, Chile y Colombia),…
Date issued:
jan 2026
Guatemala faces a severe triple burden of malnutrition under nutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and rising overweight and obesity impacting all age groups and generating an annual economic loss…
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jan 2026
La Secretaría de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SESAN) de la Presidencia de la República de Guatemala, en cumplimiento de su mandato de promover la coordinación e integración entre las…
Date issued:
jan 2026
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We study the long-run effects of a large public expansion of pre-primary education in Argentina. Between 1993 and 1999, the federal government financed the construction of new preschool classrooms…
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jan 2026
This paper develops a step-by-step guide for the design and implementation of fiscal rules based on prudent public debt levels aimed at reconciling two critical fiscal policy objectives: ensuring…
Date issued:
jan 2026
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This study presents the results of an experimental evaluation of a pedagogical intervention based on the mobile application Quechua Collao, designed to strengthen Quechua language skills as a second…
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jan 2026
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Este estudio presenta los resultados de una evaluación experimental de una intervención pedagógica basada en la aplicación móvil Quechua Collao, diseñada para fortalecer las habilidades lingüísticas…
Date issued:
jan 2026
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This paper studies whether gender gaps in womens labor-market outcomes are sustained by systematic misperceptions about social and spousal support for maternal employment. Using a representative…
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jan 2026
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This paper examines how attitudes among supervisors, co-workers, and customers contribute to discrimination against sexual minorities in the workplace. A large, nationally representative sample in…
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jan 2026
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We study how procurement-driven fiscal contractions propagate through firm-to-firm pro- duction networks. The 2014 collapse in oil prices triggered a sharp fall in public procure- ment in Ecuador,…
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jan 2026
This study addresses the low participation of women in public procurement markets in Latin America and the Caribbean, where significant gender gaps in access to economic opportunities persist. The…
Date issued:
jan 2026
Este estudio aborda el problema de la baja participación de las mujeres en los mercados de compras públicas en América Latina y el Caribe, donde persisten significativas brechas de género en el…
Date issued:
jan 2026
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We study whether structured, evidence-based information can shape local policymakers beliefs and stated intentions to adopt violence prevention interventions. Using a randomized experiment embedded…
Date issued:
jan 2026
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Recidivism is a persistent challenge for criminal justice systems worldwide, yet evidence from Latin America remains scarce. This study addresses that gap through three contributions. First, it…
Date issued:
jan 2026
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This paper examines how firm perceptions influence the transmission of fiscal policy. Using natural language processing on corporate earnings calls from 51 countries over two decades, we construct…
Date issued:
jan 2026
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This study analyzes the impact of natural resource funds (NRF) on municipal fiscal results in Colombia, using an instrumental variable approach. It specifically analyzed the case of the Colombian…
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jan 2026
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Why are inefficient policies popular? One explanation is incomplete voter information. Evidence from survey experiments in Argentina points instead to inattention. The experiments explore voter…
Date issued:
jan 2026
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are a major source of air, water and soil pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean. To address this problem, policy makers in the region often rely on…
Date issued:
jan 2026
This report provides estimates of Latin America and the Caribbeans international trade flows for 2025. The data it contains was prepared by the Productivity, Trade, and Innovation Sector of the Inter…
Date issued:
jan 2026
Esta nota presenta las estimaciones de los flujos comerciales internacionales de América Latina y el Caribe para el año 2025. Las cifras fueron elaboradas por el Sector de Productividad, Comercio e…
Date issued:
jan 2026
Iquitos, la ciudad más grande de la Amazonía peruana, enfrenta desafíos en su suministro eléctrico debido a su aislamiento del Sistema Eléctrico Interconectado Nacional y su dependencia de…
Date issued:
jan 2026
Esta nota técnica propone un enfoque analítico continuo para evaluar la efectividad de las operaciones del BID, utilizando la misma información de validación producida por la Oficina de Evaluación y…
Date issued:
jan 2026
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This paper studies trust, reciprocity, and bargaining using a large-scale online experiment conducted in six Latin American countries. Participants played trust and ultimatum games under randomly…
Date issued:
jan 2026
We examine the impact of mobile internet access on labor market outcomes through a comprehensive analysis combining literature review, regional trends, and empirical evidence. We begin by reviewing…