programs are designed to improve the income-generating capacity of, and reduce poverty in, a focus region within a country. …

Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector solutions that can address these unmet needs …

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 …

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 …

Brazil is characterized by large inequalities in income, access to health care, and health status. This paper uses data …

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 …

", presented at IDB headquarters in March 2007. Photos illustrate the faces of Brazilians who participate in IDB projects in Brazil. …

This discussion paper describes the methodology used to compute the Broadband Development Index (IDBA, Indice de …

proposes and implements a replicable methodology for a comparative cost analysis of three similar poverty alleviation programs …

This document surveys Bank lending operations designed to fight poverty and enhance social equity, with emphasis on … recently approved projects with innovative components. It also surveys a broad range of poverty-related non-lending activities … carried out by the Bank over the past two years. It includes a general framework for poverty reduction in Latin America and …