Publications
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Evolution of Teachers’ Salaries in Latin America at the Turn of the 20th Century: How Much Are They (Under or Over) Paid?
How much are teachers paid in comparison to those in other professions in Latin America? How have these differences evolved at the turn of the 20th century? This paper reports the evolution, between circa 1997 and circa 2007, of teachers´ salaries vis-à-vis workers in other professional and technical occupations for thirteen Latin-American countries. After controlling […]
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Trayectorias desiguales: polarización y segregación en la distribución del ingreso en el Perú
Contributions to understanding the dynamics of inequality in income distribution over the last three decades.
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Polarización y segregación en la distribución del ingreso en el Perú: trayectorias desiguales
Inequality in income distribution between territories and between social groups has increased, despite a slight reduction in inequality as measured by indicators such as the Gini.
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Indigenous People, Conflict and Extractive Industries: Latin American Approaches
Drawing on Latin American experiences, this Brief outlines three successively implemented policy packages that have strengthened indigenous peoples’ cultural, territorial and consultation rights, recognising them as key stak
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Mining in Latin America: Attracting Quantity and Quality in FDI
This brief provides an overview of the investment policies and incentive packages countries are using to attract responsible FDI and turn foreign investment into concrete and sustainable development.
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Managing Conflict Through Consultation: Latin America’s Experience
This Brief characterises and analyses the different types of local consultation seen in the region, focusing on the diverse actors that lead the processes and providing illustrative examples of each.
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Land Use Planning for Extractive Industries
This brief presents land use planning as a tool to mitigate these risks.
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Ecuador’s Yasuní-ITT: Rethinking the Conservation vs. Extraction Dilemma
Ecuador’s innovative proposal for not developing its Yasuní-Ishpingo Tambococha Tiputini (Yasuní-ITT) oil fields presents an alternative strategy for resolving the conservation versus extractive industry development dilemma.
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Maximising Investment and Rent Capture Through Extractive Industries Investment Policies: the Latin American Experience
This Guide presents a concise introduction to the different Latin American policy models applied to promote development in the oil, mining and gas sectors, while at the same time, laying the foundation for sustainable economic development.
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From Expropriation to Social Licence: Accessing Land for Extractive Industries
This brief describes the key factors that have enabled this transformation, and provides examples to illustrate the main social licence strategies in use in Latin America.
