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Ensuring Stable and Inclusive Growth in Pakistan

Chaudhry, Shahid Amjad - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 13 (2008) Special Edition, pp. 1-4

The article provides an overview of the Pakistani economy and addresses various sectoral issues currently being faced by the economy. The first and the most critical problem highlighted concerns the protection of the poor. Other issues highlighted relate to education, healthcare, housing,...

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Ensuring Stable and Inclusive Growth in Pakistan

Chaudhry, Shahid Amjad - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 13 (2008) Special Edition, pp. 1-4

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Poverty and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2001

This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on … recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities … carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It includes a general framework for poverty reduction in Latin America and …

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The Impact of Health Information Provision on Breast Cancer-Related Knowledge and Protective Behaviors: An Experiment in Health Education

Shahed, Sarah - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 18 (2013) 1, pp. 117-133

This study examines the impact of health information provision on health-related knowledge and corresponding behaviors. Our main assumption is that women’s health can be improved by adopting health protective and health-enhancing behaviors. The study employs a before–after, no-control-group...

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Measuring the Competitiveness of Selected CARICOM Countries: The Findings of the Global Competitiveness Index 2009-2010: Private Sector Development Discussion Paper #1

Drzeniek-Hanouz, Margareta; Mia, Irene; Herrera, Eva … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

The World Economic Forum (WEF) views competitiveness as the potential of a country to grow in a sustained way over the medium to long term and thus create prosperity for its citizens. The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI), developed by Professor Xavier Sala-i-Martin of Columbia University...

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Measuring the Competitiveness of Selected CARICOM Countries: The Findings of the Global Competitiveness Index 2009-2010: Private Sector Development Discussion Paper #1

Drzeniek-Hanouz, Margareta; Mia, Irene; Herrera, Eva … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654908

Inter-American Development Bank Annual Report 2003

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2004

This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2003. In addition, the Report contains a description on a country-by-country basis and a regional basis of the Bank's various operations -loans,...

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Approach Paper: Evaluability Review of Bank Projects 2012 Title: Documento de enfoque: Revisión de la Evaluabilidad de los Proyectos del Banco 2012

Inter-American Development Bank; Office of Evaluation … - 2013

In 2011 OVE began using the DEM and the self-evaluation system as a way to assess the evaluability of the Bank's portfolio by validating the DEMs of a sample of projects. The first exercise was used as pilot to set the standards OVE would use and to inform the Board and Management of the new...

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Japan Special Fund and Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services Annual Report 2003

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2004

This Annual Report details the activities of the Japanese Special Fund and the Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services for 2003. Since its establishment, the Japan Special Fund (JSF) and the Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services (JCF) have been important sources for supporting IDB's...

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2011 Evaluability Review of Bank Projects Title: Revisión de la evaluabilidad de los proyectos del Banco de 2011

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2012

During the last decade, the IDB has strongly promoted an agenda to increase its capacity to report on results, with a particular focus on project evaluability. The first pilot exercise to validate the Development Effectiveness Matrix (DEM) of randomly selected projects began in October 2011. The...

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