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August 20, 2010: Fiscal Policy and the Poor in Latin America (PDF)
By Jeffrey Puryear and Mariellen Malloy Jewers
The brief summarizes recent research on the impact of fiscal policy on poverty and inequality in Latin America. It compares Europe, where fiscal policy significantly reduces inequality, to Latin America, where fiscal policy has almost no impact on inequality. The brief concludes that the combination of inadequate revenues, low-quality services and poorly targeted spending helps explain the limited role that fiscal policy has played. It is the third in a series of policy briefs that will target key issues on the region’s social agenda.

August 5, 2010: Overcoming Inertia?: A Report Card on Education in Brazil, 2009 (PDF)
By PREAL / Fundação Lemann
The report analyzes the current state of education in Brazil in terms of coverage, quality, and equity. English and Portuguese.

June 24, 2010: Breakfast Discussion on Education in Haiti
By Carl-Henri Prophète and PREAL Staff
Strong international support in the aftermath of January's earthquake and the predominantly private character of Haiti's schools present a unique opportunity for education reform in the country.

June 14, 2010: Declining Inequality in Latin America: A Decade of Progress? (PDF)
By Editors: Luis Lopez-Calva & Noral Lustig
In Declining Inequality in Latin America: A Decade of Progress? (Brookings Press, 2010) editors Felipe Lopez-Calva and Nora Lustig bring together leading scholars and policymakers to examine the decline of inequality in the region. Since the late 1990s, income concentration has fallen throughout Latin America. The book’s contributors take an in-depth look at four countries—Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Peru—to determine the primary impetus to this trend. The book reveals two leading factors that may account for the reduced inequality: the narrowing of the earnings gap between skilled and low-skilled workers and the increase of government transfers to the poor.

June 9, 2010: Latin America’s Education Challenges Call for Concrete Action
By Tamara Ortega Goodspeed
Source: FOCALPoint
By focusing on three priority areas, Latin American governments and their citizens could go a long way toward providing quality education for all children.

May 28, 2010: Hay que tener altos niveles de aprendizaje
By Interview with Jeffrey Puryear
Source: Dinero (Colombia)
Dinero habló con el codirector de PREAL acerca de la calidad de la educación en Colombia y América Latina.

May 6, 2010: Remittances and development: financial literacy in an international perspective (PDF)
By Manuel Orozco, Elisabeth Burgess, Nancy Castillo and Landen Romei
This draft paper presents an analysis and the results of fieldwork in the area of financial education as a tool to convert remittance clients into bank clients.

April 22, 2010: Leveraging the Private Sector for Education
By Interview with Jeffrey Puryear
PREAL Co-Director Jeffrey Puryear shares his thoughts on how private donors from the worlds of business and philanthropy can join forces to bolster educational progress.

April 16, 2010: A Conversation about Education in Brazil
By Interview with Jeffrey Puryear
Fundação Lemann talks with PREAL Co-Director Jeffrey Puryear about the main features of PREAL's first national report card on education in Brazil.

March 22, 2010: Saindo da Inércia?: Boletim da Educação no Brasil, 2009 (PDF)
By PREAL / Fundação Lemann
El informe nacional de progreso educativo es el primero producido por PREAL y su contraparte brasileña, la Fundación Lemann, y evalúa el estado y progreso del sistema educativo de Brasil, usando los mejores datos disponibles.

February 18, 2010: Protecting Latin America’s Poor During Economic Crises (PDF)
By Nora Lustig
History tells us that economic crises cause large increases in poverty and slow down or reverse progress in key social indicators. Even when governments try to protect the poor, they often lack the institutional capacity to do so quickly and effectively. The brief describes how past economic crises have affected poverty, education and health in Latin America, and suggests a pro-poor policy response in three areas: the macroeconomic policy mix, the composition of fiscal adjustments and social safety nets. It is the second in a series of policy briefs that will target key issues on the region’s social agenda.

