Lessons from Innovation: Skills Standards and Certification

Working with public, private, and nonprofit sector partners, MIF has invested in the development of skills standards and certification systems with fifteen projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. The goal: to increase the competitiveness and productivity of workers and industries throughout the region.Public Sector, Private Sector, Economic Development & Growth, Financial Sector, public; private; nonprofit; sector partners; MIF development of skills standards; certification systems; Latin America; the Caribbean; competitiveness; productivity; workers; industries

Poverty and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It includes a general framework for poverty reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean, specifying a number of areas of emphasis: enhancing opportunities for the poor; assets and markets; contributing to human development; improving the quality of life of the poor; social protection; and good governance and social inclusion.Poverty, Social Policy & Protection, Education, Health, Environmental Policy, poverty; inequality

Summit of the Americas: The IDB Agenda to Support the Mandates of the Summits of Quebec and Nuevo León: Activities and Strategic Programs

During the Hemispheric Summit that took place in Quebec, Canada, in April 2001, the Inter-American Development Bank presented a set of 22 strategic programs intended to contribute to meeting the mandates that stem from the Summits of the Americas and the commitments that are part of the Plan of Action adopted in Quebec. Since then, the IDB has carried out intensive and complex financial and technical activities in the context of those 22 strategic programs. The programs fall into five areas that summarize the mandates adopted by the Heads of State and Government of the Americas, namely: democratic governance and political development; integration and economic development; ecology and sustainable development; equity and human development; and connectivity and technological development. During the Special Summit in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico (January 2004), the IDB presented a report summarizing achievements made since 2001 with respect to the programs presented in Quebec. In addition, the Declaration of Nuevo León establishes new mandates.Research & Development, Economic Development & Growth, Democracy, Governance, Mar del Plata Summit, November 2005, SOC2005-15

Cybersecurity: Risks, Progress, and the Way Forward in Latin America and the Caribbean

This report, prepared in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre of the University of Oxford, analyzes the cybersecurity capacity of OAS member states and encourages countries to implement the most up-to-date standards in cybersecurity, while protecting the fundamental rights of their people. As in the previous edition, the study analyzes the cyber maturity of each country in the five dimensions identified in the Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM): (i) Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy; (ii) Cyberculture and Society; (iii) Cybersecurity Education, Training, and Skills; (iv) Legal and Regulatory Frameworks; and (v) Standards, Organizations, and Technologies. The progress made in the region—much of it with the support of the OAS—is evident. The 2016 report, for example, indicated that four out of five countries lacked cybersecurity strategies or a critical infrastructure protection plan. By the beginning of 2020, 12 countries had approved national cybersecurity strategies, including Colombia (2011 and 2016), Panama (2013), Trinidad and Tobago (2013), Jamaica (2015), Paraguay (2017), Chile (2017), Costa Rica (2017), Mexico (2017), Guatemala (2018), Dominican Republic (2018), Argentina (2019), and Brazil (2020), with several others in progress. With regard to data collection and validation carried out by our member states, the report represents an overview of the complex and changing universe of cyberspace. We hope that this study provides a perspective that allows us to appreciate where we are, that enables us to make decisions based on evidence, and that improves our collective understanding of the challenges and opportunities implied by cybersecurity in our region. The information and analysis in this report will help all stakeholders—governments, private sector, academia, and civil society—to work to build a safer, more resilient, and productive cyberspace in our hemisphere

Impact of Digital Security Incidents in Colombia 2017

The Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region shows evidence of a broad and growing adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT). More than half of the population connects regularly to the internet, and it is the region with the heaviest use of social networks. Connectivity offers clear economic benefits, by increasing its productivity and offering opportunities for inclusion to all citizens. However, the digital environment carries risks that we cannot afford to ignore: government entities, private companies, organizations, and individuals are exposed to the growing threats of cybercrime. The present instrument, developed by the government of Colombia, through its Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (MINTIC), the Organization of American States (OAS), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), offers a vision of the level of preparation of Colombian public entities and private companies to face threats to their digital security. It also allows for a deeper awareness of the economic costs of cyber incidents for different sectors of the country\u27s economy, presenting findings in terms of enterprise profiles. This report provides much needed data to quantify the scope of the impact of cyberattacks in LAC, along with recommendations for strengthening the capacity of the public sector and private enterprises to prevent them

Cybersecurity: Are we Ready in Latin America and the Caribbean?

This study aims to deepen our understanding of the cybersecurity risks, challenges and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Utilizing surveys and other data provided by experts and officials from 32 OAS Member States, the report examines each country’s cyber maturity in five dimensions: i) Cybersecurity policy and strategy; ii) Cyber culture and society; iii) Cybersecurity education, training and skills; iv) Legal and regulatory frameworks; and v) Standards, organizations, and technologies. It should also be noted that the OAS Cybersecurity Program received generous assistance from Microsoft, which helped identify key areas to be presented in the project’s inception phase. The report’s country-by-country approach should help us to develop a more nuanced understanding of each of our States’ cybersecurity regimes and assist policymakers and technicians to strategically improve existing cybersecurity efforts, and to design and implement new initiatives going forward. It must be acknowledged that these findings merely represent a snapshot in time of an ever changing landscape. Further studies will be necessary to continue to keep abreast of the state of cybersecurity in the Americas and the Caribbean. Nevertheless, we hope that by improving our collective understanding of the cybersecurity challenges and opportunities presently confronting our region, the information and analysis contained in this report will assist stakeholders in all sectors government, private sector, academia, and civil society to better work together to build a more secure, resilient and productive cyberspace in our hemisphere. We look forward to continuing to play a role in this vital mission

Billions in Motion: Latino Immigrants, Remittances and Banking

Research on how remitters choose the means to send money home, including projections of remittance flows to Mexico and Central America that illustrate the extraordinary growth in recent years and the potential for continued growth and a demographic portrait of Latino remittance senders drawn from the Pew Hispanic Center/Kaiser Family Foundation National Survey of Latinos. Study is partially based on a Bendixen survey of Latino immigrants in USA.Remittances, Latino Immigrants, Remittances, Banking, USA Inmigrantes latinos, remesas, banca, EUA

Remittances 2005: Transforming Labor Markets and Promoting Financial Democracy: Statistical Comparisons

For generations, millions of migrant workers have been sending billions of dollars back to their home countries to support their families. Remittances are widely recognized as critical to the survival of millions of individual families, and the health of many national economies throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.Population Statistics & Information Systems, Income, Consumption & Saving, Poverty, Labor Markets, Financial Democracy: Statistical Comparisons