4 min read At the dawn of humanity, we gathered around campfires in small groups, sharing knowledge through stories. Their wisdom was forged from experience. Today, five billion people gather around the internet, producing and sharing more information than could be parsed in multiple lifetimes. Instead of readily finding trustworthy insights, we face a flood of … [Read more...] about Trusted knowledge at your fingertips: generative AI powered search across our Publications Catalog
Knowledge Products
At the IDB, we classify knowledge products as follows: Open Source, Open Data, Courses, and Publications.
This tag brings together all the entries in Abierto al Público that touch on any of those categories of knowledge products. These articles are generally explanatory and compile relevant conclusions about the product being discussed.
Taxonomy Matters: Fiscal Policy
5 minute read. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Economics (5th ed.). Fiscal policy is the use of taxation and government spending to influence the economy. This may work via changing tax rates or the rules about liability to tax, or via changes in government spending on real goods and services or transfer payments. Fiscal policy can be used both to influence the level … [Read more...] about Taxonomy Matters: Fiscal Policy
Taxonomy Matters: Artificial Intelligence
According to Stanford University, Artificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems, including learning, reasoning, and self-correction. As its concept suggests, AI is a broad term that encompasses any technology that allows computers to mimic human abilities. This field includes disciplines such … [Read more...] about Taxonomy Matters: Artificial Intelligence
Taxonomy Matters: Behavioral Economics
This edition of the Taxonomy Matters series explores the concept of behavioral economics. According to the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, in an article by Sendhil Mullainathan and Richard Thaler, behavioral economics is the combination of psychology and economics … [Read more...] about Taxonomy Matters: Behavioral Economics
Taxonomy Matters: Food Security
Our recurring series Taxonomy Matters explores definitions of terms related to the field of international development and their connection to knowledge products that we publish. This new entry focuses on the subject of food security. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and its multilingual thesaurus AGROVOC, food security is a situation … [Read more...] about Taxonomy Matters: Food Security