Latin America And The Caribbean Lac Report

Author : International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (Project)
Publisher : Iaastd
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UCSD:31822037315256

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Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Report by International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (Project) Pdf

The International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD) looks realistically at how we could effectively use agriculture/AKST to help us meet development and sustainability goals. An unprecedented three-year collaborative effort, the IAASTD involved more than 400 authors in 110 countries and cost more than $11 million. It reports on the advances and setbacks of the past fifty years and offers options for the next fifty years. The results of the project are contained in seven reports: a Global Report, five regional Sub-Global Assessments, and a Synthesis Report. The Global Report gives the key findings of the Assessment, and the five Sub-Global Assessments address regional challenges. The volumes present options for action. All of the reports have been extensively peer-reviewed by governments and experts and all have been approved by a panel of participating governments. The Sub-Global Assessments all utilize a similar and consistent framework: examining and reporting on the impacts of AKST on hunger, poverty, nutrition, human health, and environmental/social sustainability. The five Sub-Global Assessments cover the following regions: Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) East and South Asia and the Pacific (ESAP) Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) North America and Europe (NAE) Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)

Author : UNESCO
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210051941

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Global Education Monitoring Report 2020 by UNESCO Pdf

This publication assesses progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) on education and its ten targets, as well as other related education targets in the SDG agenda. It addresses inclusion in education, drawing attention to all those excluded from education, because of background or ability. The report is motivated by the explicit reference to inclusion in the 2015 Incheon Declaration, and the call to ensure an inclusive and equitable quality education in the formulation of SDG 4, the global goal for education. It reminds us that, no matter what argument may be built to the contrary, we have a moral imperative to ensure every child has a right to an appropriate education of high quality.

Author : José R. Molinas Vega,Ricardo Paes de Barros,Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi,Marcelo Giugale,Louise J. Cord,Carola Pessino,Amer Hasan
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821389027

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Do Our Children Have a Chance? by José R. Molinas Vega,Ricardo Paes de Barros,Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi,Marcelo Giugale,Louise J. Cord,Carola Pessino,Amer Hasan Pdf

This volume reports on the status and evolution of human opportunity in Latin America and the Caribbean by tracking equity in access to key services using newly-available data.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264174542

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OECD Studies on Water Water Governance in Latin America and the Caribbean A Multi-level Approach by OECD Pdf

This report addresses multilevel governance challenges in water policy in the Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) and identifies good practices for co-ordinating water across ministries, between levels of government, and across local and regional actors.

Author : Augusto de la Torre,Eduardo Levy Yeyati,Samuel Pienknagura
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780821399750

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Latin America and the Caribbean as Tailwinds Recede by Augusto de la Torre,Eduardo Levy Yeyati,Samuel Pienknagura Pdf

This semiannual report — a product of the Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean Region of the World Bank — examines the short and medium-term challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) as the external factors that were instrumental in the region’s recent performance recede. Chapter 1 gives an overview of the global economy and its implications for the short- and medium-term prospects of the LAC region. Chapter 2 provides a detailed analysis of the general patterns of domestic demand and supply observed in LAC over the last decade. In particular we document the steady increase in LAC’s domestic demand, especially its investment component, as a share of GDP over the 2000s. Moreover, we show that the rise of domestic demand has occurred in tandem with an expansion of the services sector. We assess what are the pitfalls and challenges for LAC’s growth pattern in a less benign global environment.

Author : International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475586015

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Cluster Report by International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. Pdf

This cluster report takes stock of and explores opportunities for trade integration in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Drawing on a set of 12 analytical studies that will be issued as working papers, the report examines the determinants of trade, explores the potential to enhance LAC’s trade integration, and assesses the associated economic and social effects. To deepen understanding of the region’s policy options and trade strategies, the report also incorporates the views of LAC country authorities based on responses to a survey. This provides an opportunity to examine the alignment of recommendations based on the analytical findings with the region’s current trade policy priorities, with the caveat that the survey was conducted between late 2015 and mid-2016, prior to the most recent developments in the global trade landscape.

Author : Antoni Kapcia,Linda Newson
Publisher : University of London Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-30
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 1908857129

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Report on the State of UK-Based Research on Latin America and the Caribbean 2014 by Antoni Kapcia,Linda Newson Pdf

This report looks at how the United Kingdom is responding to and engaging with new developments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It addresses in detail the importance of carrying out research on Latin America and the Caribbean, the scope and patterns of the research being carried out, and new developments affecting LAC studies in the United Kingdom. The size and composition of the research community are profiled, along with institutional affiliations and research concentrations. Findings are presented on the shifting institutional commitments to research on Latin America and the Caribbean and the challenges faced by the LAC research community, including trends in funding for LAC research, the impact of research assessment, and constraints on dissemination and publication of research.

Author : Laurence Wolff,Ernesto Schiefelbein,Jorge Valenzuela
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : 0821329855

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Improving the Quality of Primary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean by Laurence Wolff,Ernesto Schiefelbein,Jorge Valenzuela Pdf

World Bank Discussion Paper No. 257. Countries in the Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC) have invested heavily in primary education over the past 10 years. International studies of achievement, however, show that LAC countries still perfo

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264685932

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How’s Life in Latin America? Measuring Well-being for Policy Making by OECD Pdf

Many Latin American countries have experienced improvements in income over recent decades, with several of them now classified as high-income or upper middle-income in terms of conventional metrics. But has this change been mirrored in improvements across the different areas of people’s lives? How’s Life in Latin America? Measuring Well-being for Policy Making addresses this question by presenting comparative evidence for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) with a focus on 11 LAC countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay).

