¿Preparados para regular? Lecciones y desafíos de la regulación en América Latina y el Caribe
Jun 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Farias, Pedro;Alcorn, Richard;Trnka, Daniel;Flores, Manuel;Rodrigo, Delia;Olivares, Eliezer;Zárate Moreno, Ana María
Esta publicación forma parte de la agenda de conocimiento de la División de Innovación para Servir al Ciudadano del BID, orientada hacia la modernización de la gestión pública. Es una contribución…
Preparados para regular?: lições e desafios da regulação na América Latina e no Caribe
Jun 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Farias, Pedro;Alcorn, Richard;Trnka, Daniel;Flores, Manuel;Rodrigo, Delia;Olivares, Eliezer;Zárate Moreno, Ana María
Esta publicação faz parte da agenda de conhecimento da Divisão de Inovação a Serviço do Cidadão do BID e foi formulada para a modernização da gestão pública. É uma contribuição para que formuladores…
Natural Resource Windfalls In Nonproducing Areas
Jun 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ome, Alejandro;Pérez, Javier
We study the impact of natural resource royalties on educational outcomes in Colombia. We analyze a reform enacted in 2012 that made the distribution of these royalties more equitable. Before the…
Allocative Efficiency of Government Spending for Growth in Latin American Countries
Jun 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pessino, Carola;Altinok, Nadir;Chagalj, Cristian
There is scant empirical economic research regarding the way that Latin American governments efficiently allocate their spending across different functions to achieve higher growth. While most papers…
The Labor Market Worsening Effects of a Resource Bust: Evidence from the Crude Oil Price Shock in Ecuador
Jun 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Parra-Cely, Sergio;Zanoni, Wladimir
To assess the effects of an oil price bust on individual labor market outcomes, we leverage the 2015 exogenous decline in international oil prices with geographical variation in oil-dependency in…
Helping Struggling Students and Benefiting All: Peer Effects in Primary Education
May 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berlinski, Samuel;Busso, Matías;Giannola, Michele
We exploit the randomized evaluation of a remedying education intervention that improved the reading skills of low-performing third grade students in Colombia, to study whether providing educational…
Nueva imposición internacional sobre sociedades: desafíos, alternativas y recomendaciones para América Latina y el Caribe
May 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barreix, Alberto Daniel;Bes, Martín;González, Ubaldo;Pineda, Emilio;Riccardi, Andrea
A finales de 2021, 137 países llegaron a un acuerdo para reformar aspectos internacionales del impuesto a la renta de sociedades (IS) y prevenir la erosión de la base imponible que permite la…
Municipal Fiscal Health in Latin America
May 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ardanaz, Martín;Bonet, Jaime Alfredo;Garson, Sol;Huanqui Valcárcel, Silvana;Muñoz Miranda, Andrés;Pérez, Gerson Javier;Slack, Enid
Cities are important drivers of productivity, innovation, and economic growth. To achieve their full economic potential, cities must deliver high-quality public services to their residents and…
Alcohol, Drug Use, and Road Traffic Injuries: A Multi-site Collaborative Study of Emergency Departments in the Dominican Republic and Peru
May 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cherpitel, Cheryl J.;Witbrodt, Jane;Ye, Yu;Monteiro, Maristela;Ponce De León, Marisela
The objectives of this study are to report demographic and substanceuse characteristics and risk of road traffic injury from alcohol use, cannabis use, and combined use in a sample of emergency…
How to Reboot Education Post-Pandemic: Delivering on the Promise of a Better Future for Youth
May 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Abizanda, Beatriz;Almeyda, Gonzalo;Arias Ortiz, Elena;Berlanga, Cecilia;Bornacelly, Iván;Bos, María Soledad;Díaz, Ela;Dueñas, Ximena;Elacqua, Gregory;Elías, Alison;Fernández-Coto, Raquel;Frisancho, Verónica;García Moreno, Vicente A.;Hernández Cardozo, Jenny Carolina;Hincapie, Diana;Margitic, Juan Francisco;Marotta, Luana;Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes;Morduchowicz, Alejandro;Muñoz, Felipe;Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ruiz-Arranz, Marta;Thailinger, Agustina;Valverde Rodríguez, Francisco Javier;Vezza, Evelyn ;Zoido, Pablo
During the COVID-19 pandemic, 165 million students in Latin America and the Caribbean were abruptly disconnected from education. By the end of 2021, schools had been closed for an average of 237 days…
