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Date issued: Sep 2026
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;World Bank;World Trade Organization

Digital trade is emerging as a major growth opportunity for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The regions exports of digitally delivered services increased nearly fivefold, from US$18.5 billion…

Date issued: Sep 2026
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Banco Mundial;Organización Mundial del Comercio

El comercio digital se presenta como una importante oportunidad de crecimiento para América Latina y el Caribe (ALC). Las exportaciones de servicios prestados digitalmente de la región casi se…

Date issued: Sep 2026
Author(s): Banque Interaméricaine de Développement;Banque Mondiale;Organisation mondiale du commerce

Le commerce numérique représente une importante opportunité de croissance pour l'Amérique latine et les Caraïbes (ALC). Les exportations de services fournis numériquement dans la région ont…

Date issued: Sep 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Medina, Juan Pablo;Pedersen, Michael;Reyes-Tagle, Gerardo

This paper studies the long-term macroeconomic and fiscal implications of population aging in Chile using a semi-structural, multi-sector macro-fiscal model that links demographic dynamics, labor…

Date issued: Sep 2026
Author(s): Rossetti Youlton, Magdalena Alejandra

Multilateral development banks require operational teams to document “lessons learned” at project closure, yet little is known about the collective architecture of the institutional learning these…

Date issued: Sep 2026
Author(s): Vogt-Schilb, Adrien;Ansaldo, Mariano;Barrantes Mora, Adrián;Escovar, María Alejandra;Rodríguez, Manuel;Mora, Greivin;Quiros Solano, Fernando Andres

¿Qué implicaciones operativas y presupuestarias tiene incorporar criterios de resiliencia en la rehabilitación de infraestructura vial? Este documento deriva lecciones del Segundo Programa de la Red…

Date issued: Sep 2026
Author(s): Alemann, Clara;Cirmi Obon, Lucia;Benedetti, Fiorella;Lupica, Carina;Véliz, Sofía

América Latina y el Caribe se ha volcado con determinación a responder a la creciente demanda de cuidados. En los últimos años, los gobiernos de la región han desarrollado diversos servicios…

Date issued: Sep 2026
Author(s): Méndez, Carolina;Giambruno, Cecilia;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Gonzalez Santibanez, Geraldine Del Carmen;Galvao, Thomaz;Prado de Almeida, Ana Luiza;Silva Costa, Lilian Raquel da

Connectivity is essential to ensuring the right to education. It broadens educational opportunities, reduces geographic disparities, and enables all students to access relevant, digitally integrated…

Date issued: Sep 2026
Author(s): Méndez, Carolina;Giambruno, Cecilia;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Gonzalez Santibanez, Geraldine Del Carmen;Galvao, Thomaz;Prado de Almeida, Ana Luiza;Silva Costa, Lilian Raquel da

La conectividad es una condición necesaria para garantizar el derecho a la educación: amplía los horizontes educativos, reduce las desigualdades territoriales y permite que todos los estudiantes…

Date issued: Sep 2026
Author(s): Méndez, Carolina;Giambruno, Cecilia;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Gonzalez Santibanez, Geraldine Del Carmen;Galvao, Thomaz;Prado de Almeida, Ana Luiza;Silva Costa, Lilian Raquel da

A conectividade é uma condição para garantir o direito à educação: amplia os horizontes educacionais, reduz as desigualdades territoriais e permite que todos os estudantes tenham acesso a…

Date issued: Sep 2026
Author(s): Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Galvao, Thomaz;Prado de Almeida, Ana Luiza;Silva Costa, Lilian Raquel da

Meaningful connectivity in schools is essential for technology investments to improve teaching and learning, expand access to education, help students stay in school, and strengthen education…

Date issued: Sep 2026
Author(s): Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Galvao, Thomaz;Prado de Almeida, Ana Luiza;Silva Costa, Lilian Raquel da

Contar con conectividad significativa en las escuelas es fundamental para que las inversiones en tecnología contribuyan a mejorar la enseñanza y el aprendizaje, ampliar el acceso y la permanencia…

