El objetivo de este trabajo es mostrar la importancia que tiene el uso de información desagregada para dar seguimiento a la agenda que define los Objetivos de desarrollo del Milenio (ODM). Se deduce que los ODM ofrecen una oportunidad para avanzar con propuestas que contribuyan a reducir la...

Globalization poses the imperative for firms to link with other actors and find new ways to interact and learn from the relationship. Employing original empirical evidence and featuring new case studies from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Nicaragua, Upgrading to Compete shows that the form of...

El Instituto Interamericano para el Desarrollo Social (INDES) del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), creó en 2002 el Programa Nacional en Honduras, con el fin de ampliar la masa crítica de autoridades y gerentes sociales y contribuir al fortalecimiento del proceso de desarrollo de ese...

Globalization poses the imperative for firms to link with other actors and find new ways to interact and learn from the relationship. Employing original empirical evidence and featuring new case studies from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Nicaragua, Upgrading to Compete shows that the form of...

Lack of employment and the deterioration of labor income are critical issues for the development of Latin American countries. The persistence of high incidence of poverty and inequality may be largely explained by the poor performance of labor markets. The motivation of this paper is the idea...

This paper reviews the growth, employment, and poverty record of The Gambia focusing on the macroeconomic environment and the structure and functioning of labour markets. Its aim is to identify areas where current policies can be improved or where more knowledge needs to be generated to better...