A Quarter Century of Pension Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons Learned and Next Steps. Edited by Carolin A. Crabbe. Inter-American Development Bank, 2005, ISBN 1-59782-020-2, 416 pages.

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-231
Author(s):  
JACQUELINE ARZOZ PADRÉS
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Pension Reform ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
The Caribbean

Spotlight: 21st Century Skills in Latin America and the Caribbean

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Petrie ◽  
Clara García-Millán ◽  
María Mercedes Mateo-Berganza Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
21St Century ◽  
21St Century Skills ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The World ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Insight Into

There is a wealth of conversation around the world today on the future of the workplace and the skills required for children to thrive in that future. Without certain core abilities, even extreme knowledge or job-specific skills will not be worth much in the long run. To address these issues, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and HundrED conducted this Spotlight project with the goal of identifying and researching leading innovations that focus on 21st Century Skills in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Spotlight program was supported by J.P. Morgan. The purpose of this project is to shine a spotlight, and make globally visible, leading education innovations from Latin America and the Caribbean doing exceptional work on developing 21st Century Skills for all students, teachers, and leaders in schools today. The main aims of this Spotlight are to: Discover the leading innovations cultivating 21st century skills in students globally; understand how schools or organizations can implement these innovations; gain insight into any required social or economic conditions for these innovations to be effectively introduced into a learning context; celebrate and broadcast these innovations to help them spread to new countries. All the findings of the Spotlight in 21st Century Skills are included in this report.

Inequality progress key to aid Chile long-term growth

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Pension Reform ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Commission ◽  
The Caribbean

Subject Social and economic inequality. Significance After its progress in reducing poverty, highlighted by a recent report of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Chile faces the complex and socially divisive challenge of tackling its deep-rooted economic and social inequalities. Impacts The key problem in addressing poverty will be its concentration in specific groups of the population. Some of the government’s planned reforms, such as pension reform, would help to improve income distribution. The outcome of the government’s Country Undertaking initiative will depend on its ability to implement the resulting ideas.

Cuba & The Caribbean

Worldview ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 19-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irving Louis Horowitz
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
North America ◽  
The Other ◽  
Caribbean Region ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Fidel Castro ◽  
Opposite Hand ◽  
Modus Vivendi ◽  
The Caribbean

Since Fidel Castro came to power nearly a quarter-century ago, diplomats from Latin America, politicians from North America, and academics from both hemispheres have been asking how to involve Cuba in the Caribbean peacemaking process. More often than may be warranted by evidence, they have assumed that Cuban interests are consonant with those of the other states of the Caribbean region. Any objection to the word interests as being too strong is met by a barrage of rhetorical arguments purporting to demonstrate that, at the very least, a modus vivendi is possible. But Cuban communism is a sore thumb and not easily disposed of by appeals to use the opposite hand.

Trade Trends Estimates: Latin America and the Caribbean - 2021 Edition 1Q

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Giordano ◽  
Kathia Michalczewsky
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Trade Sector

This report provides estimates of Latin America and the Caribbeans international trade flows for 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. It was prepared by the Integration and Trade Sector (INT) at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in partnership with its Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL).

Nature-based Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean: Support from the Inter-American Development Bank

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmie Oliver ◽  
Suzanne Ozment ◽  
Alfred Grunwaldt ◽  
Mariana Silva Paredes ◽  
Gregory Watson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Ecosystem Degradation ◽  
The Caribbean

Governments across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) face challenges in extending and maintaining infrastructure to serve their populations, especially as climate change and ecosystem degradation endanger communities and infrastructure assets across the region. To help address these challenges, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) aims to increase its support of Nature-based Solutions (NBS) in accordance with the banks 2020 Environmental and Social Sustainability Mainstreaming Action Plan. This Issue Brief serves two main functions. First, it describes IDB's growing focus on NBS and provides a tour of IDBs main offerings regarding NBS project support and investment. Second, it serves as a baseline of IDBs activities related to NBS from which the bank and partners can build upon moving forward. Going forward, IDB will ramp up support for clients to incorporate NBS considerations and opportunity analysis in country agreements and throughout all stages of project preparation, from investment identification to execution.

scholarly journals Building capacity for dementia care in Latin America and the Caribbean

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 310-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Gonzalez ◽  
Ciro Gaona ◽  
Marialcira Quintero ◽  
Carlos A. Chavez ◽  
Joyce Selga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Building Capacity ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
National Systems ◽  
Provided Examples

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have limited facilities and professionals trained to diagnose, treat, and support people with dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment. The situation for people with dementia is poor, and worsening as the proportion of elderly in the general population is rapidly expanding. We reviewed existing initiatives and provided examples of actions taken to build capacity and improve the effectiveness of individuals, organizations, and national systems that provide treatment and support for people with dementia and their caregivers. Regional barriers to capacity building and the importance of public engagement are highlighted. Existing programs need to disseminate their objectives, accomplishments, limitations, and overall lessons learned in order to gain greater recognition of the need for capacity-building programs.

scholarly journals Conducting and Disseminating Epidemiological Systematic Reviews in Latin America and the Caribbean: Pitfalls and Lessons Learned

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 64-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agustín Ciapponi ◽  
Demián Glujovsky ◽  
Sacha Alexis Virgilio ◽  
Ariel Esteban Bardach
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Systematic Reviews ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Caribbean
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