New Hub on Early Childhood Development: Innovation, research and measurement for children in Latin America and the Caribbean

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We have a pending task to ensure a good start for all children in Latin America and the Caribbean: achieving high-quality child development services on a large scale. We can address this challenge through the generation of knowledge, innovating in the design of effective programs, measuring and monitoring child development, articulating the work across the different sectors involved, and strengthening early childhood development networks.

The Gender Earning Gap in Bolivia: An Analysis from 1993 to 2018

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En Bolivia las mujeres reciben menores remuneraciones que los hombres en trabajos similares, además de estar concentradas en trabajos de baja remuneración. El presente documento analiza la evolución de la brecha de ingresos por género en el periodo entre 1993 a 2018 en Bolivia. Utilizando encuestas de hogares y dos modelos de medición de las diferencias en el ingreso laboral, la descomposición Blinder-Oaxaca y la descomposición Nopo, se encuentra evidencia de una importante reducción en la brecha de ingreso por género en el periodo observado.

Green Buildings for The Health Care Sector: Cost-effective Measures for Sustainable Design

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Infrastructure projects, those in the health sector particularly, account for a great opportunity to make an efficient usage of energy and water resources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This study was conducted to identify the most cost-effective measures that make it possible to save energy and water consumption in health care sector infrastructure projects. To do so, the International Finance Corporation's EDGE (Excellence in design for greater efficiencies) tool was used.

61,000 parents share how distress about distance education overpowers parental coping mechanisms in times of COVID-19

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Guiselle Alpizar (MEP), Loreto Biehl (IDB), Juan M. Hernández-Agramonte (IPA), Olga Namen (IPA), Emma Näslund-Hadley (IDB), Laura Ochoa (ICBF), and Brunilda Peña de Osorio (MINED)[1]

As the COVID-19 pandemic ravages, the chaos of taking on distance or hybrid education in addition to worries of contracting the disease, joblessness and everyday stresses can trigger negative mental health outcomes for parents.

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