Date issued: Sep 2026
Author(s): Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Galvao, Thomaz;Prado de Almeida, Ana Luiza;Silva Costa, Lilian Raquel da

Contar com conectividade significativa nas escolas é fundamental para que os investimentos em tecnologia contribuam para melhorar o ensino e a aprendizagem, ampliar o acesso e a permanência escolar e…

Date issued: Sep 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bloomfield, Juanita;Balsa, Ana;Cid, Alejandro

Despite growing investment in education technology, evidence on how to integrate digital tools eectively into public education systems remains limited. Substituting classroom instruction with…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Braly-Cartillier, Isabelle;Fernández-Durán Gortazar, Carla Cristina

The current proposal for the Global Europe instrument, the European Union (EU) primary financing tool for external action and international cooperation, within the new Multiannual Financial Framework…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Armendáriz, Edna;Carrasco, Haydeeliz

El uso de tecnologías para mejorar la eficiencia de la inversión pública presenta rezagos a nivel mundial y, en particular, en América Latina y el Caribe, en comparación con otras áreas de las…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Jeon, In Hwa;Garcia Bohorquez, Nidia;Martínez Álvarez, Juan

This study examines the role of the Guarantee Insurance System (GIS) in promoting economic development and financial inclusion, drawing on Koreas experience and assessing its applicability to Latin…

Date issued: Aug 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Aranco, Natalia;Stampini, Marco;Ibarrarán, Pablo;Rivas Herrera, Carolina

We estimate and analyze unpaid care for children, persons with disabilities, and older people in Latin America and the Caribbean using information from ten time-use surveys and imputation and…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Arias Ortiz, Elena;Giambruno, Cecilia;Prieto Espinoza, Guillermo Jr;Suarez Enciso, Sonia

El Programa para la Evaluación Internacional de los Estudiantes de la OCDE - PISA por sus siglas en inglés - evalúa cada tres años lo que los estudiantes de 15 años saben y pueden hacer en ciencia,…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Valencia Maya, Paula Andrea;Mora Nunez, Mauro Camilo;Ferguson, Lisa;Jaramillo, Gabriela;Licht Tellez, Vanessa ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola

This guide provides the practical frameworks needed to realize that potential. Financial institutions, including IDB Invest, can use it to evaluate investments against socio-bioeconomy principles and…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Valencia Maya, Paula Andrea;Mora Nunez, Mauro Camilo;Ferguson, Lisa;Jaramillo, Gabriela;Licht Tellez, Vanessa ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola

Esta guía proporciona los marcos prácticos necesarios para materializar dicho potencial. Las instituciones financieras, incluida IDB Invest, pueden utilizarla para evaluar inversiones en función de…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Valencia Maya, Paula Andrea;Mora Nunez, Mauro Camilo;Ferguson, Lisa;Jaramillo, Gabriela;Licht Tellez, Vanessa ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola

Este guia fornece as estruturas práticas necessárias para concretizar esse potencial. Instituições financeiras, incluindo o BID Invest, podem utilizá-lo para avaliar investimentos com base nos…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Valencia Maya, Paula Andrea;Mora Nunez, Mauro Camilo;Ferguson, Lisa;Jaramillo, Gabriela;Licht Tellez, Vanessa ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola

This guide provides the practical frameworks needed to realize that potential. Financial institutions, including IDB Invest, can use it to evaluate investments against socio-bioeconomy principles and…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Valencia Maya, Paula Andrea;Mora Nunez, Mauro Camilo;Ferguson, Lisa;Jaramillo, Gabriela;Licht Tellez, Vanessa ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola

Esta guía proporciona los marcos prácticos necesarios para materializar dicho potencial. Las instituciones financieras, incluida IDB Invest, pueden utilizarla para evaluar inversiones a la luz de los…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Valencia Maya, Paula Andrea;Mora Nunez, Mauro Camilo;Ferguson, Lisa;Jaramillo, Gabriela;Licht Tellez, Vanessa ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola

