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Latin American Middle Classes: The Distance between Perception and Reality
Lora, Eduardo; Fajardo, Johanna - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
definitions of middle-class using data from the 2007 World Gallup Poll. Seven objective income-based definitions of social class … fact that self-perceived social status is associated not just with income, but also with personal capabilities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943989
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Latin American Middle Classes: The Distance between Perception and Reality
Lora, Eduardo; Fajardo, Johanna - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
. Seven objective income-based definitions of social class are contrasted with a self-perceived social status measure … incomes. Mismatches arise because self-perceived social status is associated not just with income, but also with personal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944419
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944085
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Household Saving in Developing Countries - Inequality, Demographics and All That: How Different are Latin America and South East Asia?
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
into education groups to determine whether there are differences in saving behavior along the distribution of income. Third …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944347
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A New Way of Monitoring the Quality of Urban Life
Powell, Andrew; Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper proposes a methodology to resolve the problems that result from using a combination of objective and subjective information in evaluating urban quality of life. The paper further suggests techniques to identify and rank issues of potential importance for urban dwellers. In order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944422
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672613
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Intergenerational Social Mobility in Latin America: A Review of Existing Evidence Title: Movilidad social intergeneracional en América Latina: Una revision de la evidencia actual
Azevedo, Viviane; Bouillon, César P. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
low in the Region. The evidence also suggests high levels of immobility at the income distribution's lower and upper tails …. While intergenerational education mobility has improved in recent decades, which may increase income mobility for younger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672815
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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.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205937
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673569
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Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean: Latin American and the Caribbean Foreign-Born Population 14.47 million (Part 4 of 5)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2000
One-page 2000 census map detailing by region the Latin American and Caribbean populations living in the US.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198300