This Working Paper is a first attempt at mapping and evaluating in Latin America the contribution of local cognitive institutions to the region’s economic reforms. Policy makers have only limited knowledge of the cognitive assets under study here, i.e., public and private institutions with a...

The Gender Institutions and Development Database (GID-DB) provides key data on gender-based discrimination in social institutions. Data help analyse women's empowerment and understand gender gaps in key areas of development. Covering 178 countries and territories, the GID-DB contains...