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Health Services in Latin America and Asia Title: Servicios de salud en América Latina y Asia
Molina, Carlos Gerardo; Marulanda, Nohra Rey de; … - Inter-American Development Bank
social health insurance, improvements in the equity and efficacy of health services, and changes in public and private sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772450
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En Route to Modern Growth: Latin America in the 1990s: Essays in Honor of Carlos Díaz-Alejandro Title: Hacia un crecimiento moderno: Ensayos en honor de Carlos Díaz-Alejandro
Camargo, José Márcio; Scheinkman, José A.; Werneck, … - Inter-American Development Bank
This book addresses questions of international trade policy and the relationship between growth, distribution, and human resource development in the Latin American region.Abstract: Este libro presenta un análisis de cuestiones sobre comercio internacional y la relación entre crecimiento,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895494
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320030
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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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Unemployment Insurance in High Informality Countries
Espino, Emilio; Sánchez, Juan M. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Providing unemployment insurance is particularly problematic in countries with high informality because workers can … alternative schemes to provide insurance for unemployed individuals. First, it presents an economy that can be calibrated to … unemployment insurance savings account (UISA) scheme can be evaluated. The method is applied to Mexico, and the results show how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944144
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Agricultural Insurance Revisited: New Developments and Perspectives in Latin America and the Caribbean
Wenner, Mark D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to provide Bank staff interested in agricultural yield insurance market development …, public officials responsible for financial market policy formulation and supervision, and insurance industry practitioners in … guidelines and recommendations on how to develop viable and sustainable agricultural yield insurance markets. The paper relies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009274420
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A Quarter Century of Pension Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean: Lessons Learned and Next Steps
Masci, Pietro; Crabbe, Carolin A.; Ríos, Guillermo Larraín - Inter-American Development Bank; The Principal …
This book focuses on experiences with and lessons learned from the sweeping reforms to the pension systems of Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1990s and early 2000s, which shifted the burden of old-age security from the public to the private sector. The book's main objective is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772422
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Agricultural Insurance Revisited: New Developments and Perspectives in Latin America and the Caribbean
Wenner, Mark D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to provide Bank staff interested in agricultural yield insurance market development …, public officials responsible for financial market policy formulation and supervision, and insurance industry practitioners in … guidelines and recommendations on how to develop viable and sustainable agricultural yield insurance markets. The paper relies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654082
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Making the Most of Family Remittances: Second Report of the Inter-American Dialogue Task Force on Remittances
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2010
Analysis of the relationship between remittances and the local economies in Central America, with special attention to Nicaragua and Guatemala. It also provides some policy recommendations to leverage and mitigate the impact of remittances.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654275
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Central America: Remittances and the Macroeconomic Variable
Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Analysis of the relationship between remittances and the local economies in Central America, with special attention to Nicaragua and Guatemala. It also provides some policy recommendations to leverage and mitigate the impact of remittances.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010654469