Fiscal Rules and Economic Cycles: Quality (Always) Matters
Nov 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Andrian, Leandro Gaston;Valencia, Oscar;Hirs, Jorge;Urrea Rios, Ivan Leonardo
Governments can issue public debt for both good and bad reasons. The former include intertemporal tax smoothing, fiscal stimulus, and asset management. In contrast, the bad reasons, which generate…
Atlas de infraestructuras de integración de América Latina y el Caribe: mapeando infraestructuras de transporte y logística de alto impacto en las cadenas de valor regionales
Nov 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Granada, Isabel;Landaverde, Osvaldo;Pinto Ayala, Ana María;Peña, Mariam
En los últimos 30 años, la integración regional de América Latina y el Caribe ha sido un tema fundamental en la agenda de desarrollo y una prioridad para el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo y sus…
Willingness to pay for crime reduction: evidence from six countries in the Americas
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Domínguez, Patricio;Scartascini, Carlos
Crime levels are a perennial development problem in Latin America and a renewed concern in the United States. At the same time, trust in the police has been falling, and questions abound about…
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Future Pensions of the Peruvian Pension System
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Olivera, Javier;Valderrama, José A.
We study the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the pension policy response on the private and public pension systems of Peru. We find that the policies allowing early withdrawals from the private…
Assessing Macro-Fiscal Risk for Latin American and Caribbean Countries
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Valencia, Oscar;Parra, Diego A.;Díaz, Juan Camilo
This paper provides a comprehensive early warning system (EWS) that balances the classical signaling approach with the best-realized machine learning (ML) model for predicting fiscal stress episodes…
Global and Regional Value Chains in Latin America in Times of Pandemic
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alviarez, Vanessa
Global value chains (GVCs) provide countries with opportunities to diversify trade, and boost productivity and growth by specializing in one stage of the production process. However, for the most…
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Formal Labor Market and the Pension System in El Salvador
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fuentes, Nelson;Aguilar, Gonzalo;Trillos, Camila
Using an impact evaluation methodology for interrupted time-series and the IDB Pension Projection Model, this study estimates that the COVID-19 pandemic could have notably effects on the private…
Tax Barriers to Services Imports in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of IT Services
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Trachtenberg, Danielle
This document uses responses from a questionnaire to examine whether tax policy is a barrier to information technology (IT) services imports in Latin America and the Caribbean. The responses show…
The Impact of Covid-19 on Pensions due to Early Withdrawals of Pension Savings
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Castro, Rubén;González, Leonardo;Schiappacasse, Ignacio;Tapia, Juan
The Chilean pension system was hit hard during 2020-2021 by the withdrawal of 25 per cent of the individual pensions funds accumulated by 2019, an amount equivalent to 20 per cent of Chiles GDP. We…
Líneas A y B del Metro de Medellín: luces y sombras de un megaproyecto transformador
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alberti, Juan;Beltrán Real, Óscar Mauricio;Juárez, Rodrigo;Pereyra, Andrés
El Metro de Medellín es el resultado de un largo proceso de planificación llevado a cabo en la ciudad de Medellín ubicada en el Valle de Aburrá, en el departamento de Antioquia, en Colombia. La…
Evaluating the Impact of COVID-19 on Pension Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Argentina
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Rofman, Rafael;Baliña, Joaquín;López Méndez, Emanuel
This paper presents a first approximation to assess the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Argentinas pension system in both the short and medium/long-term. To this end, we have used the Pension…
Analysis of Innovation in Peru's Gastronomic Industry
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Elías, Julio;García Negro, Álvaro;Schling, Maja;Mount, Ian
This is a study on great innovators of Peruvian gastronomy. Through it, we want to bring the reader closer to each one of them, to the process that led Peruvian gastronomy to occupy a privileged…
Análisis sobre la innovación en el sector gastronómico del Perú
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Elías, Julio;García Negro, Álvaro;Schling, Maja;Mount, Ian
Este es un estudio sobre grandes innovadores de la gastronomía del Perú. A través de él queremos acercar al lector a cada uno de ellos, al proceso que llevó a la gastronomía del Perú a ocupar un…
Mitigating Coercive Parenting through Home Visitations: The Impacts of a Parenting Program Targeted at Vulnerable Communities in Jamaica
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): De Simone, Francesco;Mejia, Camila;Martinez-Carrasco, José;Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.;Villalba, Harold
Family violence is a critical development challenge in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), carrying high health, social, and economic costs and increasing the risk of perpetuating the cycle of…
Reduciendo la crianza coercitiva a través de visitas al hogar: impactos de un programa de crianza dirigido a comunidades vulnerables de Jamaica
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): De Simone, Francesco;Mejia, Camila;Martinez-Carrasco, José ;Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.;Villalba, Harold
La violencia familiar es un desafío crítico para el desarrollo en los países de ingresos bajos y medios, ya que conlleva altos costos sanitarios, sociales y económicos, y aumenta el riesgo de…
Sustainable Financing of Economic and Social Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: Trends, Key Agents, and Instruments.
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alvarez Pagliuca, Claudia;Martínez Álvarez, Juan;Pereira Dos Santos, Pablo;Serebrisky, Tomás;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor
While the region displays enormous potential for public investment efficiency gains, in other words, getting more out of fewer resources it is critical to boost mechanisms that incentivize more…
Financiamiento sostenible de la infraestructura económica y social en América Latina y el Caribe: tendencias, actores e instrumentos
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alvarez Pagliuca, Claudia;Martínez Álvarez, Juan;Pereira Dos Santos, Pablo;Serebrisky, Tomás;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor
Mientras que la región presenta un amplio potencial de mejora de eficiencia en inversión pública (hacer más con menos recursos disponibles) resulta crucial potenciar mecanismos que incentiven a una…
Financiamento sustentável da infraestrutura econômica e social na América Latina e no Caribe: tendências, agentes e instrumentos
Oct 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alvarez Pagliuca, Claudia;Martínez Álvarez, Juan;Pereira Dos Santos, Pablo;Serebrisky, Tomás;Suárez-Alemán, Ancor
Embora a região tenha um grande potencial para melhorar a eficiência do investimento público (fazer mais com menos recursos disponíveis), é fundamental promover mecanismos que estimulem investimentos…
Options to achieve net-zero emissions from agriculture and land use changes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Sep 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dumas, Patrice;Wirsenius, Stefan;Searchinger, Tim;Andrieu, Nadine;Vogt-Schilb, Adrien
Eleven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Changes in the food system are critical to achieving these carbon neutrality goals, as…
Opciones de la agricultura y los cambios del uso del suelo para alcanzar cero emisiones netas en América Latina y el Caribe
Sep 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Dumas, Patrice;Wirsenius, Stefan;Searchinger, Tim;Andrieu, Nadine;Vogt-Schilb, Adrien
Once países en América Latina y el Caribe se han comprometido a alcanzar cero emisiones netas hacia el 2050. Los cambios en el sistema alimentario son fundamentales para alcanzar dichos objetivos de…