“More than half of people do not receive the healthcare they need, and this is where telehealth plays an absolutely crucial role.” With these words, Ferdinando Regalia, Social Sector Manager at the IDB, opened the webinar Telehealth: Connecting Patients and Providers, organized by the IDB, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the World Bank.
By Aimee Reeves, Senior Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist at EnCompass
By Marcelo Pérez Alfaro, Cecilia Giambruno, Céline Jacquin, Mariana Marín and Fabrizio Scrollini
Approximately one in seven people in Latin America and the Caribbean live with a disability, yet barriers and needs are often overlooked, and policies intended to foster inclusion remain understudied. This report examines the effectiveness of disability inclusion policies across education, health, labor markets, and social protection. A closer look at the realities for people with disabilities in the region reveals a much more nuanced picture of the magnitude of gaps, quality of services, and distinct challenges compared to those without disabilities.
The learning and developmental losses from pre-primary program closures due to COVID-19 may be unprecedented. These disruptions early in life, when the brain is more sensitive to environmental changes, can be long-lasting. Although there is evidence about the effects of school closures on older children, there is currently no evidence on such losses for children in their early years.
Latin America has achieved considerable progress in expanding access to education, yet significant gender disparities persist in educational outcomes. These gaps are evident in enrollment, completion rates, and performance across key subjects such as mathematics, language, and science. This study explores the multifaceted drivers of these disparities, including societal norms, family expectations, and economic conditions that differentially impact boys and girls.
Educational inequality remains a critical challenge across Latin America, with significant learning gaps persisting, particularly among students from marginalized and impoverished communities. Stark inequities in access to quality education and its academic benefits disproportionately affect disadvantaged students, perpetuating exclusion and segregation. This study leverages data from the 2019 Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study (ERCE 2019) to analyze educational outcomes, focusing on the challenges faced by students from low socioeconomic backgrounds and Indigenous communities.
The second edition of The State of Education in Latin America and the Caribbean 2024 examines the evolution of large-scale learning assessments in the region. The report begins with an overview of education based on a selection of indicators on resources, coverage, efficiency, and learning. It focuses specifically on socioeconomic inequalities. It then focuses on the evolution of learning measurement in 18 countries from the 1990s to this day, highlighting significant milestones in regional and international assessments and the design and implementation of large-scale national assessments.
In the context of the International Day in honor of Persons with Disabilities, as happens every year, outdated statistics and tenuous information about people with disabilities will be disseminated.
Latin America and the Caribbean has made significant progress on gender equality in the last few decades. Back in 1970, not a single country had legislation against domestic violence. Today, many countries do. Despite this, one-quarter of women ages 15-49 in Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.