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    By Water and Sanitation Division (VPS/INE/WSA)
    This dataset is an interpolated version of the OLAS/SCL Household Survey Data Set, and includes data from Latin America and Caribbean countries from 2003-2023. The interpolation can be used for understanding trends in water and sanitation access in the region.
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    By Social Protection and Labor Markets Division (VPS/SCL/SPL)
    The Database of Labor Markets and Social Security Information System (SIMS) is the most important source of information about jobs and pensions in Latin America and the Caribbean. It encompasses harmonized statistics of 25 countries in the region, assuring the comparability of the indicators among them and also over time. The dataset includes data since 1990 and it presents 72 main indicators, which can be broken down by age group, gender, zone, level of education and other. The SIMS contains information in 6 broad categories: population, employment, unemployment, income, social security and poverty. This database seeks to contribute to public policies design based on evidence to strengthen the development of the region.
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    By Health, Nutrition and Population Division (VPS/SCL/HNP)
    This dataset includes data from surveys conducted for the SPOON (Sustained Program for Improving Nutrition) program containing two rounds of data, the baseline (2018) and the final evaluation of the program (2021) conducted in 76 communities in the department of Baja-Verapaz, Guatemala to a sample of 1628 households with children under 4.5 months and mothers who were in the third trimester of pregnancy at the time of the baseline. The survey includes a broad set of socioeconomic, demographic and nutritional variables. The data sets were anonymized to protect the privacy of the subjects. Related Publication Only Available in Spanish.
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    By Agriculture and Rural Development Division (VPS/PTI/ARD)
    Agrimonitor is the IDB Product Support Estimates (PSE) country-level database for Latin American and Caribbean countries. It enables policymakers and policy analysts to track agricultural policies and to assess and measure the composition of the support to agriculture. PSE indicators related to magnitudes and composition help to better describe and address the key challenges facing agriculture in the coming decade.
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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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