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Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

The IDB has been financing the collection of data from Latin America and the Caribbean for several years for the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program. ASTI is an open-access…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

El BID ha venido financiando la recopilación de datos de América Latina y el Caribe desde hace varios años del programa de Indicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria (ASTI). ASTI es una fuente…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

The IDB has been financing the collection of data from Latin America and the Caribbean for several years for the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program. ASTI is an open-access…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

El BID ha venido financiando la recopilación de datos de América Latina y el Caribe desde hace varios años del programa de Indicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria (ASTI). ASTI es una fuente…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

The IDB has been financing the collection of data from Latin America and the Caribbean for several years for the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program. ASTI is an open-access…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

El BID ha venido financiando la recopilación de datos de América Latina y el Caribe desde hace varios años del programa de Indicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria (ASTI). ASTI es una fuente…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

The IDB has been financing the collection of data from Latin America and the Caribbean for several years for the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program. ASTI is an open-access…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

El BID ha venido financiando la recopilación de datos de América Latina y el Caribe desde hace varios años del programa de Indicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria (ASTI). ASTI es una fuente…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

The IDB has been financing the collection of data from Latin America and the Caribbean for several years for the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program. ASTI is an open-access…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

El BID ha venido financiando la recopilación de datos de América Latina y el Caribe desde hace varios años del programa de Indicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria (ASTI). ASTI es una fuente…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

The IDB has been financing the collection of data from Latin America and the Caribbean for several years for the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program. ASTI is an open-access…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

El BID ha venido financiando la recopilación de datos de América Latina y el Caribe desde hace varios años del programa de Indicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria (ASTI). ASTI es una fuente…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

The IDB has been financing the collection of data from Latin America and the Caribbean for several years for the Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators (ASTI) program. ASTI is an open-access…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Stads, Gert-Jan;Santos, Luis de los

El BID ha venido financiando la recopilación de datos de América Latina y el Caribe desde hace varios años del programa de Indicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología Agropecuaria (ASTI). ASTI es una fuente…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Savedoff, William D.;Goyeneche, Laura;Soler, Luis Alberto;Bernal, Pedro;Chávez, Mariángela;Cardona, Jaime;Tejerina, Luis

The COVID-19 pandemic led to declines in in-person consultations and substantial increases in telemedicine use in many countries. This paper investigates whether this pattern occurred in Colombia…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Bos, María Soledad;Schwartz, Liora

This note identifies the challenges that climate change imposes on education systems, including how ready students are to cope with climate change, the level of resilience of education systems, and…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Bos, María Soledad;Schwartz, Liora

Esta nota identifica los desafíos que el cambio climático impone en los sistemas educativos, incluyendo cuán listos están los estudiantes para hacer frente al cambio climático, el nivel de…

Date issued: May 2023
Author(s): Bos, María Soledad;Schwartz, Liora

Esta nota inicialmente identifica os desafios que as mudanças climáticas impõem aos sistemas educacionais e que a educação precisa enfrentar para desempenhar os três papéis já descritos. A seguir,…

Date issued: May 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Borger, Michael;Elacqua, Gregory;Jacas, Isabel;Neilson, Christopher;Westh Olsen, Anne Sofie

This paper studies school choice and information in the context of education markets in rural Haiti. Using a market level randomized control trial, we evaluate the aggregate effect of providing test…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Soriano, Alejandro;Legarreta, Regina;Peña-Habib, Oliver;Dyer, Henry;Salazar, Elizabeth;Monroy, Maria Clemencia;King, Julie

This Independent Country Program Review (ICPR) analyzes the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group's
country strategy and country program with Colombia for the 2019-2022 period. The…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Soriano, Alejandro;Legarreta, Regina;Peña-Habib, Oliver;Dyer, Henry;Salazar, Elizabeth;Monroy, Maria Clemencia;King, Julie

