 | Road Quality and Mean Speed Score Author/Editor: Mariano Moszoro, Mauricio Soto. Release Date:May, 2022 We introduce a novel measure of cross-country road quality based on the travel mean speed between large cities from Google Maps. This measure is useful to assess road infrastructure and access gaps. more...
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| The Spending Challenge of Achieving the SDGs in South Asia: Lessons from India Author/Editor: Mercedes García-Escribano, Tewodaj Mogues, Mariano Moszoro, Mauricio Soto. Release Date:December, 2021 South Asia has experienced significant progress in improving human and physical capital over the past few decades. Within the region, India has become a global economic powerhouse with enormous more...
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 | Pension Reforms in Europe: How Far Have We Come and Gone? Author/Editor: Armand P Fouejieu, Alvar Kangur, Samuel Romero Martinez, Mauricio Soto. Release Date:September, 2021 In the past few decades, a myriad of reforms in Europe have had a significant impact on the way and extent to which public pensions provide retirement income. This departmental paper takes stock of more...
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| Doing More with Less: How Can Brazil Foster Development While Pursuing Fiscal Consolidation? Author/Editor: Valentina Flamini, Mauricio Soto. Release Date:November, 2019 Following a benchmarking exercise, we estimate the spending required to reach satisfactory progress in the Sustainable Development Goals in the health, education, and infrastructure sectors in more...
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| Attaining Selected Sustainable Development Goals in Guatemala: Spending, Provision, and Financing Needs Author/Editor: Esther Perez Ruiz, Mauricio Soto. Release Date:March, 2019 Raising living standards continues to be the main challenge facing Guatemala, as a matter of economic success and social cohesion. This paper discusses the spending, financing, and delivery capacity more...
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| Fiscal Policy and Development : Human, Social, and Physical Investments for the SDGs Author/Editor: Vitor Gaspar, David Amaglobeli, Mercedes Garcia-Escribano, Delphine Prady, Mauricio Soto. Release Date:January, 2019 The goal of this paper is to estimate the additional annual spending required for meaningful progress on the SDGs in these areas. Our estimates refer to additional spending in 2030, relative to a more...
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| The Future of Saving : The Role of Pension System Design in an Aging World Author/Editor: David Amaglobeli, Hua Chai, Era Dabla-Norris, Kamil Dybczak, Mauricio Soto, Alexander F Tieman. Release Date:January, 2019 This SDN explores how demographic changes have affected and will affect public and private sector savings, highlighting the interaction between pension systems, labor markets, and demographic more...
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| Rightsizing Brazil's Public-Sector Wage Bill Author/Editor: Izabela Karpowicz, Mauricio Soto. Release Date:October, 2018 Brazil’s public-sector wage bill is comparatively high. It grows inertially and competes with other spending. Rightsizing the wage bill could stimulate administrative efficiency and bring more more...
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| Growing Pains : Is Latin America Prepared for Population Aging? Author/Editor: Lorenzo U Figliuoli, Valentina Flamini, Misael Galdamez, Frederic Lambert, Mike Li, Bogdan Lissovolik, Rosalind Mowatt, Jaume Puig, Alexander D Klemm, Mauricio Soto, Saji Thomas, Christoph Freudenberg, Anna Orthofer. Release Date:April, 2018 This paper estimates the fiscal costs of population aging in Latin America and provides policy recommendations on reforms needed to make these costs manageable. Although Latin American societies are more...
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| Fiscal Challenges of Population Aging in Brazil Author/Editor: Alfredo Cuevas, Izabela Karpowicz, Carlos Mulas-Granados, Mauricio Soto. Release Date:April, 2017 In recent decades, population has been aging fast in Brazil while old age pensions and healthrelated
spending have increased. As the population ages, the spending trend threaten to reach
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