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Crime and Erosion of Trust: Evidence for Latin America
Corbacho, Ana; Philipp, Julia; Ruiz-Vega, Mauricio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Crime has tangible economic costs. It also has less understood and likely sizable intangible costs. In particular, widespread crime has the potential to weaken trust between citizens and institutions, undermine government reform efforts, and become an obstacle to development. Yet, the impact of...
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Veto Players, Intertemporal Interactions and Policy Adaptability: How Do Political Institutions Work?
Scartascini, Carlos G.; Stein, Ernesto H.; Tommasi, Mariano - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
Veto player theory argues that a higher number of veto players lowers the likelihood of change; in turn, policies that do not change help to sustain commitments but may prevent adaptation to changing circumstances. This paper challenges that claim of veto player theory by arguing that policy...
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Indigenous Development: Poverty, Democracy and Sustainability
Iturralde, Diego; Krotz, Esteban; Cárdenas, Víctor; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 1996
Seminar on Indigenous Development: Poverty, Democracy and Sustainability, organized on the occasion of the First General …
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DataGov: Governance Indicators Database Title: DataGob: Base de datos de indicadores de gobernabilidad
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2007
cover four major areas: democracy, markets, public sector management and rule of law, as well as a number of key …
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¿Parlamentos abiertos?: Análisis comparado de la probidad y transparencia parlamentaria en América Latina
Sáez, Manuel Alcántara; Montero, Mercedes García - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
Tanto la transparencia como la probidad están entre las cinco características centrales que debería tener todo Parlamento democrático desde un punto de vista normativo: ser representativo, transparente, accesible, responsable y eficaz. El objeto de este trabajo es ofrecer información acerca...
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Water Expansions in Shantytowns: Health and Savings
Galiani, Sebastián; Rozada, Martín González; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This paper examines the effects of the expansion of the water network in urban shantytowns in Argentina. The authors …
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The Impact of Training Policies in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Case of Programa Joven
Aedo, Cristían; Nuñez, Sergio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
This paper evaluates Programa Joven, a training program conducted by Argentina's Ministerio del Trabajo. The paper …
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A Cycle-Adjusted Fiscal Rule for Sustainable and More Equitable Growth in Argentina
Zúñiga, Jimena; Capello, Marcelo; Butler, Inés; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper seeks to identify the most promising fiscal strategy to boost long-term economic growth in Argentina and … quantify its effects. To this end, the authors updated a growth-diagnostics study for Argentina and corroborated that low …
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The Impact of Electricity Sector Privatization on Public Health
Gonzalez-Eiras, Martín; Rossi, Martín - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This paper uses provincial-level data for Argentina to test for the causal relationship between electricity …
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Argentina's Housing Market in the 2000s
Cristini, Marcela; Moya, Ramiro; Bermúdez, Guillermo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
In the last three decades, the supply of housing in Argentina has not kept pace with demand. This study analyzes the … main drivers of Argentina's housing market and relates them to the macroeconomic environment in order to advance a policy … characteristics affecting Argentina's housing market include the high concentration of the urban population in a few large …
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