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Sharpening the Bank's Capacity to Support the Housing Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean: Background Paper for the Implementation of the Social Development Strategy
Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
The Bank expanded its housing finance activities in the 1990s, shifting its support toward sector reforms that increase the capacity of housing finance and delivery mechanisms to cater to the needs of low-income households. The present publication examines Bank experience in housing, draws...
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Perspectivas del sistema previsional argentino y evaluación de políticas para expandir la cobertura: Proyección de gastos y beneficios: 2002-2008
Grushka, Carlos - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
El objetivo de este trabajo es examinar algunas proyecciones de largo plazo disponibles relacionados al número de beneficiarios y gasto con beneficios del sistema argentino de jubilaciones y pensiones.
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The Social Spatial Segregation in the Cities of Latin America
Sabatini, Francisco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
The cities offer Latin America and the Caribbean their best opportunity for economic and social development. Aside from concentrating on more than two thirds of the population, it is estimated that urban activities will generate more than 75 percent of the expected growth of the Gross Domestic...
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Urban Air Quality and Human Health in Latin America and the Caribbean
Cifuentes, Luis A.; Krupnick, Alan J.; O'Ryan, Raúl; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
Health problems due to poor air quality have been among the main environmental concerns in Mexico City, Santiago … pollution concentrations, health impacts, and the monetary value of improving air quality in 41 major LAC urban areas containing …
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Health: Sector Strategy (2004)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2004
The objective of this Health Strategy (GN-2321) is to help Latin American and the Caribbean countries improve the … health of their populations, attaining national health objectives and tailoring Millennium Development Goals to conditions in … health objectives adapted to the conditions in each country that seek to satisfy the needs of the very poor and to promote …
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Salud: Estrategia sectorial (2004)
Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano … - 2004
La presente estrategia de salud (GN-2321) tiene por objetivo apoyar a los países de América Latina y el Caribe a mejorar la salud de su población, alcanzando los objetivos sanitarios nacionales, incluidos los Objetivos del Milenio. Las áreas de acción prioritarias del Banco incluyen: 1)...
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Innovative Financial Instruments for Natural Disaster Risk Management
Andersen, Torben - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
This technical paper provides us with an in-depth explanation of how losses due to catastrophes are insured and who absorbs the costs of compensating the insured assets. In the absence of an effective insurance market, the government often becomes the de facto financier of postdisaster...
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The Opportunities for Sustainable Urban Transportation in Medium-Sized Cities in Latin American and the Caribbean
Bleviss, Deborah; Group, BBG - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
The purpose of this report is to carry out for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) a strategic analysis of specific medium-sized cities in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region that could present opportunities for linking greenhouse gas mitigation and sustainable urban...
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Aprovechamiento de los mercados financieros internacionales para gestionar el riesgo de amenazas naturales en América Latina
Pettersen, Ivar; Skjelvik, John Magne; Krokeide, Nils Atle - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
El presente informe técnico analiza la potencial aplicación práctica de los instrumentos financieros diseñados para el financiamiento y la transferencia del riesgo de las amenazas naturales en América Latina. En primer lugar, se presenta, en términos generales, el papel del financiamiento...
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Choosing Environmental Policy Tools: Theoretical Cautions and Practical Considerations
Russell, Clifford S.; Powell, Philip T. - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996
This working paper contains a review and analysis of environmental policy tools in Latin America. It contains a review of the instruments themselves and their properties are discussed in both static and dynamic contexts. The report brings together the institutional and more narrowly economic...
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