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Poverty, Health Infrastructure and the Nutrition of Peruvian Children
Valdivia, Martín - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
nutrition in Peru, as measured by the height-for-age z-score. Using a pooled sample from the 1992, 1996 and 2000 rounds of the …This paper discusses the effect of a significant pro-poor expansion of the country's health infrastructure on child … Peru. These findings support the idea that reducing distance and waiting time barriers may be necessary, but that more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944499
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The Effect of Violence on Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Homicides in Rural Brazil
Manacorda, Marco; Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper uses microdata from Brazilian vital statistics natality and mortality data between 2000 and 2010 to estimate the impact of in-utero exposure to local violence -measured by homicide rates- on birth outcomes. Focusing on small communities, where it is more plausible that local homicide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944512
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Nota técnica sobre saúde no Brasil
Sório, Rita Elisabeth; Guanais, Frederico C.; Zuleta, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Nas últimas décadas, a população brasileira vem experimentando uma rápida mudança em seu perfil demográfico, caracterizado pela redução das taxas de fecundidade e mortalidade e pelo envelhecimento da população. Segundo dados do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatísticas (IBGE)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672483
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Jamaica: Social Protection Sector Note
Stone, Leslie F. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Jamaica continues to implement its ambitious social safety net reform that began in 2000 with significant results. This includes an increase in beneficiaries of its main programs, improvements in the level of benefits, and important gains in social development. Maintaining these gains -or at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672865
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Sexual and Reproductive Health for Youth: Review of Evidence for Prevention Title: Salud sexual y reproductiva para jóvenes: Revisión de evidencia para la prevención
Saric, Drina; López-Peña, Paula; Vivo, Sigrid - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
health. Its goal is to provide information for designing effective programs, particularly those related to teen pregnancy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673431
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Sexual and Reproductive Health for Youth: Review of Evidence for Prevention Title: Salud sexual y reproductiva para jóvenes: Revisión de evidencia para la prevención
Saric, Drina; López-Peña, Paula; Vivo, Sigrid - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
health. Its goal is to provide information for designing effective programs, particularly those related to teen pregnancy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673639
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The Use of Effective Coverage in the Evaluation of Maternal and Child Health Programs: A Technical Note for the IDB's Social Protection and Health Division
Colston, Josh - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Effective coverage is a measure of health system performance that combines three aspects of health care service …, methodological issues are discussed and the implications for the evaluation of SPH's projects in maternal and child health are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320030
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Overview of Early Childhood Development Services in Latin America and the Caribbean
Araujo, María Caridad; Bóo, Florencia López; Puyana, … - Inter-American Development Bank
This study collects and systematizes detailed, updated and comparable information about the design, management, funding and quality of child development services in Latin America and the Caribbean. It focuses on two types of programs serving children from 0 to 3 years of age and their families:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010765067
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Guyana: Technical Note on Indigenous Peoples
Renshaw, Jonathan - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
areas - economic development, education, health care and local infrastructure. In line with the Bank's Policy on Indigenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010719972
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Entra21 Program Phase 1: Results, Lessons Learned and Sustainability Paths
Pezzullo, Susan; Heredero, Elena - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205914