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Food Security and Productivity: Impacts of Technology Adoption in Small Subsistence Farmers in Bolivia
González Flores, Mario; Salazar, Lina; Aramburu, Julián; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
This paper presents the impact evaluation of CRIAR program, implemented in rural areas in Bolivia. The objective of CRIAR is to increase smallholders' agricultural income and food security through productivity improvements triggered by technological adoption. In this study, we use data from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240359
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Labor Market Institutions in the Caribbean
Cortázar, René - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
The objectives of improving competitiveness and reducing unemployment, in particular among the young and women, are a part of the economic and the political agenda of most Caribbean countries. Labor market institutions play a crucial role. This study analyzes six types of institutions: (i) labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009251172
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Labor Market Institutions in the Caribbean
Cortázar, René - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
The objectives of improving competitiveness and reducing unemployment, in particular among the young and women, are a part of the economic and the political agenda of most Caribbean countries. Labor market institutions play a crucial role. This study analyzes six types of institutions: (i) labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652506
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Labour Market Reforms and Unemployment: Lessons from the Experience of the OECD Countries
Scarpetta, Stefano - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998
The OECD labor market has undergone major changes over the past two decades. The most evident of these changes is the rise in the number of job-seekers. In 1997, there were more than 35 million people unemployed in the OECD area as a whole, some 6 million more than in the mid-1980s and almost 25...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944045
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The Political Economy of Fiscal Reform in Brazil: The Rationale for the Suboptimal Equilibrum
Melo, Marcus; Pereira, Carlos; Souza, Saulo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This project examines fiscal reforms in Brazil since the 1990s, particularly in taxation, budgeting, and fiscal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008616872
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Employability in the Southern Cone
Gasparini, Leonardo; Winkler, Hernán; Haimovich, Francisco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. In order to analyze changes in employability in Argentina, the authors estimate a model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205801
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O compromisso do retorno: Remessas de emigrantes brasileiros
Martes, Ana Cristina Braga; Vargas, Fundação Getulio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Resultado de um survey para medir perfil sociodemográfico dos emigrantes brasileiros que enviam remessas de Boston, MA para o Brasil com estimaçoes de periodicidade, valor e finalidade das remessas e identificação da existência de Organizações Não Governamentais beneficiárias de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205880
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Unmet Needs and Business Solutions for the Majority in Latin America
AVINA, Fundación - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2008
Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector solutions that can address these unmet needs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216193
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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 … and proposals for IDB involvement with street-children in Brazil. The key lesson from the Terezopolis meeting and this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367256
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Towards a Latin America free of casualties due to lack of road safety: The case of Brazil. "An analysis of road casualties in Brazil focusing on road traffic conditions and road ac...
Resende, Paulo; Diez-Roux, Esteban; Mendoza, Sissi … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
years of data from 25,000 km of highways in Brazil. It identifies the main causes of traffic accidents, which are road user … behavior and lack of road safety education. It also compares the severity and occurrence of accidents in Brazil on roads in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370995