This document states the hypothesis that there are some cultural factors that are negatively related to health care utilization. Evidence of maternal health care is used to assess the hypothesis. Two different dependent variables are used, antenatal care and delivery assistance with a health...

This study focuses on analysing the linkages between output growth, employment and poverty, at both the macro and micro levels. At the macro level, the linkage between poverty and output growth is conceptualised in terms of the average productivity of the employed work force, which in turn gets...

The paper analyzes the Bolivian experience in switching from an old publicly managed pay-as-you-go pension system to a privately managed, fully funded pension system.

Este estudio busca respnder las siguintes interrogantes: ¿Quál es la magnitud y cómo se distribuyen los subsidios que se transfieren a los hogares a través de la provisioón pública de los servicios de educación y salud?; ¿Cuál es la magnitud y cómo se distribuyen los impues a los...