Este guia fornece as estruturas práticas necessárias para concretizar esse potencial. Instituições financeiras, incluindo o IDB Invest, podem utilizá-lo para avaliar investimentos com base em…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Valencia Maya, Paula Andrea;Mora Nunez, Mauro Camilo;Ferguson, Lisa;Jaramillo, Gabriela;Licht Tellez, Vanessa ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola

This guide provides the practical frameworks needed to realize that potential. Financial institutions, including IDB Invest, can use it to evaluate investments against socio-bioeconomy principles and…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Valencia Maya, Paula Andrea;Mora Nunez, Mauro Camilo;Ferguson, Lisa;Jaramillo, Gabriela;Licht Tellez, Vanessa ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola

Esta guía proporciona los marcos prácticos necesarios para materializar dicho potencial. Las instituciones financieras, incluido BID Invest, pueden utilizarla para evaluar inversiones a la luz de los…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Valencia Maya, Paula Andrea;Mora Nunez, Mauro Camilo;Ferguson, Lisa;Jaramillo, Gabriela;Licht Tellez, Vanessa ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola

Este guia fornece as estruturas práticas necessárias para concretizar esse potencial. Instituições financeiras, incluindo o IDB Invest, podem utilizá-lo para avaliar investimentos com base em…

Date issued: Aug 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Poy, Santiago;Rondinone, Gonzalo;De Salvo, Carmine Paolo

Este estudio analiza la relación entre las políticas agropecuarias y las capacidades de consumo de los hogares en ocho países de América Latina. Integrando información de la base de datos de…

Date issued: Aug 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Arráiz, Irani;Vlaicu, Razvan;Yáñez-Pagans, Patricia

This paper reviews the impact evaluation evidence on how expanding formal credit affects small and medium enterprise (SME) performance, focusing on developing countries, particularly Latin America,…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Garcia Santamaria, Cathalina;Solano Esquivel, Rebeca;Jara Maleš, Patricia

Esta nota técnica analiza el impacto económico de la discapacidad y la dependencia en la pobreza de Costa Rica. El estudio propone un modelo metodológico desarrollado para el IMAS que integra…

Date issued: Aug 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Huneeus, Federico;Del Valle, Miguel

To understand the geographic and sectoral impact of productivity, we build the first input-output matrix disaggregated at the geographic level within a country using unique administrative data…

Date issued: Aug 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berniell, Inés;Gasparini, Leonardo;Marchionni, Mariana;Ramírez-Leira, Lucía

This paper studies the dynamics of vulnerable non-poor households in Latin America, focusing on how they compare with the poor and how both groups respond to macroeconomic fluctuations. Using…

Date issued: Aug 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pierri, Gastón;Fontenele, Marcelo;Nunes, Jose Luiz

This paper presents preliminary results from a pilot study conducted in the courts of Ceará, Brazil. The study evaluates the impact of introducing a tool that uses natural language processing and…

Date issued: Aug 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pierri, Gastón;Fontenele, Marcelo;Nunes, Jose Luiz

Este trabajo presenta resultados preliminares de un estudio piloto realizado en las cortes de Ceará, Brasil. El estudio evalúa el impacto de introducir una herramienta que utiliza técnicas de…

Date issued: Aug 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pierri, Gastón;Fontenele, Marcelo;Nunes, Jose Luiz

Este trabalho apresenta os resultados preliminares de um estudo piloto realizado nos tribunais do Ceará, Brasil. O estudo avalia o impacto da introdução de uma ferramenta que utiliza técnicas de…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Shepherd, Ben;Scattolo, Gabriel;Zulli, Maria Agostina;Pavajeau Fuentes, Juan Bautista

This report was prepared for the Japan-LAC Business Summit, held in Tokyo, Japan, on August 24-25, 2026. Since Japan became a member of the Inter-American Development Bank Group, the partnership has…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Rivera Olvera, Angelica Verenice

