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Aug 2023
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We examine the impact of changes in local labor market concentration on two components of income inequality in Mexico: local wage shares and labor income inequal-ty. Combining data from the Economic…
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Aug 2023
The probability of tax reform is higher during banking crises. Tax reform is unlikely to occur during election periodseven if the government is facing financing problemsso reforms that seek to raise…
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Aug 2023
La probabilidad de una reforma tributaria aumenta durante las crisis bancarias. Es poco probable que una reforma tributaria se produzca durante períodos electorales, aun cuando el gobierno se…
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Aug 2023
Teachers are the most important and expensive input when it comes to improving the quality of education. In many Latin American countries, the decentralized way in which teachers are assigned is…
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Aug 2023
Los maestros son el factor más importante y caro, al momento de mejorar la calidad de la educación. En muchos países de Latinoamérica, la forma descentralizada en la que se asignan los docentes es…
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Aug 2023
Os professores são o fator mais importante e caro para melhorar a qualidade da educação. Em muitos países da América Latina, a forma descentralizada através da qual os docentes são alocados é…
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Aug 2023
This paper studies the role of buyer market power in determining the response of international prices to exchange rate changes (i.e., exchange rate pass-through). Using a novel dataset of the…
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Aug 2023
Public employment services have a crucial role in the search for quality jobs, worker placement, labor market adaptation, and mitigating impacts during economic transitions. Globally, these services…
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Aug 2023
Los Servicios Públicos de Empleo desempeñan un papel crucial en la búsqueda de empleos de calidad, la colocación de trabajadores, la adaptación al mercado laboral y la mitigación de impactos durante…
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Aug 2023
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Cash transfer and other social protection programs in developing countries have often been accompanied by measures to foster financial inclusion, such as the adoption and use of bank accounts and…
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Aug 2023
Quantifying risk tradeoffs between different external balance sheet exposures, macroeconomic fundamentals, and global shocks is key to gauging the risk of external crises. This study highlights the…
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Aug 2023
La cuantificación de riesgo entre diferentes componentes de la balanza externa de un país, el estado de los fundamentales macroeconómicos y los shocks globales son elementos claves para medir el…
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Aug 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic eruption and the associated containment measures posed a major challenge for the global economy and for the sectors associated with providing public services. This made it clear…
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Aug 2023
La irrupción de la pandemia con el COVID-19 y las medidas de confinamiento asociadas supusieron un importante desafío para la economía global y en particular para los sectores asociados a la…
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Aug 2023
La compra pública de innovación (CPI) es un instrumento de política de innovación desde la demanda, que en las últimas décadas ha incrementado su implementación en Iberoamérica. La CPI ofrece un…
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Aug 2023
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Este documento presenta una guía de políticas públicas y herramientas para gobiernos locales que permita abordar de manera integral los desafíos de seguridad vial urbana. La guía incluye las…
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Aug 2023
This report aims to identify relative strengths and weaknesses in Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) across the Caribbean region, as well as recommendations for improvement, by collating…
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Aug 2023
The authors partnered with school districts, tutoring providers, and quarterback organizations that support implementation of high-impact tutoring across districts in the United States to learn from…
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Aug 2023
En los últimos 10 años se han incrementado el número de programas de tutorías liderados por el sector público y por algunas organizaciones de la sociedad civil. Algunos de estos programas de tutoría…
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Aug 2023
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), significant proportions of students struggle to attain basic competencies in reading and mathematics. To address this issue, traditional practices like grade…
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Aug 2023
El documento busca distinguir los elementos más importantes para explicar el colapso de la economía venezolana a partir de 2015. Se analizan las cifras macroeconómicas más relevantes para describir…
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Aug 2023
Tax administrations (TAs) worldwide have increasingly been moving toward digitalization to increase process efficiency and service delivery. This technical note presents a methodology, and its…
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Aug 2023
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How can policymakers promote women-led exporting firms? In this paper, we study the role of online business platforms to reduce informational barriers to exporting for women entrepreneurs. We…
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Aug 2023
Nós desenvolvemos um modelo multissetorial de equilíbrio geral aplicado para a análise de reformas tributárias no Brasil. Além de trabalho e capital, as firmas representativas de cada setor utilizam…
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Aug 2023
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Hundreds of millions of microenterprises in emerging economies face increased competition from the entry and expansion of large firms that offer similar products. This paper studies how one of the…
