This paper analyzes the impact of the Strengthening Women Entrepreneurship in Peru (SWEP) program. SWEP trained female … expenditures, or women's empowerment in the household. Qualitative information suggests that micro entrepreneurs were satisfied …

the contrary, men living farther away from urban and maquila jobs are more likely to work. However, women living in … greater isolation are highly concentrated in own-production agricultural activities, where women's skills are rewarded less … than comparable men's skills. Through concentration into this sector, women living in geographic isolation obtain worse …

The second issue of "Investing in Women" underscores the Inter-American Development Bank's commitment to enhancing the … contributions of women to development and ensuring their equitable participation in Bank-funded programs. The projects showcased in … this brochure highlight the importance of reducing the obstacles faced by women and emphasize the roles they play as agents …

distribution to social indicators, democratic benchmarks and crime.Abstract: Este informe trasciende el alcance de la economía …

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 crime on trust remains relatively unexplored in the literature. This …

Gains from government crime-reducing programs are not always visible to the average citizen. The media overexpose crime … events, but the absence of crime rarely makes the news, increasing the risk that citizen may have inaccurate perceptions of … objective crime trends could have on such perceptions. The results show that information improves perceptions of safety and …

study area. The principal components analysis of sense of security and crime victimization variables indicates that higher …-income households feel more secure from crime in the home, even though theft and robbery victimization rise with household income and …

influence adolescents¿ decisions in crime participation and school attendance. The study finds that, after an exogenous decrease … in the severity of judicial punishment imposed on Colombian adolescents, crime rates in Colombian municipalities …

What determines the feeling of insecurity with respect to crime and what can be done about it? This study proposes and … tests a correlational model that combines different theoretical determinants of insecurity and the fear of crime. The test …

prices. Moreover, the effect on housing prices of long-term increases in crime is 40 percent larger. …