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Date issued: 11月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Sili, Marcelo

En Ciudad del Este se ha creado el Consejo de Desarrollo Económico Social y Ambiental (CODELESTE), un organismo con capacidad deliberativa y consultiva, cuyo objetivo es apoyar la formulación e…

Date issued: 11月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Walter, Martin;Snyder, Virginia;Balza, Lenin;Sanin, Maria Eugenia

La cadena de valor de las baterías de ion-litio es muy extensa y está compuesta por muchas etapas diferentes con distintos grados de complejidad, con requerimientos tecnológicos y de financiamiento…

Date issued: 11月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Zanoni, Wladimir;Díaz, Emily;Manzano, Osmel

Este estudio profundiza en los impactos complejos de las industrias extractivas en el capital humano local en los países andinos de América Latina, examinando la relación entre los ciclos de…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Carrillo, Paul E.;Chauvin, Juan Pablo

The potential challenges associated with migration to cities have justifiably received much attention. But they may obscure the significant opportunities that migration also offers for receiving…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Carrillo, Paul E.;Chauvin, Juan Pablo

Los posibles desafíos asociados con la migración a las ciudades han recibido, justificadamente, una gran atención. Sin embargo, pueden opacar las importantes oportunidades que la migración también…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Carrillo, Paul E.;Chauvin, Juan Pablo

Os possíveis desafios associados à migração para as cidades têm, justificadamente, recebido muita atenção. Entretanto, eles podem ofuscar as importantes oportunidades que a migração também oferece às…

Date issued: 11月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Banerjee, Abhijit;Martínez, Claudia;Puentes, Esteban

We examine the impact of offering conditional cash transfer (CCT) beneficiaries the choice to receive cash transfers in bank accounts instead of cash. We investigate the effects on savings behavior…

Date issued: 11月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Reyes-Tagle, Gerardo;Dimitropoulou, Christina;Rodríguez Peña, Cristian Camilo

Technological advances offer enormous and still unexploited opportunities to the tax administrations of Latin America and the Caribbean to improve their tax services. This report, produced by the…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Migues, Carlos;Inostroza, Juan;Rendas, Antonio

Energy storage, despite playing a fundamental role in the decarbonization of the energy sector and the consequent reduction of GHG emissions, faces multiple regulatory barriers in electricity markets…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Migues, Carlos;Inostroza, Juan;Rendas, Antonio

El almacenamiento de energía a pesar de jugar un rol fundamental en la descarbonización del sector energético y la consecuente reducción de las emisiones de gases efecto invernadero se enfrenta…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Latorre, Lucia;Cerrato, Ignacio;Gutierrez, Mariana;Colina Unda, Vanessa;Wanner, Z’leste;Alicandro, Gianfranco;Puerto, Fernando;Rivera-Fournier, Alberto

The metaverse is defined as a set of technologies that create an interconnected web of highly immersive virtual worlds. The use cases and opportunities offered by this new and evolving concept are…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Latorre, Lucia;Cerrato, Ignacio;Gutierrez, Mariana;Colina Unda, Vanessa;Wanner, Z’leste;Alicandro, Gianfranco;Puerto, Fernando;Rivera-Fournier, Alberto

El Metaverso se define como un conjunto de tecnologías que crean una red interconectada de mundos virtuales altamente inmersivos. Los casos de uso y las oportunidades que ofrece este concepto nuevo y…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): DeMetri, Olga;Moreno, Samuel;Funes, Gerardo

This is the executive summary of a study that explores the significant impact of the rapidly growing Latino and Caribbean community in the U.S., accounting for nearly 20% of the population. This…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Santos, Cezar;Brotherhood, Luiz;Cavalcanti, Tiago;Da Mata, Daniel

Disease outbreaks can affect vulnerable people disproportionately, contributing to the increase in health and economic disparities. Social distancing increased less in areas with slums than in other…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Santos, Cezar;Brotherhood, Luiz;Cavalcanti, Tiago;Da Mata, Daniel

Los brotes de enfermedades pueden afectar a las personas vulnerables de forma desproporcionada, lo que contribuye al aumento en las disparidades de salud y económicas. El distanciamiento social…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Feal-Zubimendi, Soledad;Serrate, Liliana;García, Diana

