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  • Data associated with: The Politics of Policies - IPES 2006
    Dataset

    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    This dataset was created to support 2006 IPES - The Politics of Policies on the following topics: macroeconomics, government and democracy.
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    Country Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 2012-2012

    Published date 2015-01-30

  • Latin American and Caribbean Enterprise Survey: 2011
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    By Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division (VPS/IFD/CMF)
    LACES is a comprehensive and internationally comparable firm level dataset covering 14 Caribbean territories. The dataset records firm level behavior related to a variety of aspects such as: sales, supplies, foreign trade and competition, innovation, conflict resolution, crime prevention, business environment and government relations, labour and skills, financing, performance, among others. The dataset uses the World Bank Enterprise Survey methodology. Until 2011, the region did not have a firm-level, internationally comparable data that could shed light on the variables that affect productivity. Compete Caribbean funded a Caribbean Enterprise and Indicator Survey that was conducted as part of the World Bank's 2010 Latin American and Caribbean Enterpise Survey (LACES) to fill this gap. The LACES and the PROTEqIN surveys share the bulk of the questions. Both datasets together comprise more than 4000 observations. These datasets are complemented by the FINGEN data, which registers...
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    Country Antigua and Barbuda · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 2011-2011

    Published date 2016-01-13

  • GVAR Data associated with: China's Emergence in the World Economy and Business Cycles in Latin America
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    This is the data used for the estimation of the GVAR model as in "China's Emergence in the World Economy and Business Cycles in Latin America" (access the study in the related URL Section). The dataset includes quarterly data for twenty-five major advanced and emerging economies plus the euro area, covering more than 90 percent of world GDP. The variables included in the dataset are real GDP, CPI inflation, real equity prices, real exchange rates, short-term and long-term interest rates, and the price of oil. Updates of this dataset -together with the baseline GVAR code- can be found in the Related URL section below. Years covered: 1979 - 2009.
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    Country Argentina · Australia · Belgium ...

    Temporal coverage 1979-2009

    Published date 2012-04-13

  • Survey data of Productivity, Technology, Innovation in the Caribbean: 2014
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    By Country Department Caribbean Group (VPC/CCB/CCB);Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division (VPS/IFD/CMF)
    PROTEqIN is a comprehensive and internationally comparable firm level dataset covering 14 Caribbean territories. The dataset records firm level behavior related to a variety of aspects such as: sales, supplies, foreign trade and competition, innovation, conflict resolution, crime prevention, business environment and government relations, labour and skills, financing, performance, among others. The dataset uses the World Bank Enterprise Survey methodology. In 2014, Compete Caribbean generated a new round of data by re-issuing the survey, updating the data on enterprises and including additional variables linked to productivity, technology and innovation (PROTEqIN) at the firm level. The LACES and the PROTEqIN surveys share the bulk of the questions. Both datasets together comprise more than 4000 observations. These datasets are complemented by the FINGEN data, which registers finance and gender characteristics at the firm level.
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    Country Bahamas · Barbados · Belize ...

    Temporal coverage 2013-2014

    Published date 2016-01-13

  • Finance and Gender Data for Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago: 2012
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    By Innovation in Citizen Services Division (VPS/IFD/ICS)
    The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in collaboration with Compete Caribbean, launched a follow-up survey in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. This follow-up survey was a complement to the Caribbean Enterprise and Indicator Survey 2011 (CES 2011) that was conducted as part of the Latin American and Caribbean Enterprise Surveys (LACES) implemented jointly by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Compete Caribbean, and the World Bank (WB). This survey on Finance and Gender Issues in the Caribbean (FINGEN) targeted about 400 respondents drawn from the recently completed LACES and aimed to provide feedback from enterprises that participated in the previous round of surveys in 2011 and to capture additional information on firm performance, finance, gender of ownership and management, use of productive development programs, and issues related to management style.
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    Country Barbados · Jamaica · Trinidad and Tobago

    Temporal coverage 2012-2012

    Published date 2016-01-13