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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Guatemala

Yamada, Gustavo; Beltrán, Arlette; Castro, Juan Francisco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This presentation was commissioned by the Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network of the Regional Policy …

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The Welfare Impacts of Social Housing Programs in Latin America: A Meta-impact Analysis

Ruprah, Inder - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

, income and poverty status. …

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Housing Policy Matters for the Poor: Housing Conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1995-2006

Rojas, Eduardo; Medellín, Nadin - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper discusses the evolution of housing conditions in urban areas of Latin America and the Caribbean from 1995 to 2006 based on data from household surveys done in 18 countries that comprise 95 percent of the urban population of the region. The results indicate that, on average, the...

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Informal Employment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Causes, Consequences and Policy Recommendations

Freije, Samuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002

The expansion of the informal sector in the last decades has been accompanied by a lack of almost every form of social protection and low-productivity/low-wage employment. This report summarizes the characteristics of the informal sector and provides policy recommendations to tackle it. Section...

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Street-children and the Inter-American Development Bank: Lessons from Brazil

Morán, Ricardo; Castro, Claudio de Moura - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997

The Inter-American Development Bank sponsored a workshop in Terezopolis, Brazil, in August 1995 to review current thinking among analysts and activists involved with programs for youth in Brazil. The Workshop brought together IDB staff working in the areas of Early Child Care and Development...

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Economic Shocks, Inequality and Poverty: The Need for Safety Nets

Lustig, Nora - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998

This discussusion paper deciphers how poverty and income distribution were affected by economic shocks in the Latin … poverty. Latin America has experienced two major crises in the last 15 years. In the 1980s, Mexico's debt crisis spread …

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An Inventory of Poverty Lines for Latin America and the Caribbean: 1985-1997

Mejía-Guerra, José Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998

The tables in this document present an inventory of some of the available poverty lines for all IDB member countries in … Latin America and the Caribbean. The listed poverty lines are expressed as per capita monthly amounts of nominal local …'s INEGI poverty line for 1994 is given in pesos for the 4th quarter of 1994. The only exceptions are the IDB/Poverty Targeted …

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The Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty: Some Causes and Policy Implications

Castañeda, Tarsicio; Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

intergenerational transmission of poverty in Latin America, drawing on a review of recent studies and empirical work done for this study …

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Globalização, doenças transmissíveis e desigualdade mundial

Medici, André - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

As doenças transmissíveis ocupavam sete entre as dez principais causas de morte entre os países em desenvolvimento em 2001, enquanto que representavam somente duas das principais causas de morte nos países desenvolvidos. Os dados mostram que existe uma forte relação entre a incidência de...

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Social Investment Funds and Indigenous Peoples

Renshaw, Jonathan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001

The aim of this paper is to offer a brief analysis of the social investment funds for indigenous people that have been financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and to consider how far they have been effective in meeting the needs of indigenous people. This paper identifies two types...

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