Analysis

The Remittance Marketplace in Europe: Competition and Pricing

This text analyzes the remittance marketplace in Europe based on selected indicators that measure: number of remittance service providers (RSPs), number of countries they serve, the diversity in type of RSP, the cost of sending money, the number of payout locations, type of paying partners, their presence or penetration in rural areas, and consumer satisfaction.

Manuel Orozco

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The Skills Development Challenge in Latin America

The lack of adequate skills represents a bottleneck to productivity growth and to the ability of workers to obtain gainful employment in Latin America.

Ariel Fiszbein, Clemencia Cosentino, Belén Cumsille

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Post-Secondary Technical and Vocational Education

Post-secondary technical vocational education is primarily directed towards youth that have recently finished high school, preparing them directly for the labor market.

Ashley Manning

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Construyendo una educación de calidad

Construyendo una educación de calidad shows that children and young Latin Americans are not learning at acceptable levels and proposes the creation of social pacts to improve education quality.

Books ˙

Untangling the Soft Skills Conversation

Building soft skills can help lead to better academic performance, employment and wage opportunities, and healthy behaviors.

Tamara Ortega Goodspeed

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Apprenticeships: Basic Concepts

Apprenticeships are part of technical and vocational education (TVE) and combine formal education with learning in the workplace.

Belén Cumsille

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On the Zika Crisis

Government agencies and international organizations race to find a solution given recent information about the link between Zika and neurological disorders.

Missy Reif

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Shale Development & the Environment: Policy Lessons for Latin America

As Latin American countries reassess their energy policies in light of lower oil prices, there is an opportunity to apply lessons learned from the US experience to enact regulations that mitigate environmental risks, strengthen public support, and attract investment.

Jed Bailey, Lisa Viscidi

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