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Date issued:
Apr 2023
Esta publicación sobre tokens digitales para la acción climática y otras soluciones basadas en la naturaleza es una valiosa contribución al incipiente acervo en la materia y pretende informar,…
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Apr 2023
En esta edición de Connexa se presentan las proyecciones para 2023, que confirman la desaceleración en el ritmo de expansión del comercio internacional en el marco del debilitamiento del crecimiento…
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Apr 2023
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We investigate how the presence of physical bank branches moderates financial technology diffusion. Our identification strategy uses services suspensions caused by criminal groups that perform hit-…
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Apr 2023
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Este guia oferece aos gestores públicos e privados diretrizes práticas para a concesso do serviço de manejo de resíduos sólidos urbanos no Brasil. Para tanto, disserta sobre tópicos relevantes a…
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Apr 2023
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More than 6 years after the entry into force of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the implementation of the consensus reached needs to be accelerated to ensure the…
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Apr 2023
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A más de 6 años de la entrada en vigor del Acuerdo de París y la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, se necesita acelerar la implementación de los consensos alcanzados para garantizar el logro…
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Apr 2023
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Mais de 6 anos após a entrada em vigor do Acordo de Paris e da Agenda 2030 para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, é preciso acelerar a implementação dos consensos alcançados para garantir a realização…
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Apr 2023
We investigate the unequal impact of environmental shocks on high-stakes test scores across income levels to document that climate change will exacerbate inequality. We show that low-income students…
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Apr 2023
Este documento destaca los principales desafíos al desarrollo económico y social de Paraguay y presenta las recomendaciones de política para lograr un crecimiento más inclusivo y sostenible.
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Apr 2023
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We study the labor market and macroeconomic effects of introducing a carbon tax in the energy sector in emerging economies (EMEs) by building a framework with equilibrium unemployment and firm entry…
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Apr 2023
Esta publicación es la traducción de Cooperative Compliance, publicado originalmente en septiembre de 2021, y que se ofrece ahora en español gracias a la Universidad de Viena y Wolters Kluwer…
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Apr 2023
The objective of this report is to identify the current state of the deployment of smart metering in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region to make recommendations for LAC energy regulators…
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Apr 2023
Esta publicación tiene por objetivo identificar el estado del arte en relación con el despliegue de la medición inteligente (MI) en la región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), con el fin de…
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Apr 2023
Los gastos tributarios desempeñan un rol importante en las presiones fiscales a las que se enfrentan Brasil y la región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), pero existe poca información sobre uno de…
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Apr 2023
Os gastos tributários desempenham um papel importante nas pressões fiscais enfrentadas pelo Brasil e pela região da América Latina e o Caribe, mas há pouca informação sobre uma das mais importantes,…
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Apr 2023
Cities that received more migrants observed faster growth in employment and a slower increase in wages. The wage effects are stronger in the service sector, likely due to its higher degree of labor…
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Apr 2023
En las ciudades que recibieron más migrantes se observó un crecimiento más rápido del empleo y un aumento más lento de los salarios. Los efectos en los salarios son mayores en el sector de servicios…
The Central Role of Social Dynamics in Nudging Social Norms for Collective Health (Discussion Paper)
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Apr 2023
“Norms-nudging” consists of publicizing how others in society behave on average, hoping to encourage further adoption of a desired behavior. While numerous studies show that norms nudges can work in…
Date issued:
Apr 2023
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We conduct a meta-analysis of 44 studies and 68 different managerial skills training programs, with the aim of identifying program characteristics that can lead to more effective public policies…
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Apr 2023
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Governments often pursue procyclical fiscal policies, even though they reduce voter welfare. Is this because voters actually prefer procyclical policies? The analysis in this paper exploits the first…
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Apr 2023
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This paper provides new evidence on the effect of debt on economic growth through two alternative methodological approaches. On the one hand, by using a panel error correction model with a sample of…
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Apr 2023
Weaknesses in public procurement in Latin America are responsible for a large share of waste and inefficiency in government spending. This document presents a tool developed by the IDB that…
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Apr 2023
Las debilidades en la compra pública en América Latina son responsables de gran parte del malgasto e ineficiencia en el gasto público. Esta publicación presenta una herramienta desarrollada por el…
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Apr 2023
As deficincias das compras públicas na América Latina so responsáveis por grande parte do desperdício e da ineficincia nos gastos governamentais. Este documento apresenta uma ferramenta desenvolvida…
