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While information exists on the process of indigenous migration to urban centers, there is very little systematic data on the current situation of urban indigenous populations in Mexico. This study analyzes the situation of five indigenous ethnic groups in three urban centers of Mexico: (a) the...
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Indigenous peoples in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) are 10 to 25 percent less likely to have access to piped water and 26 percent less likely to have access to improved sanitation solutions than the region's non-indigenous population. Historically, Indigenous peoples have been...
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This Evaluation Insight Note builds on Independent Evaluation Group evidence to identify lessons for working with Indigenous peoples who live in poverty. Extreme poverty-measured as living on less than USD 1.90 a day-is apparent among Indigenous peoples in developing countries. Indigenous...
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Bolivia made substantial progress in reducing poverty and inequality during the commodity boom, and despite the adverse …
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Bolivia is a country with a vast geographical diversity, from a high plateau (altiplano) that reaches 3,000 meters … above sea level to valleys at mid-altitude and tropical plains. During the last decade, the magnitude of Bolivia's weather …
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This review of gender issues aims to uncover the main gender gaps in the country, and to identify potential policy recommendations that could help closing them in the coming years.The note is an input to the development of a Gender Action Plan for the Andean Countries under the Gender Analysis...
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Bolivia has achieved significant improvements in its reproductive health indicators in recent years. Yet the country … after Haiti. Bolivia's indigenous women are particularly vulnerable to death from complications related to pregnancy … experiential knowledge in these communities in Bolivia and gain insights into supply- and demand-side barriers that keep women away …
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The objective of this Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is to identify the priority constraints Bolivia faces in … consolidating this progress. The SCD begins, in Chapter two, with a presentation of four characteristics that make Bolivia special …
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Agriculture and the rural space will continue to demand the attention of policy makers in Bolivia for several reasons … jobs on and off of the farm, and better nutrition for all. Third, because agricultural growth in Bolivia has proven to be …
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The Bolivian economy is gradually recovering from the pandemic-induced recession. La Paz Municipality primary balance has fluctuated near balance as this municipality managed to cushion the decline in hydrocarbon revenues and the pandemic. The DeMPA assessment for the Autonomous Municipal...
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