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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...
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Social Security Coverage and the Labor Market in Developing Countries
Auerbach, Paula; Genoni, María Eugenia; Pagés-Serra, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
willingness to participate in old-age pension programs. Nonetheless, we also find evidence suggesting that some workers are …
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The Political Economy of Reform in Brazil's Civil Servant Pension Scheme
Medici, André - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
This technical note discusses the civil servant pension system in Brazil over the past two decades. Since 1998 the … Brazilian government has been implementing reforms to increase the financial sustainability of its pension schemes - seeking to … contain pension deficits without hurting acquired rights. Reforms to the civil servant pension system are expected to cut the …
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New Policies for Mandatory Defined Contribution Pensions: Industrial Organization Models and Investment Products
García-Huitrón, Manuel; Impavido, Gregorio; … - Inter-American Development Bank
around the world, this book provides access to new thinking on mandatory defined contribution pension systems and it makes an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772396
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The Political Economy of Reform in Brazil's Civil Servant Pension Scheme
Medici, André - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
This technical note discusses the civil servant pension system in Brazil over the past two decades. Since 1998 the … Brazilian government has been implementing reforms to increase the financial sustainability of its pension schemes - seeking to … contain pension deficits without hurting acquired rights. Reforms to the civil servant pension system are expected to cut the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655858
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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 delivery into a single measure: need, use, and quality. In this technical note, the concept of effective coverage is explained, methodological issues are discussed and the implications...
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Best Practices in Intercultural Health
O'Neill, John; Bartlett, Judith; Mignone, Javier - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This paper presents some of the background research that contributed to the discussions within the Inter-American Development Bank's policy and strategy regarding indigenous health issues. The paper's conceptual approach and good practice research helped focus the discussion on the importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323773
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Health Perceptions in Latin America
Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This is the first study that uniformly analyzes health perceptions in all of Latin America and tests in a systematic way their relation to economic conditions at the country, income group and individual levels. The study uses three types of health self-assessment questions: i) health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943822
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Income Distribution and the Public-Private Mix in Health Care Provision: The Latin American Case
Maceira, Daniel - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998
Recent literature on Latin American countries shows that private expenses as a share of the total expenditures in health tend to be higher the lower the nation's level of economic development. This paper considers a discrete choice model of product differentiation, where consumer choice is based...
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A Moving Target: Universal Access to Healthcare Services in Latin America and the Caribbean
Savedoff, William D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
Healthcare services are more widespread in Latin America and the Caribbean today than 50 years ago, yet this availability is not necessarily reflected in popular perceptions. This study documents the expansion of healthcare services in the region in terms of medically-trained professionals,...
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