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Aug 2023
This document summarizes the work carried out by the IDB in the field of creativity and culture over the last 10 years, and proposes challenges, opportunities and recommendations to outline possible…
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Aug 2023
El presente documento resume el trabajo realizado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo en el ámbito de la creatividad y la cultura en los últimos 10 años, y propone desafíos, oportunidades y…
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Aug 2023
The accelerated process of population aging in Latin America and the Caribbean is leading to an increase in the number of older persons and, in particular, of those who are in a situation of…
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Aug 2023
El acelerado proceso de envejecimiento poblacional en América Latina y el Caribe conlleva un aumento en el número de personas mayores y, en particular, de aquellas que se encuentran en situación de…
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Aug 2023
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This paper examines how rural households cope with climate change related rainfall shocks by re-allocating childrens time between domestic activities and school attendance. Households affected by an…
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Aug 2023
The results of a field experiment in Argentina indicate that taxpayers who received a deterrent message (describing the penalties for non-compliance) are more likely to comply with payment of taxes…
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Aug 2023
Los resultados de un experimento de campo en Argentina indican que los contribuyentes que recibieron un mensaje de disuasión (que describía las sanciones por incumplimiento) tenían más probabilidades…
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Aug 2023
A Port Community System (PCS) is a digital platform which facilitates information exchange and collaboration among all stakeholders within a port ecosystem. In this Technical Note, the authors…
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Aug 2023
Un Sistema de Comunidad Portuaria (“Port Community System” o “PCS”, por sus siglas en inglés) es una plataforma digital que facilita el intercambio de información y colaboración entre todos los…
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Aug 2023
In 2021, EsadeEcPol, in collaboration with the "Empieza Por Educar" Foundation (ExE), launched "Menttores", an online educational reinforcement program aimed at students from…
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Aug 2023
As lâmpadas LED (em inglês, light-emitting diodes) vem se consolidando no mercado principalmente após melhorias tecnológicas e significativa redução de seus custos. Entretanto, ainda há um potencial…
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Aug 2023
In Chile, students with disabilities experienced greater difficulties in accessing well-established post-secondary institutions during the pandemic than did their peers without disabilities. For…
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Aug 2023
En Chile, los alumnos con discapacidades experimentaron más dificultades durante la pandemia para tener acceso a instituciones postsecundarias de alta calidad. En el caso de los alumnos con…
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Aug 2023
Macroeconomic volatility can have serious implications for the economy; reducing a countrys exposure can increase long-term prosperity. When the government has significant capabilities, it is not…
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Aug 2023
La volatilidad macroeconómica puede tener graves consecuencias para la economía; reducir la exposición de un país puede aumentar la prosperidad a largo plazo. Cuando el gobierno tiene capacidades, no…
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Aug 2023
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There is a growing mismatch between the types of public problems that governments face and the capabilities of the public administrations that design and implement policies to address them.…
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Aug 2023
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Existe un desajuste creciente entre el tipo de problemas públicos que los gobiernos deben enfrentar y las capacidades de las administraciones públicas que diseñan e implementan políticas para…
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Aug 2023
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Existe um crescente descompasso entre os tipos de problemas públicos enfrentados pelos governos e as capacidades das administrações públicas que elaboram e implementam políticas para resolvê-los. Os…
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Aug 2023
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There is a growing wave of concern for the embodied carbon in traded goods. One manifestation of that concern is large economies such as the USA and the European Union enacting climate-related trade…
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Aug 2023
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Existe una creciente preocupación por el carbono incorporado en los bienes importados. Una manifestación de esa preocupación es la promulgación por parte de grandes economías como EE.UU. y la Unión…
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Aug 2023
El objetivo de esta nota es hacer una propuesta para la implementación de una transición energética justa en el Perú, liderada por el Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MINEM). Esta propuesta es el…
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Aug 2023
If politics is conducted largely outside of formal arenas, political institutions may not play a very large role in determining policy outcomes. We propose a new index of institutionalization to…
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Aug 2023
Si la política se desenvuelve principalmente fuera de las instancias formales, puede que las instituciones políticas no tengan un rol demasiado grande en la determinación de los resultados de las…
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Aug 2023
While the globe reels from numerous crises following the COVID-19 pandemic, a silent yet extremely persistent crisis continues to deepen in water and sanitation sectors worldwide. As one of the most…
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Aug 2023
Mientras el mundo se sacude por numerosas crisis tras la pandemia de COVID-19, una crisis silenciosa pero extremadamente persistente continúa profundizándose en los sectores del agua y saneamiento en…