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Quality of Life in Montevideo
Ferre, Zuleika; Gandelman, Néstor; Piani, Giorgina - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
individuals and in the satisfaction of life domains, such as leisure, social life, family, health, housing, neighborhood economic …This paper analyzes various dimensions of the quality of life in Montevideo. The paper finds that satisfaction with … areas of the city. The results further suggest that differences in overall happiness and in domain satisfaction are mostly …
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Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Metropolitan Lima, Peru
Alcázar, Lorena; Andrade, Raúl - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper presents the results of the estimations of a quality of life (QoL) index focusing on three dimensions: individual factors, urban factors, and civil society. The study was mainly based on information collected through a survey applied in three districts of Lima: La Victoria, Los Olivos...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943818
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Low-Income Housing Finance in Colombia
Arbeláez, María Angélica; Camacho, Carolina; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper explores the role played by policy instruments in access to housing finance by low-income households. It also analyzes the impact of housing credit and subsidies on both the quality of life and the quality of dwelling of the beneficiaries. Using the Quality of Life Surveys conducted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944005
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Income, Deprivation, and Perceptions in Latin America and the Caribbean: New Evidence from the Gallup World Poll
Gasparini, Leonardo; Escudero, Walter Sosa; Marchionni, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper is part of a large project on quality of life and deprivation in LAC commissioned by the IDB's Research Department (RES) that makes extensive use of the Gallup World Poll. This survey provides rich data on a wide range of issues in over 130 countries, 23 of them from LAC. This paper...
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A New Way of Monitoring the Quality of Urban Life
Powell, Andrew; Lora, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
complementary nature of two approaches: the "hedonic" approach, which employs market prices for housing, and the "life satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944422
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Women in Poverty: A New Global Underclass
Buvinic, Mayra - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998
This article discusses the plight of poor women around the world and the feminization of poverty. The evidence is imperfect, but current trends suggest that women account for a growing proportion of those people who are considered poor on the basis of income, not only in industrial countries,...
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Reproductive Empowerment and Quality of Life in Bolivia
Alfonso, Mariana; Duryea, Suzanne; Rodríguez-Pombo, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
in establishing overall life satisfaction. When individual agency in reproductive health is compromised and undesired … unique set of questions from the 2003 Bolivian Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). It analyzes whether women who lack …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009644812
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Towards an Urban Quality of Life Index: Basic Theory & Econometric Methods
Praag, Bernard M.S. van; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This study contains data on the Urban Quality of Life (UqoL) Index. Included is a discussion of what factors determine the UqoL index, the construction and benchmarks as well as the approaches taken in determining the index.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672558
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Thematic Note: The Challenge of Integrated Watershed Management: Analysis of the Bank's Actions in Watershed Management Programs 1989-2010 Title: Nota temática: El reto del manejo...
González, Verónica; Alvarez, Lourdes - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The objective of this thematic note is to analyze IDB's actions in integrated watershed management during the period 1989-2010. The approach of the IDB's loan portfolio in this sector shifted from having an emphasis on resource management and conservation (in the 1990s) toward financial support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673419
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The Quality of Life in Latin American Cities
Santiso, Javier - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
contribution to debate on the measurement of quality of life, valuation of public services, and self-reported satisfaction with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673761