Publications

Previous Pause Next

Trading Promises for Results: What Global Integration Can Do for Latin America and the Caribbean

The 2019 IDB flagship report finds that trade liberalization made most countries better off, but complementary policies are needed. Find out more.

Development Effectiveness Overview (DEO) 2019

The 2019 edition of The Development Effectiveness Overview highlights how the IDB Group supports the Sustainable Development Goals in the region as well as lessons learned from projects in the urban transport, agribusiness, and health sectors.

The Impact of Digital Infrastructure on the Sustainable Development Goals: A Study for Selected Latin American and Caribbean Countries

This publication identifies the role of digital infrastructure in achieving the SDGs in 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

What Are the Most In-Demand Occupations and Emerging Skills in the Region? (interactive version)

Find out in the third issue of our series "The Future of Work in Latin America and the Caribbean", which combines data sources to understand the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the labor market.

Disrupting Talent: The Emergence of Coding Bootcamps and the Future of Digital Skills

Coding bootcamps have emerged as an effective alternative to address the shortage of digital talent, creating an industry that in 2018 generated revenues of $240 million.

2019 Latin American and Caribbean Macroeconomic Report: Building Opportunities to Grow in a Challenging World

This report analyzes the potential consequences for the region of selected negative external shocks. It considers how countries can strengthen macroeconomic policy frameworks to mitigate these events and the monetary, fiscal, and debt management policy choices available...

Publications

Social Capital and Social Cohesion: Definition and Measurement

Dec 2008

Author(s): Ferroni, Marco

The purpose of this presentation is to propose a definition of the concept of social cohesion and an approach to measuring it. We proceed in two parts: Part I: Cumulative definition and measurement;…