Migration and education: challenges and opportunities

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In recent decades, many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have experienced large movements of people fleeing from extreme poverty, situations of violence or socioeconomic, political, and environmental difficulties. These migratory flows include children and adolescents who, among other things, require access to educational services, a basic right that governments in the region have committed to guarantee. In this context, migration and education interact in different ways in countries of origin and destination.

What is the future of early childhood policies in Latin America and the Caribbean?

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Did you know that in Ecuador a child living in a low-income household knows a quarter of the words that a child from a high-income household does? In Latin America and the Caribbean, despite the significant improvements in mortality and morbidity rates, and access to early childhood development (ECD) services, the biggest challenge to achieve greater impact and break the cycle of poverty remains the same: scaling up services with quality.

Can Alternative Credentials Help Correct Labor Market Imbalances?  

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Latin American employers cannot find the workers they need. Workers lack the right skills, but they don’t have time or resources to participate in training. Micro-credentials, a type of alternative credentials, could be a solution, given their targeted nature, as they can increase the number of workers with a specific skill. But, for micro-credentials to be a real solution, some challenges must still be addressed. How are other countries addressing these challenges? 

What Have We Learned from the Hybrid Delivery of ECD Services During the Pandemic?

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This document summarizes the most important lessons learned from the efforts that various early childhood programs made to provide hybrid services during the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts that were designed, adapted, implemented, and/or evaluated with the technical and financial support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in six Latin American and Caribbean countries (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, and Uruguay). It also presents the findings and lessons learned from implementing these services.

What Have We Learned from the Hybrid Delivery of ECD Services During the Pandemic?

Submitted by SPH DIGITAL on

This document summarizes the most important lessons learned from the efforts that various early childhood programs made to provide hybrid services during the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts that were designed, adapted, implemented, and/or evaluated with the technical and financial support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in six Latin American and Caribbean countries (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, and Uruguay). It also presents the findings and lessons learned from implementing these services.

What Have We Learned from the Design and Delivery of Remote and Hybrid Early Childhood Development Services During the Pandemic?

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This report provides an in-depth analysis of the efforts that various early childhood programs made to provide hybrid services during the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts that were designed, adapted, implemented, and/or evaluated with the technical and financial support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in six Latin American and Caribbean countries (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, and Uruguay). It also presents the findings and lessons learned from implementing these services.

What Have We Learned from the Design and Delivery of Remote and Hybrid Early Childhood Development Services During the Pandemic?

Submitted by SPH DIGITAL on

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the efforts that various early childhood programs made to provide hybrid services during the COVID-19 pandemic, efforts that were designed, adapted, implemented, and/or evaluated with the technical and financial support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in six Latin American and Caribbean countries (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Panama, and Uruguay). It also presents the findings and lessons learned from implementing these services.

Which is the best country to get older in Latin America and the Caribbean? 

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If you are 65 years old in Panama, you can expect to live 14 additional years in good health and free of poverty. This is 9 years more than in Honduras, and 4 years above the average for Latin American and Caribbean countries. In a recent study, we calculate this measure of older persons’ quality of life for all the countries of the region.