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Cash Transfer Programs: Challenging the Welfare Myth

February 1, 2019 by Diego Vera-Cossio Leave a Comment

A Cash Transfer Program in Bolivia refutes the Welfare Myth

Do welfare programs create dependency? For decades, that question has roiled the United States where supporters call such programs an essential lifeline for the poor and critics condemn them as encouraging laziness and the welfare trap. Latin America and the Caribbean is no stranger to the debate, especially as it concerns  conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs. Those … [Read more...] about Cash Transfer Programs: Challenging the Welfare Myth

How Using Your Temptations As Bait Can Improve Your Health

January 11, 2019 by John Dunn Smith - Steven Ambrus Leave a Comment

Temptations can be used to increase compliance with behaviors that lead to good health, like going to the gym

We eat too much, watch too much television, fail to exercise and suffer the consequences of our lack of willpower and self-discipline. None of this is good. Today, as revealed in a recent IDB study, one in four adults in Latin America and the Caribbean is obese, with the Caribbean leading the trend at an alarming rate. That, in turn, results in higher incidences of … [Read more...] about How Using Your Temptations As Bait Can Improve Your Health

Boosting Efficiency En Route to Universal Health Coverage

August 16, 2018 by Steven Ambrus 1 Comment

By boosting efficiency in health spending, Latin America could significantly increase its health coverage

Latin America and the Caribbean has made real progress in expanding health services to its citizens over the last two decades, boosting spending, increasing overall life expectancy and contributing to a decline in mortality rates for children under five. But despite those improvements, the region needs to become more efficient to achieve its goal of universal health coverage in … [Read more...] about Boosting Efficiency En Route to Universal Health Coverage

Nudging Latin Americans to Healthier, More Prosperous Lives

January 17, 2018 by Carlos Scartascini Leave a Comment

Nudging is instrumental for the IDB in improving health and well-being for Latin Americans

The year 2017 may be the year behavioral economics found its place in the sun. Fifteen years after behavioral economics pioneer Daniel Kahneman won his Nobel Prize, its principles have been transformed into key policy tools in government, business, and development agencies. The 2017 Nobel Prize to Richard Thaler, one of its principle theoreticians and practitioners, only … [Read more...] about Nudging Latin Americans to Healthier, More Prosperous Lives

Curing Education’s Ills With Lessons From Medicine

January 4, 2018 by Julián Cristia Leave a Comment

education in Latin America could benefit from more use of the scientific method

Latin America's educational systems are failing their students. Despite steady advances in enrollment, students in the region perform considerably worse on standardized tests than their counterparts in advanced economies. They even trail students from developing economies with similar levels of development. The problem is not lack of spending. The average country in the region … [Read more...] about Curing Education’s Ills With Lessons From Medicine

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