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Date issued: apr 2026
Author(s): De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Elías, Julio;García Negro, Álvaro;Saravia, Diego;Zuviría, Teodelina

A lo largo de las últimas décadas, la industria vitivinícola de la región del noroeste argentino (NOA) ha pasado de producir principalmente vinos de mesa a destacarse por vinos de calidad…

Date issued: apr 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Adhvaryu, Achyuta;Nyshadham, Anant;Tamayo, Jorge Andrés;Molina, Teresa;Bhalotra, Sonia

Using administrative and survey data from a large restaurant chain in Colombia, we documented gender differences in the managerial approaches most strongly associated with performance. Based on these…

Date issued: apr 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berniell, Inés;Berniell, Maria Lucila;Castillo, Victoria;Cañuelo, Belén;Mata, Dolores de la;García Oro, Gerardo;Grión, Néstor;Juncosa, Federico;Laguinge, Luis

This paper examines the impact of an internship program in Argentina (Programa Primer Paso; PPP) on the formal employment trajectories of people with disabilities (PwD). Using administrative data…

Date issued: apr 2026
Author(s): Vazquez, Claudia;Berniell, Maria Lucila;Garcia Balus, Nicolas Alejandro;Ernst, Erik;Feuerstein, Esteban Zindel

El documento analiza las percepciones y obstáculos que enfrentan los hogares beneficiarios de la Asignación Universal por Hijo (AUH) para cumplir y acreditar las corresponsabilidades de salud y…

Date issued: apr 2026
Author(s): Pombo, Cristina;Rivas, Carolina ;Rodriguez Gonzalez, David;Roseth, Benjamin;Santamaria, Julieth;Vásquez, Mateo

Este documento analiza la experiencia de la ciudadanía paraguaya con los trámites gubernamentales, con énfasis en su heterogeneidad entre grupos poblacionales. Si bien Paraguay ha registrado avances…

Date issued: apr 2026
Author(s): Scarpeta Matheus, Fabricio

This publication examines the expanding role of sustainable tourism observatories in strengthening evidence-based governance, planning and management across destinations in Latin America and the…

Date issued: apr 2026
Author(s): Gómez Osorio, Andrés;Zepeda, David;García Ferro, Luz Ángela

This publication presents six stories of implementing teams that, across different countries in the region, carried out projects with economic and social impact amid significant challenges. These are…

Date issued: apr 2026
Author(s): Gómez Osorio, Andrés;Zepeda, David;García Ferro, Luz Ángela

Esta publicación presenta seis historias de equipos ejecutores que, en distintos países de la región, implementaron proyectos de impacto económico y social en medio de grandes dificultades. Se trata…

Date issued: apr 2026
Author(s): Gómez Osorio, Andrés;Zepeda, David;García Ferro, Luz Ángela

Esta publicação apresenta seis histórias de equipes de implementação que, em diferentes países da região, executaram projetos com impacto econômico e social em meio a desafios significativos. Trata-…

Date issued: apr 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mulgan, Geoff

This publication, prepared by Professor Geoff Mulgan for IDB Lab, examines how profound demographic shifts -particularly declining birth rates and population aging- pose a critical challenge for…

Date issued: apr 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bosch, Mariano;Rojas Valero, Paola Nelly

Using census microdata from 78 countries, we study how pension systems shape labor supply at older ages. While male employment rates are similar in midlife, they diverge sharply later in life: by age…

Date issued: apr 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arteaga Vallejo, Julian Gabriel;De Roux, Nicolas;Gáfaro, Margarita;Ibáñez, Ana María;Pellegrina, Heitor S.

We study how weather shocks affect the farm-size distribution and agricultural productivity. Using survey data from several developing countries, we document new empirical patterns in farm-size…

Date issued: mrt 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Roseth, Benjamin;Santamaria, Julieth;Berton, Juan;Dornel, Susana

Digital public services significantly reduce transaction costs for citizens and service delivery costs for the government, facilitating access to benefits and rights and enabling the fulfillment of…

Date issued: mrt 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Roseth, Benjamin;Santamaria, Julieth;Berton, Juan;Dornel, Susana

Los servicios públicos digitales reducen significativamente los costos transaccionales para la ciudadanía y los costos de prestación para el gobierno, facilitando el acceso a beneficios, derechos y…

Date issued: mrt 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Muñoz, Ercio;Saavedra, Melanie;Sansone, Dario

This paper studies socioeconomic disparities in Mexico based on sexual orientation and gender identity using data from a nationally representative survey collected between 2021 and 2022 (N44,189). It…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

In 2025, the IDB Group delivered a historic year, reaching record levels of financing and mobilization while advancing the reforms needed to operate with greater scale, speed, and impact. Yet the…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Pecha, Camilo;Ochoa, Elizabeth

