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Date issued: 4月 2023
Author(s): Avellán, Leopoldo;Galindo, Arturo;Lotti, Giulia;Rodríguez Bonilla, Juan Pablo

A través de sus préstamos, los Bancos Multilaterales de Desarrollo (BMDs) son movilizadores clave de recursos. Los préstamos de los BMDs a un sector en un país aumentan significativamente los flujos…

Date issued: 4月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ardanaz, Martín;Hübscher, Evelyne;Keefer, Philip;Sattler, Thomas

Governments often pursue procyclical fiscal policies, even though they reduce voter welfare. Is this because voters actually prefer procyclical policies? The analysis in this paper exploits the first…

Date issued: 4月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Reyes-Tagle, Gerardo;Muñoz-Ayala, Jorge E.

This paper provides new evidence on the effect of debt on economic growth through two alternative methodological approaches. On the one hand, by using a panel error correction model with a sample of…

Date issued: 4月 2023
Author(s): Bastos, Paulo;Castro, Lucio;Cristia, Julian P.;Scartascini, Carlos

Using unique features of a tariff schedule for natural gas in Buenos Aires, we find that a price increase causes a prompt and significant decline in residential consumption. The results also indicate…

Date issued: 4月 2023
Author(s): Calderón, Ana Cristina;Pessino, Carola;Nicaretta, Romina

Weaknesses in public procurement in Latin America are responsible for a large share of waste and inefficiency in government spending. This document presents a tool developed by the IDB that…

Date issued: 4月 2023
Author(s): Calderón, Ana Cristina;Pessino, Carola;Nicaretta, Romina

Las debilidades en la compra pública en América Latina son responsables de gran parte del malgasto e ineficiencia en el gasto público. Esta publicación presenta una herramienta desarrollada por el…

Date issued: 4月 2023
Author(s): Calderón, Ana Cristina;Pessino, Carola;Nicaretta, Romina

As deficincias das compras públicas na América Latina so responsáveis por grande parte do desperdício e da ineficincia nos gastos governamentais. Este documento apresenta uma ferramenta desenvolvida…

Date issued: 4月 2023 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alarcon Lopez, Luis Guillermo;Henriquez, Pauline;Moreno, Kenji;Saboin, José Luis;Vargas, Fernando;Araya Lopez, Francisca

La región andina se enfrenta a múltiples desafíos productivos, como la dependencia de materias primas, el cambio climático y la descarbonización, así como una baja productividad. En este contexto, la…

Date issued: 4月 2023
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

In 2022, the IDB made significant strides in building and consolidating partnerships with a diverse group of stakeholders, aligning objectives and actions under a broad vision of helping Latin…

Date issued: 4月 2023
Author(s): Näslund-Hadley, Emma;Alonzo, Haydée;Villanueva, Neulin;Gideon, Ricardo;Flowers, Yvonne

The COVID-19 pandemic brought school systems to a halt across the globe. In Belize, remote learning was challenging owing to limited access to educational technologies and lack of familiarity with…