Author : Marianne Fay,Luis Alberto Andres,Charles Fox,Ulf Narloch,Michael Slawson
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464811029

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Rethinking Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean by Marianne Fay,Luis Alberto Andres,Charles Fox,Ulf Narloch,Michael Slawson Pdf

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) does not have the infrastructure it needs, or deserves, given its income. Many argue that the solution is to spend more; by contrast, this report has one main message: Latin America can dramatically narrow its infrastructure service gap by spending efficiently on the right things. This report asks three questions: what should LAC countries’ goals be? How can these goals be achieved as cost-effectively as possible? And who should pay to reach these goals? In doing so, we drop the ‘infrastructure gap’ notion, favoring an approach built on identifying the ‘service gap’. Benchmarking Latin America in this way reveals clear strengths and weaknesses. Access to water and electricity is good, with the potential for the region’s electricity sector to drive competitive advantage; by contrast, transport and sanitation should be key focus areas for further development. The report also identifies and analyses some of the emerging challenges for the region—climate change, increased demand and urbanization—that will put increasing pressure on infrastructure and policy makers alike. Improving the region’s infrastructure performance in the context of tight fiscal space will require spending better on well identified priorities. Unlike most infrastructure diagnostics, this report argues that much of what is needed lies outside the infrastructure sector †“ in the form of broader government issues—from competition policy, to budgeting rules that no longer solely focus on controlling cash expenditures. We also find that traditional recommendations continue to apply regarding independent, well-performing regulators and better corporate governance, and highlight the critical importance of cost recovery where feasible and desirable, as the basis for future commercial finance of infrastructure services. Latin America has the means and potential to do better; and it can do so by spending more efficiently on the right things.

Author : María Marta Ferreyra,Mark Roberts
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464812705

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Raising the Bar for Productive Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean by María Marta Ferreyra,Mark Roberts Pdf

With more than 70 percent of its population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is among the most urbanized regions in the world. Yet, although its cities are, on average, more productive than those elsewhere in the world, their productivity lags that of North American and Western European cities. Closing this gap provides LAC with the opportunity to raise living standards and join the ranks of the world’s richest countries. Raising the Bar: Cities and Productivity in Latin America and the Caribbean is about the productivity of cities in LAC and the factors that help to explain its determination. Based on original empirical research, the report documents the high levels of population density and other features of LAC cities that mark them out from those in the rest of the world. The report also studies the role of three key factors †“ urban form, skills, and access to markets †“ in determining the productivity of LAC cities. It shows that while excessive congestion forces and inadequate metropolitan coordination seem to be stifling the benefits of agglomeration, LAC cities benefit from strong human capital externalities. It also finds that, within individual LAC countries, cities are poorly integrated with one another, which contributes to large differences in performance across cities and undermines their aggregate contribution to productivity at the national level.

Author : William Maloney,Pablo Garriga,Marcela Meléndez,Raúl Morales,Charl Jooste,James Sampi,Jorge Thompson Araujo,Ekaterina Vostroknutova
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464821110

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Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Review, April 2024 by William Maloney,Pablo Garriga,Marcela Meléndez,Raúl Morales,Charl Jooste,James Sampi,Jorge Thompson Araujo,Ekaterina Vostroknutova Pdf

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has made slow but consistent progress addressing the imbalances induced by the pandemic in an international environment that is just now showing signs of stabilizing. Despite favorable macroeconomic management, high interest rates and fiscal imbalances remain challenging while growth rates remain lackluster due to long-standing structural issues. Looking forward, an aging workforce and rising violence will increasingly complicate policy. This report focuses particularly on weak competitive forces as a source of low productivity, low growth, and low welfare in LAC. It emphasizes the need for effective competition institutions, pro-competition regulatory frameworks, complementary policies to improve the capabilities of workers and firms, and enhanced innovation systems, to prepare local industries to reach the technological frontier and face global competition. Furthermore, the report underscores the need for reforms to prevent large businesses from exerting undue political influence over policy decisions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821330284

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Meeting the Infrastructure Challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean by Anonim Pdf

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) stand at a point of transition. During the 1980s in the face of the unavoidable need to correct macroeconomic imbalances, economic growth largely came to a halt, some of the poor became poorer, and not only new investment but even routine maintenance of economic infrastructure was often neglected or deferred. This report suggests a number of ideas to help countries address their infrastructure challenges, including a variety of models for structuring the participation of domestic and international private capital. The report also states the World Bank's commitment to serve as a proactive catalyst for mobilizing private capital for improved infrastructure service provision in LAC. The World Bank will intensify efforts toward policy and regulatory reform and contribute financial resouces or provide guarantees to help strenghten infrastructurae in LAC.

Author : Cheng Hoon Lim,Mr.Alexander D Klemm,Ms.Sumiko Ogawa,Mr.Marco Pani,Claudio Visconti
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475589597

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Financial Stability Reports in Latin America and the Caribbean by Cheng Hoon Lim,Mr.Alexander D Klemm,Ms.Sumiko Ogawa,Mr.Marco Pani,Claudio Visconti Pdf

Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean now publish financial stability reports. This study reviews their latest issues to assess their content, quality, and transparency. While some reports provide a strong analysis of risks and vulnerabilities, there are significant cross-country differences, and many reports could be improved by adopting a more comprehensive, forward-looking, and thematic assessment of financial stability. A well thought out communication strategy, including a regular and predictable publication schedule and an easily accessible website, is also important to enhance the impact of the reports. Data gaps, particularly at the disaggregated level, are material and need to be urgently addressed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : PURD:32754076910334

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United States-Latin America-Caribbean Policy by Anonim Pdf