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  • 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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    Country Brazil · Colombia · El Salvador ...

    Temporal coverage 1994-2015

    Published date 2017-01-01

  • 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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    Country 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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    Country Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 1999-2016

    Published date 2018-07-01

  • Tables and Figures for: Public Administration at a Glance in Latin America and the Caribbean: 2017
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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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    Country Argentina · Barbados · Brazil ...

    Temporal coverage 2007-2015

    Published date 2017-05-08

  • Public Debt around the World: A New Dataset of Central Government Debt: 1970-2005
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    Commonly used datasets on the level of public debt provide incomplete country and period coverage. This paper presents a new dataset that includes complete series of central government debt for 89 countries over the 1991-2005 period and for seven other countries for the 1993-2005 period.
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    Country Albania · Algeria · Argentina ...

    Temporal coverage 1970-2005

    Published date 2015-03-04