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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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Downtown Poverty: Methods of Analysis and Interventions: A Sourcebook for Practitioners Title: Pobreza en áreas centrales urbanas: Métodos de análisis e intervenciones: Manual de c...
Quartesan, Alessandra (contributor);  … - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
growth and rural to urban migration. It is important to emphasize that poverty tends to concentrate in cities. More than two … been accompanied by an increase in urban poverty levels.Abstract: Las áreas centrales de una ciudad contienen una mezcla de …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943395
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Downtown Poverty: Methods of Analysis and Interventions: A Sourcebook for Practitioners Title: Pobreza en áreas centrales urbanas: Métodos de análisis e intervenciones: Manual de c...
Quartesan, Alessandra (contributor);  … - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
growth and rural to urban migration. It is important to emphasize that poverty tends to concentrate in cities. More than two … been accompanied by an increase in urban poverty levels.Abstract: Las áreas centrales de una ciudad contienen una mezcla de …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772346
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Building Cities: Neighbourhood Upgrading and Urban Quality of Life Title: Construir ciudades: Mejoramiento de barrios y calidad de vida urbana
Alcocer, María Eugenia González; Cohen, Michael; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Building Cities reviews the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region in the design and implementation of neighbourhood upgrading programmes. The volume has a particular focus on the lessons learned by specialists of the Inter-American Development Bank and their technical and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943373
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Cities for All: Recent Experiences with Neighborhood Upgrading Programs Title: Ciudades para todos: La experiencia reciente en programas de mejoramiento de barrios
Brakarz, José; Rojas, Eduardo; Greene, Margarita - Inter-American Development Bank
Cities for All examines informal urbanization in Latin America as well as the methodologies being used to design and implement programs to upgrade slum areas in the region.Abstract: Ciudades para todos analiza el fenómeno de la urbanización informal en América Latina y presenta diferentes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943455
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The Evolution of Urban Concentration around the World: A Panel Approach
Gaviria, Alejandro; Stein, Ernesto H. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
In this paper, we use a panel approach to study population growth in major cities around the world. We find that major cities grow faster in relatively backward economies and in more volatile, faster-growing economies. We also find that the effects of trade policy on the growth of major cities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943835
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Poverty, Vulnerability and the Middle Class in Latin America Title: Pobreza, vulnerabilidad y la clase media en América Latina
Stampini, Marco; Robles, Marcos; Sáenz, Mayra; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
Between 2000 and 2013, Latin America has considerably reduced poverty (from 46.3% to 29.7% of the population). In this …, and 14% of those in the middle-class, experience poverty at least once over a ten-year period. Furthermore, chronic … poverty remains widespread (representing 91% and 50% of extreme and moderate poverty respectively). Differences between rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275115
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367256
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Evaluation of Slum Upgrading Programs: Literature Review and Methodological Approaches
Brakarz, José; Jaitman, Laura - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
neighborhood upgrading programs to deal with the multiple problems of urban poverty. These programs employ a methodology of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010727659
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Guide to Critical Issues for Socio-Cultural Analysis
Partridge, William L.; Mejía, María Clara - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
reducing poverty and exclusion. In the case of major infrastructure projects, the primary concern is to minimize or mitigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010728981