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Date issued: Dec 2022
Author(s): Elacqua, Gregory;Jacas, Isabel;Krussig, Thomas;Méndez, Carolina;Neilson, Christopher

O Estado de Pernambuco, Brasil, tem sido um dos estados pioneiros na oferta de Escola Integral (em tempo integral) para melhorar o desempenho dos alunos e garantir a igualdade de oportunidades para…

Date issued: Dec 2022
Author(s): Dueñas, Ximena;Elacqua, Gregory;Jaramillo Flechas, Luis Eduardo;Margitic, Juan Francisco

El COVID-19 afectó a los sistemas educativos de todo el mundo. América Latina ya enfrentaba problemas importantes en términos de calidad educativa y se espera que el cierre prolongado de las escuelas…

Date issued: Dec 2022
Author(s): Hinojosa, Jorge Luis;Villamizar, Saúl;Gama, Nathalia

The decarbonization of the energy, transport, and industrial sectors is an essential part of achieving net-zero CO2 emissions, to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Green…

Date issued: Dec 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Yépez-García, Ariel;Balza, Lenin;Serebrisky, Tomás

The infrastructure sector in Latin America and the Caribbean urgently requires institutional, regulatory, and process changes. It also needs new instruments to meet the demand for infrastructure…

Date issued: Dec 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Yépez-García, Ariel;Balza, Lenin;Serebrisky, Tomás

El sector de Infraestructura en América Latina y el Caribe necesita repensarse, reformarse, actualizarse y requiere de cambios urgentes en su gobernanza para aumentar su productividad y…

Date issued: Nov 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Fernández-Arias, Eduardo

This paper explores the empirical determinants of external crises on a world panel dataset of 62 countries over the fifty-year period 1970-2019 and estimates their risk trade-offs with the aim of…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Cuberes, David;Saravia, Florencia;Teignier, Marc

This paper documents the existence of significant gender gaps in STEM occupations in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Mexico and estimates the aggregate costs associated with these gaps in Mexico. For…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Moreno, Kenji;Deza, María Cecilia

This paper studies productivity in the Andean region in detail between 1990 and 2018. To do this, a growth accounting analysis is carried out, considering adjustments for quality and utilization of…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Moreno, Kenji;Deza, María Cecilia

El presente documento estudia detalladamente la productividad en la Región Andina entre 1990 y 2018. Para ello, se realiza un análisis de la contabilidad del crecimiento considerando ajustes por…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Arévalo, Josette;Maciel, Odette;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;Infanzón, Michelle;Villarraga, María Camila;Barcellos, Andreia;Garay, Ingrid

The Evaluation Recommendation Tracking System (ReTS) is designed to periodically provide the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) and IDB Invest Boards of Executive Directors with timely information…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Arévalo, Josette;Maciel, Odette;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;Infanzón, Michelle;Villarraga, María Camila;Barcellos, Andreia;Garay, Ingrid

El ReTS se ha establecido como un sistema que busca proporcionar a los Directorios Ejecutivos del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y del BID Invest información periódica y oportuna sobre las…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe

Desde el Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe (INTAL) del sector de Integración y Comercio (INT) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) se realizó la tercera edición de…

Date issued: Nov 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Acevedo, Ivonne;Castellani, Francesca;Lotti, Giulia;Székely, Miguel

This study shows that the trend of declining gender gaps in labor market indicators in Latin America in previous decades did not change significantly in most countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Date issued: Nov 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Acevedo, Ivonne;Castellani, Francesca;Lotti, Giulia;Székely, Miguel

Este estudio muestra que la tendencia a la disminución de las brechas de género en los indicadores del mercado laboral en América Latina en décadas anteriores no cambió significativamente en la…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Nelson, Jennifer;Tejerina, Luis;Bagolle, Alexandre;Kang, Donghyun;Martinez, Elisa;Orefice, Pablo;Marti, Myrna;Witzel, Blair;Portilla, Fernando;Gonzalez Morales, Luis;Doane, Daniel;Miguens, Sergio;Casco, Mario;Allende, Marcos;Bernal, Pedro;Bauhoff, Sebastian;Pombo, Cristina

The Social Protection and Health (SPH) Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) held its annual Regional Policy Dialogue (RPD) Digital Health for All: Latin America and the Caribbeans…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Nelson, Jennifer;Tejerina, Luis;Bagolle, Alexandre;Kang, Donghyun;Martinez, Elisa;Orefice, Pablo;Marti, Myrna;Witzel, Blair;Portilla, Fernando;Gonzalez Morales, Luis;Doane, Daniel;Miguens, Sergio;Casco, Mario;Allende, Marcos;Bernal, Pedro;Bauhoff, Sebastian;Pombo, Cristina

La División de Protección Social y Salud (SPH) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) celebró su Diálogo Regional de Política (DRP) anual Salud Digital para Todos: La oportunidad de oro de…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Alarcón, Lía;Alata, Patricia;Alegre, Mariana;Egger, Tamara;Fassina, Rosario;Hanono, Analía;Huffmann, Carolina;Nogales, Lucía;Piedrafita, Carolina

This is a publication about citizen-led urbanism processes in Latin America. It follows the recent life of a movement originating from, and driven by and for citizens, who out of a compelling love…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Alarcón, Lía;Alata, Patricia;Alegre, Mariana;Egger, Tamara;Fassina, Rosario;Hanono, Analía;Huffmann, Carolina;Nogales, Lucía;Piedrafita, Carolina

Esta es una publicación sobre los procesos del urbanismo ciudadano en América Latina. Un recorrido por la vida reciente de un movimiento impulsado desde, para y por la ciudadanía que, con amor…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Rodrigues Bastos, Fabiano;Gutiérrez, Diego;Queijo Von Heideken, Virginia

Global financial shocks under a revamped global financial landscape can produce unexpected, multi-faceted, and disruptive implications for emerging market economies. Using the VIX index as a proxy…

Date issued: Nov 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fioravanti, Reinaldo;Ansaldo, Mariano;Café, Eduardo;Fageda, Xavier;Ricover, Andy

En los últimos 10 años y hasta 2019, el volumen del transporte aéreo de mercancías había mantenido una tendencia creciente en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Las medidas sanitarias adoptadas por…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Lopez Boo, Florencia;Daga, Giuliana;Madariaga, Sofia

This note provides insights into understanding and combating vaccine hesitancy in the Caribbean. We draw on both qualitative and quantitative evidence stemming from IDB analytical and operational…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Astesiano, Gastón;Lembo, Carolina;Simón Morientes, Cristina;Castillo Martínez, Paula

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) holds the PPP Americas every two years in partnership with a national or subnational government. The regional forum brings together top professionals and…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Cuello, Hugo;Glennie, Alex;Zolho, Nyangala

This report considers the ways in which innovation agencies are currently operating across Latin America and the Caribbean. The analysis is focused on the Latin American Network of Innovation…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): García Carpio, Juan Manuel

El trabajo estima el efecto del uso de las tecnologías de la información y comunicación (TIC) y de la inversión en Investigación y Desarrollo (I&D) sobre la productividad total de factores (PTF)…

Date issued: Nov 2022
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2022 third quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…