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Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy: Policies for Sustained Growth aims to improve our understanding of the constraints to social and economic development in Jamaica. It also proposes practical solutions to overcome some of those problems. This book is a collection of studies commissioned by the...
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due to differences in individual outcomes like education, health, labor situation and housing quality. … individuals and in the satisfaction of life domains, such as leisure, social life, family, health, housing, neighborhood economic …
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which assess the impact of organization on performance in education and in health. The paper shows that the relationships … improving health and education in the region. …Latin America spends large amounts of resources on social services, yet its life expectancy and education levels are …
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According to conventional wisdom, health and education are important factors for economic and social development: they … members of society receive these services equally. To a large extent, women are left out of health and education systems; as a … consequence, they constitute an economically and socially disadvantaged group. This article analyzes the gender gaps within health …
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expenditures in education, health, and infrastructure on economic growth, poverty, and income distribution in the past 20 years …
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analyzing the incidence of social spending on education, health, and social security for the majority of Latin American … education - social spending in secondary education, tertiary education, and social security and pensions are highly regressive …
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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...
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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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opportunities for health planning, to education reform in Honduras. …
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This evaluation assesses IDB's role in contributing to the coordinated solution of transnational challenges during the period 2000-2011. The evaluation found that the relevance and effectiveness of IDB's Technical Cooperation program has been limited - in particular the Regional Public Good...
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