Transportation is an inherently crucial factor in supporting economic activities as well as providing opportunities for economic development. As such, the provision of transport infrastructures is a common priority in capital investment, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean where...

Esta nota técnica aborda el tema de los ferrocarriles de América Latina y el Caribe en sus tres modelos de negocio (Transporte de cargas, de pasajeros urbanos y suburbanos -trenes de cercanías-, y de pasajeros de larga distancia) y su potencial papel en un cambio de matriz de transporte. Se...

The report is part of an initiative to map the transport data currently available within selected developing countries, looking to evaluate availability and quality of transport-related data in general, and particularly for information gaps affecting estimation of Greenhouse Gas emissions. The...

La mayor parte de las ciudades sufre problemas de congestión y dificultades en las labores de distribución urbana de mercancías. Los centros logísticos permiten mejorar las estrategias de distribución en ciudades si se logra una perfecta armonía entre ambas, esto es, una correcta...

This paper contributes to the debate around why and how access to information can be used to prevent and control corruption. Access to information can not only bring corruption cases to light, it can also be a fundamental tool for its prevention and control, given that it encourages the creation...

El presente documento contribuye al debate de por qué y cómo se puede utilizar el acceso a la información para la prevención y el control de la corrupción. El acceso a la información no solamente puede sacar a luz casos de corrupción, sino que es una herramienta fundamental para su...

The presidential politics literature depicts presidents either as all-powerful actors or figureheads and seeks to explain outcomes accordingly. The president and the executive branch are nonetheless usually treated as black boxes, particularly in developing countries, even though the presidency...

Medium Term Fiscal Frameworks (MTFs) have become one of the most popular reforms to the budgetary process in Latin America during the last decade, and introducing MTFs seemed to be the magic solution for most fiscal ailments. Nonetheless, there has been no comprehensive evaluation of their...