Soon we will publish a study on agricultural productivity that crunches the numbers with analysis and policy recommendations. In the meantime, I invite you to use the new database.
Thanks to Lina Salazar and her team for the great work putting together this database.
Disaggregated data on inputs (land, labor, machinery, and fertilizers from @fao.org and USDA) complements the other variables. All information is integrated into a platform with replicable methodologies, comparable data, and ready for analysis.
It also includes the new Sustainable Productivity Index, developed by @ifpri.org and the IDB, which analyzes productivity from an environmental sustainability perspective by considering unwanted outputs from the agricultural process.
The new data helps monitor the evolution of agricultural productivity, assess efficiency in input use, and inform strategic decisions in the agricultural sector. It includes 3 TFP indices — Hicks-Moorsteen, Fare-Primont, and Lowe.
The IDB just launched a detailed and comprehensive data base on agriculture productivity in LAC. The data brings together annual statistics on agricultural productivity and input use, with comparability between 25 countries in LAC across 1961–2021.
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data.iadb.org/dataset/agri...
Check out the new issue of the JEAA, which includes our paper on the positive impact of Venezuelan refugee regularización in Colombia.
With @sandrarozo.bsky.social @anamibanez.bsky.social Maria Jose Urbina and Maria Adelaida Ortega
I am excited to share that our paper "Responses to Extreme Temperatures: Migrant Networks and International Migration from El Salvador" with @anamibanez.bsky.social, Juliana Quigua and @jimenaromero.bsky.social has been conditionally accepted at the AEJ: Economic Policy! #econsky #academicsky
NEW RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: Women-led businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean average 77% in lower sales. To better understand why, we've put out a call for proposals to researchers.
🗓️ Submit your proposal by May 12, 2025: gdlab.iadb.org/call
Women-led businesses experience barriers to their growth & sustainability. The Inter-American Development Bank Group knowledge initiative on gender and diversity, #GDLab and #WeFi are looking for researchers interested in policies that promote their growth .
Proposals by May 12: gdlab.iadb.org/call
The progress of agricultural productivity in #LatAm in the last 60 years is stagnating, which could make poverty worse, and hasten the loss of biodiversity. How to turn this around? This report by Lina Salazar and colleagues provides some clues
publications.iadb.org/en/agricultu...
I'm very excited to be attending this conference tomorrow. Look at that line-up! (I can't speak for all the moderators, but the speakers are great.)
And it's all streamed: just register iadb-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
¿Por qué los sistema fiscales de algunos países de América Latina y el Caribe aumentan la pobreza? ¿Cómo podemos transformar nuestros sistemas fiscales para promover una mayor equidad? Julián Messina, Nora Lustig y Carola Pessino exploran esto y más
open.spotify.com/episode/0Bo1...
¿Cuáles son los costos económicos del crimen en América Latina y el Caribe? Son altos y se han intensificado con la expansión del crimen organizado en la región. Con Nathalie Alvarado discutimos un estudio reciente del BID sobre el tema.
www.eltiempo.com/mundo/latino...
Sharing my latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social column co-authored with Nathalie T. Alvarado on the disturbing impacts of crime and violence on development of Latin America and the Caribbean.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/l...
La polarización y la desconfianza marcan nuestras democracias. ¿Cómo interactúan la desigualdad y el poder político?
Acá lo discutimos con Ana de La O, @noamlupu.bsky.social y @cscartascini.bsky.social
Acá lo encuentran
youtu.be/vKvR53xTLRs
open.spotify.com/episode/3pSn...
If working on migration, send your papers to our 3rd Humans LACEA. The call closes today @voxlacea
How much inequality is inherited in Latin America? Anywhere between 45% and 63% is attributed to a small set of personal circumstances involving sex, race and family background. More in this blog with Francisco Ferreira summarizing some of the results from #LACIR
blogs.iadb.org/ideas-matter...
📰 El 3 de diciembre es el #DíaDeLasPersonasConDiscapacidad. Desde @el_BID hemos puesto a disposición de la región varios recursos que son de utilidad para que el diseño e implementación de políticas públicas sean más intencionales en #acelerar la #inclusión. Abro 🧵
Our paper on armed group governance in the Philippines reveals that the taxes and restrictions imposed by armed groups force fisherfolk to sell at a loss, contributing to the depletion of fishing stocks @apvjustino.bsky.social @gauthiermarchais.bsky.social
www.wider.unu.edu/publication/...
Addressing the underrepresentation of women in leadership and the stagnant gender wage gap is crucial. Our new report outlines how closing these gaps can enhance economic outcomes and drive growth in Latin America and the Caribbean
publications.iadb.org/en/expanding...
The premier conference on the economics of migration in Latin America
Submissions due Dec. 15 — held in April 2025 at ITAM in CDMX
From the all-stars Ana María Ibáñez, Sandra Rozo, Anna Maria Mayda, Felipe Gomez, Patricia Cortés, Cynthia van der Werf, @hlarreguy.bsky.social, Marcela Melendez
¿Qué tan justa, generosa e igualitaria es la seguridad social en nuestros países? ¿Qué desigualdades nos esperan en la vejez? Episodio de “Pensar la Igualdad” con Mariano Bosch y Marco Stampini
YouTube: youtu.be/k9GlkmeoV1I
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Rz6...