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Sep 2023
Skills for work are undoubtedly a transformative force for Latin America and the Caribbean. The developed countries' experience has shown that when a country's labor force responds…
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Sep 2023
Las habilidades para el trabajo son sin duda una fuerza transformadora para América Latina y el Caribe. La experiencia de algunos países desarrollados demuestra que cuando la fuerza laboral responde…
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Sep 2023
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This chapter provides an account of the major family transformations that occurred in recent decades across Latin American and Caribbean countries and examines the implications of such…
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Sep 2023
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Guatemala has not succeeded in attracting sufficient investment to promote a more prosperous and inclusive society, despite having abundant resources and positive economic indicators. The country…
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Sep 2023
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Guatemala no ha logrado atraer suficiente inversión para impulsar una sociedad más próspera e inclusiva, pese a contar con abundantes recursos e indicadores económicos positivos. El país destaca…
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Sep 2023
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In the period from 2016 to 2021, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) reported a four-fold increase in the number of households passed by fiber to the home (FTTH) and a rise of 10…
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Sep 2023
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Los países de América Latina y el Caribe reportan tasas muy altas de crecimiento del número de hogares con acceso a fibra, lo cual levanta cuestiones importantes sobre la infraestructura de fibra.…
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Sep 2023
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Varios indicadores económicos y sociales muestran que Paraguay tiene un importante potencial de desarrollo para dar un salto hacia el futuro. En las últimas dos décadas, el PIB real creció a tasas…
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Sep 2023
This paper proposes a model of sovereign default that features interest rate multiplicity driven by rollover risk. Our core mechanism shows that the possibility of a rollover crisis by itself can…
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Sep 2023
An expansion from zero to the average number of chain stores in a Mexican neighborhood (6.7) reduces the number of neighborhood shops by 15%. This reduction is not driven by increased shop exits but…