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Microenterprises and Poverty: Evidence from Latin America
Orlando, María Beatriz; Pollack, Molly - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
This study assesses poverty in the microenterprise sector in Latin America, presenting stylized facts on potential … poverty risk factors at the household and individual levels. The goal of the paper is to describe the main trends in the … region and the scope of the paper is limited to a descriptive analysis of poverty risk factors based on the nature of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291844
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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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Toward Sustainable and Equitable Development: Sector Strategies for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Hacia un desarrollo sostenible y equitativo: Estrategias sectoriales para...
Jarque, Carlos M. (contributor) - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
(Sustainable Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social Equity) and for each of the four priority areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772430
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Beyond Reforms: Structural Dynamics and Macroeconomic Vulnerability
Vos, Rob; Frenkel, Roberto; Ocampo, José Antonio; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Beyond Reforms presents the contributions of some United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analysts as well as research articles prepared for the Commission. It reviews long-term growth and development patterns and focuses on macroeconomic vulnerability and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772518
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Microenterprises and Poverty: Evidence from Latin America
Orlando, María Beatriz; Pollack, Molly - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
This study assesses poverty in the microenterprise sector in Latin America, presenting stylized facts on potential … poverty risk factors at the household and individual levels. The goal of the paper is to describe the main trends in the … region and the scope of the paper is limited to a descriptive analysis of poverty risk factors based on the nature of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655168
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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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Does a Mature AIDS Epidemic Threaten Growth?
Cuesta, José A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper models the impact on economic growth of HIV/AIDS when the epidemic is in a mature phase, in contrast with previous studies focused on periods of expansion, as in African countries. Simulations for Honduras, the epicenter of the epidemic in Central America, show that AIDS is not likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653926
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Innovation Strategies and Employment in Latin American Firms
Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This study examines the impact of innovation strategies on employment growth in four Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay) using micro-data for manufacturing firms from innovation surveys. Building on the model proposed by Harrison et al. (2008), we relate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654851
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Effects of Innovation on Employment in Latin America
Crespi, Gustavo; Tacsir, Ezequiel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This study examines the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth and composition in Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay using micro data from innovation surveys. Based on the model put forward by Harrison et al. (1998), employment growth is related to process...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655370
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Non-contributory pensions
Bando, Rosangela; Gertler, Paul; Galiani, Sebastián - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944279