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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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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

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Making Brazilians Safer : Aanalyzing the Dynamics of Violent Crime

World Bank - 2013

This report analyzes the dynamics of violent crime in Brazil. What factors are driving the overall crime decline in … Brazil? Why is violent crime declining in some states while it is increasing in others? What types of interventions could … bring crime down during the past 10 years is crucial to tackling the challenges posed by the new decade. The purpose of this …

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Refinements to the probabilistic approach to fiscal sustainability analysis

Frank, Nathaniel - 2008

"This paper relaxes some key assumptions in the probabilistic approach to fiscal sustainability. First, the authors identify structural breaks over the sample period used to estimate the covariance matrix of the shocks to the debt ratios. Second, the assumption of normality of the shocks is...

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The concept of odious debt : some considerations

Nehru, Vikram - 2008

"Despite the popularity of the term among advocates of debt forgiveness, there is little agreement on a workable definition of "odious" debts and there are but few examples where the concept has been invoked in law to justify non-payment of sovereign debts. Most often, these have been cases when...

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Developing the domestic government debt market : from diagnostics to reform implementation

2007

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Fiscal decentralization and fiscal performance

Shah, Anwar - 2005

"A resurgence of recent interest in fiscal federalism has been a source of concern among macroeconomic stabilization experts. They argue that a decentralized fiscal system poses a threat to macroeconomic stability as it is incompatible with prudent monetary and fiscal management. The author...

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Public debt in developing countries : has the market-based model worked?

Gill, Indermit Singh - 2005

"Over the past 25 years, significant levels of public debt and external finance are more likely to have enhanced macroeconomic vulnerability than economic growth in developing countries. This applies not just to countries with a history of high inflation and past default, but also to those in...

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Population age structure and the budget deficit

Chen, Derek Hung Chiat - 2004

"Chen focuses on the effects of age structure changes on the size of budget deficits of national governments. More specifically, he determines whether differences in age structure can account for the observed differences in budget deficits across countries as well as across time. By way of an...

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