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  • Medições em Bogotá - Validade Preditiva dos Testes Curtos de Bayley: Dados de Pesquisa 2011-2016
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    By Health, Nutrition and Population Division (VPS/SCL/HNP)
    This dataset contains longitudinal data collected on child development outcomes, child characteristics, and parental and home characteristics on 937 children living in a representative sample of low- and low-middle-income households in Bogota, Colombia. The first round of data was collected in 2011 when 1,311 children ages 6-42 months were given the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-III) by psychologists and were randomized to receive one of two batteries of short tests under survey conditions. In 2016, at 6-8 years, 940 of these children were found and given tests of IQ (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, WISC-V) and school achievement (arithmetic, reading, and vocabulary) by psychologists. These 937 children, excluding outliers, constitute the analysis sample of the paper Predictive validity in middle childhood of short tests of early childhood development used in large scale studies compared to the Bayley-III, the Family Care Indicators, height-for-...
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    Country Colombia

    Temporal coverage 2011-2016

    Published date 2020-03-31

  • Overall Fiscal Balance (Central Government) (current prices, millions of LCU, sum of last 12 months)
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    Overall balance, current prices, in millions of domestic currency, last 12 months. The overall balance is defined as revenues minus total expenditures. Revenues are defined as revenues, grants and transfers within goverment agencies. It refers to the national administration. The fiscal year starts on January 1.
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    Country Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage -

    Published date 2019-03-05

  • Tabelas e Figuras de: Recolher não basta: Os impostos como instrumento de desenvolvimento
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    This dataset contains tables and figures for the publication "Revenue Collection Is Not Enough: Taxes as an Instrument of Development" (Related publication only available in Spanish). Taxation in Latin America is largely viewed as a means of generating income to keep the government in business. In recent years, progress has been made towards increasing total revenue, but most countries in the region still lag well behind other countries with similar levels of development. More importantly, Latin America policymakers still largely ignore the potential of taxation to contribute to other important development goals. Governments have repeatedly missed the chance to influence consumption and production patterns by using taxes to effect relative price changes. More than Revenue aims to provide an up-to-date overview of the current state of taxation in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, its main reform needs, and possible reform strategies that take into account the likely...
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    Country Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage 1990-2014

    Published date 2015-06-30

  • Primary Balance (Central Government) (current prices, millions of LCU, sum of last 12 months)
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    Primary balance, current prices, in millions of domestic currency, last 12 months. The primary balance is defined as revenues minus primary expenditures. Revenues are defined as revenues, grants and transfers within goverment agencies. Primary expenditures are defined as total expenditures minus interest payments. It refers to the national administration. The fiscal year starts on January 1.
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    Country Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage -

    Published date 2019-03-05

  • Total Fiscal Expenditure (Central Government) (current prices, millions of LCU, sum of last 12 months)
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    By Department of Research and Chief Economist (VPS/RES/RES)
    Total expenditures, current prices, in millions of domestic currency, last 12 months. It refers to the national administration. The fiscal year starts on January 1.
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    Country Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados ...

    Temporal coverage -

    Published date 2019-03-05