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Jan 2024
A educação e a acumulação de habilidades são fundamentais para superar desigualdades estruturais, melhorar a mobilidade social e impulsionar a produtividade. No entanto, os sistemas educacionais na…
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Jan 2024
El sector infraestructura ha sido clave para mejorar la productividad y reducir la pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe. Generar y promover empleos de calidad en este sector parece ser una fórmula…
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Jan 2024
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Financiers in early-stage entrepreneurial finance are known for their “spray-and-pray” approach, where they fund multiple start-ups expecting profits on a few to compensate losses on a lot of failed…
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Jan 2024
América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) se caracteriza por aplicar una estrategia de desarrollo que depende de manera notable de la explotación de sus recursos naturales. Debido a que la población de la…
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Jan 2024
¿Qué información sobre la gestión de residuos en América Latina y el Caribe está disponible para ser consultada? ¿Qué entidad y enlaces en la web albergan dicha información? ¿Existen sistemas de…
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Jan 2024
This factsheet outlines the water access indicators in the updated OLAS Household Survey dataset. The dataset uses national household survey information spanning from 2003 to the present to produce…
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Jan 2024
Esta hoja informativa describe los indicadores de acceso a saneamiento del conjunto de datos actualizado de las Encuestas de Hogares del OLAS. El conjunto de datos utiliza información de encuestas…
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Jan 2024
The focused analysis on gender and diversity is a tool that allows water and sanitation operators to assess the degree to which gender equality and diversity inclusion practices have been…
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Jan 2024
El análisis focalizado de género y diversidad es una herramienta que permite a las empresas de agua y saneamiento evaluar el grado de institucionalización de prácticas de igualdad de género e…
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Jan 2024
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Political trust is foundational to democratic legitimacy, representative governance, and the provision of effective public policy. Various shocks can influence this trust, steering countries onto…
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Jan 2024
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¿Cómo definimos la unidad territorial metropolitana? ¿Cómo establecemos límites territoriales que garantizan la integración de sus sistemas ecológicos y sociales? ¿Cómo gestionamos los flujos…
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Jan 2024
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This study analyzes the firm-level impacts of temporary safeguard import tariffs implemented in Ecuador from 2015 to 2017. Employing a difference-in-differences methodology, we explore the policy…
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Jan 2024
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A key challenge for policymakers is how to design methods to select beneficiaries of social programs when income is volatile and the target population is dynamic. We evaluate a traditional static…
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Jan 2024
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In a span of six years, the proportion of Venezuelans in Peru has surged nearly fourfold, rising from virtually zero to over 4% of the population. This study delves into the dynamics of medium- and…
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Jan 2024
Belizes tourism-dependent economy was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, pushing the importance of diversification and resilience to the forefront of discussions. To create a sustainable, resilient,…
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Jan 2024
La economía dependiente del turismo de Belice se vio muy afectada por la pandemia de COVID-19, lo que hizo que la importancia de la diversificación y la resiliencia ocuparan un lugar destacado en los…
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Jan 2024
Chile's unique geography and climatic zones, including the arid Atacama desert in the north and the cold, humid Patagonian zone in the south, represents a challenges for water resource…
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Jan 2024
La singular geografía y las zonas climáticas de Chile, que incluyen el árido desierto de Atacama en el norte y la fría y húmeda zona patagónica en el sur, representan un desafío para la gestión de…
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Jan 2024
The pilot study introduces remote sensing methods for monitoring water quality to measure, understand, and manage impacts on vulnerable water bodies that are part of the IDBs Water and Sanitation…
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Jan 2024
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Caribbean Islands are exposed to hurricanes, the damages of which are projected to intensify due to anthropogenic climate change. The region is also highly indebted. We focus on the interaction…
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Jan 2024
El cambio climático ha avanzado significativamente en los últimos años, marcado por un notable aumento en las temperaturas globales debido a mayores emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. Este…
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Jan 2024
The Amazon is one of the most complex and richest resources in the world. With its 5.5 million km2 of dense tropical forest and 7.9 million km2 of river basin, it is one of the most biodiverse and…
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Jan 2024
La Amazonía es uno de los recursos más complejos y ricos del mundo. Con sus 5,5 millones km2 de denso bosque tropical y 7,9 millones de km2 de cuenca, esta es una de las regiones más biodiversas y…
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Dec 2023
This factsheet outlines the updated OLAS Household Survey dataset, highlighting enhancements in coverage (temporal, geographic, and thematic). The dataset uses national household survey information…
