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Does a Mature AIDS Epidemic Threaten Growth?
Cuesta, José A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...
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The Impact of Colombia's Pension and Health Insurance Systems on Informality
Calderón, Valentina; Marinescu, Ioana - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper examines how changes in the legislation governing health and pension benefits that took place between 2003 … to both health insurance and pensions for independent workers using a difference-in-differences strategy. Second, this … document addresses the effects of unifying health and pension system payments, which required employers to make contributions …
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Series de notas técnicas sobre procesos de priorización de salud: Procesos de priorización explícita en salud: Un enfoque sistémico
Sourdis, Catalina Gutiérrez; Giedion, Úrsula; Muñoz, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
En este segundo número de la serie de Notas Técnicas sobre Procesos de Priorización en Salud se argumenta por que la priorización explícita en salud se debe analizar y estructurar como un sistema, es decir una serie de pasos y procesos conectados, realizados de manera organizada por...
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Series de notas técnicas sobre procesos de priorización de salud: Procesos de priorización explícita en salud: Un enfoque sistémico
Sourdis, Catalina Gutiérrez; Giedion, Úrsula; Muñoz, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
En este segundo número de la serie de Notas Técnicas sobre Procesos de Priorización en Salud se argumenta por que la priorización explícita en salud se debe analizar y estructurar como un sistema, es decir una serie de pasos y procesos conectados, realizados de manera organizada por...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010550324
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A Moving Target: Universal Access to Healthcare Services in Latin America and the Caribbean
Savedoff, William - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
, public policy can be driven by factors that are least likely to improve the population's health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005342427
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Does Contracting-Out Primary Care Services Work? The Case of Rural Guatemala
Cristia, Julian; Evans, William; Kim, Beomsoo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
together these results suggest a potential effective role of contracting-out in the provision of health care. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386061
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A Cross-Country Analysis of the Risk Factors for Depression at the Micro and Macro Level
Melgar, Natalia; Rossi, Maximo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Past research has provided evidence of the role of some personal characteristics as risk factors for depression. However, few studies have examined jointly their specific impact and whether country characteristics change the probability of being depressed. In general, this is due to the use of...
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The health of women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Levine, Ruth - 2001
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The Coffee Crisis, Early Childhood Development, and Conditional Cash Transfers
Gitter, Seth R.; Manley, James; Barham, Bradford - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper examines the efficacy of three conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs in Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua in mitigating the potential negative effects of an income shock caused by falling prices of coffee, an important cash crop to many CCT participants. A theoretical household model...
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Early Nutrition and Cognition in Peru
Outes-Leon, Ingo; Porter, Catherine; Sanchez, Alan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper examines the causal link between early childhood nutrition and cognition, applying instrumental variables to sibling-differences for a sample of pre-school aged Peruvian children. Child-specific shocks in the form of food price changes and household shocks during the critical...
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