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Date issued: 10月 2024 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Fentanes, Oscar

What determines the aggregate and distributional effects of new transportation infrastructure? One key overlooked channel is the role that infrastructure policy plays in changing the incentives of…

Date issued: 10月 2024
Author(s): Ulloa, Amarilis;Ross de la Guardia, Christian;García, Eduardo;Cacho Taeño, Elsa;González-Mahecha, Esperanza;Escovar, María Alejandra;Bayona, Mauricio;Sampedro Carral, Natalia

Esta nota técnica examina los resultados de una evaluación cuantitativa del riesgo de desastres y por inundaciones y calor extremo para el sistema de transporte público urbano en el Área…

Date issued: 10月 2024
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Carrillo, Paul E.;Chauvin, Juan Pablo

Urban migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean are significantly less likely to own homes compared to residents, with demographic factors accounting for about one-third of this homeownership gap (…

Date issued: 10月 2024
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Carrillo, Paul E.;Chauvin, Juan Pablo

Los migrantes urbanos en América Latina y el Caribe tienen significativamente menos probabilidades de ser dueños de sus viviendas en comparación con los residentes, y los factores demográficos…

Date issued: 10月 2024
Author(s): Vlaicu, Razvan

As several major banks in Latin America have reduced their branch networks in recent years, many firms have lost access to their local bank. Bank branch closures result in a reduction in firm…

Date issued: 10月 2024
Author(s): Vlaicu, Razvan

En los últimos años, la reducción de la red de sucursales por parte de varios bancos grandes en América Latina ha dejado numerosas empresas sin acceso a sucursales locales. Estos cierres de…

Date issued: 10月 2024
Author(s): Frost, Margaret;Kim, Sangeun;Scartascini, Carlos;Zamora, Paula;Zechmeister, Elizabeth J.

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake in Mexico City in 2017 led to an 11% drop in general political trust. Proximity to relief efforts was found to potentially mitigate the negative impact on political trust…

Date issued: 10月 2024
Author(s): Frost, Margaret;Kim, Sangeun;Scartascini, Carlos;Zamora, Paula;Zechmeister, Elizabeth J.

El terremoto de 7,1 de magnitud en Ciudad de México en 2017 produjo una caída del 11% en la confianza política general. Se observó que la proximidad a los trabajos de ayuda mitigó potencialmente el…

Date issued: 10月 2024
Author(s): Heresi, Rodrigo;Parrado, Eric

By reducing macroeconomic volatility, exchange rate management can generate significant welfare gains in economies with a high degree of trade openness. A country like Singapore, with trade openness…

Date issued: 10月 2024
Author(s): Heresi, Rodrigo;Parrado, Eric

Al reducir la volatilidad macroeconómica, la gestión del tipo de cambio puede generar importantes mejoras del bienestar en las economías con un alto grado de apertura comercial. Un país como Singapur…