Apr 2024
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The relationship between firms and inequality has been a focus of recent attention globally. This chapter summarizes basic facts about this relationship for Latin America. Unlike advanced economies…
Apr 2024
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El desarrollo de infraestructura pública constituye una de las principales responsabilidades que tiene todo Gobierno, toda vez que congrega los fundamentos físicos que proveen acceso a servicios…
Apr 2024
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As the measurement of public opinion and attitudes toward gender issues has gained increasing attention in gender policy and research, the accurate design, implementation, and analysis of survey data…
Apr 2024
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Behavioral biases often lead to suboptimal decisions, a vulnerability that extends to policymakers who operate under conditions of fatigue, stress, and time constraints and with significant…
Apr 2024
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Though governments regularly implement fiscal adjustments to avert crisis, voter attitudes toward competing adjustment strategies are still poorly understood. A conjoint experiment with 8,000 survey…
Apr 2024
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Climate change is an existential threat to the world economy, with complex, evolving and nonlinear dynamics that remain a source of great uncertainty. There is a bourgeoning literature on the…
Apr 2024
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Uno de los desafíos más importantes de los gobiernos subnacionales de América Latina y el Caribe es mejorar sus ingresos tributarios a partir de medidas que sean fáciles de implementar, tengan bajos…
Apr 2024
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Um dos desafios mais importantes para os governos subnacionais, na América Latina e no Caribe, é ampliar suas receitas tributárias por meio de medidas de fácil implementação, de baixo custo e que…
Apr 2024
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La Caja de Herramientas que se presenta está diseñada con el objeto de proveer un enfoque integral de sostenibilidad ambiental y resiliencia climática en el desarrollo de infraestructura bajo el…
Mar 2024
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La integridad en la gobernanza del agua, definida como o el uso ético y honesto de los poderes y recursos conferidos para la prestación sostenible y equitativa de los servicios, es crucial para…
Mar 2024
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El objetivo de este documento es estudiar el efecto socioeconómico de las tecnologías digitales (uso de Internet o computadora y tenencia de celular) en Ecuador, abordando el análisis desde un…
Mar 2024
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O presente diagnóstico descreve os resultados da avaliação do serviço civil do Brasil, realizada em 2023. Fundamentou-se no quadro metodológico elaborado em 2002 e nas boas práticas descritas na…
Mar 2024
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In this paper, we document de facto, implicit, and explicit racial biases within the public employment service in Colombia. By combining administrative data about job seekers and job openings with…
Mar 2024
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This paper explores a granular database from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Green Bond Transparency Platform covering the issuance of 430 corporate and sovereign Environmental, Social, and…
Mar 2024
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Can societies be nudged to adopt beneficial behaviors? Publicizing how people behave on average descriptive-norms nudging has emerged as a key tool for increasing the adoption of desirable behaviors…
Mar 2024
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Using establishment-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, we assess the market power of exporting firms across 16 countries in Latin America. Leveraging information on export destinations…
Mar 2024
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After-school programs (ASP) that keep youth protected while engaging them in socio-emotional learning might address school-based violent behaviors. This paper experimentally studies the socio-…
Mar 2024
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Climate change adaptation efforts are heavily dependent on a countrys fiscal capacity and the associated costs of undertaking adaptation policies. The current accumulation of high debt levels in…
Expectations of Economy and Finance Ministries on Carbon Pricing and Evidence of their Effectiveness
Mar 2024
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This document analyzes the expectations and objectives of the Ministries of Finance, Economy, and Finance of Latin America and the Caribbean regarding implementing carbon pricing mechanisms. It…
Mar 2024
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Este documento analiza las expectativas y los objetivos de los ministerios de Hacienda, Economía y Finanzas de América Latina y el Caribe respecto a la implementación de mecanismos de precios al…