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Date issued: Nov 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schling, Maja;Chang Huaita, Rodrigo Ysaac;Rondinone, Gonzalo

This paper provides one of the first quasi-experimental evaluations of a climate-resilient agricultural intervention in Guyana and the wider Caribbean. We isolate and examine the empirical impact of…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Mercer-Blackman, Valerie;Wong Silva, Gabriella Weng Sze;Alladi, Vinayak;Saboin, José Luis;Mazzocca, Angelo;Graham, Monique;Hernaiz, Daniel;Mitchell, Travis Klaus;Hussain, Lisa;Gauto, Victor;Ivey, Wendel Garfield;Hyman, Jvaughn Andre;Castilleja Vargas, Liliana;Suliman, Naiema;Okey, Onoh-Obasi;Satnarine-Singh, Nirvana;Mahadeo, Aruna Anju

How can the Caribbean harness digital progress to accelerate growth, improve public services, and unlock new opportunities? This edition of the Caribbean Economics Quarterly examines advances in…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Rodríguez Chatruc, Marisol;Sotto Alonso, Belén;Brum Solari, Matias Joaquin;Estavillo Canale, Alejo Juan;Toledo, Joaquín

La pobreza infantil representa un reto prioritario, tanto por sus aspectos éticos y humanitarios como por su impacto en el desarrollo económico de los países. A partir de microdatos de la Encuesta…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

Esta segunda edición del Panorama de las Relaciones Fiscales entre Niveles de Gobierno en América Latina y el Caribe, elaborada en conjunto por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y la…

Date issued: Oct 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Laajaj, Rachid;Ortiz, María Camila;Gáfaro, Margarita;Salazar, Lina

Colombia has favorable agroecological conditions but continues to face low agricultural productivity. This paper examines total factor productivity (TFP) between 2015 and 2023 using stochastic…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Vásquez, Mateo;Martínez Gómez, Cecilia;Freire, Carolina;Lupica, Carina

This brochure presents IDB Cares, the IDB Group initiative that accelerates investment in care systems, policies, and services in Latin America and the Caribbean. It shows why investing in care is…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Vásquez, Mateo;Martínez Gómez, Cecilia;Freire, Carolina;Lupica, Carina

Este brochure presenta BID Cuida, la iniciativa del Grupo BID que acelera las inversiones en sistemas, políticas y servicios de cuidado en América Latina y el Caribe. Muestra por qué invertir en…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Vásquez, Mateo;Martínez Gómez, Cecilia;Freire, Carolina;Lupica, Carina

Este folheto apresenta o BID Cuida, a iniciativa do Grupo BID que acelera os investimentos em sistemas, políticas e serviços de cuidado na América Latina e no Caribe. Mostra por que investir em…

Date issued: Oct 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Balza, Lenin;Eguiguren-Cosmelli, José

Electricity tariffs play a central role in ensuring the financial sustainability and efficiency of the entire electricity sector, while well-designed complementary subsidy schemes safeguard the…

Date issued: Oct 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rosino, Maria Victoria;Scartascini, Carlos

How citizens want artificial intelligence (AI) regulated will shape which AI governance instruments are politically feasible. Yet we know little about public preferences over AI policy in middle-…

Date issued: Oct 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Campos, Rosario;Michalczewsky, Kathia

The Trade and Integration Monitor 2026 analyzes recent trends in the trade flows of Latin America and the Caribbean in an international environment marked by new geopolitical shocks and high…

Date issued: Oct 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Campos, Rosario;Michalczewsky, Kathia

El Monitor de Comercio e Integración 2026 analiza la evolución reciente de los flujos comerciales de América Latina y el Caribe en un entorno internacional marcado por nuevos shocks geopolíticos y…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Watson, Gregory;Penagos Concha, Ángela María;Vargas Sanchez, Carlos Eduardo;Murguia, Juan M.;Granados Gutierrez, Santiago;Vargas Noriega, Naja;Tambutti, Marcia;Badinella, Isabella;Benavides, Juan;Vergara, Daniel;Becerra, María Teresa;Arriaga Cinta, Frida Beatriz;Bucaram, Santiago;Llaguno, Duval

