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Eduardo A. Cavallo

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department

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1.

The Economics of Natural Disasters: A Survey

IDB Working Paper No. 35
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo and Ilan Noy
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka - School of Economics and Finance
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Catastrophic Natural Disasters and Economic Growth

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Catastrophic Natural Disasters and Economic Growth

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 07 May 2013
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Sebastian Galiani, Ilan Noy and Juan Pantano
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, - Department of Economics, Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka - School of Economics and Finance and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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Natural Disasters, Political Change, Economic Growth and Causal Effects

Catastrophic Natural Disasters and Economic Growth

IDB Working Paper No. 58
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Sebastian Galiani, Ilan Noy and Juan Pantano
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, - Department of Economics, Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka - School of Economics and Finance and Washington University in St. Louis - Department of Economics
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The Determinants of Corporate Risk in Emerging Markets: An Option-Adjusted Spread Analysis

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The Determinants of Corporate Risk in Emerging Markets: An Option-Adjusted Spread Analysis

IMF Working Paper No. 07/228
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Nov 2007
Eduardo A. Cavallo and Patricio Valenzuela
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Universidad de los Andes, Chile
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Working Paper, Credit risk, Corporate sector, Bonds, Emerging markets, Interest

The Determinants of Corporate Risk in Emerging Markets: An Option-Adjusted Spread Analysis

IDB Working Paper No. 504
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo and Patricio Valenzuela
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Universidad de los Andes, Chile
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Financial Development and TFP Growth: Cross Country and Industry Level Evidence

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Financial Development and TFP Growth: Cross Country and Industry Level Evidence

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 29 Apr 2009
Francisco Arizala, Eduardo A. Cavallo and Arturo José Galindo
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Inter-American Development Bank
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Financial Development, TFP growth, Volatility

Financial Development and Tfp Growth: Cross-Country and Industry-Level Evidence

IDB Working Paper No. 568
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Francisco Arizala, Eduardo A. Cavallo and Arturo José Galindo
International Monetary Fund (IMF), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Inter-American Development Bank
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Does Openness to Trade Make Countries More Vulnerable to Sudden Stops, or Less? Using Gravity to Establish Causality

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Does Openness to Trade Make Countries More Vulnerable to Sudden Stops, or Less? Using Gravity to Establish Causality

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 10 Sep 2004
Jeffrey A. Frankel and Eduardo A. Cavallo
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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Economics - International Economics, Economics - Macroeconomics, International Trade and Finance

Does Openness to Trade Make Countries More Vulnerable to Sudden Stops, or Less? Using Gravity to Establish Causality

NBER Working Paper No. w10957
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 19 Dec 2004 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2022
Jeffrey A. Frankel and Eduardo A. Cavallo
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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Debt Sustainability Under Catastrophic Risk: The Case for Government Budget Insurance

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Debt Sustainability Under Catastrophic Risk: The Case for Government Budget Insurance

IMF Working Paper No. 08/44
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Eduardo Borensztein, Eduardo A. Cavallo and Patricio Valenzuela
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Universidad de los Andes, Chile
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Insurance, Belize, Public finance, Debt

Debt Sustainability Under Catastrophic Risk: The Case for Government Budget Insurance

IDB Working Paper No. 509
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Patricio Valenzuela and Eduardo Borensztein
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, Universidad de los Andes, Chile and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
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Do Credit Rating Agencies Add Value? Evidence from the Sovereign Rating Business Institutions

IDB Working Paper No. 546
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Andrew Powell, Andrew Powell and Roberto Rigobon
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)Universidad Torcuato Di Tella - School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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The Determimants of Corporate Spreads in Emerging Markets: An Option-Adjusted Spreads Analysis

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Feb 2007
Eduardo A. Cavallo and Patricio Valenzuela
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Universidad de los Andes, Chile
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Corporate Bond Spreads, Sovereign Ceiling, Default Risk, Emerging Market

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Public Investment in Developing Countries: A Blessing or a Curse?

IDB Working Paper No. 547
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo and Christian Daude
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
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Estimating the Direct Economic Damage of the Earthquake in Haiti

IDB Working Paper No. 46
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Andrew Powell, Andrew Powell and Oscar Becerra
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)Universidad Torcuato Di Tella - School of Business and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Trade, Gravity, and Sudden Stops: On How Commercial Trade Can Increase the Stability of Capital Flows

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Trade, Gravity, and Sudden Stops: On How Commercial Trade Can Increase the Stability of Capital Flows

FRB of Atlanta Working Paper No. 2005-23
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 12 Oct 2005
Eduardo A. Cavallo
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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stops, current account adjustment, trade, gravity model

Trade, Gravity and Sudden Stops: On How Commercial Trade Can Increase the Stability of Capital Flows

IDB Working Paper No. 491
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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Integrated Template for Debt Sustainability Analysis: Version 2.0, Instruction Manual, Revised Version

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-TN-576
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 15 Dec 2013
Eduardo Borensztein, Eduardo A. Cavallo, Paula Cifuentes and Oscar Valencia
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Exchange Rate Policy and Liability Dollarization: What Do the Data Reveal About Causality?

IMF Working Paper No. 07/33
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Apr 2007
Pelin Berkmen and Eduardo A. Cavallo
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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Dollarization, Exchange rate policy, External debt

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Foreign Aid in the Aftermath of Large Natural Disasters

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-333
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Jan 2013
Ilan Noy, Oscar Becerra and Eduardo A. Cavallo
Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka - School of Economics and Finance, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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The Politics of Financial Development: The Role of Interest Groups and Government Capabilities

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The Politics of Financial Development: The Role of Interest Groups and Government Capabilities

APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 09 Mar 2011
Oscar Becerra, Eduardo A. Cavallo and Carlos Scartascini
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Research Department - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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financial development, interest groups, political economy, government capabilities

The Politics of Financial Development: The Role of Interest Groups and Government Capabilities

IDB Working Paper No. 69
Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Oscar Becerra, Eduardo A. Cavallo and Carlos Scartascini
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Research Department - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

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The Output Effects of Fiscal Consolidations: Does Spending Composition Matter?

