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Tech Report: Legaltech
Get PDFThis report provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of technology on the legal sector, with a focus on emerging solutions. It delves into the origins of legaltech, examines current trends, explores the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group initiatives in this space, and evaluates the state of legaltech adoption in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report highlights opportunities for growth, identifies challenges, and offers practical recommendations and strategies to facilitate successful implementation and adoption of legaltech tools across the sector
Inter-American Development Bank Annual Report 2024: Financial Statements
No full textThis report is the second of two volumes which together constitute the Inter-American Development Bank\u27s 2024 Annual Report. This report contains the management\u27s discussion and analysis of the Bank\u27s ordinary capital and financial statements
Tracking the Reform Process from Newspaper Data
Get PDFCountries often undertake structural reforms to boost productivity, reduce inequality, and improve public sector efficiency, yet there is limited data on the reform process to evaluate these efforts. We examine the extent to which large language models (LLMs) applied to media articles can fill this evidence gap, using a case study from Colombia. We find that suitably prompted LLMs produce output that aligns with human reading. The output reveals extensive coverage of the debate and discussion that precedes reform adoption or rejection, and can be used to track the evolution of specific reforms. We conclude that our methodology, once expanded, could produce a uniquely valuable dataset
How do Trade Restrictions Affect Market Diversity?
Get PDFThis paper examines the impact of safeguard import tariffs on market diversity in Ecuador from 2015 to 2017. Using firm-level data, we estimate the effects of tariffs on revenue and market shares in the Manufacturing and Wholesale & Retail (W&R) sectors with a Quantile Treatment Effect on the Treated (QTT) estimator. We also assess firm exit probabilities and pass-through effects on prices through a difference-in-differences approach. By linking firm-level QTT estimates to industry-level diversity measures, we construct counterfactual revenue distributions to quantify the effect on market concentration. We find that tariffs disproportionately reduced revenue and market shares for smaller firms, significantly increasing exit rates and reducing market diversity, with stronger effects in W&R. While tariffs did not generate broad inflationary pressures, they induced short-term pass-through effects that further strained smaller firms. These sector-specific price responses reinforced market consolidation, accelerating the decline in market diversity
Report on Low-Risk Technological Solutions in Emerging Technologies in Agriculture
No full textIt provides a comprehensive overview of how these innovations are being employed to enhance efficiency and sustainability in agricultural practices, covering topics such as regenerative agriculture, precision agriculture, and agricultural technologies (AgTech). The report concludes with an analysis of the challenges and opportunities faced by farmers during the process of technology adoption. The document is structured around the different stages of the agricultural cycle: soil preparation, sowing operations, crop protection and management, smart harvesting, and digital harvest management. For each stage, relevant technological solutions are described, such as soil and climate sensors, planting robots, pest management and irrigation systems, as well as digital management platforms. The analysis follows a deductive approach, tailored to the Mexican context, while considering local crop types and farming formats. The most recent available data have been considered, and where Mexico-specific information was unavailable, regional information or insights from similar crops in comparable areas have been included. The report also highlights technologies excluded due to high risks or implementation costs, offering detailed justifications for these exclusions
Inter-American Development Bank Financing Offerings: Executive Summary
Get PDFThis Executive Summary provides an overview of IDB financing offerings for the public sector. These offerings include a variety of lending instruments and guarantees that support countries in overcoming their development challenges. As part of the financing offerings, the IDB provides embedded financial options to help countries manage liquidity risk, interest rate volatility, currency exposure, and commodity price fluctuations, while also building resilience against natural disasters
Inter-American Development Bank Financing Offerings: Infoguide
Get PDFThis Infoguide provides an overview of IDB financing offerings for the public sector. These offerings include a variety of lending instruments and guarantees that support countries in overcoming their development challenges. As part of the financing offerings, the IDB provides embedded financial options to help countries manage liquidity risk, interest rate volatility, currency exposure, and commodity price fluctuations, while also building resilience against natural disasters
Open-Source Software Procurement
Get PDFThis technical note covers the critical aspects of open-source software (OSS) procurement, including general procurement principles and best practices aligned with the policies for the procurement of goods, works, non-consulting services, and consulting services financed by the Inter-American Development Bank
Empowering Schools with Data: How Can We Achieve Effective Use of Educational Dashboards for Teachers and Principals?
Get PDFEducational dashboards are key tools for enhancing data-driven decision-making in schools, providing teachers and principals with actionable insights. However, their adoption in Latin America and the Caribbean is hindered by challenges such as data quality issues, lack of interoperability in Education Information Management Systems (EMIS), and limited alignment with user needs. This document presents an analytical framework to address these barriers, combining a bottom-up approach that improves dashboards based on educators needs with a top-down strategy to strengthen their effective use. By outlining key challenges and practical recommendations, the study offers a roadmap for optimizing dashboard implementation and fostering a data-driven culture in education
Direct and Spillover Effects of an Agricultural Technology Adoption Program: Evidence from Bolivia
Get PDFThis study employs an experimental approach to estimate both the direct and indirect effects (i.e. spillovers) of an agricultural technology adoption program on small landholder farmers in Bolivia. Specifically, the evaluation focuses on the second phase of the "Creación de Iniciativas Agroalimentarias Rurales" (CRIAR) program, which aimed to increase agricultural productivity, income, and food security among smallholder farmers through technology adoption. Implementing a two-stage randomized experiment, the study uses instrumental variable (IV) analysis to measure the local average treatment effect (LATE) of the program. The survey sample includes 1,684 farmers, consisting of direct beneficiaries, contaminated control households, and pure control households. Findings reveal statistically significant direct effects on household income, total production value, sales, technology adoption, and crop diversification. The results also suggest that most of the direct effects intensify over time. Furthermore, the analysis confirms the presence of spillover effects, supporting the hypothesis that farmers residing near program beneficiaries receive indirect benefits