This study analyzes mobility patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic for eight large Latin American cities. Indicators of mobility by socioeconomic status (SES) are generated by combining georeferenced mobile phone information with granular census data. Before the pandemic, a strong positive...

Este informe ofrece una evaluación preliminar del impacto de la crisis de COVID-19 en el comercio electrónico. Se basa en datos e información disponibles en su mayor parte hasta el tercer trimestre de 2020, incluidos aquellos procedentes de las estadísticas oficiales, las encuestas a...

The current coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented public health challenge that has devastating economic impacts for households. Using a sample of 230,540 respondents to online surveys in 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, we show that the economic impacts are large and unequal:...

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...

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...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) welcomes the opportunity that the World Summit on Sustainable Development offers the development community to reflect on regional trends and the major challenges facing our member countries in environmental sustainability. The IDB prepared this document...

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...