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  • Data Associated with: Social Pulse in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016
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    By Social Sector (VPS/SCL/SCL)
    This dataset was created to support the 2016 Social Pulse in Latin America and the Caribbean: Realities & Perspectives. The publication highlights specific indicators where progress has been made such us "race and ethnicity," and areas where large gaps remain. Also, the new dynamic between generations: "poverty and family structure," examines demographic shifts in the region, including the evolution of family living arrangements and trends in the age profile of poverty.
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    Country Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 1990-2014

    Published date 2016-05-10

  • Data associated with: Measuring Quality and Characterizing Cuna Mas Home Visits Validation of the HOVRS-A+2 in Peru
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    By Health, Nutrition and Population Division (VPS/SCL/HNP)
    This dataset contains information on Programa Nacional Cuna Más (Cuna Mas, hereinafter), 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 Acompanamiento a Familias (SAF), a home visiting program that operates in rural areas and provides one-hour weekly home visits to children aged 0-36 months and their caregiver. The objective of the study was to compare different instruments to measure the quality of home visiting programs. Between August and October 2015, three instruments were administered to a sample of 554 children enrolled in Cuna Mas and receiving home visits at the time of data collection, and on their 176 home visitors who regularly work with 80 supervisors.
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    Country Peru

    Temporal coverage 2015-2015

    Published date 2019-01-31

  • Baseline Salud Mesoamerica Mexico: Health Facility Survey 2015
    Dataset

    By Health, Nutrition and Population Division (VPS/SCL/HNP)
    This dataset presents data from the Mesoamerica Health Initiative in Mexico, specifically focusing on the health facility survey.
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    Country Mexico

    Temporal coverage 2015-2015

    Published date 2017-03-17

  • Tables and Figures for: Measuring the Cost of Salaried Labor in Latin America and the Caribbean
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    By Social Protection and Labor Markets Division (VPS/SCL/SPL)
    This paper presents new data documenting the cost of salaried labor in 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries. We gather data on the three main costs associated to hiring salaried labor; (i) minimum wages and other monetary benefits, (ii) mandated contributions for social insurance and other benefits and (iii) job security provisions. We present two new indicators. First, we calculate the average non-wage cost of salaried labor (NWC). This indicator answers the following question: for the average wage, what additional share of wages must be satisfied by workers and employers to fulfill all the law mandated non-wage costs of a legal salaried relationship. Our second indicator combines these non-wage costs with the nominal restriction that legal wages cannot be lower than the minimum wage. We calculate the annual dollar value of paying a worker the minimum wage plus all mandated non-wage costs as a share of GDP per worker. This constitutes the minimum cost of salaried labor (MCSL)....
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    Country Argentina · Bolivia · Brazil ...

    Temporal coverage 2013-2013

    Published date 2017-07-18

  • Data associated with: Wealth, Financial Intermediation, and Saving in Latin America and the Caribbean
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    By Connectivity, Markets and Finance Division (VPS/IFD/CMF)
    This broad and novel database of 52 countries over 2001–11, allowed a study that assesses the link between financial intermediation and saving. The study finds that the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region lags well behind other regions in terms of financial depth, as measured by gross private domestic financial assets. LAC countries also have a larger share of bank deposits and cash in the private sector portfolio, compared to non-bank assets (bonds and shares). Moreover, within the institutional investor industry, pension funds are relatively developed in the region, although they grew out of the compulsory pension systems in several countries that date back to the 1980s and 1990s. The findings also indicate that LAC countries have about 40 percent of gross private financial wealth invested abroad, but just 4 percent of gross private liabilities have that origin, which attests to region’s obstacles in tapping international markets. The countries in general present a small...
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    Country Argentina · Australia · Austria ...

    Temporal coverage 2001-2011

    Published date 2015-12-21