Abstract: Belize stands at a pivotal moment in its development trajectory. Following a strong post-COVID recovery, driven by tourism, agricultural exports, the expansion of business process…

Date issued: mrt 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pérez Urdiales, María;Giles Álvarez, Laura;Castillo, Adriana;Saavedra, Víctor;Polania Chacon, Diego Felipe;Benavides, Juan;Zapata, Juan Gonzalo;Cadena, Ximena

Lograr el acceso universal y seguro al agua y al saneamiento para 2030 sigue siendo un reto importante en América Latina y el Caribe. Aunque la región presenta altas coberturas de acceso básico, solo…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Corrales, Luis Fernando;Maciel, Odette;King, Dana Michael;Usher, Nicole Marie;Fuscaldo Jalkh, Isabella;González, Jorge;Molina Fernández, Miguel;Vaca, Orlando;Rubio Jaramillo, Nicole Mishel;Soriano, Alejandro;Motta, Marialisa

This Independent Country Program Review (ICPR) assesses the relevance, alignment, implementation, and contributions of the Inter-American Development Bank Group's (IDB Group) 2021-2025 Country…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Corrales, Luis Fernando;Maciel, Odette;King, Dana Michael;Usher, Nicole Marie;Fuscaldo Jalkh, Isabella;González, Jorge;Molina Fernández, Miguel;Vaca, Orlando;Rubio Jaramillo, Nicole Mishel;Soriano, Alejandro;Motta, Marialisa

Esta Revisión Independiente del Programa de País (ICPR) evalúa la relevancia, alineación, implementación y contribución de la Estrategia de País (EBP) 2021-2025 y del Programa de País (PP) del Grupo…

Date issued: mrt 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Couto Ribeiro, Beatriz ;Castillo, Adriana;Pérez Urdiales, María

Limited access to safe and proximate water remains a defining constraint in Haiti, where access to piped water remains limited and school enrollment is not universal. Using a pseudo-panel constructed…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Rajack, Robin Michael;Saboin, José Luis;Small, Charlene Marie;Davis, Timyka;Mazzocca, Angelo

This note seeks to enrich the discussion on potential solutions in the housing sector of The Bahamas. It builds on the IMFs April 2025 Bahamas Housing Affordability Report providing insights through…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): García, Pablo M.;Duran-Fernandez, Roberto;Figueroa Guajardo, David Alejandro

Despite its continental scale and global relevance, Amazonia lacks spatially disaggregated, consistent GDP measures, leaving its economy largely unmeasured at the scale where development and…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Biderman, Ciro;Mac Dowell, Maria Cristina;Motta Café, Renata;Ferreira, Soraya Naffah

Este estudo apresenta novas estimativas dos efeitos sobre a arrecadação tributária decorrentes da redução dos custos de informação e de transação enfrentados pelos contribuintes no Brasil,…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Levy Yeyati, Eduardo

Artificial intelligence readiness indexes have become influential tools shaping national strategies and international development priorities. But major AI readiness and governance rankings show…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Támola, Alejandro;Joachín, Arturo;Fernández Díez, María Carmen

Public interventions in credit markets frequently prioritize micro, small, and medium enterprises, often excluding large firms based on the explicit or implicit assumption that they do not face…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Castilleja Vargas, Liliana

Surinames economy is recovering from recent shocks but continues to face persistent, overlapping geographic, ethnic, and gender disparities that have entrenched exclusion and deprivation. At the same…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Alessandro, Martín;Arrieta, Dolores;Naranjo Bautista, Sandra

Government transitions are critical processes in which state leadership is rapidly replaced without interrupting public services. In Latin America and the Caribbean, these transitions are often…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Alessandro, Martín;Arrieta, Dolores;Naranjo Bautista, Sandra

Las transiciones de gobierno son procesos críticos donde se reemplaza rápidamente a la dirigencia estatal sin interrumpir los servicios públicos. En América Latina y el Caribe suelen ser frágiles por…

Date issued: mrt 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Muñoz, Ercio;Sansone, Dario;Tampellini Silva, Joao Pedro

Using census data from over 500,000 dual-earner households in Mexico, we show that couples in which the wife earns just above half of the household income are far less common than those in which she…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Martorell, Pep;Porrúa, Miguel

Este trabajo propone un modelo de referencia para orientar el diseño e implementación de políticas de inteligencia artificial (IA) en el sector público de América Latina y el Caribe. El documento…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Fernandini Puga, Manuel;Rodríguez Armas, Juan Carlos;Bedoya, Silvana;Genes, Beatriz;Serale, Florencia;Piras, Claudia;Paredes, Cristina;Aquino, Ruth N.

