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Ingreso no agrícola y empleo rural en Honduras
Isgut, Alberto E. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
En este documento se estudian las características y determinantes del ingreso no agrícola y el empleo rural en Honduras, con base en la Encuesta de Hogares de setiembre de 1998. Se encuentra que las actividades no agrícolas son importantes para los habitantes de las áreas rurales de...
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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,...
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Las externalidades de los programas de transferencias condicionadas sobre el crimen: El caso de Familias en Acción en Bogotá
Camacho, Adriana; Mejía, Daniel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
En este trabajo estudiamos los efectos indirectos del mayor programa de transferencias condicionadas (PTC) de Colombia, Familias en Acción, sobre los niveles de criminalidad en el área urbana de la ciudad de Bogotá. Para realizar este estudio combinamos las siguientes dos fuentes de...
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Life Skills, Employability and Training for Disadvantage Youth: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation Design
Ibarrarán, Pablo; Ripani, Laura; Taboada, Bibiana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper presents an impact evaluation of a revamped version of the Dominican youth training program Juventud y Empleo. The paper analyzes the impact of the program on traditional labor market outcomes and on outcomes related to youth behavior and life style, expectations about the future and...
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Medición cuantitativa del subregistro de nacimientos e indocumentación: Costos socioeconómicos en Perú y República Dominicana
Castro, Lucio; Rud, Juan Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
La indocumentación y el subregistro presentan un desafío para las posibilidades de desarrollo con inclusión social en América Latina. Usando datos de la Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud (ENDES) en Perú (2008) y en República Dominicana (2007), este estudio elabora una caracterización de...
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The Economic Effects of Unions in Latin America: Teachers' Unions and Education in Argentina
Murillo, Maria Victoria; Tommasi, Mariano; Ronconi, Lucas; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
This paper considers the effects of trade unions on the education sector in Argentina and the channels of union … class days). Based on estimates of education production functions both in this paper and elsewhere, we expect this to …, education budget and teachers' salaries). Reviewing these results, we conclude that the impact of unions on students …
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Theory and Evidence on Teacher Policies in Developed and Developing Countries Title: Teoría y evidencia sobre las políticas docentes en países desarrollados y en desarrollo
Vegas, Emiliana; Ganimian, Alejandro - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
The past decade has seen the emergence of numerous rigorous impact evaluations of teacher policies. This paper reviews the economic theory and empirical evidence on eight teacher policy goals: (1) setting clear expectations for teachers; (2) attracting the best into teaching; (3) preparing...
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Best Practice Case: TC Project number TC9905059: Ticuna Education Project
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2006
The general objective of this project was to improve the quality of education at the Ticuna indigenous schools in the … people are the principal actors in the transformation of their education system. The outcomes of this program went beyond its …
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Intergenerational Social Mobility in Latin America: A Review of Existing Evidence Title: Movilidad social intergeneracional en América Latina: Una revision de la evidencia actual
Azevedo, Viviane; Bouillon, César P. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
. While intergenerational education mobility has improved in recent decades, which may increase income mobility for younger … social exclusion, low access to higher education, and labor market discrimination.Abstract: Este artículo hace una revisión …
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Expanding the Knowledge Capital of Latin America and the Caribbean: An IDB Strategy for Education and Training
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2005
education sector. The Framework responds to requests by the Board of Executive Directors for updated sector strategies following … Bank¿s overarching corporate strategies as well as the education sub-sector strategies written in the course of the past …
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