Time-Use Data: An Important Tool for Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

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Time-use data are an essential tool to understand how people allocate their time across different activities. Examples include paid work, unpaid domestic work, leisure, and self-care. This information provides valuable insights into productivity, how our societies are structured, and the overall well-being of the population. Additionally, such data are indispensable for public policy formulation and economic inclusion.

How to Keep Teachers in Challenging Schools? Evidence from São Paulo Shows Money Works

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Teacher turnover hits hardest in schools that can least afford it. In São Paulo, Brazil’s largest city, schools serving disadvantaged communities have historically struggled to retain experienced teachers, creating a revolving door that disrupts student learning. But new research shows that targeted financial incentives can dramatically change this pattern.

Plan for the Creation of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Long-Term Care in Latin America and The Caribbean

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The long-term care sector is an important part of the silver economy. In this sector, given the rapid aging of the population, significant business opportunities are generated. Likewise, there are opportunities for innovation both from the business sector and from civil society organizations (which are important providers of these services).

Remote Tutoring with Low-tech Means to Accelerate Learning: Evidence for El Salvador

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This paper presents the results of an impact evaluation, with an experimental design, which estimates the effect on learning math of a remote tutoring program offered to girls and boys aged 9-14 years in three departments of El Salvador. The program used low-tech interventions such as text messages and 20-minute phone calls over an eight-week period. Remote tutoring is estimated to have had a positive and significant effect of 0.23 standard deviations, which is equivalent to a 33.2 percent acceleration in learning math, compared to the changes observed in the control group.

Implementing Edtech at Scale: 3 Lessons from Korea for Digital Transformation  

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“How can every school be ready for the digital age?” Across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), countries are advancing digital education—but challenges remain. Meanwhile, South Korea’s bold policies and sustained investments have enabled nationwide digital access, AI-powered textbooks, and large-scale teacher training. In this blog, we explore three key lessons from Korea’s Digital Transformation in Education and how LAC can learn from them to expand learning empowered by technology. Real-world impact, however, demands cross-regional partnerships.

IDB’s Work on Care Systems: An Interactive Menu

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Care is essential work and a fundamental pillar for economic growth and well-being. Everyone will require care at some point in their life. Care includes healthcare, household care, care for dependent people and caregivers, and self-care. The following interactive menu of care solutions features some of the latest programs and projects in which the IDB has supported governments in Latin America and the Caribbean.

SUMMA’s Dialogic Classrooms: Transforming teaching and learning through collaboration

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Latin America and the Caribbean are several years behind the learning results of the OECD countries evaluated by PISA. A closer look at educational processes shows an long road ahead towards a pedagogy that better connects with the needs and feelings of students, as well as to respond to the new challenges posed by society. There is a great opportunity offered by an unprecedented body of research evidence suggesting ways to guide and accelerate educational improvement.

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