Closing the biodiversity finance gap is essential for Latin America and the Caribbean to advance toward sustainable, resilient, and inclusive development models. This requires mobilizing and…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Watson, Gregory;Penagos Concha, Ángela María;Vargas Sanchez, Carlos Eduardo;Murguia, Juan M.;Granados Gutierrez, Santiago;Vargas Noriega, Naja;Tambutti, Marcia;Badinella, Isabella;Benavides, Juan;Vergara, Daniel;Becerra, María Teresa;Arriaga Cinta, Frida Beatriz;Bucaram, Santiago;Llaguno, Duval

Cerrar la brecha de financiamiento para la biodiversidad es una condición indispensable para que América Latina y el Caribe avancen hacia modelos de desarrollo sostenibles, resilientes e inclusivos.…

Date issued: Oct 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Jaque, Gabriela;Lagos Marin, Francisco;Muñoz, Ercio

We decompose sibling correlations in schooling into group-specific contributions defined by race and ethnicity Indigenous peoples, Afrodescendants, and non-Indigenous non-Afrodescendants for 19…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Iannuzzi, Patricia;Svarzman, Gustavo;Bezchinsky, Gabriel;Pena, Celina

El MERCOSUR enfrenta un doble desafío: sostener una apertura externa más ambiciosa mientras administra tensiones internas crecientes sobre el uso de sus instrumentos comunes. Este informe analiza la…

Date issued: Oct 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bebczuk, Ricardo N.;Galindo, Arturo

Un sistema financiero profundo, estable e inclusivo es un requisito clave para el crecimiento y la igualdad. Con esa premisa en mente, esta publicación analiza el estado de situación y los…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Strazza, Luciano

Este informe de diagnóstico presenta los resultados de la evaluación del servicio civil de Paraguay. Se basa en el marco metodológico elaborado en 2002 y en las buenas prácticas descritas en la Carta…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Watson, Gregory

This companion document to the MDB High-Level Report, Investing in Nature: Status Update on Operationalizing the Common Principles, Taxonomy, and Guide on Results Metrics for Nature, presents…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Biehl, María Loreto;Tolis, Marisol

Suriname has made important progress in expanding access to education, achieving near-universal primary enrollment, with more than 90% of children attending primary school (Arias Ortiz et al., 2024…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Marotta, Luana;Mansilla Bustamante, Sergio Alejandro

El sistema educativo boliviano enfrenta una brecha entre el esfuerzo fiscal realizado y los resultados obtenidos. A pesar de destinar a educación una proporción del PIB superior a los promedios de la…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Barbosa Rodriguez, Lina Vanessa;Rodriguez Tornquist, Rodrigo Jesus;Penagos Concha, Ángela María;Granados Gutierrez, Santiago;Noy Robayo, Andrea

Este documento examina las principales tendencias del debate internacional sobre financiamiento positivo para la naturaleza y analiza el potencial de los mecanismos financieros innovadores para…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Sena, Guillermo;Dimitriadis, Caterina;Ortiz, Esteban;Camacho, Soledad;Ramsay, Tom;Silver, Jessica;Angarita, Héctor;Wolny, Stacie;Olivera, María Luisa;Llaguno, Duval;Callau, Vanessa

This project aimed to increase Uruguay's capacity to implement natural capital assessment and valuation approaches and apply them in the selection and design of policy and finance instruments.…

Date issued: Oct 2026
Author(s): Sena, Guillermo;Dimitriadis, Caterina;Ortiz, Esteban;Camacho, Soledad;Ramsay, Tom;Silver, Jessica;Angarita, Héctor;Wolny, Stacie;Olivera, María Luisa;Llaguno, Duval;Callau, Vanessa

Este proyecto tuvo como objetivo fortalecer la capacidad de Uruguay para implementar enfoques de evaluación y valoración del capital natural y aplicarlos en la selección y el diseño de instrumentos…

Date issued: Oct 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aranco, Natalia;Stampini, Marco;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Rivas Herrera, Carolina

We estimate and analyze unpaid care for children, persons with disabilities, and older people in Latin America and the Caribbean using information from ten time-use surveys and imputation and…