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This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on … recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities … carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It includes a general framework for poverty reduction in Latin America and …
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To capture social conditions in Latin America, the Sociómetro-BID database presents a diverse set of social indicators, both traditional and LAC-specific, including demographics, education, labor market, housing, and income. The indicators are derived from national household survey data,...
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Neglected Infectious Diseases (NIDs) remain one the most underfunded disease categories in global health despite their … for Neglected Tropical Diseases/Sabin Vaccine Institute, and the Pan American Health Organization/WHO, together with the … implement other health measures for the benefit of all children and adults affected by these terrible diseases.Abstract: Las …
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to sustainable economic growth, poverty reduction and social equity. …
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This third edition of Investing in Gender Equality presents IDB projects that exemplify good work in the integration of gender considerations in their design. The 18 projects included in this edition have been identified through a system that ranks projects according to how comprehensively...
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Suriname's annual GDP growth rate has increased at 1990 constant prices from 2.1% in 2000, to 3.9% in 2005 and 7.5% in 2008 (1). Due to the food and fuel crises in 2008-9, the rate dropped below 3%. However, it began to grow again in 2010, reaching 4.5% (2). For the whole of 2011, the annual GDP...
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This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on … recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities … carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It includes a general framework for poverty reduction in Latin America and …
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growth and rural to urban migration. It is important to emphasize that poverty tends to concentrate in cities. More than two … been accompanied by an increase in urban poverty levels.Abstract: Las áreas centrales de una ciudad contienen una mezcla de …
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of development in the fight against poverty, inequality and social exclusion.Abstract: La segunda edición del folleto …
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Unit that provides a poverty profile of microentrepreneurs, with data on labor standards, social security, environmental …
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