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Regional public goods : from theory to practice
Estevadeordal, Antoni (contributor);  … - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003053081
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Risk across Borders: A Study of the Potential of Microinsurance Products to Help Migrants Cope with Cross Border Risks
Lovoi, Annette; Brown, Julia; Magnoni, Barbara; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper presents new evidence on migration and risk among Mexican migrants to the United States living in the New York City area. The paper examines the potential demand for formal risk mitigating mechanisms by studying some of the risks facing this community on both sides of the border, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655875
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Risk across Borders: A Study of the Potential of Microinsurance Products to Help Migrants Cope with Cross Border Risks
Lovoi, Annette; Brown, Julia; Magnoni, Barbara; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper presents new evidence on migration and risk among Mexican migrants to the United States living in the New York City area. The paper examines the potential demand for formal risk mitigating mechanisms by studying some of the risks facing this community on both sides of the border, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198548
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Sending Money Home: Remittances to Latin America from New York
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2010
Brochure giving details and general information and trends about remittances to Latin America from New York.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673058
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Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Framework for Action
Buvinic, Mayra; Morrison, Andrew; Shifter, Michael - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
Considering the high prevalence of domestic and social violence and their linkages, the focus of this analysis is the broader subject of violence rather than the narrower one of criminal violence. A violent act may or may not contravene existing legislation and consequently may or may not be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352039
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Citizen Security in Belize
Peirce, Jennifer; Veyrat-Pontet, Alexandre - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
In the face of rising crime rates and increasingly complex transnational and local criminal dynamics, Belize's limited …-scale crime prevention initiatives, a comprehensive crime prevention strategy requires more significant institutional reforms …. This Technical Note reviews the current trends in crime and violence in Belize and the government's existing policies and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700502
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Citizen Security
Abizanda, Beatriz - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
document outlines crime and violence as major roadblocks to development in the Caribbean; citing statistics and providing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652685
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Los determinantes de la percepción de inseguridad frente al delito en México
Perdomo, Carlos J. Vilalta - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
¿Qué determina la sensación de inseguridad frente al delito y qué podemos hacer al respecto? En este estudio se propone y pone a prueba un modelo correlacional que combina diferentes determinantes teóricos de la inseguridad y el miedo al crimen. La prueba se realiza en México y en dos...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652875
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Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Framework for Action
Buvinic, Mayra; Morrison, Andrew; Shifter, Michael - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
Considering the high prevalence of domestic and social violence and their linkages, the focus of this analysis is the broader subject of violence rather than the narrower one of criminal violence. A violent act may or may not contravene existing legislation and consequently may or may not be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653523