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  • Bioinformatics for Researchers in Life Sciences: Tools and Learning Resources
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    By Competitiveness, Technology and Innovation Division (VPS/PTI/CTI)
    The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that bioinformatics--a multidisciplinary field that combines biological knowledge with computer programming concerned with the acquisition, storage, analysis, and dissemination of biological data--has a fundamental role in scientific research strategies in all disciplines involved in fighting the virus and its variants. It aids in sequencing and annotating genomes and their observed mutations; analyzing gene and protein expression; simulation and modeling of DNA, RNA, proteins and biomolecular interactions; and mining of biological literature, among many other critical areas of research. Studies suggest that bioinformatics skills in the Latin American and Caribbean region are relatively incipient, and thus its scientific systems cannot take full advantage of the increasing availability of bioinformatic tools and data. This dataset is a catalog of bioinformatics software for researchers and professionals working in life sciences. It includes more than...
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    Geographic coverage Argentina · Australia · Belgium ...

    Temporal coverage 2020-2021

    Published date 2022-02-11

  • What Public Policies Do Citizens Want for Combating Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean? A Dataset
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    Crime is a major problem in Latin America and the Caribbean. With 9 percent of the world's population, the region accounts for 33 percent of global homicides. This dataset makes extensive new survey data available to help identify what anti-crime policies citizens in the region demand from their governments, as well as who is demanding what and why. This dataset accompanies a recent report on Combating Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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    Geographic coverage Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil ...

    Temporal coverage 2016-2017

    Published date 2021-06-22

  • Suriname COVID-19 Survey: 2020
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    By Country Department Caribbean Group (VPC/CCB/CCB)
    This dataset constitutes a panel follow-up to the 2016/2017 Suriname Survey of Living Conditions. It measures welfare related variables before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic including labor market outcomes, financial literacy, and food security. The survey was executed in August 2020. The Suriname COVID-19 Survey is a project of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It collected data on critical socioeconomic topics in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic to support policymaking and help mitigate the crisis impacts on the populations welfare. The survey recontacted households interviewed in 2016/2017 by the Suriname Survey of Living Conditions (SSLC) and was conducted by phone due to the mobility restrictions and social distancing measures in place. It interviewed 1,016 households during August 2020 and gathered information about disease transmission, household finances, labor, income, remittances, spending, and social protection programs. Data and documentation...
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    Geographic coverage Suriname

    Temporal coverage 2020-2020

    Published date 2021-06-05

  • Guyana Labor Force Survey: Third Quarter 2017
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    By Country Department Caribbean Group (VPC/CCB/CCB)
    This dataset covers a Nationally Representative Sample of the Guyana population during the July-September 2017 quarter. It measures all main employment indicators. This is the first quarter of a continuous quarterly labor force survey with an individual level rotating panel component detailed in the survey report also included in the package.
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    Geographic coverage Guyana

    Temporal coverage 2017-2017

    Published date 2018-09-07

  • COVID-19 Household Telephone Survey in Barbados - Round 2: 2020
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    By Country Department Caribbean Group (VPC/CCB/CCB)
    This dataset constitutes a panel follow-up to the 2016 Barbados Survey of Living Conditions. It measures welfare related variables before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic including labor market outcomes, financial literacy, and food security. The survey was executed in November 2020. The Barbados COVID-19 Survey is a project of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It collected data on critical socioeconomic topics in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic to support policymaking and help mitigate the crisis impacts on the populations welfare. The first survey round recontacted households interviewed in 2016 by the Barbados Survey of Living Conditions (BSLC) and was conducted by phone due to the mobility restrictions and social distancing measures in place. It interviewed 896 households and all their members over 29 days during May and June 2020 and gathered information about disease transmission, household finances, labor, income, remittances, spending, and social...
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    Geographic coverage Barbados

    Temporal coverage 2020-2020

    Published date 2021-01-05