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Date issued: Feb 2023
Author(s): Chernicharo, Carlos Augusto de Lemos;Bressani Ribeiro, Thiago

La presente serie de notas técnicas fue desarrollada como parte de los Talleres de Conocimiento en Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales en Ecuador, llevado a cabo entre el 23 de septiembre del 2021 y el…

Date issued: Feb 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alviarez, Vanessa;Chen, Cheng;Pandalai-Nayar, Nitya;Varela, Liliana;Yi, Kei-Mu;Zhang, Hongyong

We study the role of multinationals (MNCs) in facilitating firm-level and aggregate structural transformation. Using a stylized model of multinational production and trade, we show that an inward…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Cuestas, Ernesto;Szwedzki, Roni;Andrade Sakaguchi, Sumiko;Galinsky, Damian;Barbosa, Fernando;Del Pilar, Diego;Miranda, Laura;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;De Santis, Stefania;King, Julie;Carbajo, José;Leonard, Keith

At the 2015 annual meeting in Busan, the Boards of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) decided to consolidate the IDB Group…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Sembler, Jose Ignacio;Cuestas, Ernesto;Szwedzki, Roni;Andrade Sakaguchi, Sumiko;Galinsky, Damian;Barbosa, Fernando;Del Pilar, Diego;Miranda, Laura;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;De Santis, Stefania;King, Julie;Carbajo, José;Leonard, Keith

En el marco de la reunión anual de 2015 en Busán, las Asambleas de Gobernadores del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y la Corporación Interamericana de Inversiones (CII) aprobaron la…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Valencia, Oscar;Rodriguez, Luis Alberto;Siachoque, Juan Pablo

Total public debt in most emerging markets grew before and after the pandemic with a sizable share in foreign currency. Along this trend, interest payments increased even in the presence of active…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Gulesci, Selim;Lombardi, María;Ramos, Alejandra

How does exposure to soap operas with LGBTIQ characters affect attitudes toward the LGBTIQ community? To answer this question, we construct a novel database of 175 telenovelas (soap operas) with…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ham, Andrés;Guarin, Angela;Ruiz, Juanita

This paper studies whether household surveys precisely identify the LGBT population and are suitable to measure labor market discrimination in Colombia. We first quantify the size of the LGBT…

Date issued: Jan 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Cerda, Maikol;Cervantes, David;Gertler, Paul;Higgins, Sean;Montoya, Ana María;Parrado, Eric;Serrano, Carlos;Undurraga, Raimundo;Yáñez-Pagans, Patricia

The COVID-19 pandemic generated a large negative external shock to the global economy. Businesses worldwide were affected by economic, health, and mobility restrictions that impacted consumers…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Zegarra Ascui, Francisco;Pombo, Cristina;Tipan, Giovanna;Ortega, Gloria

Esta nota técnica busca ofrecer una hoja ruta para la gestión migratoria que contemple los procesos de diseño de vías de atención y protección de personas migrantes; discutir el modelo de ventanilla…

Date issued: Jan 2023
Author(s): Galindo, Arturo;Nuguer, Victoria

We estimate the impact of fuel-commodity price shocks on inflation and inflation expectations for eight Latin American countries in which monetary policy follows inflation-targeting frameworks. We…