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Date issued:
Aug 2023
The joint publication by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Food Programme (WFP), the State of School Meals in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022, includes a Special Report:…
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Aug 2023
La publicación conjunta del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y el Programa Mundial de Alimentos (WFP), el Estado de la Alimentación Escolar en América Latina y el Caribe 2022, incluye un…
Date issued:
Jul 2023
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Este estudio aborda aspectos fundamentales para la toma de decisiones de política pública y regulatoria para el desarrollo de las telecomunicaciones, el impulso de la inversión para el cierre de…
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Jul 2023
This approach paper defines the objective, scope, and methodology for the Office of Evaluation and Oversight's (OVE) stocktaking of Private Finance Mobilization (PFM) at the Inter-American…
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Jul 2023
En este documento de enfoque se definen el objetivo, el alcance y la metodología del balance que hará la Oficina de Evaluación y Supervisión (OVE) de la movilización de financiamiento privado en el…
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Jul 2023
We assess how new data technologies are helping innovative assessment methodologies, implementation, and monitoring of nature-based approaches in integrated coastal zone management and disaster risk…
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Jul 2023
This note presents findings and insights from different sources and constitutes the first building block for the Office of Evaluation and Oversights (OVE) policy-based lending evaluation. Prior…
Date issued:
Jul 2023
Esta nota, en la cual se presentan hallazgos y apreciaciones de distintas fuentes, constituye la primera piedra angular de la evaluación del financiamiento en apoyo de reformas de política que…
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Jul 2023
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En los últimos años, la región andina ha sido testigo de un proceso de expansión del ecosistema de innovación agtech. Los emprendimientos agtech son firmas de servicios basados en conocimiento que…
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Jul 2023
This paper explores patterns of collaboration in innovation between foreign firms and local partners in nine Latin American countries. Using microdata from the harmonized Latin American Innovation…
Date issued:
Jul 2023
A publicação "Desenvolvimento Orientado ao Transporte (DOT) em Teresina: Estudo de Caso do Corredor de Ônibus Leste-Oeste" propõe o DOT como estratégia para cidades compactas e sustentáveis…
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Jul 2023
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Previous research has extensively investigated why users spread misinformation online, while less attention has been given to the motivations behind sharing fact-checks. This paper reports a four-…
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Jul 2023
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The existing literature shows that women are more likely to pay taxes than men. Yet, there is less consensus on the gendered responses to interventions aimed at boosting tax compliance among non-…
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Jul 2023
El objetivo general del estudio es identificar los costos de las prioridades de inversión en los sectores de carreteras, energía y riego a nivel municipal o departamental para Bolivia, Colombia,…
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Jul 2023
Innovation in the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector can contribute to achieving the goal of availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. However, innovation…
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Jul 2023
La innovación en el sector de abastecimiento de agua y saneamiento puede contribuir a llegar a la meta de disponibilidad y gestión sostenible del agua y saneamiento para todos. Sin embargo, las…
Date issued:
Jul 2023
Current insurance schemes for the self-employed in Latin America are, in general, adaptations of the model created for salaried employees. These mechanisms need to respond better to their needs and…
Date issued:
Jul 2023
Los esquemas de aseguramiento vigentes para los trabajadores independientes de la región son por lo general adaptaciones del modelo creado para trabajadores asalariados. Estos mecanismos no responden…
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Jul 2023
Os atuais esquemas de seguro para trabalhadores autônomos da América Latina, baseados em modelos de esquemas de assalariados, não atendem às suas necessidades adequadamente, resultando em uma…
Date issued:
Jul 2023
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During a period of COVID-19-induced job losses and mobility restrictions, the government of Colombia's launched Empléate, an innovative Pay-for-performance (P4P) program that targeted…
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Jul 2023
The agrifood supply chain of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) stands out for its resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic, and multiple studies have been conducted to analyze the differential impacts…
Date issued:
Jul 2023
La cadena de suministro agroalimentaria de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) se destaca por su resiliencia a la pandemia de COVID-19, y se han realizado múltiples estudios para analizar los impactos…
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Jul 2023
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This paper explores the effect of inflation supply and demand shocks on government debt. It identifies the shocks using a sign-restricted Structural Vector Autoregression (SVAR) model with quarterly…
Date issued:
Jul 2023
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The Value-Added Tax (VAT) is the most prevalent consumption tax globally, yet it is frequently deemed highly regressive. To address this, we propose a Personalized VAT (PVAT) devised in conjunction…
Date issued:
Jul 2023
The Unified Digital Health Record (EDUS) project is an initiative that Costa Rica launched in 2010 to organize in a single digitalized file the medical and social security information of people…