Addressing inequality fosters an enabling environment for innovation and capacity-building amid technological advancements, leading to economic growth and the strengthening of political institutions.
Despite the increased focus on income inequality in recent years, its measurement remains a topic of discussion. This document highlights the need to improve the availability and timeliness of household surveys, national accounts and income tax records for a more complete picture of income distribution. Integrating these data sources through the construction of “distributional national accounts” p…
This article presents a stock-flow consistent model for the Central American economies. It is part of a project to develop a stock-flow consistent workhorse model applicable to different country cases in Latin America and the Caribbean. The model’s logical and behavioural relationships are based on a set of stylized facts characterizing the Central American economies. The model includes five institutional sectors (consumers, firms, the government, the central bank and the rest of the world). The five sectors trade in seven financial assets: (i) public debt issued in domestic and foreign curren…
En este artículo se presenta un modelo stock-flujo consistente con un módulo ecológico para las economías centroamericanas. El modelo se basa en un conjunto de hechos estilizados. Incluye cinco sectores institucionales (consumidores, empresas, gobierno, banco central y resto del mundo) y siete activos financieros: i) deuda pública emitida en moneda nacional y extranjera, ii) deuda privada emitida en moneda nacional, iii) deuda emitida por el resto del mundo, iv) préstamos de los bancos al sector privado para inversión y crédito al consumo, v) depósitos públicos y privados, vi) préstamos del re…
This study examines the expected effects of climate change on the current account of Colombia. We present a literature review that explains how the associated risks affect the balance of payments. We then project the current account balance until 2050 in different climate scenarios to establish whether the impact of these risks could affect the country’s current account over the long term. Our results indicate that, compared with a scenario in which current climate policies are maintained, achieving net zero emissions by 2050 could widen the current account deficit by the equivalent of 4.6% of…
En este estudio se examinan los efectos previstos del cambio climático en la cuenta corriente de Colombia. Para ello, se realiza una previsión del saldo de la cuenta corriente hasta 2050 en diferentes escenarios climáticos a fin de determinar si el impacto de los riesgos relacionados podría afectar la cuenta corriente del país a largo plazo. Los resultados indican que, si en lugar de mantener las políticas climáticas actuales, se alcanzara el cero neto en emisiones para 2050, el déficit en cuenta corriente podría ampliarse el equivalente al 4,6% del PIB. Si la transición se retrasara, el costo…
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