Deep dive Social Registry
This webinar aims to disseminate the main findings and results of the deep dive workshop on social registers to a much wider audience in the region.
The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Education Outcomes in Belize
The COVID-19 pandemic brought school systems to a halt across the globe. In Belize, remote learning was challenging owing to limited access to educational technologies and lack of familiarity with remote learning among teachers. This study draws on national standardized exams and specific achievement testing to assess pandemic-related learning losses at the primary education level. Based on administrative data, the study also analyzes changes in student enrollment, dropout rates, and grade repetition at the primary and secondary levels.
The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Education Outcomes in Belize
The COVID-19 pandemic brought school systems to a halt across the globe. In Belize, remote learning was challenging owing to limited access to educational technologies and lack of familiarity with remote learning among teachers. This study draws on national standardized exams and specific achievement testing to assess pandemic-related learning losses at the primary education level. Based on administrative data, the study also analyzes changes in student enrollment, dropout rates, and grade repetition at the primary and secondary levels.
Four Benefits of Developing Listening Skills and the Steps to Achieve It
We live in a world of noise, where social networks and technology-mediated interpersonal communication encourage us to continuously speak, write, and give our opinions. However, although we engage in dialogues, we often hardly listen to each other carefully. Therefore, developing listening skills is crucial.
Universal Policies: Secret Tools to Close Gender and Diversity Gaps
Pink Does Not Equal Gender Equity
Four Tips for Intentionally Teaching Durable Skills
A recent survey indicated that seven of the 10 most requested capabilities in job postings were skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, or leadership.
Preventing Unnecessary Deaths: Tackling Low Quality of Care
“In LAC, 70% of excess deaths that could have been avoided by adequate healthcare are due to low quality of care while 30% are due to lack of access to care.” This striking statistic is often used to highlight the importance of quality for health outcomes, including in the IDB’s Health Sector Framework. But what is the basis for this estimate, and what does it mean? What is the situation for specific countries or health conditions?
Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021. Migrant Efforts During the COVID-19 Crisis
The remittances received by the families of migrants in Latin America and the Caribbean constitute a major contribution to their subsistence. They are often an important contributor to preventing fa- milies from falling below the poverty line, and they are often one of the motivating factors behind the decision to emigrate. Furthermore, they are way of maintaining the cohesion of transnational fami- lies that result from human displacement.
Pandemics, Privacy, and Adoption of Technology: Perceptions of the Use of Digital Tools and Data Sharing During COVID-19 from 10 Latin American countries
This study describes the perception, adoption, and acceptance factors involved in the deployment of digital technologies for public health in Latin America and considers the implications for future digital health interventions. We conducted a descriptive analysis using nationally representative data from a phone survey conducted in 2020 in 10 countries in Latin America. We found that early in the pandemic, in countries with existing applications, 74% of the population used a smartphone, 47% had knowledge of the government app to report symptoms, but only 2% reported using it.
Using Artificial Intelligence to promote migrant integration
New Technologies, and especially the application of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data analysis, can be an ally for Latin America and the Caribbean countries that, with scarce resources, are facing the biggest migratory challenges in the regions’ history.
The access to data and information about the characteristics, location, and perceptions of the migrant population and their host communities allows countries and migratory authorities to increase their ability to design informed and effective policies for integration.