06. Documentos de trabajo: Envíos recientes
Now showing items 101-120 of 479
-
Préstamos en el marco del Programa de Emisiones Bonos CAF en Moneda Local - Caso Paraguay
(CAF- banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe; Distrito Capital, 2023)El siguiente Factsheet expone los resultados de las operaciones realizadas por el Programa de Bonos CAF, en Paraguay. Los objetivos de este programa van desde promover la inclusión financiera hasta el desarrollo del mercado ... -
The unintended environmental effect of a climate change adaptation strategy: evidence from the Colombian coffee sector
(2023)Climate change is a major threat to agricultural productivity in developing countries. In this paper, we explore the unintended environmental effects of an adaptation policy that conditioned credit programs for the renewal ... -
The Political Economy of Slum Growth: Evidence from Brazil
(2023)One-fourth of the world’s urban population lives in slums and the number of slum residents grew from 650 million in 1990 to 1 billion in 2018. Existing explanations for slum growth focus on rural-urban migration and poverty. ... -
Autonomia: um desafio regional - Construindo sistemas de apoios para a vida em comunidade das pessoas com deficiência na América Latina e no Caribe
(Distrito Capital, 2023)A crise socioeconômica criada pela pandemia de COVID-19 e seus efeitos tem destacado a centralidade dos sistemas de apoios e cuidados para a vida comunitária de pessoas com deficiência. Vários estudos indicam que pessoas ... -
Autonomy: a regional challenge - building systems of support for community living for people with disabilities in Latin America an the Caribbean
(CAF- banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe; Distrito Capital, 2023)The socio-economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects has underscored the centrality of support and care systems that enable people with disabilities to live in community. Several studies indicate that ... -
Desastres climáticos en América Latina y el Caribe: el rol de las inversiones en infraestructura resiliente y las políticas de adaptación
(CAF- banco de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe; Distrito Capital, 2023)El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el impacto humano y económico que tienen los fenómenos climáticos en América Latina y el Caribe desde una perspectiva histórica y también prospectiva. Para ello se evalúan los efectos ... -
Greenflation: The cost of the green transition in small open economies
(2022-12-28)We propose a new model of a small open economy with efficient energy use to investigate the inflationary dynamics along the green transition. The model incorporates the production of green energy that substitutes exogenous ... -
Illegal Migration and Weather Shocks: Evidence from Rural Mexico
(2022-12-28)We study the effect of weather shocks on legal and illegal migration from rural Mexico to the US. First, we find that shocks in the wet season on precipitation and temperature increase migration. The increment is entirely ... -
Deforestation, Institutions, and Property Rights: Evidence from land titling to indigenous peoples and local communities in Ecuador
(2022-12-21)Deforestation is a matter of pressing global concern, contributing to declining ecosystem services, biodiversity loss, and ultimately climate change through growing emissions. We evaluate the effect of assigning property ... -
The role of unwanted childbirths on female wages and education
(2022-12-21)This paper documents how unwanted childbirths relate to women’s education and wages. Unwanted childbirths, especially early in life, can affect women’s education and labor market decisions. Using data from the National ... -
Comparing Protection Types in The Peruvian Amazon: Multiple-Use Protected Areas Did No Worse for Forests
(2022-12-20)Protected areas (PAs), which restrict economic activities, are the leading land and marine policy for ecosystem conservation. Most contexts feature different types of protection that vary in their stringency of management. ... -
Lasting Scars: The Unequal Impacts of Unemployment in Latin America
(2022-12-13)We study the impact of the unemployment rate at the time of labor market entrance on the labor outcomes of individuals of different social origin in 18 Latin American countries. Higher unemployment increases the probability ... -
Asymmetric Effects of Trade and FDI: The Role of Country Size and Bridge Multinational Production
(2022-12-13)Total gains from openness come through three channels: (i) trade, (ii) domestic multinational production (DMP), and (iii) bridge multinational production (BMP). We develop a quantitative theory to measure the effects of ... -
Cuaderno del Desarrollo 05 - Recomendaciones éticas para la inteligencia artificial
(2022-12)En el marco del Diplomado de Gobernabilidad e Innovación Pública para Líderes y Lideresas de América Latina y el Caribe organizado y dictado por CAF, en conjunto con dieciséis universidades de la región, se imparten doce ... -
The Effect of Split-Ticket Voting Cost on Electoral Enfranchisement
(2022-12)The features of electoral systems can affect electoral outcomes even for fixed societal preferences. We analyze a quasi-experiment around a staggered change from a paper ballot to an electronic ballot system, which reduces ... -
Importaciones para exportar y cadenas de valor en Argentina y Uruguay
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-11-10)Las importaciones forman parte del mix de insumos que utilizan en su producción las empresas exportadoras. A partir de registros aduaneros este artículo analiza el rol que tuvieron los programas de importación temporal en ... -
The Long and Winding Roads: Roads, Inequality, and Growth in Colombia
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-11-01)We measure the impact on economic performance and land ownership inequality in municipalities of a large scale program of road network expansions and improvements that occurred in Colombia between 1993 to 2012. The treatment ... -
See it to believe it. Experimental evidence on status consumption among the youth.
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-09-27)We ran a field experiment in which a 20-year-old chooses be-tween a socially visible and a non-socially visible good after a friend randomly received one of these goods or an unknown good. We find no differences in choices ... -
Nota de Productividad Bolivia: Más productividad para impulsar el crecimiento
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-09-15)La economía de Bolivia se ha caracterizado por su alta dependencia de los recursos naturales. Los ciclos de expansión y recesión de la economía se explican fundamentalmente por las variaciones en los precios internacionales ... -
Nota de Productividad Perú: Productividad es la clave para retomar la senda de crecimiento
(CAF; Caracas, 2022-09-12)Perú es un país de ingreso medio alto que se expandió aceleradamente en las últimas dos décadas. No obstante, en el último quinquenio, se evidenció una desaceleración del crecimiento, tras el fin del super ciclo de materias ...
