Effective policy making hinges on information - information that guides governments as to whether they are doing the right things, the right way, and how they might be done better. Strong Monitoring And...
Efforts to design effective development policies aimed at enhancing the welfare of people in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region depend on the improved measurement of living conditions, strengthened...
En esta nota, los autores explican que Chile ha logrado avances considerables en sus esfuerzos por reducir la pobreza, mantener el crecimiento y promover la democratización durante los últimos 10 años;...
In this note, the authors explain that although Chile has made considerable progress in its efforts to reduce poverty, sustain growth, and promote democratization during the last decade, these advances...
This note points out that the World Bank, jointly with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) developed the Program...
Este artículo destaca algunas de las conclusiones de nuevos estudios analíticos llevados a cabo en la región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), específicamente una cantidad de prácticas prometedoras...
This article highlights some of the findings from recent analytical work that has been carried out in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, notably a number of promising practices that are being...
Tras un período de amplio apoyo en los sesenta y setenta, los fondos públicos para investigación y extensión en América Latina y el Caribe comenzaron a declinar en los años ochenta y noventa. La compleja...
After a period of strong support in the 1960s and 1970s, public funding for research and extension activities in LAC began to wane in the 1980s and 1990s. The strained economic context for many countries...
Despite being one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1990s, a series of unfortunate events drove the Dominican Republic in 2003, to a rapid decline in its socioeconomic...