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Worker Remittances: The Human Face of Globalization
Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This report is a comparative study of worldwide transfer costs to nine countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and specifically at costs for immigrants to send money from major sending countries including from the United States. It also compares these international trends with costs and trends of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653063
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Worker Remittances: The Human Face of Globalization
Orozco, Manuel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
This report is a comparative study of worldwide transfer costs to nine countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and specifically at costs for immigrants to send money from major sending countries including from the United States. It also compares these international trends with costs and trends of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198892
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City Development: Experiences in the Preservation of Ten World Heritage Sites
Rojas, Eduardo; Lanzafame, Francesco; Quartesan, Alessandra - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
The IDB undertakes multiple activities in support of urban heritage preservation, including the provision of investment loans and reimbursable and nonreimbursable technical cooperation. The IDB also organizes policy debates, seminars, and technical exchanges among cities, and produces technical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010673815
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Building Cities: Neighbourhood Upgrading and Urban Quality of Life Title: Construir ciudades: Mejoramiento de barrios y calidad de vida urbana
Alcocer, María Eugenia González; Cohen, Michael; … - Inter-American Development Bank
Building Cities reviews the experiences of the Latin American and Caribbean region in the design and implementation of neighbourhood upgrading programmes. The volume has a particular focus on the lessons learned by specialists of the Inter-American Development Bank and their technical and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772329
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Cities for All: Recent Experiences with Neighborhood Upgrading Programs Title: Ciudades para todos: La experiencia reciente en programas de mejoramiento de barrios
Brakarz, José; Rojas, Eduardo; Greene, Margarita - Inter-American Development Bank
Cities for All examines informal urbanization in Latin America as well as the methodologies being used to design and implement programs to upgrade slum areas in the region.Abstract: Ciudades para todos analiza el fenómeno de la urbanización informal en América Latina y presenta diferentes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772395
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Quality of Life in Buenos Aires Neighborhoods: Hedonic Price Regressions and the Life Satisfaction Approach
Cruces, Guillermo; Ham, Andrés; Tetaz, Martín - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This paper studies quality of life for urban neighborhoods and their determinants in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA). First, hedonic price regressions for residential prices are augmented with neighborhood characteristics, based on a real estate database with indicators on each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943662
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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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The Evolution of Urban Concentration around the World: A Panel Approach
Gaviria, Alejandro; Stein, Ernesto H. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
In this paper, we use a panel approach to study population growth in major cities around the world. We find that major cities grow faster in relatively backward economies and in more volatile, faster-growing economies. We also find that the effects of trade policy on the growth of major cities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943835
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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 … reached by network expansions relative to the control group. Moreover, expanded water connections induce savings, as these … are also important for households that previously had clandestine self-connections to the water network, which were free …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943854
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Synopsis of the Executive Profile of Environmental Management: Mesoamerican Subregion Title: Síntesis del perfil ejecutivo de gestión ambiental: Subregión Mesoamérica
Pratt, Lawrence; Girot, Pascal O. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
at the Environment Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue's 1st Hemispheric Meeting: Towards an Effective Environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943983