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Dec 2023
Esta hoja informativa describe el conjunto de datos actualizado de las Encuestas de Hogares del OLAS y destaca las mejoras en la cobertura (temporal, geográfica y temática). El conjunto de datos…
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Dec 2023
This factsheet outlines the water access indicators in the updated OLAS Household Survey dataset. The dataset uses national household survey information spanning from 2003 to the present to produce…
Date issued:
Dec 2023
Esta hoja informativa describe los indicadores de acceso al agua del conjunto de datos actualizado de las Encuestas de Hogares del OLAS. El conjunto de datos utiliza información de encuestas…
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Dec 2023
Universal access to safely managed sanitation by 2030 is a key goal under the 2030 UN Agenda. This fact sheet describes definitions related to safely managed sanitation as defined by the Joint…
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Dec 2023
El acceso universal al saneamiento 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 saneamiento…
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Dec 2023
This fact sheet summarizes a recent technical note entitled "Water Footprint Estimation in Latin America", which analyzes the water footprint of Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica. The fact…
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Dec 2023
The "Smart Spending for Health" Regional Policy Dialogue, hosted by the IDB's Social Protection and Health Department in Washington D.C. from October 2-4, brought together more than…
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Dec 2023
El Diálogo Regional de Políticas "Gasto Inteligente para la Salud", organizado por la División de Protección Social y Salud del BID en Washington D.C. del 2 al 4 de octubre, reunió a más de…
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Dec 2023
In Colombia, college graduates who earn a national distinction award for top performance in a mandatory exit exam receive a 7 to 12 percent higher salary compared to peers without the award. This…
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Dec 2023
En Colombia, los graduados de la universidad que reciben un premio de distinción nacional por los mejores resultados en un examen obligatorio de fin de estudios ganan un salario entre un 7% y un 12%…
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Dec 2023
La transparencia es un factor clave en el establecimiento de las condiciones sistémicas que favorecen la buena gobernanza en el sector extractivo. Hoy resulta evidente que transformar la riqueza…
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Dec 2023
E-commerce has boomed around the world, creating new opportunities for firms in the Southern Cone region to reach new customers, diversify their export markets, and grow their sales. E-commerce…
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Dec 2023
Esta nota de política busca cerrar parte de la brecha de conocimiento sobre el estado actual y principales desafíos de la implementación del PpR en la región. Para cumplir con este objetivo, el Banco…
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Dec 2023
Latin America and the Caribbean are facing challenging times due to a combination of worsening development gaps and limited fiscal space to address them. Furthermore, the region is contending with an…
Date issued:
Dec 2023
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Singapore's unique monetary policy consists of a managed exchange rate framework that can be characterized as a Taylor-like reaction function with the nominal devaluation rate instead of the…
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Dec 2023
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This paper introduces a novel monetary policy framework where the exchange rate becomes the central instrument. Using Singapore as a case study, it explores the Monetary Authority's adoption of…
Date issued:
Dec 2023
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President's Report 2023. President Goldfajn reviews the achievements of the IDB Group and looks ahead to 2024.
Date issued:
Dec 2023
Informe del presidente del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) 2023. El presidente Goldfajn revisa los logros del Grupo BID y mira hacia 2024.
Date issued:
Dec 2023
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Due to an unprecedented rise in demand, in 2020 the Peruvian Ministry of Education implemented a centralized assignment mechanism that allowed thousands of students at various levels of education to…
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Dec 2023
Many countries in Latin America and (especially) the Caribbean have struggled with public indebtedness problems for decades, but some have transitioned to relatively low and stable debt levels based…
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Dec 2023
Building codes are a crucial factor for increasing the resilience of infrastructure, incorporating disaster risk management and adaptation to climate change. The existence, quality, legal character,…
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Dec 2023
Los códigos de construcción son un factor determinante para el incremento de la resiliencia de la infraestructura, incorporando la gestión del riesgo de desastres y la adaptación al cambio climático…
Date issued:
Dec 2023
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This publication is one of a series of five monographs produced by the Inter-American Development Bank to take stock of the lessons learned from impact evaluations of investments supported by the IDB…
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Dec 2023
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Esta publicación es una de una serie de cinco monografías producidas por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo para hacer inventario de las lecciones aprendidas a partir de las evaluaciones de…
Date issued:
Dec 2023
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This publication is one of a five-monograph series produced by the Inter-American Development Bank to take stock of the lessons learned from impact evaluations of investments supported by the IDB…
Date issued:
Dec 2023
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Esta publicación es una de una serie de cinco monografías producidas por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo para hacer un balance de las lecciones aprendidas de las evaluaciones de impacto de las…