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Stigma, Discrimination, and HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
Aggleton, Peter; Parker, Richard; Maluwa, Miriam - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
This paper focuses on a rather unexplored dimension to date of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: the resulting stigma and … discrimination and its impact on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS programs. It presents a conceptual framework that explains the … activities that situate HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination within the broader social context where a variety of stigmas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352049
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Resource Requirements to Fight HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2004
This report examines the resource needs for mounting a comprehensive HIV/AIDS program in Latin America and the … interventions. In addition, it gives an estimate of the annual financing gap for HIV/AIDS programs in LAC. The report fills a gap in … knowledge of region-specific cost estimates for HIV/AIDS, and provides a baseline for evaluating changes in the cost and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357903
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Resource Requirements to Fight HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2004
This report examines the resource needs for mounting a comprehensive HIV/AIDS program in Latin America and the … interventions. In addition, it gives an estimate of the annual financing gap for HIV/AIDS programs in LAC. The report fills a gap in … knowledge of region-specific cost estimates for HIV/AIDS, and provides a baseline for evaluating changes in the cost and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654418
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Stigma, Discrimination, and HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
Aggleton, Peter; Parker, Richard; Maluwa, Miriam - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
This paper focuses on a rather unexplored dimension to date of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: the resulting stigma and … discrimination and its impact on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS programs. It presents a conceptual framework that explains the … activities that situate HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination within the broader social context where a variety of stigmas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654979
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Revisiting Economic Growth in Colombia: A Microeconomic Perspective
Arjona, Marcela Meléndez; Harker, Arturo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
particular spin to this conclusion by showing that investment decisions at the firm level are also explained by the restoration …, perhaps the most relevant result is the confirmation that in Colombia, investment decisions are negatively affected by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943928
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Does Financial Liberalization Improve the Allocation of Investment?: Micro Evidence from Developing Countries
Galindo, Arturo José; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Weiss, Andrew - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
also developed a summary index of the efficiency of investment allocation that measures whether, and to what extent …, investment funds are going to firms with a higher marginal return to capital. Then it was examined the relationship between this … has led to an increase in the efficiency with which investment funds are allocated. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944537
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Country Program Evaluation: Trinidad and Tobago (2000-2008) Title: Evaluación del programa de país: Trinidad y Tobago (2000-2008)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2009
The 2000-2008 Country Program Evaluation (CPE) for Trinidad and Tobago (RE-353) was conducted by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight to inform the Board's discussion with IDB Management regarding future strategy for each country. It involved three weeks of missions to both Trinidad and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673378
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The Emergence of China: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean Title: El impacto de China: Oportunidades y retos para América Latina y el Caribe
Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés; Devlin, Robert; … - Inter-American Development Bank
China's size, rapid growth, external openness, and trade performance have led to varying perceptions among the countries of Latin America: Is China a potential new market, a potent new competitor, or both? This book assesses the near-term strategic implications of China's economic performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772418
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The Role of Relative Price Volatility in the Efficiency of Investment Allocation
Cavallo, Eduardo Alfredo; Galindo, Arturo José; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This paper estimates the impact of relative price volatility on sector-level investment allocation using a panel of 65 … efficient investment allocation in that investment is not necessarily devoted to relatively more productive sectors, especially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943668
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Are We All Playing the Same Game?: The Economic Effects of Constitutions Depend on the Degree of Institutionalization
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Tommasi, Mariano; Caruso, Germán - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
The understanding of the economic effect of formal institutional rules has progressed substantially in recent decades. These formal analyses have tended to take for granted that institutional arenas such as Congress are the places where decision-making takes place. That is a good approximation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943698