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  • Data associated with: Informe MERCOSUR N° 20 (2014-2015)
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    By Productivity, Trade and Innovation Sector (VPS/PTI/PTI)
    MERCOSUR Report No. 20 (July 2014-July 2015) analyses the macroeconomic outlook and trade and investment flows of the countries of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), as well as the main features of the internal and external agenda of the bloc. It includes a special chapter dedicated to the relationship of the member countries with China.
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    Geographic coverage Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil ...

    Temporal coverage 2014-2015

    Published date 2016-01-28

  • Urban Informal Economy survey (ECINF) Aggregated Data for Brazil: 2003
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    This file contains aggregated indicators of the situation of non-agricultural formal and informal small businesses. The survey gives especial attention to small businesses in the informal sector. The survey contains information on investments, revenues, expenses and profits, characteristics of employed people (sex , age, education level, employment status and position in the occupation), access to non-financial services and credit.
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    Geographic coverage Brazil

    Temporal coverage 2003-2003

    Published date 2015-03-29

  • Tables and Figures for: Is there a Caribbean sclerosis?: stagnating economic growth in the Caribbean
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    By Country Department Caribbean Group (VPC/CCB/CCB)
    This dataset was created to support 2014 Is There a Caribbean Sclerosis? Stagnating Economic Growth in the Caribbean on the following topics: economic growth, small economies, caribbean, productivity, competitiveness, macroeconomic instability. This report addresses several critical questions regarding Caribbean nations. Does size matter for economic growth and volatility? To what degree has Caribbean economic growth been inferior to that of ROSE? What could account for the Caribbean growth gap and what economic policies might decision-makers adopt to promote higher and sustainable growth?. The central focus is on six countries in the region, which will be referred to as the C6: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. However, the analysis will sometimes include, most often in the aggregate, the countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The six members of the OECS used in this report are Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth...
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    Geographic coverage Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 2000-2011

    Published date 2015-07-01

  • Tables and Figures for: Jobs For Growth
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    By Social Protection and Labor Markets Division (VPS/SCL/SPL)
    Jobs are essential for the growth of individuals and countries alike. Achieving personal fulfillment is harder without a job, just as an economy as a whole cannot develop without the impetus of the labor market. These two perspectives unquestionably go hand in hand: from the individual perspective, finding a good job is a legitimate aspiration for anyone who wishes to support oneself and one's family; from the societal perspective, creating more and better jobs is essential to the achievement of lasting and equitable growth. Jobs for Growth rests on this dual vision. This book examines the performance of the region's labor market and, based on this analysis, proposes an integrated package of measures for both personal growth (through successful career paths) and economic growth (through more high-quality jobs and higher productivity). Over the past two decades, the bullish economic cycle has yielded undeniable gains for labor markets in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), among...
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    Geographic coverage Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 1990-2013

    Published date 2016-09-12

  • Setting Targets for Results: Target Setting Tool
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    By Health, Nutrition and Population Division (VPS/SCL/HNP)
    The Technical Note "Setting Targets for Results-Based Financing Programs: A Simple Cost Benefit Framework" is accompanied by this Excel tool for the calculation of targets according to the simple framework presented. As an example, the case of El Salvador from the Salud Mesoamerica 2015 initiative is used in the file. The sources of information for this particular example were the latest available at the time of the exercise.
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    Geographic coverage El Salvador

    Temporal coverage 2008-2011

    Published date 2016-04-21