Este documento presenta la sistematización del piloto del Programa Formativo de Liderazgo Femenino de Alto Nivel “Mujer Impacto”, implementado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Annual Report contains a review of the Bank's operations in 2025 (loans, guarantees and grants). The second volume contains the full set of the financial statements of the Bank's…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

El Informe anual contiene un examen de las operaciones del Banco en 2025 (préstamos, garantías y financiamiento no reembolsable). El segundo volumen contiene el conjunto completo de los estados…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement

Le Rapport annuel contiens une analyse des opérations de la Banque en 2025 (prts, garanties et dons). Le second volume contiens les états financiers complets de la Banque.

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento

Relatório Anual contém uma análise das operaçes do Banco em 2025 (empréstimos, garantias e concesses). O segundo volume contém também o conjunto completo de declaraçes financeiras sobre os recursos…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Abusamra, Valeria;Chimenti, María de los Ángeles;Diuk, Beatriz;Feldman, Daniel;Piacente, Telma;Roldán, Luis Ángel

El documento presenta un marco integral para comprender y enseñar la lectura en la escuela primaria a partir de tres componentes centrales: decodificación, fluidez y comprensión, organizados en…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Elías, Julio;García Negro, Álvaro;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo;Muñoz, Gonzalo

Durante las últimas décadas, el sector agropecuario uruguayo ha experimentado una profunda transformación, impulsada por innovaciones orientadas tanto al aumento de la productividad como a una…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

This report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank's 2025 Annual Report. This report contains the management's discussion and analysis of…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Este es el segundo de dos volúmenes que constituyen el informe anual del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) 2025. El presente volumen contiene la discusión y análisis de la administración:…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Santocono, Ricardo;Candegabe, Silvia;Alegre, Silvana;Vinacur, Tamara;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo

Esta publicación presenta una metodología innovadora para estimar la capacidad edilicia de escuelas primarias urbanas con el fin de implementar o ampliar la jornada escolar extendida, a partir de la…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;IDB Invest;IDB Lab

This publication presents the downloadable version of the IDB Group Data Wall, offering a data-rich overview of Latin America and the Caribbean across key development areas, including energy and…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;BID Invest;BID Lab

Esta publicación presenta la versión descargable del panel de datos del Grupo BID y ofrece una panorámica rica en datos sobre América Latina y el Caribe en áreas clave del desarrollo, entre ellas…

Date issued: mrt 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Canavire-Bacarreza, Gustavo;Cansino Montanez, Kenyi Alain;Castro-Peñarrieta, Luis ;Martínez-Vázquez, Jorge;Beverinotti, Javier

Many decentralized countries struggle with low levels of subnational tax effort. As a remedy for this situation, specific-purpose incentive schemes designed for own revenue mobilization at the…

Date issued: mrt 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gómez, Laura;Joachín, Arturo;Támola, Alejandro;Fernández Díez, María Carmen

Informational credit rationing is a disequilibrium phenomenon in credit markets, in which price mechanisms fail to allocate credit efficiently due to informational frictions. It is commonly argued…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Angarita, Héctor;Pasten, Roberto;Araos, Ana Luisa;De la Vega, Xaviera;Vogl, Adrian ;Fournies, Paula;López, Ignacia ;Shee, Álvaro ;Callau, Vanessa;Llaguno, Duval;Murguia, Juan M.;Saavedra, Valentina;Del Rio Arteaga, Mariana Teresita Carmen

El proyecto en la Cuenca del Río Bueno tuvo como objetivo generar información biofísica, económica y espacial para comprender el aporte de los ecosistemas al bienestar humano y a las actividades…

Date issued: mrt 2026
Author(s): Yancari Cueva, Johanna Marissa;Morrison, Andrew;Trivelli, Carolina;Díaz Vásquez, Ramón

El objetivo del estudio fue desarrollar y evaluar la utilización de “pequeños empujones” (nudges) para promover el uso de servicios financieros entre mujeres peruanas clientas de instituciones…

Date issued: mrt 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Chavez, Paulo;Beverinotti, Javier;Alzamora, Miguel

Este estudio analiza cómo los choques de confianza y los precios internacionales de los minerales impactan la inversión privada minera y no minera en el Perú entre 2002 y 2024. Siguiendo la…

Date issued: mrt 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ayres, João;Juvenal, Luciana

Latin America and the Caribbean enters 2026 amid a complex global environment marked by heightened geopolitical tensions, shifting trade policies, and persistently high global interest rates that…

Date issued: mrt 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ayres, João;Juvenal, Luciana

América Latina y el Caribe afronta 2026 en medio de un complejo entorno global marcado por un aumento de las tensiones geopolíticas, políticas comerciales en transformación y tasas de interés…