This report raises a number of fundamental questions about the multidimensional and interrelated nature of social exclusion and moves beyond the traditional emphasis on outcomes and groups to view exclusion as a process that results from societal traits that limit the functionings of the...

This report moves beyond the conventional scope of economics to examine three entrenched structural factors -demography, geography and institutions- that are closely connected to economic and social development. Historical in nature and slow to evolve, these variables are not always in the...

En este reporte se describe un modelo del entorno de negocios para las microfinanzas desarrollado por Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Este trabajo fue apoyado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) y la Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF).

Este documento describe la segunda edición de una herramienta de aprendizaje e índice de clasificación que evalúa la capacidad de los países de América Latina y el Caribe para llevar a cabo Asociaciones Público-Privadas en el sector de infraestructura. El contenido y el análisis en este...

Presentación que detalla los perfiles por países, sobre negocios para las microfinanzas en América Latina. Da a conocer le marco regulatorio, el clima para la inversión y el desarrollo institucional.

En este artículo, documentamos los cambios en la tasa de desempleo distinguiendo entre movimientos en la demanda y oferta de trabajo. Para ello, primero investigamos si existe evidencia de cambios en la elasticidad empleo producto. En segundo lugar, se analiza si el fuerte crecimiento de los...

Seguro Popular (SP) is a social program introduced by the Mexican government in 2002 to provide health insurance to the 50 million Mexicans without coverage. The program has raised a debate on whether the program has had unintended consequences and distorted incentives facing workers,...

Efforts to improve growth and employment in Latin America and the Caribbean must focus on women. The reason is simple but powerful: women are driving economic growth in the region. This is true at both the economy-wide (macro) and the household (micro) levels.Abstract: Los esfuerzos por mejorar...

Latin America in the 1990s remains the most unequal region in the world in terms of income distribution. Yet because of its changing demographics -declining fertility rates and large number of young people entering the workforce- the region now has a unique window of opportunity to reduce the...

More than a decade has passed since the introduction of comprehensive macroeconomic stabilization packages and trade, fiscal, and financial market reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, growth prospects remain disappointing; labor markets show lackluster performance, with low...