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Apr 2023
Using unique features of a tariff schedule for natural gas in Buenos Aires, we find that a price increase causes a prompt and significant decline in residential consumption. The results also indicate…
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Apr 2023
Utilizando características únicas de un sistema de precios del gas natural en Buenos Aires, observamos que un aumento del precio provoca una disminución rápida y significativa del consumo residencial…
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Apr 2023
Through their loans, Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are key resource mobilizers. MDB lending to a sector in a country significantly increases inflows from other sources up to two years later.…
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Apr 2023
A través de sus préstamos, los Bancos Multilaterales de Desarrollo (BMDs) son movilizadores clave de recursos. Los préstamos de los BMDs a un sector en un país aumentan significativamente los flujos…
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Apr 2023
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La región andina se enfrenta a múltiples desafíos productivos, como la dependencia de materias primas, el cambio climático y la descarbonización, así como una baja productividad. En este contexto, la…
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Apr 2023
This case study aims to examine how Barbadian and Trinbagonian teachers experienced socio-emotional skill learning through a digital badge-driven learning process and what were teachers perceptions…
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Apr 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic brought school systems to a halt across the globe. In Belize, remote learning was challenging owing to limited access to educational technologies and lack of familiarity with…
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Apr 2023
In 2022, the IDB made significant strides in building and consolidating partnerships with a diverse group of stakeholders, aligning objectives and actions under a broad vision of helping Latin…
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Mar 2023
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The first Decade of Action for Road Safety has ended, but not without demonstrating the importance that systemic work on road safety offers towards protecting life. At the same time, it is clear that…
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Mar 2023
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El primer plan del decenio ha terminado, no sin antes demostrar la importancia que revierte para el mundo el trabajo sistémico en seguridad vial en cuanto a la protección de la vida. Asimismo, se ha…
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Mar 2023
A través de entrevistas en profundidad, grupos focales y talleres de validación con referentes del sector público y privado, este estudio tiene por objetivo indagar en las principales causas de la…
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Mar 2023
The gender earning gap in Latin America poses a significant obstacle to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. In the Dominican Republic, this gap is concentrated in the informal…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
En República Dominicana se puede apreciar que existe una brecha de ingresos laborales entre hombres y mujeres que se concentra en el sector informal, trabajadores por cuenta propia, y en regiones con…
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Mar 2023
Developing countries are characterized by a high share of informal workers and several types of labor market regulation. We study the effects of the enforcement of this type of regulation on firm…
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Mar 2023
Despite the relative popularity of fiscal rules, they are per se, no panacea for improving fiscal performance. Fiscal rule effectiveness is enhanced when policymakers consider i) the quality of rule…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
A pesar de la relativa popularidad de las reglas fiscales, éstas no son, per se, una panacea para mejorar el desempeño fiscal. La eficacia de la regla fiscal mejora cuando los responsables de las…
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Mar 2023
Transparency initiatives are well-known tools introduced to foster trust and empower citizens. To explain why some governments introduce them but others do not, in a theoretical model we interpret…
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Mar 2023
Using the Brazilian administrative credit registry data with the universe of all consumer loans originated by banks in the country from 2013 to 2019, we document high borrowing interest rates, which…
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Mar 2023
En este informe se comparten los resultados del Chequeo digital 2022 en Venezuela, una herramienta diseñada para que las pequeñas y medianas empresas obtengan un diagnóstico sobre su nivel de madurez…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
Health outcomes can vary significantly across cities within the same country, and within neighborhoods of the same city in Latin America and the Caribbean. This variation is partly explained by…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
En América Latina y el Caribe, los resultados de salud pueden variar significativamente entre las ciudades de un mismo país y entre los barrios de una misma ciudad. Esta variación se explica en parte…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
Countries can use carbon taxes to achieve their climate mitigation goals from the Paris Agreement with little economic disruption. Using carbon taxes, the United States could achieve its Paris…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
Los países pueden utilizar los impuestos sobre el carbono para lograr sus objetivos de mitigación del cambio climático según el Acuerdo de París con escasas perturbaciones económicas. Al aplicar los…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
El presente documento expone cómo ocurrió el desarrollo del Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro único de Beneficiarios del Estado (SINIRUBE) enfocándose en las decisiones clave, los retos y…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
Due to an increase in import competition from the early 2000s, Mexico experienced a loss in manufacturing employment of 1.8 percentage points accompanied by a decrease in wages in the short run.…
Date issued:
Mar 2023
Debido a un aumento de la competencia de las importaciones desde comienzos de la década del 2000, México experimentó una pérdida de empleos en el sector manufacturero de 1,8 puntos porcentuales,…