

Development in the Americas (DIA) 2017
IDB Flagship Publication
Despite governments’ best efforts, many people in Latin America and the Caribbean don’t have the skills they need to thrive. This book looks at what policies work, and don’t work, so that governments can help people learn better and realize their potential throughout their lifetimes.
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VISIT THE SKILLSBANK
SkillsBank, a web-based database that accompanies the book, aggregates evidence on skills development policies throughout the life cycle.
- Appendix to "Adulthood: Formal Post-Secondary Education," Chapter 9 of Development in the Americas 2017
- Patterns, Trends and Policy Implications of Private Spending on Skills Development in Mexico and the United States
- Time Use and Skills Development in Latin American Households
- Stylized Facts about the Quantity and Quality of Parental Time Investments on the Skill Formation of Their Children
- In Firm Training Innovation and Productivity The Case of Caribbean Small Island Developing States
- Skill Premium, Labor Supply and Changes in the Structure of Wages in Latin America
BID presenta libro “Aprender Mejor: Políticas públicas para el desarrollo de habilidades” - El Nuevo Diario - Dominican Republic - 10/19/2017
Using evidence-based policy to boost skills in Latin America and the Caribbean - VOX CEPR's Policy Portal - 10/16/2017
Región debe prepararse para empleos del futuro - Listin Diario - Santo Domingo - 10/09/2017
¿Recursos bien invertidos? Políticas públicas basadas en evidencia - Punto y Coma - Perú - 10/3/2017
Dos informes para pensar - El Tiempo - Colombia - 10/03/2017
La innovación como desafío en América Latina - El Ojo Digital - Argentina - 09/26/2017
La falta de cualificación frena el cambio tecnológico en América Latina - Expansion - España - 09/17/2017
Gobierno del Perú es el que más mezquina inversión en educación en Sudamérica - Con Nuestro Perú - Perú - 09/02/2017
Solving Latin America’s skills crisis - The Economist - UK - 08/31/2017
México invierte mal muchos fondos para educación: BID - Vanguardia - Mexico - 08/31/2017
BID alerta gran rezago educativo en Latinoamérica, aunque destina 5 % del PIB - Agencia EFE - 08/30/2017
2016
Saving for development: How Latin America and the Caribbean Can Save More and Better Why should people—and economies—save? The typical answer usually focuses on the need to protect against future shocks, to smooth consumption during hard times, in short, to save for the proverbial rainy day. This book approaches the question from a slightly different angle.
2015
The Early Years: Child Well-being and the Role of Public Policy Child well-being matters for both ethical and economic reasons as children who flourish in the early years are more likely to become healthy, productive citizens later in life.

2014
Rethinking Productive Development: Sound Policies and Institutions for Economic Transformation Anemic economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean is in need of a post-Washington-Consensus policy shot in the arm. Unfortunately, the ghost of industrial policy casts a shadow over all efforts because it has often done more harm than good.

2013
More than Revenue: Taxation as a Development Tool More than Revenue aims to provide an up-to-date overview of the current state of taxation in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, its main reform needs, and possible reform strategies that take into account the likely economic, institutional, and political constraints on the reform process.

2012
Room for Development: Housing Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean This edition of the IDB's flagship publication, Development in the Americas, takes an in-depth look at the opportunities countries have to improve urban housing markets and pave the way for solutions that involve the private sector.

2011
Development Connections:Unveiling the Impact of New Information TechnologiesPolicymakers and academics agree that computers, the Internet, mobile telephones and other information and communication technologies can be beneficial for economic and social development. But how strong is the impact?

2010
The Age of Productivity: Transforming Economiesfrom the Bottom Up The book provides tools to ponder productivity growth beyond conventional aggregate analysis, focusing on the extreme heterogeneity of sectors and firms while emphasizing the importance of policies that allow high productivity firms to thrive and expand.

2009
Beyond Facts: Understanding Quality of Life Using an enhanced version of the recently created Gallup World Poll, the Inter-American Development Bank surveyed people from throughout the region and found that perceptions of quality of life are often very different from the reality.