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Date issued: mei 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alberti, Juan

A probabilistic approach is sometimes suggested to assess construction risks in megaprojects. This approach deals with the estimation of the likelihood and impact of risk factors, based on historical…

Date issued: mei 2021
Author(s): Gomez Garcia, Olga;Mooney, Henry;Rosenblatt, David;Zegarra, Maria Alejandra;Frazier, Gralyn;McCaskie, Ariel;Gauto, Victor;Bollers, Elton;Christie, Jason;Khadan, Jeetendra;Abdul-Haqq, Nazera

Countries around the world have endured over a year of extreme uncertainty in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, and economies in the Caribbean have suffered more than most. But with the increasing…

Date issued: mei 2021
Author(s): Salazar, Juan Carlos

As part of the Poznan Strategic Programme on Technology Transfer, which the Global Environmental Facility funded a regional project, implemented by the IDB. One of the components of this project was…

Date issued: mei 2021
Author(s): Gallego, Jorge;Hoffmann, Bridget;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Medina, María Paula;Pecha, Camilo;Romero, Olga;Stampini, Marco;Vargas, David;Vera-Cossio, Diego A.

La crisis desencadenada por el brote del COVID-19 trajo consigo un desafío fundamental para las redes de protección social: entregar beneficios rápidamente a aquellos hogares que más lo necesitan. En…

Date issued: mei 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Puig Gabarró, Pau;García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique;Sepúlveda, Ana;Wong, Alex;Yoo, Christopher

Achieving universal and affordable digital connectivity is an essential goal for all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Although significant progress has been made to advance the…

Date issued: mei 2021
Author(s): Martínez Villarreal, Déborah;Parilli, Cristina;Scartascini, Carlos;Simpser, Alberto

Social norms used in communications can help/hurt compliance with public health guidelines. In Mexico, a survey experiment was conducted to explore the knowledge-behavior gap in social distancing…

Date issued: mei 2021
Author(s): Martínez Villarreal, Déborah;Parilli, Cristina;Scartascini, Carlos;Simpser, Alberto

El tipo de normas sociales utilizadas en las comunicaciones pueden contribuir/perjudicar el cumplimiento de las directrices de salud pública. En México, se llevó a cabo una encuesta para explorar la…

Date issued: mei 2021
Author(s): Armendáriz, Edna;Andrian, Leandro Gaston;Contreras, Eduardo;Hirs, Jorge

El presente documento desarrolla un análisis profundo de los procesos e instrumentos de planificación y priorización del gasto de inversión pública en Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador y Perú. Para tal fin…

Date issued: mei 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berlinski, Samuel;Busso, Matías;Dinkelman, Taryn;Martínez, Claudia

We conducted an experiment in low-income schools in Chile to test the effects and behavioral changes triggered by a program that sends attendance, grade, and classroom behavior information to parents…

Date issued: mei 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ripani, Laura;Fuenzalida, Javier;Suárez, Francisco;Salas, Rodrigo

Achievement of the aspirations associated with digital transformation held by governments worldwide--better services, greater transparency, more administrative efficiency--depend on the public…