¿Cómo reconstruir la educación postpandemia?: soluciones para cumplir con la promesa de un mejor futuro para la juventud
May 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Abizanda, Beatriz;Almeyda, Gonzalo;Arias Ortiz, Elena;Berlanga, Cecilia;Bornacelly, Iván;Bos, María Soledad;Díaz, Ela;Dueñas, Ximena;Elacqua, Gregory;Elías, Alison;Fernández-Coto, Raquel;Frisancho, Verónica;García Moreno, Vicente A.;Hernández Cardozo, Jenny Carolina;Hincapie, Diana;Margitic, Juan Francisco;Marotta, Luana;Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes;Morduchowicz, Alejandro;Muñoz, Felipe;Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Ruiz-Arranz, Marta;Thailinger, Agustina;Valverde Rodríguez, Francisco Javier;Vezza, Evelyn;Zoido, Pablo
Durante la pandemia de COVID-19, 165 millones de estudiantes de América Latina y el Caribe se vieron abruptamente desconectados de la educación. A finales de 2021, las escuelas habían estado cerradas…
Driving the Digital Transformation of Transportation in Latin America and the Caribbean
May 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Calatayud, Agustina;Katz, Raúl;Riobó, Alexander
Este estudio cuantifica el estado de la transformación digital del transporte en los países de América Latina y el Caribe, y analiza los beneficios y los desafíos de la misma. Sobre la base de buenas…
Impulsando la transformación digital del transporte en América Latina y el Caribe
May 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Calatayud, Agustina;Katz, Raúl;Riobó, Alexander
Este estudio cuantifica el estado de la transformación digital del transporte en los países de América Latina y el Caribe, y analiza los beneficios y los desafíos de la misma. Sobre la base de buenas…
How Does Market Competition Affect Firm Innovation Incentives in Emerging Countries? Evidence from Chile and Colombia
May 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Benavente, José Miguel;Zuñiga, Pluvia
The effect of market competition on firm innovation remains controversial, especially in the context of developing countries. This paper presents new empirical evidence about the causal impact of…
Labor Market and Macroeconomic Dynamics in Latin America Amid COVID: The Role of Digital Adoption Policies
Apr 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Nuguer, Victoria;Finkelstein-Shapiro, Alan
We study how policies that facilitate firm digital adoption shape the labor market and economic recovery from COVID-19 in a search and matching framework with firm entry and exit where salaried firms…
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Argentina's Exports: A Decomposition Exercise
Apr 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jalile, Ileana Raquel;Moncarz, Pedro E.
Two databases are constructed on GHG emissions associated with Argentina's international trade between 2000 and 2017, emissions derived from the production of exported goods and those associated…
Grandmothers and the Gender Gap in the Mexican Labor Market
Apr 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Talamas Marcos, Miguel Ángel
This paper estimates the effect of childcare availability on parents' employment probability using the timing of death of grandmothers--the primary childcare providers in Mexico--as identifying…
A Roadmap for Digitalization of Tax Systems: Lessons from Korea
Apr 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kim, Jae-Jin;Kim, Hyoeun;Kim, Sewon;Reyes-Tagle, Gerardo
This publication reviews the history of digitalization of tax administration in Korea dating back to the 1990s and shares the countrys experience and know-how in building an efficient e-taxation…
Una hoja de ruta para la digitalización de los sistemas tributarios: lecciones de Corea
Apr 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Kim, Jae-Jin;Kim, Hyoeun;Kim, Sewon;Reyes-Tagle, Gerardo
Esta publicación repasa la historia de la digitalización de la administración tributaria en la República de Corea desde la década de 1990 y comparte la experiencia y los conocimientos del país en la…
The effects of ethnomathematics education on student outcomes: The JADENKÄ Program in the Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca, Panama
Apr 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Hernández Agramonte, Juan Manuel;Albertos, Carmen;Grigera, Ana;Hobbs, Cynthia;Álvarez Marinelli, Horacio
The aim of this article is to provide rigorous at scale experimental evidence on the effectiveness of an ethnomathematics education program. This article describes and evaluates the impact of JADENKA…