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    By Agriculture and Rural Development Division (VPS/PTI/ARD)
    This dataset compiles standardized and up-to-date agricultural productivity and input-use statistics across countries, covering annual data on agricultural output, input indices, and factor shares. Most of the indices originate from the USDA International Agricultural Productivity (IAP) dataset provided by the Economic Research Service (ERS), while others—such as the Hicks-Moorsteen, Fare-Primont, and Lowe TFP indices—are computed by us using underlying data from the same USDA source. The dataset includes multiple Total Factor Productivity (TFP) indices as well as disaggregated input indices for labor, land, capital, materials, machinery, livestock, fertilizers, and feed, many of which are indexed to a 2015 baseline. It also includes data on the value and quantity of agricultural resources such as land, labor, machinery, livestock, fertilizers, feed, cropland, pasture, and irrigated area, expressed in standardized units (e.g., 1,000 hectares, 1,000 metric horsepower, Mcal of...
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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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