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Education, Family Background and Racial Earnings Inequality in Brazil Title: Educación, antecedentes familiares y desigualdad interracial del salario en Brasil Title: Educação, ant...
Arias, Omar; Yamada, Gustavo; Tejerina, Luis - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
between whites and the African descendent population (pretos and pardos) in Brazil. The authors estimate quantile Mincer … environments, is key to reduce inter-racial earnings inequality in Brazil, specific policies are also needed to facilitate non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944185
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Unmet Needs and Business Solutions for the Majority in Latin America
AVINA, Fundación - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2008
Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector solutions that can address these unmet needs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216193
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Rural Development from a Territorial Perspective: Case Studies in Asia and Latin America
Damiani, Octavio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
This paper reviews the contribution of agriculture and rural development to poverty reduction by examining the … transformation of five territories in four countries of Asia (Malaysia and People's Republic of China) and Latin America (Brazil and … Peru) that have experienced substantial reductions in poverty. While the four countries fall into three distinct groupings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352065
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Health and Poverty in Brazil: Estimation by Structural Equation Model with Latent Variables
Giuffrida, Antonio; Iunes, Roberto F.; Savedoff, William D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005
Brazil is characterized by large inequalities in income, access to health care, and health status. This paper uses data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357933
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Street-children and the Inter-American Development Bank: Lessons from Brazil
Morán, Ricardo; Castro, Claudio de Moura - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997
The Inter-American Development Bank sponsored a workshop in Terezopolis, Brazil, in August 1995 to review current … thinking among analysts and activists involved with programs for youth in Brazil. The Workshop brought together IDB staff … and proposals for IDB involvement with street-children in Brazil. The key lesson from the Terezopolis meeting and this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367256
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Faces do desenvolvimento Title: Faces of Development
Inter-American Development Bank; Banco Interamericano … - 2007
", presented at IDB headquarters in March 2007. Photos illustrate the faces of Brazilians who participate in IDB projects in Brazil. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673874
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Macro Policy and Employment Problems in Latin America
Lora, Eduardo; Olivera, Mauricio - Inter-American Development Bank - 1998
This paper was prepared for the 1998 IDB/IIC Annual Meeting entitled: "The Employment in Latin America: What is the Problem and Should it be Addressed?" held in Cartagena, Colombia in March 1998. Despite macroeconomic stabilization and structural reforms, employment problems have persisted in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944383
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Group Support to the Microenterprise Sector: (1990-2000)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2001
The IDB Group, guided by its Strategy for Microenterprise Development, has made the creation of a sustainable market of services to the sector one of its most important priorities during the past decade. This report presents an overview of the contributions the IDB has made to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291848
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Group Support to the Microenterprise Sector: (1990-2000)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2001
The IDB Group, guided by its Strategy for Microenterprise Development, has made the creation of a sustainable market of services to the sector one of its most important priorities during the past decade. This report presents an overview of the contributions the IDB has made to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655542
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Women at Work: Challenges for Latin America Title: Mujeres y trabajo en América Latina: Desafíos para las políticas laborales
Lund, Frances; Duryea, Suzanne; Puentes, Esteban; … - Inter-American Development Bank
"Women at Work: Challenges for Latin America" presents a series of empirical studies that use household survey data from Latin America to analyze trends in female labor force participation rates, the impact of trade liberalization on women's work, tendencies in gender wage differentials and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895454