The study analyzes the role of digital payments and new financial tools in Latin America as instruments for promoting e-commerce among SMEs. It outlines how these instruments (digital payments and fintech solutions) have become essential for accessing non-face-to-face commerce. The study reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the subject, discusses ways to address the widespread use of cash in the region, and provides policy recommendations to foster the adoption of digital payments and new financial tools.

The publication analyzes the dynamics, capabilities, and challenges of triple-impact innovation ecosystems in Latin America, understood as networks of public, private, academic, and social actors that promote solutions with positive economic, social, and environmental impact.

The objective of the study is to gather evidence on the export performance of firms in the region, identify the challenges they have faced as a result of the war in Ukraine, understand the support measures they have received from their governments, and assess companies’ forward-looking perspectives regarding their businesses.

Digitalization and the data-driven economy are creating a new stage of territorial competitiveness, in which artificial intelligence (AI) plays a fundamental role in improving productivity and public management. The Roadmap for the Strategic Adoption of AI in Argentina’s Provinces proposes that provincial governments adopt AI in ways that foster productive, inclusive, and sustainable development, while addressing risks and avoiding the widening of existing gaps. This document presents a framework for understanding different types of AI and their impact, along with opportunities in specific sectors such as agribusiness and logistics. It identifies challenges, use cases, and requirements for capturing value across different productive contexts. In addition, it provides a detailed roadmap that includes establishing a vision and objectives, diagnosing and prioritizing challenges, assessing capabilities and gaps, creating enabling conditions, implementing pilot projects, and ultimately scaling the benefits in an equitable manner.

This study examines the potential of Triangular Cooperation in Artificial Intelligence between the European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean as a mechanism to foster inclusive, ethical, and sustainable digital development.

The study analyzes the functioning and prospects of voluntary carbon and biodiversity markets, as well as environmental certification schemes, with a focus on Argentina’s agricultural sector and its potential to support the transition toward regenerative practices.

This study seeks to examine the educational and professional pathways of women in STEM disciplines (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) in Argentina and to identify the obstacles and barriers they encounter in entering the labor market and progressing in their careers.

Through the contributions of more than 40 leading global experts, this INTAL-IDB report analyzes the risks and opportunities of intelligent machines in areas that are highly relevant to the region’s productive profile and its integration into the global economy.

Based on a quantitative and qualitative research study, we explore the international outlook, technology consumption habits, education, expectations, and employment situation of young Argentinians, who, in the short and medium term, will be among those most affected—either positively or negatively—by the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Our study examines, through a survey of firms from six branches of Argentina’s manufacturing industry, (i) the current and expected degree of adoption of new technologies, and (ii) their current and anticipated impact on labor demand within firms in the sector.

Issue 45 of the journal Integration & Trade, entitled The New Factor of Trade, examines the voices of Latin Americans through the scientific lens of behavioral economics, econometrics, big data, and artificial intelligence.

The study analyzes the role of digital payments and new financial tools in Latin America as instruments for promoting e-commerce among SMEs. It outlines how these instruments (digital payments and fintech solutions) have become essential for accessing non-face-to-face commerce. The study reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the subject, discusses ways to address the widespread use of cash in the region, and provides policy recommendations to foster the adoption of digital payments and new financial tools.

This study seeks to determine whether gender gaps exist within firms in Latin America and the Caribbean according to their export profile, and examines the extent to which firm characteristics, as well as factors related to the economic and social structure of countries, may influence gender inequality in companies across the region.

In its 48th issue, the journal features six studies that are aligned with the region’s trade and investment policy agenda concerning knowledge-based services—a highly dynamic segment of the global economy in which Latin America and the Caribbean have made significant advances and hold considerable potential for future growth.

The article analyzes the current situation of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the face of the accelerated digital transformation driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting both the opportunities and the challenges it presents.

This document summarizes the key findings and recommendations that emerged from the interregional debate Young Voices for Sustainable Trade, with the objective of enhancing the role and impact of youth participation at the nexus between trade and the environment.

Data gathered through the 2023 survey of Paraguay’s industrial sector indicate that, on average, eight out of ten firms rely on less advanced technologies (first- and second-generation technologies), whereas only 17% employ technologies associated with Industry 4.0.

The study examines the potential economic and trade impacts of the European Union’s new regulation on the import of deforestation-free products in Argentina. It analyzes the regulatory framework that will enter into force in January 2025, establishing a traceability system for primary commodities linked to deforestation, such as soybeans, cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, and timber.

This study analyzes citizens’ inclination toward regional integration based on data from the 2023 edition of Latinobarómetro, one of the region’s leading public opinion databases. It provides information from a representative sample of 19,205 individuals across 17 Latin American countries.

This study analyzes the participation and role of women in goods-exporting companies in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay. Using descriptive statistics, it seeks to identify gender gaps in workforce participation, the distribution of tasks, and functions related to international trade (foreign trade) activities.