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Addressing gender-based violence in the Latin American and Caribbean region : a critical review of interventions
Morrison, Andrew R. - 2004
serious consequences for women's health and well-being, ranging from fatal outcomes, such as homicide, suicide, and AIDS … achieved by empowering women and reducing gender disparities, and by changing norms and attitudes which foster violence … available to begin working toward its elimination. This paper--a product of the Poverty Sector Unit, Latin America and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522897
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Poverty, AIDS, and children's Schooling
Ainsworth, Martha - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523657
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Socioeconomic inequalities in child malnutrition in the developing world
Wagstaff, Adam - 2000
Despite the development community's shift in emphasis toward the poor, malnutrition, like other dimensions of poor health, is concentrated among the worst off. Yet targets are still defined in terms of population averages. Consider, then, this information about malnutrition rates among different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524290
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Foreign informational lobbying can enhance tourism : evidence from the Caribbean
Gawande, Kishore S. - 2009
"There exist legal channels for informational lobbying of U.S. policymakers by foreign principals. Foreign governments and private sector principals frequently and intensively use this institutional channel to lobby on trade and tourism issues. This paper empirically studies whether such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394128
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Informality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Loayza, Norman - 2009
"This paper studies the causes and consequences of informality and applies the analysis to countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It starts with a discussion on the definition and measures of informality, as well as on the reasons why widespread informality should be of great concern. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394182
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The growth of transport sector CO2 emissions and underlying factors in Latin America and the Caribbean
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2008
"This study examines the factors responsible for the growth of transport sector carbon dioxide emissions in 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries during 1980-2005 by decomposing the emissions growth into components associated with changes in fuel mix, modal shift, and economic growth, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521025
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Crime and violence in development : a literature review of Latin America and the Caribbean
Heinemann, Alessandra - 2006
The authors review the recent literature on crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean and present a broad overview of the main ideas and empirical findings. They provide estimates of the magnitude of the problem, trends, and the manifestations of crime and violence in Latin America....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522021
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Do minimum wages in Latin America and the Caribbean matter? : evidence from 19 countries
Cunningham, Wendy V. - 2006
informal sector workers, women, young and older workers, and the low skilled, but in countries where the minimum wage is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522190
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Early childhood development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Schady, Norbert Rudiger - 2006
"There is considerable evidence that young children in many developing countries suffer from profound deficits in nutrition, health, fine and gross motor skills, cognitive development, and socio-emotional development. Early childhood development (ECD) outcomes are important markers of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522191
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Sugar in the Caribbean : adjusting to eroding preferences
Mitchell, Donald O. - 2006
"Sugar exporters of the Caribbean depend on preferential sales of sugar to the European Union and United States at prices that are two to three times the world market price. Without these preferences, sugar export revenues would decline significantly. These preferences are likely to erode in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522258