Esta Revisión Independiente del Programa de País (ICPR) analizó la estrategia y el programa del Grupo Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en Colombia en el periodo 2019-2022. La ICPR busca…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Sánchez-Carreira, María del Carmen;Peñate-Valentín, María Concepción;Amoedo, José Manuel;Campos Romero, Hugo;Blanco-Varela, Bruno

La compra pública de innovación (CPI) es una herramienta que muchos países están adoptando para promover la innovación desde la demanda pública, pero todavía existe poca documentación e insuficientes…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Barrio Sarmiento, Adela;Cicarele, Alessandro;Ibáñez, Ana María;Nicaretta, Romina;Rodríguez, Lorena;Villalba, Harold;Wanner, Z’leste;Watson, Noshua

This technical note discusses a framework and methodology for building an index to measure the impact of knowledge produced and disseminated by the Inter-American Development Bank, known as the…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Barrio Sarmiento, Adela;Cicarele, Alessandro;Ibáñez, Ana María;Nicaretta, Romina;Rodríguez, Lorena;Villalba, Harold;Wanner, Z’leste;Watson, Noshua

Esta nota técnica desarrolla un marco y una metodología para construir un índice que permita medir el impacto del conocimiento producido y divulgado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo,…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Astesiano, Gastón;Lembo, Carolina;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor;Simón Morientes, Cristina;Castillo Martínez, Paula;Araújo, Ana Beatriz;Hurtado, Jaime

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: Apr 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Contreras, M. Ignacia;Duryea, Suzanne;Martínez, Claudia

Using a rich set of administrative data, we study the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the transition to tertiary education for students with disabilities in Chile. Enrollment rates in primary and…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Miller, Sebastián J.

Chile se convirtió en el de mayor ingreso per cápita en la región y el de mejor índice de Desarrollo Humano, muy cerca del promedio de los miembros de la OCDE. Es el país de la región que más avances…

Date issued: Apr 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Díaz Escobar, Ana María;Salas Bahamón, Luz Magdalena;Piras, Claudia;Suaya, Agustina

This study tests four "light touch" interventions in the language used in job posts of male- dominated occupations to attract female workers using a discrete choice experiment. This…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Doty, Pamela

Cash and counseling provides an allowance that recipients can use to purchase home- and community-based long-term care services instead of receiving them from an agency. This scheme gives…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Doty, Pamela

El presupuesto con consejos (“Cash and Counseling”, en inglés) proporciona un subsidio que los beneficiarios pueden utilizar para adquirir servicios de cuidados de larga duración en el domicilio y en…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Doty, Pamela

Orçamento com conselhos fornece um subsídio que os beneficiários podem usar para comprar serviços de cuidados domiciliares e comunitários a longo prazo em vez de recebê-los de uma agência. Este…

Date issued: Apr 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Benitez-Rueda, Miguel;Domínguez, Nicolás;Parrado, Eric

Mobility restrictions have the potential to accelerate automation. Using difference-in-differences and triple-differences empirical strategies, and leveraging cross-industry variation in mobility…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Fumega, Silvana;Fallas, Hassel

La violencia contra las mujeres y los feminicidios son problemas graves en América Latina y el Caribe. Esta nota técnica explora los alcances y limitaciones de los datos de feminicidio en cinco…

Date issued: Apr 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cafferata, Fernando Gabriel;Domínguez, Patricio;Scartascini, Carlos

Overconfidence leads to risky behavior, including when people are around guns. Does overconfidence also shape attitudes about gun ownership and use? We evaluate this possibility by conducting…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Álvarez, Isabel;Castillo, Yury

The Caribbean economies are well-ranked in terms of womens participation in the labor market, but less so in terms of innovation, suggesting the relevance of an analysis of gender diversitys impact…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Minatta, Alejandro;Basani, Marcello

