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  • 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

  • Data associated with: Development Effects of Rural Electrification
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    By Energy Division (VPS/INE/ENE)
    What do we know about the effects of improved access to electricity? Does the research tell a unified story? To answer these questions, this brief examines 50 impact evaluation studies, focusing on the effects of electrification on education, labor, and income indicators. Overall, the literature finds substantial welfare gains, which tend to be greatest for women and small firms. On average, electrification leads increases of around 7% in school enrollment, 25% in employment, and 30% in incomes. However, the estimates vary widely, with many studies finding no effects, indicating weak links in the empirical literature. This review suggests that addressing the sources of such variance could be a means to fill the persistent knowledge gaps and to improve the effectiveness of electrification policies.
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    Geographic coverage Brazil · Colombia · El Salvador ...

    Temporal coverage 1994-2015

    Published date 2017-01-01

  • Survey of exporting firms in Latin America and the Caribbean: Understanding the new export DNA (Third Edition,...
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    By Productivity, Trade and Innovation Sector (VPS/PTI/PTI)
    The Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL) of the Integration and Trade Sector of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) conducted this survey of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) companies that export both within the region and outside the region. The objective of the analysis is to understand how their exports are evolving, what problems they face, what measures they have taken, what public support policies they have received, and what the prospective vision of the companies is.
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    Geographic coverage Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 2020-2022

    Published date 2021-09-22

  • Dataset Learning Better: Public Policy for Skills Development: 1990-2016
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    Despite governments’ best efforts, many people in Latin America and the Caribbean don’t have the skills they need to thrive. This book looks at what policies work, and don’t work, so that governments can help people learn better and realize their potential throughout their lifetimes.
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    Geographic coverage Argentina · Barbados · Belize ...

    Temporal coverage 1990-2016

    Published date 2017-11-01

  • Data associated with: Social Pulse in Latin America and the Caribbean 2017
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    By Social Sector (VPS/SCL/SCL)
    This dataset contains statistics on a wide range of key indicators related to the living conditions of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by life cycle. This information is based on microdata from the Harmonized Household Surveys of 22 countries in the region and covers the period from 1999 to 2016.
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    Geographic coverage Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 1999-2016

    Published date 2018-07-01