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Date issued: Sep 2017
Author(s): Echavarría, Juan José;Villamizar-Villegas, Mauricio;Restrepo-Tamayo, Sara;Hernandez-Leal, Juan D.

Este trabajo utiliza, por primera vez, los microdatos del Censo Nacional Agropecuario del 2014 para evaluar el impacto del otorgamiento de crédito en el sector agropecuario. A través de un análisis…

Date issued: Sep 2017
Author(s): Jarquín, María José;Vieyra, Juan Cruz;Haro González, Ana

La corrupción es uno de los problemas más importantes para los ciudadanos de América Latina y el Caribe. La misma afecta el desarrollo económico y social, y debilita la confianza de los ciudadanos en…

Date issued: Sep 2017
Author(s): Sosa, Mariano;Powell, Andrew

The April 2017 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that the simple average growth rate expected for 2017 for the eight countries covered by…

Date issued: Sep 2017
Author(s): Powell, Andrew;Sosa, Mariano

The May 2017 surveys of expectations conducted by Central Banks with inflation targeting regimes indicate that the simple average growth rate expected for 2017 for the eight countries covered by…

Date issued: Sep 2017
Author(s): Schijman, Agustina;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Alonso, Pablo;Carpanelli, María del Mar;Ramirez Abarca, Nadia;Hernández, María José;Figueroa, Claudia;Sadeghi, Patricia

This evaluation assesses the relevance, implementation, and effectiveness of the tax policy and administration interventions supported by the IDB over the last decade (2007-2016). To assess relevance…

Date issued: Sep 2017
Author(s): Schijman, Agustina;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Alonso, Pablo;Carpanelli, María del Mar;Ramirez Abarca, Nadia;Hernández, María José;Figueroa, Claudia;Sadeghi, Patricia

En este trabajo evaluamos la pertinencia, la implementación y la eficacia de las intervenciones en materia de política y administración tributarias respaldadas por el Banco Interamericano de…

Date issued: Sep 2017
Author(s): Moñux, Diego;Ospina, María José

La compra pública de innovación (CPI) es una herramienta que encaja tanto dentro de las políticas de mejora en la eficiencia del gasto público como dentro de las políticas de innovación desde la…

Date issued: Sep 2017
Author(s): Galiani, Sebastián;Jaitman, Laura;Weinschelbaum, Federico

Crime and the durability of goods are strongly connected issues. However, surprisingly, they have been studied separately. This paper explores the relationship between the production of durable goods…

Date issued: Sep 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernandez, Andres;Imrohoroglu, Ayse;Rud, Juan Pablo

Latin American countries have long exhibited low levels of saving rates when compared to other countries in relatively similar stages of economic development (e.g., Asian economies). Motivated by…

Date issued: Sep 2017
Author(s): Bustelo, Monserrat;Duryea, Suzanne;Baptista de Freitas, Luísa;Marques Garcia, Luana;Piras, Claudia;Sampaio, Breno;Sampaio, Gustavo R.

This paper analyzes social mobility as realized by students of a high quality public flagship university in Brazil, the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), applying the methodology of Chetty et…