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International Institute for Governance of Catalonia in November 2003, with support from the government of Catalonia and the Special … Office in Europe of the IDB. At the conference, a group of international experts discussed three important current issues …
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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 2005. In addition, the Report contains a description of the Bank's operations - loans, guarantees, financings for small projects and technical...
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Bank's various operations - loans, guarantees, financing for small projects and technical cooperation - for development in … framework for lending instruments that will enhance the development impact of Bank operations and the Bank also approved its …
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should take it into account. In fact, charges that geographic interpretations of development were deterministic, or even … premise and joins a growing body of literature studying the links between geography and development. Focusing on Latin America … toward the goals of economic and social development. …
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Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the regions in the world with the greatest ethnic, racial and cultural diversity. This diversity is a major asset that holds the key to achieving lasting economic and political stability and constructing a fair, cohesive and democratic society. However,...
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can provide favorable conditions for development. Apparently regions such as East Asia in recent decades have been able to …
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This paper asks a deceptively simple question. After over a decade of concern about and investment in primary education, what have been the results and how much further does the region need to go before it has achieved a primary education of quality for all children? The paper creatively reviews...
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This paper explores the potential the community college model holds for Latin America. Several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experience introducing short post-secondary courses and non university institutions, sometimes as a result of private initiative, sometimes as a matter...
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En este documento se analiza la organización de las escuelas secundarias en América Latina y el Caribe. Se tratan temas como son la provisión de escuelas para un conjunto estudiantil cada vez más heterogéneo y la triple función de preparar a los alumnos para la educación superior, formar...
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This paper presents a framework for discussing community consultation in the context of the Inter-American Development … consultation. After discussing some of the links between consultation, development, equity, civil society and the current IDB … each other and to the development process. It will discuss reasons for promoting community consultation and identify …
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