La motocicleta en América Latina: actualidad y buenas prácticas recomendadas para el cuidado de sus usuarios
Jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Azzato, Franco;Díaz, Claudia;Café, Eduardo
La Organización Mundial de la Salud, en su publicación “Global Road Status Report on Road Safety, 2018” establece que, cada año, fallecen en el mundo aproximadamente 1.35 millones de personas debido…
Roadmap for the Establishment of a Big Data Analysis Center for Critical Infrastructure Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean post COVID-19
Jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Park, Soontae;García Zaballos, Antonio;Iglesias Rodriguez, Enrique;Puig Gabarró, Pau;Choi, Kwanghee;Oh, Donghwan;Song, Hyein;Lim, Junok
This report, a joint effort between the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), emphasizes the rising importance of critical infrastructure protection…
Marshallian and Jacobian Externalities in Creative Industries
Jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Goya, Daniel
Marshallian externalities are the benefits obtained by a sector due to geographical agglomeration, and Jacobian effects are spillovers related to the novel combinations that can occur in cities with…
Trust: The Key to Social Cohesion and Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos
La confianza es el problema más acuciante y, sin embargo, el menos abordado al que se enfrenta América Latina y el Caribe. Ya se trate de los demás, del gobierno o de las empresas, la confianza en la…
Confianza: la clave de la cohesión social y el crecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe
Jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Keefer, Philip;Scartascini, Carlos
La confianza es el problema más acuciante y, sin embargo, el menos abordado al que se enfrenta América Latina y el Caribe. Ya se trate de los demás, del gobierno o de las empresas, la confianza en la…
Fintech Entry, Firm Financial Inclusion, and Macroeconomic Dynamics in Emerging Economies
Jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Finkelstein-Shapiro, Alan;Mandelman, Federico S.;Nuguer, Victoria
Financial inclusion is strikingly low in emerging economies. In only a few years, financial technologies (fintech) have led to a dramatic expansion in the number of non-traditional credit…
Exporting and Environmental Performance: Where You Export Matters
Jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Blyde, Juan S.;Ramírez, Mayra A.
Empirical analyses that rely on micro-level panel data have found that exporters are generally less pollutant than non-exporters. While alternative explanations have been proposed, firm level data…
Government fragmentation and educational outcomes: evidence on the creation of municipalities in Chile
Jan 2022 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Alcaíno, Manuel;Jaimovich, Analia;Méndez, Carolina;Vásquez, Diana
We explore how government fragmentation affects public education provision by examining the case of Chile, which created 11 municipalities between 1994 and 2004. Using territories that sought, but…
The Output Effects of Fiscal Consolidations: Does Spending Composition Matter?
Dec 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ardanaz, Martín;Cavallo, Eduardo A.;Izquierdo, Alejandro;Puig, Jorge
This paper studies whether changes in the composition of public spending affect the macroeconomic consequences of fiscal consolidations. Based on a sample of 44 developing countries and 26 advanced…
Interactions between Conditional Cash Transfers and Preferred Secondary Schools in Jamaica
Dec 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Beuermann, Diether;Ramos Bonilla, Andrea ;Stampini, Marco
Covering the full population of applicants to the Jamaican Conditional Cash Transfer Program (PATH), we explore whether receiving PATH benefits alters the academic returns to subsequently attending a…
Spatial and Time Spillovers of Driving Restrictions: Causal Evidence from Limas Pico y Placa Policy
Dec 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Salgado, Edgar;Mitnik, Oscar A.
Driving restrictions are popular interventions in rapidly urbanizing developing countries. Their relatively inexpensive implementation appeals to the pressing need to reduce traffic congestion and…
Informando lo informal: estrategias para generar información en asentamientos precarios
Dec 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Acevedo, Paloma;Vera, Felipe;Zambrano-Barragán, Patricio;Poskus, Mariana A.;Alonso Pastor, Luis;Azcona, Ginnette;Babio, Guadalupe;Bazzucchi, Fabio;Bettencourt, Luis M. A.;Beukes, Anni;Bhatt, Antra;Duharte, Juan Pablo;Fortuny, Guillem;Fraser, Arabella;Gaarder, Marie Moland;Iruretagoyena, Maitane;Izquierdo, Leticia;Kallergis, Achilles;Larson, Kent;Lloyd, Scott;Rathinam, Francis;Ratti, Carlo;Sevtsuk, Andrés;Thissen, Paul;Wainer, Laura Sara
La falta de datos en las áreas informales de las ciudades es una gran limitación para la gestión de políticas públicas, afectando a todos los ámbitos de la gestión, desde la capacidad de hacer un…
Education, Income and Mobility: Experimental Impacts of Childhood Exposure to Progresa after 20 Years
Dec 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Araujo, María Caridad;Macours, Karen
In 1997, the Mexican government designed the conditional cash transfer program Progresa, which became the worldwide model of a new approach to social programs, simultaneously targeting human capital…
Effective Land Ownership, Female Empowerment, and Food Security: Evidence from Peru
Dec 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schling, Maja;Pazos, Nicolás
This paper examines the effect of women's effective land ownership on female empowerment and household food security in the context of Peruvian family farming. Using an instrumental variable…
Propiedad efectiva de tierras, empoderamiento femenino y seguridad alimentaria: evidencia del Perú
Dec 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Schling, Maja;Pazos, Nicolás
Este estudio examina el efecto de la propiedad efectiva de tierras por parte de la mujer sobre el empoderamiento femenino y la seguridad alimentaria del hogar, en el contexto de la agricultura…
Do Trade Agreements Contribute to the Decline in Labor Share? Evidence from Latin American Countries
Nov 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): González Rozada, Martín;Ruffo, Hernán
In this paper, we explore the role of trade in the evolution of labor share in Latin American countries. We use trade agreements with large economies (the United States, the European Union, and China…
Viajes de cuidado en bicicleta en cuatro localidades de Bogotá
Nov 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Pipicano, Wilmer;Peña, Andrés Javier;Pipicano, Christian;Fernández, María Andrea;Porras, Isabela;Arias, Néstor;Miranda, Leonel
Transportar niñas y niños al colegio como pasajeros en bicicleta es una alternativa que los adultos, y en especial las madres, adoptan, por la flexibilidad y economía de este modo de desplazamiento.…
Do Civil Servants Respond to Behavioral Interventions?: A Field Experiment
Nov 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Zamora, Paula
Introducing financial incentives to increase productivity in the public sector tends to be politically and bureaucratically cumbersome, particularly in developing countries. Behavioral interventions…
The Impact of ISO 14001 Environmental Standards on Exports
Oct 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Blyde, Juan S.
Analyses that examine the role of international standards on export performance has been concentrated on quality certifications. Very little is known about the impact of environmental certifications…
Domestic Violence Reporting during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Latin America
Oct 2021 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Perez-Vincent, Santiago M.;Carreras, Enrique
This article examines changes in the frequency and characteristics of domestic violence reports after the start of the pandemic and the imposition of mobility restrictions in six Latin American…