Regional Studies are one of the main line of policy-oriented research promoted and conducted by the Office of the Chief Economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LAC). These studies aim at being timely and relevant, by focusing on topics that emerge as central to economic and social development policy in the region, as well as rigorous in analysis and method. Typically, regional studies address themes that are of cross sectoral and cross country relevance. The most important and ambitious regional study each fiscal year takes the form of a regional "flagship." While the regional studies are coordinated and often conducted by the staff of the Office of the Chief Economist, research teams generally involve experts from outside the Office, from within and outside the Bank, including top international researchers in the relevant field and renowned researchers from universities and think tanks in LAC. Policy-oriented research projects undertaken under the LAC Regional Studies Program generate a series of technical papers as well as policy-oriented reports that summarize the main findings and policy messages of the project. The regional studies are widely disseminated among development practitioners, academics, and policy makers, mainly in LAC but also in other regions of the world. Some of these reports and their background papers are published as books under the Latin American Development Forum (LADF) Series, an externally reviewed series that was first published in alliance with Stanford University Press and is now published in alliance with Palgrave. The LADF Series is sponsored by the LAC Chief Economist Office of the World Bank jointly with the IDB Research Department and ECLAC. The regional studies are classified according to the year in which they were published. However, the downloadable document associated to it will be in every case the most recent version. Under Preparation Unleashing LAC's Entrepreneurship Potential (Julian Messina and Jamele Rigolini) Can LAC Afford Opportunities for All (Norbert Fiess) Green Growth in LAC (Richard Damiana and Jordan Schwartz) Towards Universal Health Coverage in LAC (Tania Dmytraczenko) Building the Evidence Base on Crime and Violence (Laura Chioda) Building Better Teachers (Barbara Bruns) Social Impact of the Global Crisis (Maurizio Bussolo, Samuel Freije and Margaret Grosh) Teenage Pregnancy in LAC: Costs and Implications (Luis Felipe Lopez Calva and João Pedro Acevedo) Assessing Agricultural Export Performance in LAC (Nabil Chaherli and John Nash) Business Cycles and Labor Market Outcomes in LCR (Daniel Lederman, William Maloney and Julian Messina) The Impact of Climate Change on Land Use in LAC (Erick Fernandes)
Completed in 2012 Skills for the 21st Century in Latin America and the Caribbean (Ian Walker and Cristian Aedo) From Right to Reality: Incentives, Labor Markets, and the Challenge of Universal Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (Helena Ribe, David A. Robalino and Ian Walker) Completed in 2011 Old Rules, New Realities: Are Existing Public Procurement Systems addressing current and future needs? (João N. Veiga Malta, Paul Schapper, Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez and Diomedes Berroa) Work and Family: Latin American and Caribbean Women in Search of a New Balance (Laura Chioda) Population Aging: Is Latin America Ready? (Daniel Cotlear) Completed in 2010 Does What you Export Matter? (Daniel Lederman and William Maloney) Meeting the Balance of Electricity Supply and Demand Balance in Latin America and the Caribbean (Rigoberto Ariel Yépez-García, Todd M. Johnson and Luis Alberto Andrés) Completed in 2009 Sector Performance and Utilities in LAC (Luis A. Andres) Competition and Asset Allocation Challenges in Mandatory Defined Contribution Schemes Measuring Inequalities of Opportunities in LAC The Promise of Early Childhood Development in LAC: Issues and Options to Help Realize It Sources of Welfare Disparities Within and Between Regions in Latin America and Caribbean Countries China's and India's Challenge to Latin America: Opportunity or Threat? Job Creation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Trends and Policy Challenges Does the investment climate matter? Microeconomic foundations of growth in Latin America Completed in 2008 Raising Student Learning in Latin America and the Caribbean Youth at risk in Latin America and the Caribbean: understanding the causes, realizing the potential Remittances and Development: Lessons from Latin America Bank Financing of SMEs: Beyond Relationship Lending Fiscal policy, stabilization, and growth: prudence or abstinence Completed in 2007 Country Insurance - Reducing Systemic Vulnerability in LAC The Role of Fiscal Policy in Human Development and Growth Natural Resources: neither curse nor destiny Economic opportunities for indigenous peoples in Latin America Completed in 2006 Assessing the Impact of Higher Oil Prices in Latin America Redistributing Income to the Poor and the Rich: Public Transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean Meeting the challenges of secondary education in Latin America and East Asia: improving efficiency and resource mobilization Beyond survival: protecting households from health shocks in Latin America Completed in 2005 Lessons from NAFTA for Latin America and the Caribbean Innovative Experiences in Access to Finance Economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean: stylized facts, explanations, and forecasts Improving teaching and learning through effective incentives - What can we learn from education reforms in Latin America? |
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