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Embracing modernity pays: Cadastre modernization effects on local property tax collection
(2024-09-26)This paper investigates the impact of the Mexican cadastre modernization program on local property tax revenue. We evaluate a comprehensive modernization initiative, which began in 2010 and included guidelines, technical ... -
Political Alignment and Inter-jurisdictional Cooperation in a Fragmented Political Landscape: Evidence from Mexico
(2024-09-26)We investigate the relationship between neighboring municipal authorities’ shared party affiliation and inter-jurisdictional cooperation agreements in Mexico. Exploiting a Regression Discontinuity Design in close municipal ... -
Does Increasing Public Spending in Health Improve Health? Lessons from a Constitutional Reform in Brazil
(2024-09-26)There is surprisingly scarce evidence regarding the extent to which and how government health expenditure affects health outcomes. Exploiting variation generated by Brazil’s 29th Constitutional Amendment, which mandated ... -
Internal Control as State Capacity
(2024-09-26)While previous research has thoroughly examined the consequences of external control on subnational governments, less is known about the drivers and consequences of internal control. This paper presents a series of findings ... -
Los desafíos de la integración fronteriza en la amazonía brasileña
(CAF; Caracas, 2024-08-07)En este documento se discute la integración fronteriza septentrional de Brasil a partir del entendimiento de los factores económicos, sociales y culturales de la Región Norte. La presencia del extenso bioma amazónico, ... -
The Anatomy of Colombian Bureaucratic Hierarchies
(2024-07-26)The effective deployment of the bureaucracy is fundamental to government performance and economic development. We study the organizational architecture of the central administration for a large sample of municipal governments ... -
Money and lies: proxy respondents and the mismeasurement of income in surveys
(CAF; Caracas, 2024-07-08)When sampled individuals are not found at home, many surveys rely on a proxy respondent: another knowledgeable household member. We study the difference between self- and proxy-reported labor income in Mexico. We use the ... -
Identidad Digital Autosoberana (IDA)
(CAF; Caracas, 2024-07-02)En un mundo cada vez más conectado, donde la digitalización permea todos los aspectos de nuestra vida cotidiana, surge un concepto revolucionario que redefine la manera en que interactuamos en línea: la identidad digital ... -
Decentralizing Development: Evidence from Government Splits
(2024-07)Changes in political boundaries aimed at devolving power to local governments are common in many countries. We examine the economic consequences of redistricting through the creation of smaller government units. Exploiting ... -
Latin America in the new geometry of global supply chains
(CAF; Caracas, 2024-06-20)This paper assesses Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) preparedness to take advantage of potential shifts in the structure of global value chains (GVC). We start by unpacking and examining the main drivers of change ... -
Hacia el cierre de la brecha digital
(CAF; Caracas, 2024-06-19)Este documento realiza una identificación y análisis de los diferentes modelos de financiamiento para el cierre de la brecha digital en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), con el objetivo de brindar herramientas para la ... -
Value Chains for the Energy Transition Opportunities for Latin America in a Changing Landscape
(2024-04-24)This paper proposes a comprehensive framework for identifying and analyzing opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to integrate into global clean value chains (CVCs). The analysis finds that opportunities ... -
Regional Integration and the Opportunities Offered by Global Value Chains: the Case of the Pacific Alliance
(2024-04-24)Disruptions in the global value chains (GVCs) caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and other events that had impacted geopolitical dynamics since 2018 fueled expectations worldwide to reorganize the GVCs. Historically, Latin ... -
LAC Participation in the Digitally Enabled Business Process–Related Services Ecosystem
(2024-04-24)This report defines and describes the global digital business process– related services ecosystem, presents Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries’ participation, and provides considerations for increasing ... -
Reorganization of Global Value Chains: Are There Opportunities for Brazil?
(Distrito Capital, 2024-04-22)Recent political, health, environmental, and economic disruptions are expected to lead to significant changes in current global value chain (GVC) trade arrangements. In this paper, we focus on Brazil as a potential new ... -
Untapped Opportunities in Global Value Chains: the Case of ADD Countries
(2024-04-22)This paper offers a comprehensive framework for identifying and prioritizing opportunities for export diversification and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) attraction in the Alliance for Democratic Development (ADD) countries. ... -
Nearshoring: Possible Scenarios of its Size and Impact on Mexico´s Economy
(2024-04-22)We present an analytical framework and evidence that characterize the historical patterns of Mexico’s manufacturing exports and its participation in Global Value Chains (GVCs). We use this framework to guide an empirical ... -
The Economic Effects of an Accelerated Electrification and Decarbonization Process in Latin America
(CAF; Caracas, 2024-03-23)This research analyzes the potential economic effects of accelerated electrification and decarbonization in selected Latin American countries. Using an economic equilibrium model, four scenarios were evaluated: 1) a ... -
Revisión del Gobierno Digital en América Latina y el Caribe. Construyendo servicios públicos inclusivos y responsivos
(París, 2024-03-07)La acelerada transformación digital de las sociedades y las economías pone a prueba la capacidad de los gobiernos para diseñar y prestar servicios oportunos y de calidad que se adapten a las expectativas y necesidades ... -
Invertir para la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en América Latina y el Caribe
(CAF - banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe -; Caracas, 2024-03)En respuesta a los desafíos crecientes de inseguridad alimentaria y malnutrición en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), CAF —banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe— delineó una estrategia integral. Esta ...
