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Date issued: Jan 2026
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Infanzón, Michelle;Marneau Acevedo, Ari Rene;King, Dana Michael;Laakso, Aarre;Dyer, Henry;Andrade Sakaguchi, Sumiko;Loayza, Mario Julián;Mican, Catalina;Laver, Roberto Carlos;Huppi, Monika;Schneider, Daniel;Vaessen, Jozef Leonardus;Motta, Marialisa

Corruption imposes significant economic and social costs across Latin America and the Caribbean, undermining investment, weakening public services, and eroding trust in institutions. Transparency and…

Date issued: Jan 2026
Author(s): Bouillon, César P.;Infanzón, Michelle;Marneau Acevedo, Ari Rene;King, Dana Michael;Laakso, Aarre;Dyer, Henry;Andrade Sakaguchi, Sumiko;Loayza, Mario Julián;Mican, Catalina;Laver, Roberto Carlos;Huppi, Monika;Schneider, Daniel;Vaessen, Jozef Leonardus;Motta, Marialisa

La corrupción genera importantes costos económicos y sociales en América Latina y el Caribe al debilitar la inversión, afectar la prestación de servicios públicos y erosionar la confianza en las…

Date issued: Jan 2026
Author(s): Khamis, Marion;Osorio, Claudio;Farias Candia, Ivan Manuel;Nogueira, Henrique

El documento analiza cinco experiencias recientes de ayuda mutua internacional para el combate de incendios forestales en América Latina y el Caribe (Brasil, Paraguay, Canadá, Chile y Colombia),…

Date issued: Jan 2026
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;World Food Programme

Guatemala faces a severe triple burden of malnutrition under nutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and rising overweight and obesity impacting all age groups and generating an annual economic loss…

Date issued: Jan 2026
Author(s): Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo;Programa Mundial de Alimentos

La Secretaría de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SESAN) de la Presidencia de la República de Guatemala, en cumplimiento de su mandato de promover la coordinación e integración entre las…

Date issued: Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Berlinski, Samuel;Cruces, Guillermo;Galiani, Sebastián;Gertler, Paul;Gonzalez, Fabian Enrique

We study the long-run effects of a large public expansion of pre-primary education in Argentina. Between 1993 and 1999, the federal government financed the construction of new preschool classrooms…

Date issued: Jan 2026
Author(s): Ardanaz, Martín;Arellano, Matheo;Ter-Minassian, Teresa;Valencia, Oscar

This paper develops a step-by-step guide for the design and implementation of fiscal rules based on prudent public debt levels aimed at reconciling two critical fiscal policy objectives: ensuring…

Date issued: Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Hernández Agramonte, Juan Manuel;Santos Morales, Humberto;Us, Hugo

This study presents the results of an experimental evaluation of a pedagogical intervention based on the mobile application Quechua Collao, designed to strengthen Quechua language skills as a second…

Date issued: Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Hernández Agramonte, Juan Manuel;Santos Morales, Humberto;Us, Hugo

Este estudio presenta los resultados de una evaluación experimental de una intervención pedagógica basada en la aplicación móvil Quechua Collao, diseñada para fortalecer las habilidades lingüísticas…

Date issued: Jan 2026 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Boltz, Marie;Bustelo, Monserrat;Díaz, Ana M.;Suaya, Agustina

This paper studies whether gender gaps in womens labor-market outcomes are sustained by systematic misperceptions about social and spousal support for maternal employment. Using a representative…