, selectively reviews the literature on the impact of ECD programs in the United States, discusses the evidence from Latin America … specific policies and programs. The knowledge base on early childhood outcomes is still thin in Latin America and the Caribbean …

productivity premiums and different sources of agglomeration effects for 16 countries in the Latin America and Caribbean region …

This paper shows evidence that suggests the economic slowdown in Latin America and the Caribbean has already translated … income growth. The countries of South America outperformed Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean in poverty reduction … of the trends seen during the commodity boom, real wages have been falling in South America and rising in Mexico, Central …

This paper describes how Latin America and the Caribbean has been integrating financially with countries in the North …

paper finds that the recently observed reduction in inequality in Latin America may continue. Building on counterfactual … long-awaited rise of the middle class in Latin America will be in full swing, as its share will be 43 percent of the total …

Labor market dynamics have played a significant role in the remarkable social gains experienced across Latin America …. Using harmonized data for 17 countries in Latin America, this paper connects the role of job quality with the recent process …

This paper documents an inverse U-shape in the evolution of wage inequality in Latin America since 1995, with a sharp …