El objetivo de este documento es contribuir a sensibilizar, enriquecer y complementar el tratamiento de la regulación como medio para promover la innovación en el sector de agua, saneamiento y…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Escuder-Bueno, Ignacio;Yarritu-Sánchez, Helena;Morales-Torres, Adrián;Suarez, Ginés

Esta nota técnica fue elaborada como parte del Diálogo Regional de Política “La Integración del Análisis del Riesgo de Desastres y Cambio Climático en la Inversión Pública”, celebrado en noviembre de…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Cruces, Guillermo;Fajardo, Johanna;Hernández, Pablo;Ibáñez, Ana María;Luzes, Marta;Meléndez, Marcela;Muñoz, Felipe;Rodríguez Guillén, Lucina;Tenjo, Laura

Little evidence exists on the causal impact of interventions on the reduction of xenophobia and the improved integration of migrants into host societies. Usually, governments and NGOs use visual…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Cruces, Guillermo;Fajardo, Johanna;Hernández, Pablo;Ibáñez, Ana María;Luzes, Marta;Meléndez, Marcela;Muñoz, Felipe;Rodríguez Guillén, Lucina;Tenjo, Laura

Este libro es el resultado de una iniciativa de investigación conjunta del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) para mejorar las…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Guerrero, Isabel;Rivera, Johanan

The approach to scaling up innovations in development is broken due to insufficient skills and funding for intermediation. Intermediation involves the essential technical assistance required by…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Guerrero, Isabel;Rivera, Johanan

El enfoque para escalar innovaciones en el desarrollo se encuentra fracturada debido a la ausencia de habilidades suficientes y financiamiento para la intermediación. La intermediación implica la…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Astorga, Ignacio;Sório, Rita Elisabeth;Bauhoff, Sebastian

This policy note comprehensively summarizes the relationships between climate change and health, opportunities for contribution, and specific recommendations for intervention. The first section…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Astorga, Ignacio;Sório, Rita Elisabeth;Bauhoff, Sebastian

En esta nota de política se resumen de manera integral las relaciones entre cambio climático y salud, las oportunidades de contribución y recomendaciones específicas de intervención. En la primera…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Astorga, Ignacio;Sório, Rita Elisabeth;Bauhoff, Sebastian

Esta nota de política resume de forma abrangente as relações entre mudança climática e saúde, oportunidades de contribuição e recomendações específicas para o desenho de novas intervenções. A…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Bagolle, Alexandre;Costella, Cecilia;Goyeneche, Laura

Climate change threatens the well-being of millions of people in Latin America and the Caribbean. The region is experiencing an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Bagolle, Alexandre;Costella, Cecilia;Goyeneche, Laura

El cambio climático amenaza el bienestar de millones de personas en América Latina y el Caribe. Los eventos climáticos extremos y los desastres están aumentando en frecuencia e intensidad, lo que…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Bagolle, Alexandre;Costella, Cecilia;Goyeneche, Laura

A mudança climática ameaça o bem-estar de milhes de pessoas na América Latina e no Caribe. Eventos climáticos extremos e desastres esto aumentando em frequencia e intensidade, afetando…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Fernández Díez, María Carmen;Támola, Alejandro;Joachín, Arturo;Azar, Karina;Coloma, María Gabriela;Herrera, Diego

Gig economy platforms can contribute to improving the financial inclusion of women. This publication presents the results of a survey on socioeconomic and financial conditions carried out among…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Fernández Díez, María Carmen;Támola, Alejandro;Joachín, Arturo;Azar, Karina;Coloma, María Gabriela;Herrera, Diego

Las plataformas de la economía gig tienen el potencial de contribuir a mejorar la inclusión financiera de las mujeres. En esta publicación se presentan los resultados de una encuesta sobre las…

Date issued: Apr 2023
Author(s): Gómez Mont, Constanza;Persson, Svante;Buenadicha Sánchez, César

This report on digital tokens for climate action and nature-based solutions forms a valuable addition to the emerging body of knowledge and is specially intended to inform, inspire, and spur action…