LAC Crece. The Productivity Engine: From Poverty to Prosperity
El BID - The IDB 2 episodes Nov 10, 2026
This series from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) explores why Latin America and the Caribbean has struggled to achieve sustained economic growth despite significant social, economic, and institutional progress. Hosted by Ana María Ibáñez, the IDB's Vice President for Sectors and Knowledge, each episode features conversations with experts about the region's productivity challenge, the role of investment, and the reforms needed to spur growth. The discussion links stronger growth to better jobs, higher incomes, and faster poverty reduction across the region. The podcast is produced by the IDB, which works to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Episodes
Episode 3: LAC Crece — Productivity and Growth through Better Jobs
In the third episode of LAC Crece, Ana María Ibáñez speaks with David Card, 2021 Nobel Laureate in Economics, about how better-functioning labor markets can drive productivity and economic growth across Latin America and the Caribbean. The conversation explores how technological change, including artificial intelligence, is reshaping the world of work and what policies can help countries create be
Episodio 2: LAC Crece — La energía que impulsa el desarrollo
En nuestro segundo episodio, Ana María Ibáñez, viajó a Costa Rica para explorar el papel de la energía como motor de la productividad y el desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe. A través del caso de la planta hidroeléctrica Ventanas-Garita, analizamos también junto a Marcelino Madrigal, Jefe de División de Energía, y Lenin Balza, Especialista de la misma división, las oportunidades de la región
Introduction. LAC Crece: The Productivity Engine — From Poverty to Prosperity
The first episode of the series explores why Latin America and the Caribbean has struggled to achieve sustained economic growth despite important social, economic, and institutional progress. Across the episodes, experts examine the region’s productivity challenge, the role of investment, and the policies and reforms needed to turn stronger growth into better jobs, higher incomes, and faster pover
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