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Structural Adjustment and Poverty in Bolivia
Vos, Rob; Lee, Haeduck; Mejía-Guerra, José Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996
This document was prepared in the context of the Program for the "Improvement of Surveys and the Measurement of Living …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193708
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Revista Integración & Comercio: Año 7 : No. 18 : Enero-junio, 2003 Title: Integration & Trade Journal: Volume 7 : No. 18 : January-June, 2003
Ivanic, Maros; Decreux, Yvan; Dee, Philippa; Preckel, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
ingreso: Algunos ejercicios numéricos para Colombia; Acuerdos regionales de comercio para Chile: ¿Los resultados difieren con … Poverty in Brazil and Chile; The Role of Transaction Costs in Explaining Economic Performance and Income Distribution: Some … Numerical Exercises for Colombia; Regional Trading Arrangements for Chile: Do the Results Differ with a Dynamic Model …
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The Socio-Economic Gradient of Child Development: Cross-Sectional Evidence from Children 6-42 Months In Bogota
Rubio-Codina, Marta; Attanasio, Orazio P.; Meghir, Costas; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
We study the socio-economic gradient of child development on a representative sample of low- and middle-income children aged 6-42 months in Bogota, using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, a high quality test based on direct observation of the child's abilities. We find a statistically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943851
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Housing Policy Matters for the Poor: A Study of the Housing Sector and Housing Policies in Argentina, Chile and Colombia: Housing Conditions in LAC 1995-2006
Rojas, Eduardo; Medellín, Nadin - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Shelter is a basic need for human beings. As with food, humans need a constant supply of the services provided by a house to survive. However not everybody have access to adequate shelter, especially low income households in developing countries. This study reviews the housing conditions of...
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Reaching the Poor through Demand Subsidies: The Colombian Health Reform
Savedoff, William D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
reflections from a seminar that took place in Barranquilla, Colombia, on November 15th-19th, 1999, in which presentations were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357945
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Trade and Poverty in Latin America
Schejtman, Alexander; Berry, Albert; Sala-i-Martin, Xavier - Inter-American Development Bank
Understanding the complex relations between trade integration and poverty reduction is now a priority for Latin … the current state of knowledge about trade and poverty and offer contrasting points of view about whether freer trade can … reduce poverty in Latin America. One of the main lessons extracted from the book is that preexisting policies and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772398
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Does Society Win or Lose as a Result of Privatization?: Provision of Public Services and Welfare of the Poor: The Case of Water Sector Privatization in Colombia
Barrera-Osorio, Felipe; Olivera, Mauricio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This paper studies the effects of water sector privatization on consumers' welfare in 46 municipalities in Colombia …
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The Impact of Receiving Price and Climate Information in the Agricultural Sector
Camacho, Adriana; Conover, Emily - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
Previous studies indicate that Colombian farmers make production decisions based on informal sources of information, such as family and neighbors or tradition. In this paper the authors randomize recipients of price and weather information using text messages (SMS technology). The authors find...
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Public-Private Collaboration on Productive Development Policies in Colombia
Eslava, Marcela; Arjona, Marcela Meléndez; Perry, Guillermo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
of productive development policies in Colombia. These policies are increasingly designed in the context of formal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943663
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Political Institutions and Policy Outcomes in Colombia: The Effects of the 1991 Constitution
Cárdenas, Mauricio; Junguito, Roberto; Pachón, Mónica - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
The 1991 Colombian Constitution strengthened the checks and balances of the political system by enhancing the role of Congress and the Constitutional Court, while somewhat limiting the powers of the President (who nonetheless remains extremely powerful even by Latin American standards). As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943795