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Date issued: Aug 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Corderi, David

Perú ha experimentado un crecimiento económico por encima de la media de los países de la región entre 2005 y 2013. Este proceso de desarrollo ha implicado un aumento generalizado de la presión sobre…

Date issued: Aug 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Audoly, Richard;Vogt-Schilb, Adrien;Guivarch, Céline;Pfeiffer, Alexander

This paper covers three policy-relevant aspects of the carbon content of electricity that are well established among integrated assessment models but under-discussed in the policy debate. First,…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Messina, Julián;Busso, Matías;Cristia, Julian P.;Hincapie, Diana;Ripani, Laura

Despite governments’ best efforts, many people in Latin America and the Caribbean don’t have the skills they need to thrive. This book looks at what policies work, and don’t work, so that governments…

Date issued: Aug 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banerjee, Onil;Cicowiez, Martin;Moreda, Adela

There is a debate in the literature on the appropriate methods and metrics for evaluating the economic impacts of tourism investments. Available analytical techniques include input-output modelling,…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Banerjee, Onil

In this third edition of the “Environmental Economics for Evidence Based Policies” series, we briefly review the advances with respect to the IEEM mission, and its lines of strategic action, which…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Banerjee, Onil

Esta edición de Economía-Ambiental Para Políticas Basadas en La Evidencia repasa los avances en la misión de la Plataforma del Modelo Económico-Ambiental Integrado (IEEM) y sus líneas de acción…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Kaufmann, Jorge

Las empresas públicas representan una fracción significativa del producto interno bruto (PIB) y del empleo en Paraguay. Están presentes en sectores clave de la economía, como energía,…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Pareja, Alejandro;Pedak, Mari;Gómez, Carlos;Barros, Alejandro

La identidad digital es la piedra angular de la transformación digital de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Es un aspecto cada vez más relevante en el sistema de identidad de las personas, cuyos…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Pareja, Alejandro;Pedak, Mari;Gómez, Carlos;Barros, Alejandro

A identidade digital é a pedra fundamental da transformação digital da América Latina e do Caribe (ALC). É um aspecto cada vez mais relevante no sistema de identidade das pessoas, cujos fundamentos…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): De Groote, Roberto

The Caribbean countries have experienced positive economic growth rates and significant increases in their exports, but GDP remains relatively low, and indicators of poverty, productivity, and…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Valencia, Oscar

This policy brief summarizes a conference on recent developments in the analysis of current account sustainability held by Research Department of the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB) and Banco…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Cabrol, Marcelo;Beliz, Gustavo;Rodrik, Dani;Aboal, Diego;Salazar-Xirinachs, José Manuel;Chelala, Santiago;Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada;Sosa Escudero, Walter;Pagés, Carmen;Ripani, Laura;Calvo, Cristina;Zunino, Gonzalo;Sundararajan, Arun

This new edition contains the work of over 40 experts from different parts of the world, who analyze the risks that automation may pose to work and how this may affect integration and employment.…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Estevadeordal, Antoni;Cabrol, Marcelo;Beliz, Gustavo;Rodrik, Dani;Aboal, Diego;Salazar-Xirinachs, José Manuel;Chelala, Santiago;Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada;Sosa Escudero, Walter;Pagés, Carmen;Ripani, Laura;Calvo, Cristina;Zunino, Gonzalo;Sundararajan, Arun

¿Los robots serán una fuente de creación, desplazamiento o destrucción de empleos? ¿Cómo afectará el fenómeno de la automatización acelerada a los procesos de integración y comercio de América Latina…

Date issued: Aug 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gaglianone, Wagner Piazza;Dutra Areosa, Waldyr

This paper proposes a methodology for constructing a Financial Conditions Indicator (FCI) based on factor analysis and the approaches of Brave and Butters (2011) and Aramonte et al. (2013). A…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Guillard, Charlotte;Salazar, Mónica

This document summarizes the responses to a questionnaire conducted jointly by the Network of Ibero-American and Inter-American Science and Technology Indicators (RICYT) and the Inter-American…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Guillard, Charlotte;Salazar, Mónica

Este documento resume las respuestas a un cuestionario realizado conjuntamente por la Red de Indicadores Científicos y Tecnológicos Iberoamericanos e Interamericanos (RICYT) y el Banco Interamericano…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Lagarda, Guillermo;Linares, Jennifer

Durante los últimos años, el precio (considerado un estimulador de actividad a nivel mundial) cayó y tuvo un impacto en todos los sectores de la economía, incluyendo productores, exportadores,…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Castillo Paez, Paula;Kearney, Matthew C.

Social media has become an increasingly important means of communicating for governments, practitioners, and activists in the Inter-American Development Bank’s borrowing member countries in Latin…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Fernández Illescas, Coral;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Schijman, Agustina;Alejandre, Florencia;Figueroa, Claudia;Hernández, María José;Sadeghi, Patricia

The IDBG has increasingly placed knowledge generation and dissemination as one of its core mandates. However, it was not until the Realignment of the Bank in 2007 that the Bank explicitly sought to…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Fernández Illescas, Coral;Puerta, Juan Manuel;Schijman, Agustina;Alejandre, Florencia;Figueroa, Claudia;Hernández, María José;Sadeghi, Patricia

Es cada vez mayor el énfasis que pone el Grupo BID en la generación y difusión de conocimientos como uno de sus mandatos fundamentales. Sin embargo, no fue sino hasta la realineación del Banco en…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean

INTAL Connection informs on developments on integration and trade in Latin America and the Caribbean. This issue focuses on the presentation of the report “Robotlution. The Future of Work in Latin…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Instituto para la Integración de América Latina y el Caribe

Conexión INTAL informa sobre desarrollos en las áreas de integración y comercio en las regiones de América Latina y el Caribe. Esta edición se dedica a la presentación del informe “Robotlución. El…

Date issued: Aug 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Caruso Bloeck, Martín;Galiani, Sebastián;Ibarrarán, Pablo

This paper discusses theoretical and practical issues related to long-term care (LTC) services in Latin America. Demand for these services will rise as the region undergoes a swift demographic…

Date issued: Aug 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Caruso Bloeck, Martín;Galiani, Sebastián;Ibarrarán, Pablo

Este documento analiza las cuestiones teóricas y prácticas relacionadas a los servicios de cuidados de larga duración (CLD) en América Latina. La demanda de estos servicios irá en aumento a medida…

Date issued: Aug 2017
Author(s): INDESA;Diamond, Alex;Astudillo, Jhonatan A.

Un gran número de países desarrollados y en desarrollo han sido exitosos en impulsar a las industrias creativas a través de políticas públicas integrales. Panamá inició un proceso de identificación y…