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The Impact of Colombia's Pension and Health Insurance Systems on Informality
Calderón, Valentina; Marinescu, Ioana - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
to both health insurance and pensions for independent workers using a difference-in-differences strategy. Second, this …
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Poverty, Vulnerability and the Middle Class in Latin America Title: Pobreza, vulnerabilidad y la clase media en América Latina
Stampini, Marco; Robles, Marcos; Sáenz, Mayra; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
paper, we use synthetic panels to show that, despite progress, the region remains characterized by substantial vulnerability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275115
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Microcredit Impact Assessment: The Brazilian and Chilean Cases
Aroca, Patricio A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of micro-entrepreneurs income on two Brazilian and Chilean microcredit programs. Drawing on two unique sources of data, control groups are built using the propensity score to match beneficiaries of micro-credit programs with non-beneficiaries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205758
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Aid Effectiveness: Politics Matters
Bobba, Matteo; Powell, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
The literature on aid effectiveness has focused more on recipient policies than the determinants of aid allocation yet a consistent result is that political allies obtain more aid from donors than non-allies. This paper shows that aid allocated to political allies is ineffective for growth,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653526
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Microcredit Impact Assessment: The Brazilian and Chilean Cases
Aroca, Patricio A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of micro-entrepreneurs income on two Brazilian and Chilean microcredit programs. Drawing on two unique sources of data, control groups are built using the propensity score to match beneficiaries of micro-credit programs with non-beneficiaries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655528
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Microcrédito, evaluación de impacto: Casos: Brasil y Chile
Aroca, Patricio A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
Los programas de microcrédito de bancos y organizaciones no gubernamentales brasileños y chilenos se evalúan con base en dos fuentes distintas de datos. Mediante la utilización del puntaje de predisposición y técnicas de emparejamiento, comparamos el ingreso promedio de las personas que...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009199228
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Labor Market Impacts of Non-Contributory Pensions: The Case of Argentina's Moratorium
Bosch, Mariano; Guajardo, Jarret - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Argentina had traditionally enjoyed one of the highest elderly coverage rates in Latin America. However, since the mid-1990s coverage rates started a steady decline, especially for low income workers. In response, the Argentine government implemented a series of sweeping reforms in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653684
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The Cyclical Characteristics of Universal Social Insurance
Hemming, Richard - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper examines how a universal social insurance program proposed for Mexico can respond to cyclical variations in revenue while remaining selffinancing. More specifically, it discusses the issues involved in setting up a stabilization fund that can accumulate surpluses when revenue is...
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Assessing the Effects of Climate and Socioeconomic Factors on Vulnerability to Vector-Borne Diseases in Latin America
Ayala, Rodrigo García; Estrugo, Andrés - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
, this paper presents and tests an approach to estimating the effects of epidemic outbreaks on health vulnerability. The … online platform, the paper finds that climate has nonnegligible effects on health vulnerability. The evidence found and the … vulnerability index constructed can be used to analyze the main determinants of vulnerability in order to address policy concerns. …
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Microfinance and Poverty: Questioning the Conventional Wisdom Title: Microfinanzas y pobreza: ¿Son válidas las ideas preconcebidas?
Gulli, Hege - Inter-American Development Bank
Microfinance and Poverty probes a set of assumptions that have arisen about microfinance and poverty reduction and that have become the conventional wisdom, although they have not been proven. These assumptions are examined through a review and analysis of theoretical and applied literature on...
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