As teachers receive more training on supporting students with special education needs (SEN), these students are becoming more visible in classrooms. Data from the OECD Teaching and Learning…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Rivera Olvera, Angelica Verenice

A medida que los docentes reciben más formación para apoyar a estudiantes con necesidades educativas especiales (NEE), estos estudiantes se vuelven más visibles en las aulas. Los datos de la Encuesta…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Alves Soares, Bruna;Couthino de Miranda, Cecília;Martins Faria, Ernesto;Rodrigues, Gustavo;Bourroul Gonsalves, Marcela;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Paseto, Carolina;Aguiar, Martim Ancona de F. B.

Technology-mediated face-to-face teaching has become an essential strategy for expanding access to quality education in remote regions such as the Legal Amazon, where geographic challenges, teacher…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Alves Soares, Bruna;Couthino de Miranda, Cecília;Martins Faria, Ernesto;Rodrigues, Gustavo;Bourroul Gonsalves, Marcela;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Paseto, Carolina;Aguiar, Martim Ancona de F. B.

La enseñanza presencial mediada por tecnología se ha consolidado como una estrategia esencial para ampliar el acceso a una educación de calidad en regiones remotas, como la Amazonía Legal, donde…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Paseto, Carolina;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Alves Soares, Bruna;Bravo, Maria Helena;Bourroul Gonsalves, Marcela

This report presents and analyzes management actions and pedagogical practices adopted by the municipal education systems of Coruripe (Alagoas) and Manaus (Amazonas). Between 2019 and 2023, both…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Paseto, Carolina;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Alves Soares, Bruna;Bravo, Maria Helena;Bourroul Gonsalves, Marcela

Este informe presenta y analiza acciones de gestión y prácticas pedagógicas adoptadas por las redes municipales de educación de Coruripe (Alagoas) y Manaus (Amazonas). Entre 2019 y 2023, ambas…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Rivera Olvera, Angelica Verenice

In many Latin American classrooms, students learn in a language different from the one spoken at home, including Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and migrant students. Supporting these learners requires…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Rivera Olvera, Angelica Verenice

En muchas aulas de América Latina, los estudiantes aprenden en un idioma distinto al que se habla en el hogar. Estos estudiantes de segunda lengua incluyen a estudiantes indígenas y afrodescendientes…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Navarro, Juan Carlos;Lopez Fonseca, Lady Laura;Vargas, Fernando

Esta publicación recopila una serie de estudios de caso sobre la digitalización de pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes) en América Latina, como resultado de una cooperación técnica regional liderada…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Castilleja Vargas, Liliana;Suliman, Naiema

This study analyzes the determinants and distribution of financial inclusion in Suriname using household-level data from the 2022 Suriname Survey of Living Conditions (SSLC). Financial inclusion is…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Valencia Maya, Paula Andrea;Mora Nunez, Mauro Camilo;Ferguson, Lisa;Jaramillo, Gabriela;Licht Tellez, Vanessa ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola

This guide provides the practical frameworks needed to realize that potential. Financial institutions, including IDB Invest, can use it to evaluate investments against socio-bioeconomy principles and…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Valencia Maya, Paula Andrea;Mora Nunez, Mauro Camilo;Ferguson, Lisa;Jaramillo, Gabriela;Licht Tellez, Vanessa ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola

Esta guía proporciona los marcos prácticos necesarios para materializar dicho potencial. Las instituciones financieras, incluida IDB Invest, pueden utilizarla para evaluar inversiones a la luz de los…

Date issued: Aug 2026
Author(s): Valencia Maya, Paula Andrea;Mora Nunez, Mauro Camilo;Ferguson, Lisa;Jaramillo, Gabriela;Licht Tellez, Vanessa ;Hansmann, Johanna Paola

Este guia fornece as estruturas práticas necessárias para concretizar esse potencial. Instituições financeiras, incluindo o IDB Invest, podem utilizá-lo para avaliar investimentos com base em…