This paper shows, first, that non-commodity revenues are more volatile in oil- and mineral-rich countries and that quality of institutions is associated with lower volatility. We investigate the channels through which oil and mineral revenue volatility lead to non-commodity revenues volatility,...

This paper explores the potential the community college model holds for Latin America. Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experience introducing short post-secondary courses and non university institutions, sometimes as a result of private initiative, sometimes as a matter...

En este documento se analiza la organización de las escuelas secundarias en América Latina y el Caribe. Se tratan temas como son la provisión de escuelas para un conjunto estudiantil cada vez más heterogéneo y la triple función de preparar a los alumnos para la educación superior, formar...

The IDB's strategy in Brazil seeks to promote and further the reform and modernization of the public sector, to support efforts to improve the competitiveness of Brazilian goods, to support the efforts to reduce social inequalities and poverty and, finally, to address the problems of...

This Strategy (GN-2067-3) summarizes what is known about how to improve primary and secondary education in Latin America and the Caribbean and provides a set of objectives and strategies to guide the IDB in its support of primary and secondary education over the next decade. The paper defines...

This paper asks a deceptively simple question. After over a decade of concern about and investment in primary education, what have been the results and how much further does the region need to go before it has achieved a primary education of quality for all children? The paper creatively reviews...

La estrategia sobre educación primaria y secundaria (GN-2067-3) resume lo que se conoce acerca de cómo mejorar la educación primaria y secundaria en América Latina y el Caribe y presenta un conjunto de objetivos y estrategias para guiar al BID. Se definen las cinco áreas críticas de la...