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Date issued: 1월 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Vakis, Renos;Paxson, Christina;Marshall, Daniela;Macours, Karen;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Bravo, David;Bernal, Raquel;Azuero, Rodrigo;Araujo, María Caridad;Behrman, Jere R.;Schady, Norbert

Los estudios llevados a cabo en Estados Unidos demuestran que las brechas en las habilidades tempranas cognitivas y no cognitivas se producen muy pronto en la vida. Es poco lo que se conoce sobre…

Date issued: 1월 2014
Author(s): Kuratomi, Traci;Martin, Dougal;Ducci, Jorge;Rihm, Alfredo;Navia Díaz, María del Rosario;Grau, Javier

In the last decade, Belize has seen major improvements in access to water, but it is behind in achieving universal access to improved sanitation facilities. Belize has also made progress in terms of…

Date issued: 1월 2014
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Tommasi, Mariano

This policy brief takes stock of the research on government capabilities undertaken at the Inter-American Development Bank, highlights the relevance of government capabilities for generating better…

Date issued: 1월 2014
Author(s): Scartascini, Carlos;Tommasi, Mariano

En este trabajo sobre políticas se pasa revista a las obras de investigación sobre la capacidad de los gobiernos que se han emprendido en el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, se resalta la…

Date issued: 1월 2014
Author(s): Vegas, Emiliana;Ganimian, Alejandro;Bos, María Soledad

En el 2012, ocho países de América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, México, Perú y Uruguay) participaron en el Programa para la Evaluación Internacional de Alumnos (PISA, por…

Date issued: 1월 2014
Author(s): Bos, María Soledad;Ganimian, Alejandro;Vegas, Emiliana

En el 2012, ocho países de América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, México, Perú y Uruguay) participaron en el Programa para la Evaluación Internacional de Alumnos (PISA, por…

Date issued: 1월 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Garofalo, Pablo;Czerwonko, Alejo;Cristia, Julian P.

Many developing countries are allocating significant resources to expanding technology access in schools. Whether these investments will translate into measurable educational improvements remains an…

Date issued: 1월 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Muñoz, Juan Sebastián

This paper presents evidence of the relationship between the disparity in the academic performance of boys and girls in Colombia and the country's excessively high school dropout rates. By…

Date issued: 1월 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Bet, Germán;Cristia, Julian P.;Ibarrarán, Pablo

This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools…

Date issued: 1월 2014 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ajzenman, Nicolás;Galiani, Sebastián;Seira, Enrique

There are few reliable estimates of the effects of violence on economic outcomes. This study exploits the manifold increase in homicides in 2008-2011 in Mexico resulting from its war on organized…