Oct 2022
Author(s): Libra, Jesse Madden;Baquero, María Alejandra
Universal access to safely managed drinking water by 2030 is a key goal under the 2030 UN Agenda. This fact sheet describes definitions related to safely managed drinking water as defined by the…
Oct 2022
Author(s): Libra, Jesse Madden;Baquero, María Alejandra
El acceso universal al agua potable gestionada de manera segura a 2030 es un objetivo clave de la Agenda 2030 de la ONU. Esta hoja informativa incluye las definiciones relacionadas con el agua…
Oct 2022
Author(s): Moore, Winston;Chueca, J. Enrique;Prado, Veronica R.;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle;Giles Álvarez, Laura
Barbados, through its Barbados National Energy Policy (BNEP) 2019-2030, announced its commitment to achieving 100 percent renewable energy and carbon neutrality by 2030. This commitment creates an…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Perdomo Rico, Juan Camilo
Structural changes in migratory flows in recent years have led to important demographic changes in the Latin American and Caribbean region. These changes have generated the need to increase the…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Perdomo Rico, Juan Camilo
Los cambios estructurales en los flujos migratorios en los últimos años llevan a cambios demográficos importantes en la región de América Latina y el Caribe. Estos cambios han generado la necesidad…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Garganta, Santiago;Pinto, María Florencia;Zentner, Joaquín
Este trabajo investiga el posible impacto de una extensión en la jornada escolar sobre la fecundidad adolescente. En particular, se estudia el caso del programa “Jornada Escolar Extendida” (JEE) en…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Garganta, Santiago;Pinto, María Florencia;Zentner, Joaquín
Este trabajo investiga el posible impacto de una extensión en la jornada escolar sobre la fecundidad adolescente. En particular, se estudia el caso del programa “Jornada Escolar Extendida” (JEE) en…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Dumas, Patrice;Wirsenius, Stefan;Searchinger, Tim;Andrieu, Nadine;Vogt-Schilb, Adrien
Eleven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Changes in the food system are critical to achieving these carbon neutrality goals, as…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Dumas, Patrice;Wirsenius, Stefan;Searchinger, Tim;Andrieu, Nadine;Vogt-Schilb, Adrien
Once países en América Latina y el Caribe se han comprometido a alcanzar cero emisiones netas hacia el 2050. Los cambios en el sistema alimentario son fundamentales para alcanzar dichos objetivos de…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Rossi, José Luiz;Piccioni, Carlos;Rossi, Marina;Cajueiro, Daniel
We investigated the predictability of the Brazilian exchange rate at High Frequency (1, 5 and 15 minutes), using local and global economic variables as predictors. In addition to the Linear…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Pompeu, Gustavo;Rossi, José Luiz
The study of the predictability of exchange rates has been a very recurring theme on the economics literature for decades, and very often is not possible to beat a random walk prediction,…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Viollaz, Mariana;Salazar-Saenz, Mauricio;Flabbi, Luca;Bustelo, Monserrat;Bosch, Mariano
We study the labor supply impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by gender in four Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries: Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, and Mexico. To identify the impact, we…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Laguyás, Natalia;Vivanco, Fermín;Carrasco, Carolina;Piedrafita, Carolina;De Ferrari, Camila
Recognizing the widespread concern that disruptions created by technology have not yet benefited middle- and low-income households, this study explores the potential of PropTech to positively impact…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Laguyás, Natalia;Vivanco, Fermín;Carrasco, Carolina;Piedrafita, Carolina;De Ferrari, Camila
Reconociendo la preocupación generalizada de que las disrupciones creadas por la tecnología aún no han beneficiado a los hogares de ingresos medios y bajos, este estudio explora el potencial de las…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Villalobos Dintrans, Pablo;Oliveira, Déborah;Stampini, Marco
El acelerado proceso de envejecimiento poblacional que experimenta América Latina y el Caribe implicará un aumento en el número de personas mayores con dependencia de cuidados. En este contexto, uno…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Gutiérrez, Marta;Sucre, Carlos G.
Esta nota hace una revisión sistemática de los mecanismos competitivos de adjudicación de áreas geográficas con potencial minero a ser exploradas y/o explotadas que usan países de América Latina y el…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Dolabella, Marcelo;Ko, Kwanghee;Choi, Hankyeung;Em, Honggi;Choi, Sungkyu;Kim, Yongseok;Lee, Da Sol;Chicola, Erica
The relationship between Korea and Latin American and the Caribbean has come a long way. As the two economies embraced trade with one another in the early 1990s, their connection went from being…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Dolabella, Marcelo;Ko, Kwanghee;Choi, Hankyeung;Em, Honggi;Choi, Sungkyu;Kim, Yongseok;Lee, Da Sol;Chicola, Erica
La relación entre Corea y América Latina y el Caribe ha evolucionado mucho. Ambas economías se abrieron a comerciar entre sí a principios de la década de 1990, y sus vínculos pasaron de ser…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio;Dolabella, Marcelo;Ko, Kwanghee;Choi, Hankyeung;Em, Honggi;Choi, Sungkyu;Kim, Yongseok;Lee, Da Sol;Chicola, Erica
The relationship between Korea and Latin American and the Caribbean has come a long way. As the two economies embraced trade with one another in the early 1990s, their connection went from being…
Sep 2022
Author(s): Alarcon Lopez, Luis Guillermo;Ayala Roa, Mauricio;Marques da Costa Jacomassi, Eduardo
Uncertainty in measuring digital gaps is a major obstacle that prevents the extension of digital connectivity in rural areas. This document describes a new methodology that, through crowdsourcing,…