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How Can Job Opportunities for Young People in Latin America be Improved?
González-Velosa, Carolina; Ripani, Laura; Shady, David … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Job training programs for vulnerable youth are the main response of Latin American governments to address the problem of inadequate employment opportunities for young people. Despite its importance, knowledge about these programs is scarce. This study contributes to filling this gap in the...
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Quality of Life in Montevideo
Ferre, Zuleika; Gandelman, Néstor; Piani, Giorgina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
due to differences in individual outcomes like education, health, labor situation and housing quality. …
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Approach Paper: Evaluability Review of Bank Projects 2012 Title: Documento de enfoque: Revisión de la Evaluabilidad de los Proyectos del Banco 2012
Inter-American Development Bank; Office of Evaluation … - 2013
In 2011 OVE began using the DEM and the self-evaluation system as a way to assess the evaluability of the Bank's portfolio by validating the DEMs of a sample of projects. The first exercise was used as pilot to set the standards OVE would use and to inform the Board and Management of the new...
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Sociómetro Title: Sociómetro
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 1990
, both traditional and LAC-specific, including demographics, education, labor market, housing, and income. The indicators are …
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Ideas para el Desarrollo en las Américas (IDEA): Volumen 17: Septiembre-Diciembre, 2008: Calidad de vida: más allá de los hechos Title: Ideas for Development in the Americas (IDEA)...
Funaro, Rita - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2008
Quality of Life. It reviews the results of opinion surveys on education, health, and employment and finds that people …
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2011 Evaluability Review of Bank Projects Title: Revisión de la evaluabilidad de los proyectos del Banco de 2011
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2012
During the last decade, the IDB has strongly promoted an agenda to increase its capacity to report on results, with a particular focus on project evaluability. The first pilot exercise to validate the Development Effectiveness Matrix (DEM) of randomly selected projects began in October 2011. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673497
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Approach Paper: Evaluability Review of Bank Projects 2011 Title: Documento de enfoque: Revisión de la evaluabilidad de los proyectos del Banco de 2011
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2011
Given the contributions of the Development Effectiveness Matrix (DEM) and the self-evaluation system of evaluability, OVE can now move away from a wholly separate system of reviewing project evaluability (as was done in 2001, 2005, and 2009). OVE can move towards a system of continuous...
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Returns to education in Suriname
Gardiner, Shopie; Stampini, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
We analyze the relationship between education and employment in Suriname, using data from a 2007 IDB household survey … (representative nationally and at the level of three macro areas: Urban Coast, Rural Coast and Interior). We find that education …, junior secondary, senior secondary and tertiary education increase the probability of employment by 12%, 19%, 86% and 84 …
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Honoring the Past, Building the Future: Fifty Years of Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Celebrar el pasado, construir el futuro: Cincuenta años de desarrollo e...
Ávila, Ricardo - Inter-American Development Bank
Although science has unlocked the secrets of the human genome, the causes of social and economic development remain stubbornly enigmatic. Why do some countries adopt new technologies more readily than others? Why does income inequality persist in some regions--even in the face of rapid economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772319
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Innovating, Gaining Market Share and Fostering Social Inclusion Success Stories in SME Development
Nations, United - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; …
This document represents a contribution made by the Tripartite Committee comprising the Organization of American States (OAS), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) to the fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Pathways to...
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