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La agricultura familiar en Centroamérica: retos y políticas ante el cambio climático
(2023-04-16)Este documento de trabajo estudia la relación entre Cambio Climático (CC) y la actividad agro-pecuaria de los países de Centroamérica, poniendo especial énfasis en los sistemas agrarios propios de las explotaciones familiares. ... -
LAC-INDIA. New Horizons, New Hopes. Latin America and the Caribbean with India
(2023-04)Latin America and the Caribbean and India are increasingly projected as central axes of the world economy of the future. Together, they presented a GDP of 8.8 trillion dollars in 2022, with growth expectations. Both regions ... -
Financiamiento internacional para el cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe
(CAF, 2023)No sobrepasar el límite de los 1,5°C de aumento de la temperatura en relación al período pre-industrial, considerado el punto en el cual el clima saldría del rango que se ha considerado normal en los últimos cientos de ... -
Desarrollo sostenible y capital natural
(2023)En este documento se explica la importancia de incorporar el capital natural en el análisis económico, especialmente en las perspectivas de crecimiento de los países, ilustrando con algunos ejemplos concretos los impactos ... -
Panorama general del avance de BIM en América Latina y el Caribe
(2023)BIM (Building Information Modeling) es una metodología que se ha extendido en los últimos años como una medida para aumentar la productividad en la gestión de proyectos de infraestructura. Su uso ha demostrado mejoras en ... -
Bases físicas e indicadores del cambio climático en América Latina y el Caribe
(2023)Este documento de trabajo se centra en las bases de la ciencia física del cambio climático. Hace hincapié en indicadores que describen la naturaleza del cambio climático en la región, sus principales efectos en la actividad ... -
Guía básica BIM para funcionarios públicos
(2023)A nivel mundial, la metodología BIM es utilizada en la industria de la construcción para mejorar la gestión de la información. Con ella, instituciones del Estado en distintos países en América Latina y el Caribe han iniciado ... -
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 ... -
Acceso a oportunidades en América Latina
(2023)El informe desarrollado en el marco del Observatorio de Movilidad Urbana (OMU) presenta una metodología para medir la accesibilidad urbana en América Latina, con el fin de ayudar a planificar políticas públicas que mejoren ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Guia para cidades mais saudáveis
(Caracas, 2022-12-02)As cidades são o resultado de processos sociais, econômicos, culturais, políticos e físico-espaciais que se nutrem da soma de aspirações e sonhos de pessoas que esperam encontrar nelas a oportunidade de ter uma melhor ...
