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Date issued: May 2026
Author(s): Mosquera Arce, Paola Andrea;Pereira Libanio, Ana Tereza;Vásquez, Mateo

¿Buscas incorporar una perspectiva de género y diversidad en proyectos de desarrollo? Encuentra en esta ficha temática información valiosa sobre personas afrodescendientes y cómo se pueden diseñar…

Date issued: May 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Waldron, Anthony;Guiet, Jerome;Heneghan, Ryan;Watson, Gregory;Arriaga Cinta, Frida Beatriz

This study estimates the national-level costs of implementing Target 3 of the Kunming Montreal GBF (“30x30”) in 26 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. Using scenario-based modeling, it…

Date issued: May 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Volpe Martincus, Christian;Sztajerowska, Monika

Public agencies that support firms operate today amid a difficult combination of challenges. Geopolitical realignment, supply-chain reconfiguration, and rising market volatility have raised the value…

Date issued: May 2026
Author(s): Stubrin, Lilia;Asinsten, Julián;Zornada, Carlos;Castillo Leska, Ana

The technical note analyzes the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) by startups in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), within a global context where AI is consolidating as a general-purpose…

Date issued: May 2026
Author(s): Stubrin, Lilia;Asinsten, Julián;Zornada, Carlos;Castillo Leska, Ana

El estudio analiza la adopción de inteligencia artificial (IA) por parte de startups en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), en un contexto global donde la IA se consolida como una tecnología de…

Date issued: May 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Huang, Hanwei;Manova, Kalina Bojidarova;Perello Perez, Oscar Ignacio;Pisch, Frank

How do global production networks and market structure interact to shape the welfare effects of trade and competition policy? We develop a model with two-sided firm heterogeneity, matching frictions…

Date issued: May 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alfaro, Laura;Chen, Maggie;Chor, Davin

Amid public skepticism toward trade, we investigate whether evidence-based information - concise statements of research findings - can shape trade policy preferences. In survey experiments conducted…

Date issued: May 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Maldonado, Stanislao;Sautua, Santiago I.

Despite broad expert consensus that price controls are economically inefficient, they remain popular. We study this puzzle through the lens of motivated beliefs: Individuals who favor government…

Date issued: May 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The institutional strategy of the IDB, IDB Invest, and IDB Lab, known as IDBStrategy, centers on achieving scale and impact. This paper presents the theoretical and empirical foundations of the…

Date issued: May 2026
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The infoguide highlights the key issues in Driving Impact: Foundations of Development Effectiveness Reforms at the IDB, a paper that presents the theoretical and empirical foundations of the IDB…