Sep 2022
The relationship between Korea and Latin American and the Caribbean has come a long way. As the two economies embraced trade with one another in the early 1990s, their connection went from being…
Sep 2022
La relación entre Corea y América Latina y el Caribe ha evolucionado mucho. Ambas economías se abrieron a comerciar entre sí a principios de la década de 1990, y sus vínculos pasaron de ser…
Sep 2022
The relationship between Korea and Latin American and the Caribbean has come a long way. As the two economies embraced trade with one another in the early 1990s, their connection went from being…
Jul 2022
This comparative note describes common and distinct practices on capabilities to support the innovation activities of seven national development banks (NDB): BNDES (Brazil), CORFO (Chile), China…
Jul 2022
How much do schools differ in their effectiveness? Recent studies that seek to answer this question account for student sorting using random assignment generated by central allocation mechanisms or…
Jun 2022
Factores externos están causando disrupciones en la cadena de suministros de semiconductores a nivel global, comprometiendo la competitividad de sectores intensivos en tecnología. Como respuesta, las…
Apr 2022
This publication reviews the history of digitalization of tax administration in Korea dating back to the 1990s and shares the countrys experience and know-how in building an efficient e-taxation…
Apr 2022
Esta publicación repasa la historia de la digitalización de la administración tributaria en la República de Corea desde la década de 1990 y comparte la experiencia y los conocimientos del país en la…
Oct 2021
This note describes the Korean experience with the standardization of private-public partnership (PPP) contracts in the context of a civil law system and the lessons of this experience for countries…
Jul 2021
As the global economy and workforce are constantly being diversified with a greater emphasis on technology, 21st Century citizens are required to acquire basic digital literacy competencies. In this…
Sep 2020
The IDB's 2020 flagship book, “From Structures to Services,” seeks to motivate us to think about today's basic infrastructure services and how technological disruption will change the way…
Sep 2020
The IDB's 2020 flagship book, “From Structures to Services,” seeks to motivate us to think about today's basic infrastructure services and how technological disruption will change the way…
Sep 2020
The IDB's 2020 flagship book, “From Structures to Services,” seeks to motivate us to think about today's basic infrastructure services and how technological disruption will change the way…
Jun 2020
As a consequence of the rapid spread of COVID-19, the entire world is suddenly engaged in the biggest distance learning experiment in history. In Latin America and the Caribbean, radio and TV have…
Jun 2020
Como consecuencia de la rápida propagación del COVID-19, el mundo entero está repentinamente inmerso en el mayor experimento de aprendizaje a distancia de la historia. En América Latina y el Caribe (…
Lessons for Latin America from a Comparative Education Approach: South Korea’s K-12 Education System
Apr 2020
South Korea is well known for its outstanding performance on international assessments of student achievement and learning. Both public and private investments are often considered key factors in…
Apr 2020
In many Asian countries, such as South Korea, teaching is considered a very high-status profession. A teacher in South Korea must meet a minimum qualification, either by graduating from education…
Mar 2020
5G is a revolutionary mobile communication technology that will usher in the 4th Industrial Revolution and drastically change the society and economy of the future. Many countries around the world…
Dec 2019
La publicación está dirigida a tomadores de decisiones públicas que estén en las etapas iniciales de planeación de un sistema de bicicletas compartidas (SBC). Se basa en las lecciones aprendidas…
Nov 2019
The situation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Latin America and the Caribbean continues to be dire. This book uses an original database of SOE performance that shows that every year about one-…