Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Latin America and the Caribbean: Dataset
Metadata & use
| Identifier | https://doi.org/10.60966/zvk0ucuz |
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| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International |
| Citation |
Inter-American Development Bank (2026). Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in Latin America and the Caribbean: Dataset. IDB Open Data. https://doi.org/10.60966/zvk0ucuz |
| Published date | 2026-09-01 |
| Modified date | 2026-11-13 |
| Tags/Keywords | DIA 2026 · digital transformation · evidence gap map · impact evaluation · digital public services · internet use |
| Language |
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| Temporal coverage | 1999-2025 |
| Country |
Saudi Arabia
Mozambique
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Tajikistan
India
Iran
Tanzania
Kyrgyzstan
Vietnam
Syria
Indonesia
Philippines
China
Kenya
Russia
Papua New Guinea
Uganda
Côte d’Ivoire
Ghana
Sierra Leone
Niger
Jordan
Morocco
Algeria
Lebanon
Türkiye
Namibia
Barbados
Ethiopia
Paraguay
Uruguay
Brazil
Dominican Republic
Egypt
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Ecuador
Colombia
Panama
Argentina
Chile
Bolivia
Peru
Mexico
Rwanda
Palestinian Territories
Zambia
Botswana
South Africa
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| Region | Latin America and the Caribbean · Europe · Asia · Africa · Oceania |
| Publisher |
Inter-American Development Bank
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| Author |
Inter-American Development Bank
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| Data collection type | Experimental Data · Survey Data |
| Statistical type | Cross-sectional Data |
| Data structure | Structured Data |
| Dataset unit of observation |
Country; Publication |
| Data notes |
What is this dataset?It is the data behind the 2026 edition of Development in the Americas, the Inter-American Development Bank's flagship report, which examines the use of digital technology in public policy. It has two tables: the Digital Impact table, which records impact evaluations of digital interventions, and the Digital Adoption table, which holds indicators on how people in the region use digital services. What does the Digital Impact table contain?One row per measured outcome of a study. A row carries the study's short citation and full reference, the policy sector it is indexed under, the country, the population and the digital intervention evaluated, the evaluation design and sample, and the outcome indicator with its effect size, unit of measurement and significance level. A study that reports several outcomes has several rows, and a study indexed under more than one sector appears once in each. What does the Digital Adoption table contain?One row per indicator, country and population group. A row carries the indicator, the survey question behind it, the category it belongs to, the breakdown dimension and group it refers to, the reference period, and the value. Which countries are included?The indicators cover Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, alongside regional, OECD and emerging-market benchmarks. The Digital Impact table covers studies from Latin America and the Caribbean and from comparable settings in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. What time period does it cover?The Digital Impact table records interventions that took place between 1999 and 2024. The indicators refer to 2025. How were the data collected?The Digital Impact table was assembled from published impact evaluations, each coded onto the report's framework of policy sectors, interventions and outcomes. The indicators are computed from national surveys of internet and digital service use. How should the effect sizes be read?Each effect is given as the study reports it, in the unit named in the same row — percentage points, standard deviations, log points, odds ratios and others — and with the significance level at which the study states it. Where a study reports only the direction of an effect, the row carries a plus or minus sign in place of a magnitude. How should the indicator values be read?Each value is a proportion between 0 and 1 rather than a percentage: a value of 0.5 means half of the group. The row whose breakdown group is Overall covers the whole surveyed population; the remaining rows break the same indicator down by sex, age group, education or place of residence. In what format is the data available, and under what licence?Both tables are published as DataStore resources on this page, readable and downloadable as CSV and queryable through the CKAN DataStore API. The dataset is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. How do I cite it?Cite the dataset by its title, with the Inter-American Development Bank as publisher and the address of this page, together with the date on which you retrieved it. |