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Date issued: apr 2017
Author(s): Guerriero, Leila;Robles, Juan Manuel;Lezcano, Arturo;Álvarez, Juan Miguel;Alemán, Gabriela;Lauría, Sol;Román Aponte, Luján;Zárate, Joseph;Prenz, Miguel;Bianchi, César;Sinay, Javier

Hay aquí diez historias relacionadas con, entre otras cosas, la innovación, la educación, la ciencia y la tecnología en América Latina, contadas por algunos de los mejores periodistas de la región…

Date issued: mrt 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Fernández, Manuel;Messina, Julián

Earnings inequality declined rapidly in Argentina, Brazil and Chile during the 2000s. A reduction in the experience premium is a fundamental driver of declines in upper-tail (90/50) inequality,…

Date issued: mrt 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Ferreira, Francisco H. G.;Firpo, Sergio P.;Messina, Julián

The Gini coefficient of labor earnings in Brazil fell by nearly a fifth between 1995 and 2012, from 0.50 to 0.41. The decline in earnings inequality was even larger by other measures, with the 90-10…

Date issued: mrt 2017
Author(s): Wiseman, Jane

So much of our daily business can be done with a swipe or a mouse click. Citizens have come to expect and rely on a certain amount of convenience in their daily lives as technology evolves to suit…

Date issued: mrt 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Corral, Leonardo;McCarthy, Nancy

Do quality at entry assessments enhance the delivery of development projects? In this paper we take advantage of approval and execution systems in place at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)…

Date issued: mrt 2017
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The 2017 first quarter edition of the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides management with a status of the Bank's performance. The QBR reports on outputs, lending program priorities and…

Date issued: mrt 2017
Author(s): Powell, Andrew

The 2017 Macroreport considers recent developments in the global economy and how they may affect Latin America and the Caribbean. It reviews how countries are adapting to external conditions and how…

Date issued: mrt 2017
Author(s): Powell, Andrew

El Informe Macroeconómico 2017 considera acontecimientos recientes en la economía global y cómo podrían afectar a América Latina y el Caribe. Analiza la forma en que los países se están adaptando a…

Date issued: mrt 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Torres, Javier;Agüero, Jorge M.

This paper uses seven nationally representative time use surveys in Latin America to identify key stylized facts regarding the quantity and quality of parental time investment on the skill formation…

Date issued: mrt 2017 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mohan, Preeya;Strobl, Eric;Watson, Patrick

In-firm training is a crucial innovative activity in modern knowledge-based economies which face increasing global competition and rapidly changing technology. Nevertheless, there are few studies…