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Date issued: Dec 2020
Author(s): Bahar, Dany;Ibáñez, Ana María;Rozo, Sandra

Between 2014 and 2020 over 1.8 million refugees fled from Venezuela to Colombia as a result of a humanitarian crisis, many of them without a regular migratory status. We study the short- to medium-…

Date issued: Dec 2020
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Ortega, Gloria

One of the main challenges of employment services -in particular labor intermediation systems- is to facilitate the adequate matching between the required skills in open vacancies and those that job…

Date issued: Dec 2020
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Ortega, Gloria

Uno de los principales retos de los servicios de empleo, y en particular de los sistemas de intermediación laboral, es facilitar un emparejamiento adecuado entre las habilidades requeridas en las…

Date issued: Dec 2020
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Ortega, Gloria

Un de principaux défis des services demploi et particulièrement des systèmes d'intermédiation du travail est de faciliter le couplage entre les compétences requises pour un poste disponible et…

Date issued: Dec 2020
Author(s): Urquidi, Manuel;Ortega, Gloria

Um dos principais desafios dos serviços de emprego - em particular dos sistemas de intermediação de mão de obra - é facilitar o pareamento entre as habilidades exigidas nas vagas disponíveis e…

Date issued: Dec 2020
Author(s): Altamirano Montoya, Álvaro;Amaral, Nicole

This note brings together lessons from the IDBs and other institutions efforts to adapt a skills taxonomy for Latin America and the Caribbean countries. These efforts have focused primarily on the…

Date issued: Dec 2020
Author(s): Denaro, Desirée

The lack of motivation and sense of community within schools have proven to be the two most relevant factors behind the decision to drop out. Despite the notable progress made in school access in…

Date issued: Dec 2020
Author(s): Denaro, Desirée

La falta de motivación y de sentido de comunidad dentro de las escuelas han resultado ser dos importantes factores que subyacen en la decisión de abandonar los estudios. A pesar de que los países de…

Date issued: Nov 2020
Author(s): Inter-American Development Bank

The Quarterly Business Review (QBR) provides an overview of the IDB's performance on sovereign-guaranteed outputs and lending program priorities. The QBR identifies trend deviations from IDB…

Date issued: Nov 2020 Generative AI enabled
Author(s): Mateo-Berganza Díaz, María Mercedes;Becerra, Laura;Hernández Agramonte, Juan Manuel;Lopez Boo, Florencia;Pérez Alfaro, Marcelo;Vasquez Echeverria, Alejandro

Uruguay has increased it preschool enrollment, reaching almost universal coverage among four- and five-year-olds. However, more than a third of children enrolled in preschool programs have…