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Is Entrepreneurship a Channel of Social Mobility in Latin America?

Castellani, Francesca; Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

income persistence coefficients estimated with pseudo-panel data for Colombia, Ecuador, and Uruguay indicate that … indicate the direction of such mobility, the estimates of income differentials between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs for …

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Savings in Chile: What Went Right?

Morandé, Felipe - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996

Some analysts rank Chile as the only Latin American economy that qualifies as a 'take-off economy,' or development economy. In a sense, Chile's enduring success and proved insulation from the 'Tequila effect' are due to its high national savings. What has made Chile's savings so high? What were...

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Housing Tenure and Housing Demand in Colombia

Arbeláez, María Angélica; Steiner, Roberto; Becerra, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

and credit is explained by demand for low-income housing. …

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Argentina's Distributional Failure: The Role of Integration and Public Policy

Gasparini, Leonardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

This paper documents the income distribution changes experienced by Argentina during the last decades. Inequality … have shaped Argentina's income distribution: deep macroeconomic crisis and periods of openness and integration. The sizable … particular severity of the income distribution changes in Argentina. This paper was prepared for the Labor Markets and …

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Evaluación de los proyectos FOMIN: Funcionamiento de mercado: Promoción de la competencia y protección del consumidor Title: Evaluation of MIF Projects: Market Functioning: Promoti...

Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano …; … - 2003

El objetivo de la presente evaluación (MIF/GN-78-14) es evaluar un grupo de proyectos del FOMIN integrantes de la cartera de "Funcionamiento del Mercado" que incluye 12 proyectos por un monto de contribución total del FOMIN de US$7,6 millones. Los proyectos del FOMIN bajo análisis se...

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Improving Access to the U.S. Banking System Among Recent Latin American Immigrants

Bair, Sheila C. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

US banks and credit unions are determined to have Latin American immigrants as important and permanent members of their customer base. Community groups, government, and US business interests are aligning through the remittance market to the benefit of Latin American immigrants and their families.

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An Evaluation Approach Paper: Opportunities for the Majority Initiative Title: Parámetros para la Evaluación de la Iniciativa de Oportunidades para la Mayoría

Pires, Jose Claudio Linhares; Arráiz, Irani; Piza, Caio; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

The objectives of the evaluation are to assess Opportunities for the Majority (OMJ)'s relevance vis-à-vis its mandate, its effectiveness in achieving development goals, its efficiency in delivering products, and the sustainability of both projects and the "business model" supported by the...

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Review of the Need for a General Capital Increase of the Ordinary Capital and Replenishment of the Fund for Special Operations: Progress and Next Steps

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2009

Presented the first paper on review of the need for a general capital increase of the ordinary capital and replenishment of the fund for special operations.

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New century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and The Caribbean

Ñopo, Hugo R. - Inter-American Development Bank

This book presents a regional overview of gender and ethnic disparities in labor earnings during this last turn of the century. After this introduction, chapter 2 presents the methodology adopted by the book and the data sources employed. Chapter 3 then examines education in the region,...

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