Las micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas (MIPyME) desempeñan un papel fundamental en la economía de Paraguay, dado que representan más del 98% del tejido empresarial paraguayo y son responsables de…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Serrate, Liliana;Sardán, Solange;Chumacero, Mauricio;Albarracín, Santiago

El documento presenta información de demanda laboral en las tres áreas metropolitanas del eje de Bolivia. La información proviene de encuestas relevadas a empresas en 2022 y 2023. Este documento…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Chalup, Miguel;Sardán, Solange

The gender earnings gap in Latin America is an obstacle to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. In Brazil, this gap persists despite the fact that, in many cases, women have a…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Chalup, Miguel;Sardán, Solange

La brecha de ingresos laborales entre hombres y mujeres en América Latina es un obstáculo para lograr la igualdad de género y el desarrollo sostenible. En Brasil, esta brecha persiste a pesar de que…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Chalup, Miguel;Sardán, Solange

A disparidade de renda do trabalho entre homens e mulheres na América Latina é um obstáculo para alcançar a igualdade de gênero e o desenvolvimento sustentável. No Brasil, essa lacuna persiste apesar…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Chalup, Miguel;Serrate, Liliana

The gender earnings gap in Latin America is a barrier to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. In Ecuador, although there is no pronounced gender earnings gap at the aggregate level…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Chalup, Miguel;Serrate, Liliana

La brecha de ingresos laborales entre hombres y mujeres en América Latina es un obstáculo para lograr la igualdad de género y el desarrollo sostenible. En Ecuador, si bien no se observa una brecha…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Chalup, Miguel;Urquidi, Manuel;Serrate, Liliana

The gender earnings gap in labor earnings between men and women in Latin America is an obstacle to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. In Peru, the earnings gap persists despite…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Chalup, Miguel;Urquidi, Manuel;Serrate, Liliana

La brecha de ingresos laborales entre hombres y mujeres en América Latina es un obstáculo para lograr la igualdad de género y el desarrollo sostenible. En Perú, la brecha de ingresos persiste a pesar…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Benitez-Rueda, Miguel;Domínguez, Nicolás;Parrado, Eric

This study investigates the effects of COVID-19 induced mobility restrictions and the rise of automation on Perus labor market. The research uncovers a differential decline in employment rates and…

Date issued: 11月 2023
Author(s): Benitez-Rueda, Miguel;Domínguez, Nicolás;Parrado, Eric

El estudio investiga los efectos de las restricciones a la movilidad inducidas por el COVID-19 y el aumento de la automatización en el mercado laboral de Perú. La investigación revela una disminución…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Soriano, Alejandro;Pedraza, Lina;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;Barbosa, Fernando;Galinsky, Damian;Peña-Habib, Oliver;Barcellos, Andreia;Del Pilar, Diego;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;King, Julie;Pérez, Gabriela

This Independent Country Program Review (ICPR) analyzes the strategy and program of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group in Brazil for the 2019-2022 period. ICPRs are independent reviews…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Soriano, Alejandro;Pedraza, Lina;Anderson Alonso, Anais Maria;Barbosa, Fernando;Galinsky, Damian;Peña-Habib, Oliver;Barcellos, Andreia;Del Pilar, Diego;Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares;King, Julie;Pérez, Gabriela

Esta Revisión Independiente de Programa de País (ICPR) analiza la estrategia y el programa del Grupo Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) en Brasil durante el periodo 2019-2022. Las ICPR son…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Telles, Edward E.;Bailey, Stanley R.;Davoudpour, Shahin;Freeman, Nicholas C.

This chapter examines socioeconomic inequality in Latin America through the lens of race and ethnicity. We primarily use national census data from the International Public Use Micro Data Sample (…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Acevedo, Ivonne;Fernández, Raquel;Pagés, Carmen;Székely, Miguel

Education is a crucial asset for a countrys economic prospects and for its inhabitants. In addition to its direct impact on growth via the accumulation of human capital, it is a critical ingredient…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Goyeneche, Laura;Bauhoff, Sebastian

We estimate the efficiency of health spending in 145 middle and high-income and the potential gains from improving efficiency for a range of health system outputs using Data Envelopment Analysis for…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Busso, Matías;Ibáñez, Ana María;Messina, Julián;Quigua, Juliana

This chapter examines the redistributive preferences of Latin Americans and investigates the factors that shape them. Using a detailed survey in eight Latin American countries, the study sheds new…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pessino, Carola;Rasteletti, Alejandro;Artana, Daniel;Lustig, Nora

