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    By Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division (VPS/IFD/CMF)
    DigiLAC is a virtual platform created by the IDB to close the existing gaps in broadband penetration and consolidate, through innovative digital development indices, maps and infrastructure reports, key information on the challenges, opportunities and possibilities for broadband development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    This document presents the codebook for a novel database of tax reforms for Latin America between 1990 and 2004 using the Worldwide Tax Summaries of PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The constraint we face is the interruption of the publication of our main source of information, the PriceWaterhouseCoopers International Tax Summaries, in 2005. This database can be used for studying the political economy of tax reforms in Latin America as it is shown in the accompanying paper “Tax Reforms in Latin America in an Era of Democracy”. Table 1 summarizes all the reforms that have been coded and that are in the accompanying stata dta file. Table 2 presents the detailed reforms.
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    By Fiscal Management Division (VPS/IFD/FMM)
    Public Administration at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean is the second edition of a joint publication between the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The publication provides readers with a key set of indicators designed to inform policy design and establish benchmarks for specific interventions. This specialized data set covers a range of indicators in the areas of public finances and public employment.
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    This dataset compiles publicly available data that proxies for the quality of the public policies that affect productivity at the national level, along with proxies for the articulation and characteristics of interest groups. It complements another dataset by the authors and Berkman et al. (2008) on the features of public policies.
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    By Fiscal Management Division (VPS/IFD/FMM)
    This database is an ongoing effort to update official fiscal data by the Bank and the Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations, and with the collaboration of OECD and ECLAC. The Equivalent Fiscal Pressure indicator makes use of a methodology that better reflects the particularities of the mobilization of fiscal resources in the region, and consists of three elements: 1) Traditional tax collection, which includes all taxes and fees levied at all levels of government; 2) Compulsory social security contributions, whether public or private, mostly to pension and health systems; and 3) Non-tax revenues derived from the exploitation of natural resources, whether renewable or not; i.e., fees, royalties, dividends paid and net profits from public enterprises. The information is presented broken down by type of tax at every level of government. The series are adjusted with updated GDP values for each country and information that becomes available for municipalities and social security,...
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