February 18, 2010: ¿Cómo se puede proteger a la población pobre durante las crisis económicas? Lecciones del pasado. (PDF)
By Nora Lustig
La crisis económica global que comenzó a finales de 2007 ha tenido su repercusión en América Latina. La síntesis ilustra cómo las crisis económicas han afectado la pobreza, la educación y la salud. Aún cuando los gobiernos quisieran proteger a los pobres del impacto de las medidas de austeridad, a menudo carecen de la capacidad institucional para hacerlo de manera rápida y efectiva. En conclusión, se presenta una serie de recomendaciones para que los gobiernos protejan a la población pobre durante los periodos de crisis económica. Es la segunda dentro de una serie de síntesis de política social enfocando en temas claves para la agenda social de la región.

February 17, 2010: Mejorar la educación para reconstruir Haití
By Jeffrey Puryear
Source: Politica Exterior
La comunidad internacional debe reconocer que, en el futuro inmediato, la mayoría de los niños pobres de Haití irá a escuelas privadas, y es necesario encontrar la manera de que esas escuelas sean mejores. Por ello, debería financiar cualquier tipo de escuela –pública o privada– que ayude a los pobres y esté dispuesta a adoptar mejoras que incrementen la calidad.

February 15, 2010: PREAL 2009 Program Highlights (PDF)
By PREAL
A summary overview of PREAL's work in 2009.

January 25, 2010: In Rebuilding Haiti, Improving Education Must Be a Priority
By Jeffrey Puryear
The severity of the earthquake's impact on the Haitian people is due in large part to the country's poverty and its weak government. Countries that are poor, and poorly educated, seldom have the human resources and institutions that can plan for emergencies and respond quickly and effectively when they occur.

December 10, 2009: Healing time for Honduras
By Michael C. Lisman
Source: guardian.co.uk
After a miserable year, Honduras needs a period of stability to allow its economy and public services to operate.

December 1, 2009: ¿Cuánto están aprendiendo los niños en América Latina? Datos destacados del Segundo Estudio Regional Comparativo y Explicativo (SERCE) (PDF)
By PREAL (Alejandro Ganimian)
El documento resume los resultados principales del SERCE, el estudio de UNESCO que evaluó el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes en el tercer y sexto grados en matemáticas, lectura y ciencias en 16 países de América Latina. Compara los países participantes en términos del rendimiento promedio; estudiantes con alto y bajo rendimiento; y diferencias en su rendimiento por sexo, zona de residencia, y PIB per capita.

November 3, 2009: EVENT: Social Agenda for Democracy in Latin America
By Sarah Farnan
Latin America has made great strides toward democracy over the past 20 years, but a great deal still needs to be done in order to lift large groups out of poverty and improve the region’s institutions, a group of former Latin American leaders said.

October 27, 2009: How Poor and Unequal is Latin America and the Caribbean? (PDF)
By Jeffrey Puryear and Mariellen Malloy Jewers
The brief draws on a rich array of sources to identify a set of basic facts about of poverty and inequality in Latin America. It describes the region’s extraordinary concentration of income at the top of the income scale, and its absence at the bottom—setting Latin America apart from every other region of the developing world. The brief concludes that, despite modest recent progress, Latin America remains far from finding an effective strategy for reducing poverty and inequality. It is the first in a series of policy briefs that will target key issues on the region’s social agenda.

October 27, 2009: Pobreza y Desigualdad en América Latina (PDF)
By Jeffrey Puryear and Mariellen Malloy Jewers
La síntesis está sustentada en una amplia gama de información para aclarar lo que sabemos sobre la pobreza y la desigualdad en América Latina. Esta síntesis describe la extraordinaria concentración de ingreso en el sector de la población con mayor renta y su ausencia en el sector de la población más pobre – a diferencia de las demás regiones en desarrollo. La síntesis concluye que, a pesar del modesto progreso visto recientemente, América Latina no parece haber desarrollado una estrategia sólida para reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad. Ésta es la primera dentro de una serie de síntesis de política social enfocada en temas claves para la agenda social de la región.