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  • Data associated with: Wealth, Financial Intermediation, and Saving in Latin America and the Caribbean
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    By Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division (VPS/IFD/CMF)
    This broad and novel database of 52 countries over 2001–11, allowed a study that assesses the link between financial intermediation and saving. The study finds that the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region lags well behind other regions in terms of financial depth, as measured by gross private domestic financial assets. LAC countries also have a larger share of bank deposits and cash in the private sector portfolio, compared to non-bank assets (bonds and shares). Moreover, within the institutional investor industry, pension funds are relatively developed in the region, although they grew out of the compulsory pension systems in several countries that date back to the 1980s and 1990s. The findings also indicate that LAC countries have about 40 percent of gross private financial wealth invested abroad, but just 4 percent of gross private liabilities have that origin, which attests to region’s obstacles in tapping international markets. The countries in general present a small...
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    Country Argentina · Australia · Austria ...

    Temporal coverage 2001-2011

    Published date 2015-12-21

  • Political Particularism around the World: 1978-2001
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    This paper presents a new dataset on electoral systems and outlines its potential uses in further research exploring the connections between electoral systems and economic outcomes. The dataset provides indicators of the degree to which individual politicians can further their careers by appealing to narrow geographic constituencies on the one hand, or party constituencies on the other.
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    Country Afghanistan · Albania · Algeria ...

    Temporal coverage 1978-2001

    Published date 2015-03-04

  • Political Institutions, State Capabilities, and Public Policy: An International Dataset (2014 Update)
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    The Database of Political Institutions presents institutional and electoral results data such as measures of checks and balances, tenure and stability of the government, identification of party affiliation and ideology, and fragmentation of opposition and government parties in the legislature, among others. The current version of the database, which is now hosted at the IDB, expands its coverage to about 180 countries for 40 years, 1975-2015. Researchers at the World Bank Development Research Group first compiled the database in 2000 (see citation information below). It has become one of the most cited databases in comparative political economy and comparative political institutions. Almost 3000 studies have used this database so far as a source of institutional and political data in their empirical analysis.
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    Country Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 1975-2014

    Published date 2015-03-04

  • Latin America and the Caribbean Standardized Public Debt Database: Data as of June 2023
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    By Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division (VPS/IFD/CMF)
    This database compiles current standardized statistics on sovereign debt issuances for the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region and contains biannual data starting in 2006 through June 2023. Sovereign debt data is classified by legislation, creditor, currency, and maturity, among other areas, for 26 LAC countries. The availability of valid, comparable, and standardized public debt data is essential for the implementation of sound policies. As such, at the core of the LAC Debt Group initiative is the development of a standardized sovereign debt database to help debt managers, policymakers, and other actors of financial markets analyze the evolution and composition of public debt in the region and conduct cross-country comparisons. LAC public debt offices provided the data in response to a questionnaire specifically designed to allow comparability. The questionnaire, whose response is non-compulsory, is intended to compile current standardized statistics for objective and...
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    Country Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 2006-2023

    Published date 2024-01-29

  • Latin America and the Caribbean Standardized Public Debt Database: Data as of December 2022
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    By Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division (VPS/IFD/CMF)
    This database compiles up-to-date standardized statistics on sovereign debt issuances for the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region and contains biannual data starting in 2006 through December 2022. Sovereign debt data is classified by legislation, creditor, currency, and maturity amongst others for 26 countries. The availability of valid, comparable, and standardized public debt data is essential for the implementation of sound policies in LAC countries. This is why at the core of the LAC Debt Group initiative is the development of a standardized sovereign debt database to help debt managers, policymakers, and other actors of financial markets analyze the evolution and composition of public debt in the region and conduct cross-country comparisons. The information of this database is provided by the public debt offices of LAC countries in response to a questionnaire specifically designed to allow comparability of data. The questionnaire, whose response is non-compulsory, is...
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    Country Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 2006-2022

    Published date 2023-06-21