Jobs for Growth
Jobs are essential for the growth of individuals and countries alike. Achieving personal fulfillment is harder without a job, just as an economy as a whole cannot develop without the impetus of the labor market. These two perspectives unquestionably go hand in hand: from the individual perspective, finding a good job is a legitimate aspiration for anyone who wishes to support oneself and one's family; from the societal perspective, creating more and better jobs is essential to the achievement of lasting and equitable growth. Jobs for Growth rests on this dual vision.
Energize: Lesson Plans for Children and Youth
The universe is energy, we are energy What one thing does everything in the universe have in common? Energy. Everything in the universe is made up of atoms, and all atoms contain energy. Our bodies are made from many different elements (carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, iron, calcium, etc.). Energy is what holds these elements and their particles together. But energy does not stand stil it is always moving and changing its form. We see this in our own bodies when we eat and drink taking in food and fluids from the environment for energy keeping us alive.
Learning in Twenty-First Century Schools: Note 8: Disaster Risk Management in School Systems
This note provides a brief explanation of the basic concepts related to disaster risk management. The primary threats and conditions of vulnerability to disasters will be detailed, with a focus on six selected countries: Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
Learning in Twenty-First Century Schools: Note 3: Public-Private Partnerships in School Infrastructure in Latin America
The objective of this chapter is to provide the tools needed to support the governments of Latin American countries in assessing potential operations and opportunities that can be carried out as PPPs, a mechanism which facilitates the development of these countries by promoting the participation of the private sector in the provision and funding for infrastructures, facilities, and educational sector services.
Learning in Twenty-First Century Schools: Note 2: School Infrastructure Survey
The process of developing a methodology for the management of education infrastructure in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean began with an analysis and discussion of types of variables, common content, and unified criteria across this group of countries. This produced a definition of school infrastructure as well as implications for managing it in accordance with each country's legislation, plans, and policies.
Indigenous peoples, biodiversity and “buen vivir”
How do indigenous peoples work with governments to develop public policies that promote biodiversity as a tool for sustainable development? This question is fundamental for our reflections this week as we celebrate the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, established by the United Nations in 1994 to support indigenous peoples and their solutions to problems, and to recognize the fundamental role of indigenous peoples in determining their own f
Breastfeeding or Work: A Woman Shouldn’t Have to Choose
by Rafael Pérez-Escamilla.
Why do we need women’s perspective in the public sector?
By Santiago Levy*
How to tackle developmental delays
by Lucía Murillo and Chiara Servili.
