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Community Consultation, Sustainable Development and the Inter-American Development Bank: A Concept Paper Title: Consulta comunitaria, desarrollo sostenible y el Banco Interamerican...

Deruyttere, Anne; Schwartz, Norman - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996

consultation. After discussing some of the links between consultation, development, equity, civil society and the current IDB …

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Interaction between the Government and the Spanish Civil Society during the Negotiations for the Accession of Spain into the European Union

Jacas, Raimundo Bassols - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002

Western countries have established themselves and developed over the last two centuries in the model of the Nation-State …

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Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Metropolitan Lima, Peru

Alcázar, Lorena; Andrade, Raúl - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

: individual factors, urban factors, and civil society. The study was mainly based on information collected through a survey … indicators have different impacts on QoL. Two findings stand out. First, variables related to participation in civil society are … in the individual sphere, while the civil society sphere is more important in Villa El Salvador. …

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Education for Citizenship and Democracy in a Globalized World: A Comparative Perspective Title: Educación para la ciudadanía y la democracia para un mundo globalizado: Una perspect...

Espínola, Viola; Osler, Audrey; Starkey, Hugh; … - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2005

The Bank identified seven areas to be included on the Dialogue and created seven specialized networks in which government officials at the Vice-Minister level from Latin America and the Caribbean, who are responsible for decision-making and public policy design, participate.Abstract: Este...

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The Consultative Process with Civil Society in the Formulation of Sweden's Positions on Trade Policy within the EU

Ahnlid, Anders - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002

The conditions for trade policy formulation have changed significantly in many, if not all, countries over the past decade. The scope of trade policy has increased. Trade policy interrelates more directly with other policies that were previously perceived to belong to the sphere of exclusive...

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Partisanship, Ideology, and Representation in Latin America

Saiegh, Sebastián - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

This paper uses joint scaling methods and similar items from three large-scale surveys to place voters, parties and politicians from different Latin American countries on a common ideological space. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the findings reveal that the "median" voter in Latin America...

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Facing the Challenges of Sustainable Development: The IDB and the Environment: 1992-2002

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2002

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) welcomes the opportunity that the World Summit on Sustainable Development offers the development community to reflect on regional trends and the major challenges facing our member countries in environmental sustainability. The IDB prepared this document...

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Disaster Risk Management by Communities and Local Governments

Bollin, Christina; Cárdenas, Camilo; Hahn, Herwig; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

This study refers to disaster risk management at the local level. The topic was selected by the members of the Natural Disasters Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue, and was presented during its 3rd Meeting, on March 6 and 7, 2003. The goal of this document is to achieve a better knowledge...

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Social Capital and Social Cohesion: Definition and Measurement

Ferroni, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008

The purpose of this presentation is to propose a definition of the concept of social cohesion and an approach to measuring it. We proceed in two parts: Part I: Cumulative definition and measurement; Part II: Exploration and measurement of key contributing dimensions: Solidarity, social...

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The Role of the Police in Violence Prevention

Neild, Rachel - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999

This document is one of a series of technical notes that describe the nature and magnitude of violence in the region, its causes and effects, and how it can be prevented and controlled. The notes provide useful information on designing programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence....

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