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The Sustainability of Urban Heritage Preservation: El Caso de Quito
Jaramillo, Pedro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
El Centro Histórico de Quito, Ecuador fue declarado por la UNESCO en 1978 Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad. Ha sido … intervención así como generado instancias administrativas de gestión y control. En este informe de destacan Plan Quito, la primera … Centro Histórico de Quito, y concluye que lograr la sostenibilidad demanda trabajar activamente en la transmisión de una …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246506
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The Sustainability of Urban Heritage Preservation: El Caso de Quito
Jaramillo, Pedro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
El Centro Histórico de Quito, Ecuador fue declarado por la UNESCO en 1978 Patrimonio Cultural de la Humanidad. Ha sido … intervención así como generado instancias administrativas de gestión y control. En este informe de destacan Plan Quito, la primera … Centro Histórico de Quito, y concluye que lograr la sostenibilidad demanda trabajar activamente en la transmisión de una …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654312
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Are Uruguayan Housing Policies Reaching the Poor?: An Assessment of Housing Deficit, Housing Informality and Usage of Housing Programs in Uruguay
Garabato, Natalia; Ramada, Magdalena - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This document surveys the Uruguayan housing market, first describing the main housing programs and policies, then comparing their design with households' characteristics and needs. The document additionally measures Uruguay's housing deficit, using the basis deficit as well as quantitative and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943886
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There's More Than One Way to Get a House: Housing Strategies in Panama
Jacobs, Michael; Savedoff, William D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
This paper uses household data from two cities in Panama to evaluate the determinants of the tenure decision in the context of two models. The key factors explaining the decision to rent or own are those associated with the family's lifecycle, while the choice between buying a complete house and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944041
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Housing Markets in Uruguay: Determinants of Housing Demand and Its Interaction with Public Policies
Garabato, Natalia; Ramada, Magdalena - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper analyzes the determinants of housing demand for Uruguay and the extent to which housing policies have an impact on their target population. The paper first analyzes the determinants of housing demand, following an approach based on Rosen's (1974) two-step procedure consisting of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944183
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Tacit Collusion in the Santiago Housing Market
Lefort, Fernando; Vargas, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Given the numerous and widely acknowledged benefits of a well-functioning housing market, it is vital to understand the degree of competition in that market, which is the starting point for undertaking any policy tool aimed at improving its efficiency. This paper tests the extent of competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944212
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Housing Demand in Brazil: Evidence from the Formal and Informal Sectors
Piza, Caio; Litchfield, Julie; Balderrama, Fernando - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper describes the determinants of housing demand in Brazil, with the intention of informing policy aimed at reducing the housing deficit and increasing home ownership. As price elasticity for renters is slightly higher, public policies that aim to influence the price of dwellings and/or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673115
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Non-contributory pensions
Bando, Rosangela; Gertler, Paul; Galiani, Sebastián - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944279
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Income, Deprivation, and Perceptions in Latin America and the Caribbean: New Evidence from the Gallup World Poll
Gasparini, Leonardo; Escudero, Walter Sosa; Marchionni, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper is part of a large project on quality of life and deprivation in LAC commissioned by the IDB's Research Department (RES) that makes extensive use of the Gallup World Poll. This survey provides rich data on a wide range of issues in over 130 countries, 23 of them from LAC. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944360
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Microenterprises and Poverty: Evidence from Latin America
Orlando, María Beatriz; Pollack, Molly - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
This study assesses poverty in the microenterprise sector in Latin America, presenting stylized facts on potential … poverty risk factors at the household and individual levels. The goal of the paper is to describe the main trends in the … region and the scope of the paper is limited to a descriptive analysis of poverty risk factors based on the nature of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291844