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Crime and Violence in Central America : A Development Challenge - Main Report
World Bank - 2012
Crime and violence are now a key development issue for Central American countries. In three nations El Salvador …, Guatemala, and Honduras crime rates are among the top five in Latin America. This report argues that successful strategies … future options. In addition, the design of national crime reduction plans and the establishment of national cross …
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Crime and Violence in Central America : A Development Challenge - Executive Summary
World Bank - 2012
Crime and violence are now a key development issue for Central American countries. In three nations El Salvador …, Guatemala, and Honduras crime rates are among the top five in Latin America. This report argues that successful strategies … future options. In addition, the design of national crime reduction plans and the establishment of national cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550757
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Supporting Youth at Risk: A Policy Toolkit for Middle-Income Countries
Cunningham, Wendy; Cohan, Lorena M.; Naudeau, Sophie; … - eSocialSciences; World Bank - 2009
) early school leaving; iii) risky sexual behavior leading to early childbearing and HIV/AIDS; iv) crime and violence; v …
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Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management : the tarcoles river basin, Costa Rica
Blomquist, William Andrew (contributor) - 2005
"This paper describes and analyzes the effort to institute river basin management in the Tárcoles basin of Costa Rica. Located in west-central Costa Rica, the Tárcoles basin represents 4.2 percent of the nation's total land area, but is home to half the nation's population and the metropolitan...
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Anti-dumping policies and safeguard measures in the context of Costa Rica's economic liberalization
Monge González, Ricardo - 2005
"This paper reviews the most important changes, both in the economy and in the legal and institutional framework, to deal with unfair trade practices that Costa Rica has experienced during its trade liberalization process. It also evaluates whether the sectors that as a result of such a process...
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Costa Rica, a pension reform strategy
2000
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Costa Rica : forest policy and land use
Camino Velozo, Ronnie de (contributor) - 2000
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Costa Rica : Competitiveness Diagnostic and Recommendations
World Bank - 2012
Costa Rica is a clear success story. The country enjoys the highest standard of living in Central America and one of the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Not surprisingly, poverty levels are among the lowest in LAC. Indeed in 2004, Costa Rica had the second lowest poverty...
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Costa Rica - Public Expenditure Review : Enhancing the Efficiency of Expenditures
World Bank - 2012
Costa Rica, an upper middle-income developing country of 4 million inhabitants, is well known for its socio-economic achievements. Costa Rica's economic growth has averaged 4.7 percent annually over the last 15 years, about 2 percentage points above the rest of Latin America, reflecting its...
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Costa Rica : Investment Climate Assessment
World Bank - 2012
The objective of the Costa Rica Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is to evaluate constraints on growth of the private sector in Costa Rica using a survey of 343 manufacturing firms known as the Investment Climate Survey (ICs) and a Logistic Survey in 75 firms in three export sectors (processed...
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