Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 377
Cover Image
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
Cover Image
A New Way of Monitoring the Quality of Urban Life
Powell, Andrew; Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper proposes a methodology to resolve the problems that result from using a combination of objective and subjective information in evaluating urban quality of life. The paper further suggests techniques to identify and rank issues of potential importance for urban dwellers. In order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944422
Cover Image
Insecurity, Health, and Well-Being: An Initial Exploration Based on Happiness Surveys Title: Inseguridad, salud y bienestar: Una exploración inicial basada en encuestas sobre la felicidad en América Latina y el Caribe
Graham, Carol; Chaparro, Juan Camilo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Crime and insecurity are increasingly common features of life in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly in urban areas. Victimization rates in the region are the highest in the world, with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. This publication explores how victimization and perceptions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673510
Cover Image
Manna from Heaven: The Impact of Nonrenewable Resource Revenues on Other Revenues of Resource Exporters in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ossowski, Rolando; Gonzáles-Castillo, Alberto - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper examines the impact of the availability of fiscal revenues from nonrenewable resources on other revenues of Latin American and Caribbean resource-exporting countries. It compares the performance of nonresource revenues in these countries to that in other countries in the region. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655037
Cover Image
The Effects of Oil and Mineral Taxation on Non-commodity Fiscal Revenues
Perry, Guillermo; Bustos, Sebastián - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This paper shows, first, that non-commodity revenues are more volatile in oil- and mineral-rich countries and that quality of institutions is associated with lower volatility. We investigate the channels through which oil and mineral revenue volatility lead to non-commodity revenues volatility,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655339
Cover Image
Downtown Poverty: Methods of Analysis and Interventions: A Sourcebook for Practitioners Title: Pobreza en áreas centrales urbanas: Métodos de análisis e intervenciones: Manual de c...
Quartesan, Alessandra (contributor);  … - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …
growth and rural to urban migration. It is important to emphasize that poverty tends to concentrate in cities. More than two … been accompanied by an increase in urban poverty levels.Abstract: Las áreas centrales de una ciudad contienen una mezcla de …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772346
Cover Image
Shielding the Poor: Social Protection in the Developing World
Phillips, Katherin Ross; Gertler, Paul; Smeeding, Timothy M. - Inter-American Development Bank
and manage the risks that households face as part of a coherent long-term strategy to reduce poverty and promote social … equity. The articles included in this book were presented at the conference, "Social Protection and Poverty," held at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772355
Cover Image
Portrait of the Poor: An Assets-Based Approach
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Székely, Miguel; Gray-Molina, George - Inter-American Development Bank
This book examines poverty as a structural problem caused by the way economic systems operate. It poses a simple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772491
Cover Image
From Growth to Prosperity: Policy Perspectives for Trinidad and Tobago
Artana, Daniel; Thomas, Wendell; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank
, and pockets of poverty persist. How can the country promote sustainable and equitable development, and thus reduce poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772498
Cover Image
Poverty and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2001
This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on … recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities … carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It includes a general framework for poverty reduction in Latin America and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367250