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The Effect of Conditional Transfers on School Performance and Child Labor: Evidence from an Ex-Post Impact Evaluation in Costa Rica

Duryea, Suzanne; Morrison, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

This study examines the impact of Superémonos, a conditional transfer program in Costa Rica, which provides poor families with a subsidy for the purchase of food conditional upon children regularly attending school. Using three different empirical techniques -simple comparison of mean outcomes,...

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A Dynamic Analysis of Household Decision-Making in Urban Colombia, 1976-1998: Changes in Household Structure, Human Capital and its Returns, and Female Labor Force Participation

Torres, Fabio Sánchez; Núñez, Jairo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002

The objective of this paper is to examine the changes and dynamics of household structure, human capital and the returns to education, labor earnings, women's labor force participation and investment in human capital. The approach used in the analysis is the so-called "cohort technique," which...

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Productivity and Human Capital: Missing Incentives and Coalitions

Schneider, Ben Ross - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

This presentation discusses labor markets in Latin America including: 1) Incentives to invest in Human capital; 2) Politics of investment in training and education; 3) Labor regulation.

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Beyond Tradeoffs: Market Reform and Equitable Growth in Latin America

Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Birdsall, Nancy; Naím, Moisés; … - Inter-American Development Bank

Latin American experts demonstrate how market-friendly measures in key policy areas can promote greater equity and efficiency. By identifying win-win strategies, the authors challenge the conventional wisdom that there is always a tradeoff between these two objectives. This volume shows how...

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Portrait of the Poor: An Assets-Based Approach

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel; Gray-Molina, George - Inter-American Development Bank

This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple question: Why do poor people earn less? Case studies in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru find the poor caught in a vicious circle. They lack sufficient access to...

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Sources of Growth in Latin America: What Is Missing?

Fernández-Arias, Eduardo; Blyde, Juan S.; Gill, Indermit S. - Inter-American Development Bank

The country studies and their background papers included in this book were prepared for the Latin America and the Caribbean section of the "Global Research Project: Explaining Growth" of the Global Development Network (GDN), a research effort conducted in association with the Latin American and...

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Pathways to Growth: Comparing East Asia and Latin America

Talvi, Ernesto; Serra, Pablo; Birdsall, Nancy; Pack, Howard - Inter-American Development Bank

The authors of this volume analyze the policies that led to East Asia's economic success, including those affecting human resources, savings, the financial sector, trade and institutions, and examine the lessons these policies carry for Latin America. The genesis of this book was an...

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Access, equity and performance: Education in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago

Tsang, Mun C.; Fryer, Michelle; Arevalo, Gregorio - Inter-American Development Bank

Many Caribbean nations are embracing knowledge-based and skill-intensive industries to expand their economies. The goal is to boost the competitiveness and productivity of the region's people through investments that lead to a better-educated workforce with more employable skills. This book...

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The Impact of Agricultural Extension for Improved Management Practices: An Evaluation of the Uruguayan Livestock Program

Maffioli, Alessandro; Mullally, Conner - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

Management is an important input into agricultural production, as it a determinant of the uptake and proper … to improve management practices in agricultural development, there is no consensus on the extension modalities that are … (ULP), a publicly funded, privately delivered extension program designed to improve management practices among cattle …

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Fisheries Management in the Galapagos Marine Reserve: A Bioeconomic Perspective

Conrad, Jon; Franklin, Henrik; Nøstbakken, Linda; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

management in Galapagos remains highly conflictive and essentially ineffective. Levels of mistrust and lack of communication have … new information and analytical content into the policy debate regarding fisheries management in the marine reserve, the …

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