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The health of women in Latin America and the Caribbean
Levine, Ruth - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524137
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The Effects of AI on the Working Lives of Women
UNESCO; OECD; Inter-American Development Bank - 2022
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) examines the effects of AI on the working lives of women. This report describes … report highlights the need for more focus and research on the impacts of AI on women and the digital gender gap, in order to … ensure that women are not left behind in the future of work. …
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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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Women in the Americas : bridging the gender gap
1995
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Women at work : challenges for Latin America
Piras, Claudia (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003350830
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Investing in water quality : measuring benefits, costs and risks
Russell, Clifford S.; Vaughan, William J.; Clark, … - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001725900
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386046
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Girls Just Want to Have Fun?: Sexuality, Pregnancy, and Motherhood among Bolivian Teenagers
Alfonso, Mariana - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
pregnancy is needed. Lastly, the estimation results indicate that not only socioeconomic and demographic factors, but also some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655250
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Social Assistance and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from the Uruguayan PANES
Amarante, Veronica; Manacorda, Marco; Miguel, Edward; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper estimates the impact of a large temporary poverty relief program, Uruguay’s PANES—on birth outcomes. Using program administrative data and longitudinal vital statistics, a significant and precisely estimated reduction in the fraction of low-weight newborns (less than 2,500 g. ) on...
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The Effect of Violence on Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Homicides in Rural Brazil
Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux; Manacorda, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper uses microdata from Brazilian vital statistics natality and mortality data between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence -measured by homicide rates- on birth outcomes. Focusing on small communities, where it is more plausible that local homicide...
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