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La enseñanza de la economía en México
Lobo, Ivico Ahumada; Silva, Fernando Butler - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
En este estudio se examinan las características de los programas de estudio y los atributos y percepciones de los estudiantes de nivel licenciatura en seis de las principales facultades de economía de México, así como la evolución, inserción laboral y percepciones de los economistas en el...
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Beyond Tradeoffs: Market Reform and Equitable Growth in Latin America
Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Birdsall, Nancy; Naím, Moisés; … - Inter-American Development Bank
between these two objectives. This volume shows how reforms can address the urgent issue of inequality without undermining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943414
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Beyond Tradeoffs: Market Reform and Equitable Growth in Latin America
Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Birdsall, Nancy; Naím, Moisés; … - Inter-American Development Bank
between these two objectives. This volume shows how reforms can address the urgent issue of inequality without undermining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772360
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The unequal impact of the coronavirus pandemic : evidence from seventeen developing countries
Bottan, Nicolas L.; Hoffmann, Bridget; Vera Cossío, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2020
results provide evidence that the current public health crisis will exacerbate economic inequality, and they are among the rst …
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Social Inclusion and Economic Development in Latin America Title: Inclusión social y desarrollo económico en América Latina Title: Inclusão social e desenvolvimento econômico na Am...
Duryea, Suzanne; Ñopo, Hugo; Genoni, María Eugenia; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the regions in the world with the greatest ethnic, racial and cultural diversity. This diversity is a major asset that holds the key to achieving lasting economic and political stability and constructing a fair, cohesive and democratic society. However,...
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Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
Saavedra-Chanduví, Jaime; Molinas, José R.; Barros, … - Inter-American Development Bank
, effort and talents, not to their circumstances at birth. 'Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the … Caribbean' introduces new methods for measuring inequality of opportunities and makes an assessment of its evolution in Latin … for quantifying inequality based on circumstances exogenous to individual efforts. These methods are applied to gauge …
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Shielding the Poor: Social Protection in the Developing World
Phillips, Katherin Ross; Gertler, Paul; Smeeding, Timothy M. - Inter-American Development Bank
Shielding the Poor presents a group of studies on social protection in the developing world from leading researchers. These studies address the issue of vulnerability of the poor to adverse shocks and propose policies to increase their protection and coping capacity. The studies emphasize the...
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The Promise of Early Childhood Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Vegas, Emiliana; Santibáñez, Lucrecia - Inter-American Development Bank
Early childhood development outcomes play an important role throughout a person's life, affecting one's income-earning capacity and productivity, longevity, health, and cognitive ability. The deleterious effects of poor early childhood development outcomes can be long-lasting, affecting school...
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Trade and Poverty in Latin America
Schejtman, Alexander; Berry, Albert; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - Inter-American Development Bank
Understanding the complex relations between trade integration and poverty reduction is now a priority for Latin American policymakers. The chapters of this book, penned by eminent authors with a long-standing record in the field, represent the current state of knowledge about trade and poverty...
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Who's In and Who's Out: Social Exclusion in Latin America
Sojo, Carlos; Behrman, Jere R.; Rada, Ernesto Pérez de; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Rica, geographic isolation in El Salvador, and educational inequality among the indigenous in Mexico. The book describes …
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