Inclusive Cities: Urban Productivity Through Gender Equality
Sep 2018
Author(s): Libertun de Duren, Nora Ruth;Hiramatsu, Anri;Ariza, María Camila;Silva de Anzorena, María Paloma
Las mujeres que residen en ciudades de América Latina y el Caribe cuentan con acceso a mejores niveles de ingresos que aquellas que residen en áreas rurales. Sin embargo, estos niveles están todavía…
Ciudades Inclusivas: Un camino hacia la productividad urbana a partir de la igualdad de género
Sep 2018
Author(s): Libertun de Duren, Nora Ruth;Hiramatsu, Anri;Ariza, María Camila;Silva de Anzorena, María Paloma
Las mujeres que residen en ciudades de América Latina y el Caribe cuentan con acceso a mejores niveles de ingresos que aquellas que residen en áreas rurales. Sin embargo, estos niveles están todavía…
Retaking in High Stakes Exams: Is Less More?
Dec 2016
Author(s): Krishna, Kala;Lychagin, Sergey;Frisancho, Verónica
Placement, both in university and in the civil service, according to performance in competitive exams is the norm in much of the world. Repeat taking of such exams is common despite the private and…
GVAR Dataset
Apr 2012
Author(s): Cesa-Bianchi, Ambrogio;Pesaran, M. Hashem;Rebucci, Alessandro;Xu, TengTeng
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…
Unemployment Insurance: Case Studies and Lessons for Latin America and the Caribbean
Mar 2000
Author(s): Mazza, Jacqueline
This study examines unemployment insurance (UI) for its potential application and implications for Latin American and the Caribbean economies. It surveys current experience with unemployment…