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Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Morales, Fernando;Pierola, Martha Denisse;Volpe Martincus, Christian

The impact of tariff changes on aggregate bilateral trade flows operates through both the intensive and extensive margins of trade. However, there is a difference in the timing of this impact. After…

Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Michalczewsky, Kathia

This report presents estimates of Latin American and Caribbean international trade flows in 2019. It was prepared by the Integration and Trade Sector (INT) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB…

Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Giordano, Paolo;Michalczewsky, Kathia

Esta nota presenta las estimaciones de los flujos comerciales internacionales de América Latina y el Caribe para el año 2019, elaboradas por el sector de Integración y Comercio (INT) del Banco…

Date issued: 12月 2019 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ravillard, Pauline;Carvajal, Franco;López Soto, David Daniel;Chueca, J. Enrique;Antonio, Katherine;Ji, Yi;Carvalho Metanias Hallack, Michelle

Energy efficiency is the best tool to improve sustainability and affordability of energy services. However, there are considerable challenges when it comes to identifying opportunities and…

Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Davis, Lucas;Martinez, Sebastian

This paper analyzes data of temperature loggers in 450 homes in a housing development in Mexico. It also discusses best practices for deployment and data analysis and demonstrate how data from…

Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Merchán, Federico;Mesquita Moreira, Mauricio

To study how trade liberalization has impacted Latin Americas extensive and intensive margins between 1990 and 2015, we estimated the random growth first-difference model proposed by Baier,…

Date issued: 12月 2019 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Álvarez Marinelli, Horacio;Berlinski, Samuel;Busso, Matías

This paper assesses the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at improving the reading skills of struggling third-grade students in Colombia. In a series of randomized experiments, students…

Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Altamirano Montoya, Álvaro;Azuara Herrera, Oliver;González, Stephanie;Ospino, Carlos;Sánchez-Navarro, Dennis;Torres, Jesica

Este documento contiene los resultados de una primera clasificación de ocupaciones laborales armonizada para los países de América Latina y el Caribe, tomando como base la información proporcionada…

Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank;Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

In 2014, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences established the Latin America and the Caribbean and China Policy and Knowledge Summit. This initiative has…

Date issued: 12月 2019
Author(s): Avellán, Leopoldo;Goncalves Cavalcanti, Vitor;Leal Calderon, Zulima;Lotti, Giulia

This paper assesses the link between the effort to prepare investment projects and the effort to implement them. Effort is measured as the total number of staff hours devoted to the project…