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Latin America and the Caribbean Social Development

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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    This database for Revelation of Expectations in Latin America (REVELA) was updated to March 2009. It includes data on inflation, growth, fiscal deficit, interest rate and other variables for each country in Latin America and the Caribbean from 2006 to 2010.
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    This dataset contains the tables and figures for the 2016 edition of Development in the Americas. Book description: Why should people--and economies--save? The typical answer usually focuses on the need to protect against future shocks, to smooth consumption during hard times, in short, to save for the proverbial rainy day. This book approaches the question from a slightly different angle. While saving to survive the bad times is important, saving to thrive in the good times is what really counts. People must save so they can invest in their own and their children's health and education, live productive fulfilling lives, and end their days in comfort and peace. Firms must save so they can grow productive enterprises that employ more workers in better jobs to produce quality goods for domestic and international markets. Governments must save to build bridges, highways, and airports that support a productive economy, to provide quality services such as education, health, water, and...
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    By Health, Nutrition and Population Division (VPS/SCL/HNP)
    This dataset contains cross-sectional data collected on child development outcomes, child characteristics, and parental and home characteristics for a sample of 1,311 children ages 6-42 months of age living in a representative sample of low- and low-middle-income households in Bogota, Colombia. This is the sample used for the analysis in the paper “Concurrent Validity andFeasibility of Short Tests Currently Used to Measure Early Childhood Development in Large Scale Studies” by Marta Rubio-Codina, M Caridad Araujo, Orazio Attanasio, Pablo Muñoz and Sally Grantam-McGregor, forthcoming at PLOS ONE. The dataset and do files shared allow replication of the results in the paper. Please note that these data can only be used for non-commercial research purposes given the IDB data sharing standards and in order to comply with the commitment acquired by the researchers with study participants by means of the informed consent.
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    By Health, Nutrition and Population Division (VPS/SCL/HNP)
    Data from checklist observations on seven home visit parenting programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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    By Country Department Caribbean Group (VPC/CCB/CCB)
    This file contains data at the firm level for the 2011 Finance and Gender Issues Survey that is a follow-up of Enterprise survey 2010 implemented in Barbados financed by IDB. This data specially concentrates on gender ownership of the firm. It is possible to study firm´s performance and finance, in others. It is also attached technical information regarding data and questionnaires.
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