Crime and violence are now a key development issue for Central American countries. In three nations El Salvador … involvement of civil society organizations, in which much of the expertise in violence prevention and rehabilitation resides …

Crime and violence are now a key development issue for Central American countries. In three nations El Salvador … involvement of civil society organizations, in which much of the expertise in violence prevention and rehabilitation resides …

help to reduce youth violence? These are the questions that motivate this report. Understanding what has gone right to … violence prevention. This report is organized in four chapters. Chapter one sets the stage for the issues covered in the report … the evidence on the policies implemented to reduce crime and violence in Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro …

"This paper examines how households trade off migration and savings when subject to exogenous violence. The authors … propose that households under violence decide jointly on migration and saving, because a higher asset-stock is more difficult … to carry to a new place. When confronted with exogenous violence, households are expected to consider migration, and …

guerrillas and paramilitaries, gang violence among drug traffickers, and high common delinquency. In this context, households … authors test the hypothesis that households, when confronted with exogenous violence, reduce their investment and, moreover … strongly supports the hypothesis. The results shed new light on the economic impact of violence. The immediate reduction in …

"Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. For example, women are more … likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know. The United Nations has defined violence against … women as "gender-based" violence, to acknowledge that such violence is rooted in gender inequality and is often tolerated …

"Morrison, Ellsberg, and Bott present an overview of gender-based violence (GBV) in Latin America, with special … violence and sexual coercion are the most common forms of GBV, and these are the types of GBV that they analyze. GBV has …-based violence: It is essential to focus on the prevention of GBV, not just on services for its survivors. Prevention is best …