The silver economy is the subset of the global economy associated with the demographic shift bought about by population aging. It focuses on the needs and demands of older people. Aging is often seen as an added burden on society. It poses the challenge of meeting growing demand on three fronts: pensions, health services, and long-term care. Ensuring society has enough capacity and resources to meet these growing demands has become a central challenge.

Inequality in access to high-quality teachers is an important driver of student socioeconomic achievement gaps. We experimentally evaluate a novel nation-wide low-cost government program aimed at reducing teacher sorting. Specifically, we tested two behavioral strategies designed to induce teachers to apply to job vacancies in disadvantaged schools.

This study analyzes the workforce of the 500 largest Brazilian companies to reveal possible gender, ethno-racial, or educational inequalities or gaps due to age or disability, with the goal of helping managers reflect on practices that value diversity and promote equality in the workplace. The study also reports on employment policies and affirmative action programs already in place in these corporations.

Executive summary of the the study that analyzes the workforce of the 500 largest Brazilian companies to reveal possible gender, ethno-racial, or educational inequalities or gaps due to age or disability, with the goal of helping managers reflect on practices that value diversity and promote equality in the workplace. The study also reports on employment policies and affirmative action programs already in place in these corporations.

In Video Games: More than Just a Game, you will get to know 50 Latin American and Caribbean studios, their trends, and their successes with over 350 video games. This report will help you understand the industry’s potential as a business, the new role of esports, the impact of video games on women and on the skills for the future. You will be able to see funding schemes, the role of governments in making their industries known on the international market, and the importance of forums for exchanging knowledge.

"We are mostly water." True or false? Strange as it may seem, it's true! Our bodies are 75 percent water. In fact, some animals such as jellyfish are up to 99 percent water - about the same amount as a human embryo! All living things need at least some water, and all also return water to the environment. We renew ourselves constantly through water; if we didn't, we would die.

We do not live in a vacuum. Instead, we are connected to innumerable other living entities, and our individual vantage point is only one among many. When we hear people talk about protecting the land and the landscape that we enjoy, it may be helpful to consider that each of us has a personal environment, experienced from a particular point of view.

This paper presents new data documenting the level and evolution of public spending on non-contributory programs for 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Salaried formal workers contribute to social security and in return have access to an array of benefits -mainly old-age pensions and health services. In recent decades, informal workers – salaried and non-salaried- have gained access to similar benefits, financed through general revenues. Our calculations indicate that, on average, the region spends 1.7% of GDP in these programs.