This chapter analyzes the incidence on income distribution by a comprehensive array of direct and indirect taxes in ten Latin American countries circa 2018. The study finds that although there is a…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Altamirano Montoya, Álvaro;Oliveri, María Laura;Bosch, Mariano;Tapia Troncoso, Waldo

This paper examines the implicit subsidies within pension systems across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region. We first calculate the theoretical benefits of pension for hypothetical workers…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Medellín, Nadin;Ibarrarán, Pablo

We assess the non-contributory cash transfer systems in 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries to identify factors that keep them from reducing poverty and inequality. To perform this assessment,…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Medellín, Nadin;Ibarrarán, Pablo

Evaluamos los sistemas de transferencias monetarias no contributivas en 17 países de América Latina y el Caribe para identificar factores que les impiden reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad. Para…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Stampini, Marco;Medellín, Nadin;Ibarrarán, Pablo

Avaliamos os programas de transferência de renda não contributivas em 17 países da América Latina e do Caribe para identificar os fatores que os impedem de reduzir a pobreza e a desigualdade. Para…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Eslava, Marcela;García-Marín, Alvaro;Messina, Julián

Firms market power may exacerbate income inequality. We investigate this relationship among firms in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), where this phenomenon remains understudied. We use firm-…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Lustig, Nora;Martinez Pabon, Valentina;Pessino, Carola

This paper uses standard fiscal incidence analysis to study how much income redistribution and poverty reduction are accomplished through the fiscal system in eighteen Latin American and Caribbean (…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Guizzo Altube, Matías;Scartascini, Carlos;Tommasi, Mariano

Predominant views on the political economy of Latin America and the Caribbean tend to emphasize that elite domination helps to understand the high levels of inequality. The contemporary fiscal…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bancalari, Antonella;Berlinski, Samuel;Buitrago, Giancarlo;García, María Fernanda;Mata, Dolores de la;Vera-Hernández, Marcos

The present paper outlines measures of disparity in healthcare access and health outcomes, drawing from the standardized metrics introduced in one related study (Bancalari et al., 2023). Beveridge…

Date issued: 10月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Barroso Tostes Neto, José;Calijuri, Mónica

El modelo tradicional de gestión tributaria, basado en el control y sanciones, se revela inadecuado frente a la alta litigiosidad tributaria en muchos países. En respuesta, varios países están…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Chalup, Miguel;Sardán, Solange

The gender earnings gap between men and women in Latin America is an obstacle to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. In Uruguay, this gap persists despite women often having a…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Chalup, Miguel;Sardán, Solange

La brecha de ingresos laborales entre hombres y mujeres en América Latina es un obstáculo para lograr la igualdad de género y el desarrollo sostenible. En Uruguay, esta brecha persiste a pesar de que…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Morduchowicz, Alejandro;Suasnábar, Juan

¿Qué es planificar la educación hoy? Mejor dicho, ¿qué podría ser? Para la primera hay unas cuantas respuestas posibles, pero para la segunda sería difícil encontrar más de un par. El planeamiento…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Rincón-Gallardo, Santiago

En México, las Redes de Tutoría surgieron en los 90s como respuesta a la necesidad de impulsar el aprendizaje autodirigido en comunidades marginadas. Estas redes, ancladas en el diálogo equitativo,…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Cappelletti, Gachy;Savransky, Natalia

Ante la crisis de aprendizajes dada por la pandemia, los gobiernos de América Latina y diversas organizaciones de la sociedad civil pusieron en marcha iniciativas de aprendizaje remoto, que variaron…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Chalup, Miguel;Sardán, Solange;Urquidi, Manuel

The gender earnings gap between men and women in Lan America is an obstacle to achieving gender equality and sustainable development. In Chile, this gap persists despite the fact that women, in many…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Chalup, Miguel;Sardán, Solange;Urquidi, Manuel

La brecha de ingresos laborales entre hombres y mujeres en América Latina es un obstáculo para lograr la igualdad de género y el desarrollo sostenible. En Chile, esta brecha persiste a pesar de que…

Date issued: 10月 2023
Author(s): Lentini, Emilio;Cepero, Emilio M.

La pandemia de COVID-19, junto con efectos en la salud y el bienestar de la población obligó a los países de la región a tomar un conjunto de medidas para frenar su avance (particularmente medidas de…