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Worker Remittances: The Human Face of Globalization
Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This report is a comparative study of worldwide transfer costs to nine countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and specifically at costs for immigrants to send money from major sending countries including from the United States. It also compares these international trends with costs and trends of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198892
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Worker Remittances: The Human Face of Globalization
Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This report is a comparative study of worldwide transfer costs to nine countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and specifically at costs for immigrants to send money from major sending countries including from the United States. It also compares these international trends with costs and trends of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653063
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Does Participatory Budgeting Improve Decentralized Public Service Delivery?
Beuermann, Diether Wolfgang; Amelina, Maria - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
This paper provides the first experimental evaluation of the participatory budgeting model showing that it increased public participation in the process of public decision making, increased local tax revenues collection, channeled larger fractions of public budgets to services stated as top...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011078598
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Productive Development Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Mexico
Baz, Verónica; Capelo, Maria Cristina; Centeno, Rodrigo; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
While Mexico has potential to grow rapidly, its economic growth has remained low for the past three decades. There is no consensus on the country's development path or on how to achieve specific goals. Since the policy debate remains ideological and lacks pragmatism, productive development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944052
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Life Skills, Employability and Training for Disadvantage Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation Design
Ibarrarán, Pablo; Ripani, Laura; Taboada, Bibiana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican youth training program Juventud y …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944258
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Teacher Training in Latin America: Innovations and Trends
Navarro, Juan Carlos; Verdisco, Aimee - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
education reforms under way in most countries. Large investments in teacher training, both pre-service and in-service have been … of teacher training components in education reforms. This demand reflects widespread disappointment with the … on the subject around the world but draws its conclusions from eight case studies on innovations in teacher training in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009199172
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Primary Education in Latin America: The Unfinished Agenda
Wolff, Laurence; Schiefelbein, Ernesto; Schiefelbein, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
quality for all children? The paper creatively reviews available data for four countries (Brazil, Chile, Honduras, and Costa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009206132
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Community Colleges: Is There a Lesson in Them for Latin America?
Castro, Claudio de Moura; Bernasconi, Andrés; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
This paper explores the potential the community college model holds for Latin America. Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experience introducing short post-secondary courses and non university institutions, sometimes as a result of private initiative, sometimes as a matter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216182
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Las escuelas de secundaria en América Latina y el Caribe y la transición al mundo del trabajo
Castro, Claudio de Moura; Carnoy, Martin; Wolff, Laurence - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
En este documento se analiza la organización de las escuelas secundarias en América Latina y el Caribe. Se tratan temas como son la provisión de escuelas para un conjunto estudiantil cada vez más heterogéneo y la triple función de preparar a los alumnos para la educación superior, formar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216201