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Oct 2022
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Martin Ardanaz, Alejandro Izquierdo and Jorge Puig
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Fiscal consolidations, public investment, public consumption, fiscal multiplier.

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Making International Financial Integration Work for Low-Saving Countries

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-823
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 17 Jan 2018
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Eduardo Fernandez-Arias and Matias Marzani
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Washington University in St. Louis
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: Financial integration, Saving, External crisis, Foreign assets, Foreign liabilities

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Domestic Antidotes to Sudden Stops

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-851
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Jan 2018
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Alejandro Izquierdo and John Leon-Diaz
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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: Gross capital flows, Sudden stops, Retrenchments, Domestic versus foreign investors

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A New Taxonomy of Sudden Stops: Which Sudden Stops Should Countries Be Most Concerned About?

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-430
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 15 Dec 2013
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Andrew Powell, Andrew Powell, Mathieu Pedemonte and Pilar Tavella
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)Universidad Torcuato Di Tella - School of Business, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Gone with the Wind: Demographic Transitions and Domestic Saving

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-688
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 25 Apr 2017
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Gabriel Sanchez and Patricio Valenzuela
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Universidad de los Andes, Chile
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Demographic dividend, Dependency rates, Saving rates

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The Role of Relative Price Volatility in the Efficiency of Investment Allocation

IDB Working Paper No. 70
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Arturo José Galindo, Alejandro Izquierdo and John Leon-Diaz
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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Coping with Financial Crises: Latin American Answers to European Questions

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-PB-176
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Feb 2013
Eduardo A. Cavallo and Eduardo Fernandez-Arias
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Can Countries Rely on Foreign Saving for Investment and Economic Development?

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Can Countries Rely on Foreign Saving for Investment and Economic Development?

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-718
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 25 Apr 2017
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Barry Eichengreen and Ugo Panizza
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, University of California, Berkeley and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics
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Current account, Growth, Volatility, Savings

Can Countries Rely on Foreign Saving for Investment and Economic Development?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP11451
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 30 Aug 2016
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Barry Eichengreen and Ugo Panizza
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, University of California, Berkeley and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics
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current account, growth, Savings, volatility

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What is the Relationship between National Saving and Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean?

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-617
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 09 Feb 2016
Eduardo A. Cavallo and Mathieu Pedemonte
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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Saving, Investment, Feldstein-Horioka puzzle, Panel cointegration

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Debt Management in Latin America: How Safe is the New Debt Composition?

IDB Working Paper No. 13
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 19 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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The Mystery of Saving in Latin America

IDB Working Paper No. IDB-WP-615
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 Feb 2016
Oscar Becerra, Eduardo A. Cavallo and Ilan Noy
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka - School of Economics and Finance
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Saving rates, Saving gap, Determinants of saving, Private saving, Public saving

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The Risk of External Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 04 Aug 2023
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Eduardo Fernández-Arias and Martin Rinaldi
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank and University of British Columbia (UBC) - Sauder School of Business
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External crisis, External balance sheet, International reserves, Macroeconomic imbalances, External debt, foreign direct investment

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Are Crises Good for Long-Term Growth? The Role of Political Institutions

IDB Working Paper No. 543
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Alberto Cavallo and Eduardo A. Cavallo
Harvard University - Department of Economics and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department
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Quid Pro Quo: National Institutions and Sudden Stops in International Capital Movements

IDB Working Paper No. 490
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo and Andrés Velasco
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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Climate Change, Hurricanes, and Sovereign Debt in the Caribbean Basin

IDB-WP 1551
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Dec 2024
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Santiago Gómez, Ilan Noy and Eric Strobl
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Victoria University of Wellington and University of Bern
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The Welfare Gains from Macro-Insurance Against Natural Disasters

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The Welfare Gains from Macro-Insurance Against Natural Disasters

NBER Working Paper No. w21674
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 26 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2023
Eduardo Borensztein, Eduardo A. Cavallo and Olivier Jeanne
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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The Welfare Gains from Macro-Insurance Against Natural Disasters

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10915
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Nov 2015
Eduardo Borensztein, Eduardo A. Cavallo and Olivier Jeanne
Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Johns Hopkins University - Department of Economics
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CAT bonds, insurance, natural disaster

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Precautionary Strategies and Household Saving

NBER Working Paper No. w21019
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2023
Joshua Aizenman, Eduardo A. Cavallo and Ilan Noy
University of Southern California - Department of Economics, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka - School of Economics and Finance
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Environmental Damage News and Stock Returns: Evidence from Latin America

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Jul 2024
Eduardo A. Cavallo, Ana Cepeda and Ugo Panizza
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics
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Carbon emissions, Climate Change, Environmental news, Stock returns

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Prices and Supply Disruptions during Natural Disasters

NBER Working Paper No. w19474
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2023
Alberto Cavallo, Eduardo A. Cavallo and Roberto Rigobon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Does Openness to Trade Make Countries More Vulnerable to Sudden Stops, or Less? Using Gravity to Establish Causality

IDB Working Paper No. 520
Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo and Jeffrey Frankel
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Output Volatility and Openness to Trade: A Reassessment

IDB Working Paper No. 506
Posted: 25 Apr 2011
Eduardo A. Cavallo
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Research Department

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