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This paper studies the allocation of total disaster risk reduction public spending among regions in Peru. The main … received by region in order to prevent future natural disasters. Impacts of geological disaster, on the other hand, affect the …
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This paper uses data from the Mexican Family Life Survey to estimate the impact of a household member's migration to … the United States on the cognitive development of children remaining in Mexico. While there is no developmental effect of … whom the effect of parental migration is comparable to speaking an indigenous language at home or having a mother with very …
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This working paper studies the effect of remittances from the United States on crime rates in Mexico. The topic is …
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A presentation of remittances, money transfer companies and costs of service in 14 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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A presentation of remittances, money transfer companies and costs of service in 14 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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This document is about the migration's Mexicans. Mexico has an assistance program with the International Migration … Organization (IMO) for the return of extra-regional emigrants. Also, Mexico has developed an inter-ministerial program to provide …
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relevance of the IDB's program in relation to Mexico's fundamental challenges, as well as to the Bank's strategy developed … during the period in an effort to become more relevant in Mexico: work with the private sector, work with subnational …, technical, and operational benefits to Mexico. The country program has been relevant to Mexico's structural challenges and to …
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This study analyzes the evolution of the housing sector and the public interventions in low-income housing in three countries (Argentina, Chile and Colombia) selected for the different approaches adopted by their governments to the solution of the problem. The report is divided in three parts....
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This discussion paper describes the methodology used to compute the Broadband Development Index (IDBA, Indice de Desarrollo de la Banda Ancha). The main goal of the IDBA is to size the Digital Divide in Latin America and the Caribbean by measuring the state of broadband development in the 26...
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discusses ex ante and ex post issues affecting disaster risk management. It also assesses how both types of measures can be …
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