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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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    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 Health, Nutrition and Population Division (VPS/SCL/HNP)
    This dataset contains information on National Program Cuna Más (Cuna Mas), Peru’s largest early childhood development program established in 2012. It focuses on one of the two services provided by Cuna Mas known as Servicio de Cuidado Diurno, a daycare service in marginalized urban areas that provides comprehensive care to children aged 6 to 36 months. Data were collected between November 2013 and January 2014 by the Inter-American Development Bank. The objective of the study was to estimate the association between caregiver quality and the development of very young children (6 to 24 months).
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    By Fiscal Management Division (VPS/IFD/FMM)
    The Dataset of Housing Indicators aims to give users access to quality information regarding urban housing and development, including policies and best practices related to housing conditions in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.
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    By Innovation in Citizen Services Division (VPS/IFD/ICS)
    Dataset related to the publication "Transformacao Digital dos Governos Brasileiros Satisfacao dos Cidados com os Serviços Públicos Digitais". The document summarizes the results of a new citizen satisfaction survey on digital public services in Brazil. It shows that the Brazilian population is connected and considers itself well adapted to the digital world, even with foreseeable inequalities of age, level of formal education and income. It aimed to collect information about the adaptation of citizens to the digital world, their level of perceived connectivity and internet use and their assessment of the quality of digital services in the public sector (focusing on the state level, but also with questions about the federal and municipal levels) and the private sector, among other topics.
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