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What Do 50 Years of Census Records and Household Survey Data Tell Us about Human Opportunities and Welfare in Latin America?
Calvo‐González, Oscar - 2020
detailed individual-level information from household surveys of several countries in the region. The paper widens an ongoing …
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The decade for women in Latin America and the Caribbean : background and prospects
1988
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Financing care systems and policies in Latin America and the Caribbean : contributions for a sustainable recovery with gender equality : XV Regional Conference on Women in Latin Am...
Scuro Somma, Lucía (ed.); Alemany, Cecilia (ed.);  … - Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the …; … - 2022
In Latin America and the Caribbean, care has gradually been placed at the centre of public agendas, albeit unevenly, as a result of growing political commitments, as well as the work of women’s movements and feminist economic studies. These contributions have focused on the need to reorganize...
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Macroeconomic and Policy Implications of Population Aging in Brazil
Jorgensen, Ole Hagen - 2017
This paper analyzes the macroeconomic implications of population aging in Brazil. Three alternative yet complementary methodologies are adopted, and depending on policy responses to the fiscal implications of aging, there are two main findings: First, saving rates could increase and not...
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The Patterns and Determinants of Household Welfare Growth in Jordan : 2002-2010
Mansour, Wael - 2017
Jordan's economic growth in the past decade has translated into a significant rise in household consumption and a … disparities. Using official household expenditure surveys for 2002, 2008, and 2010, this paper analyzes the patterns and … determinants of household welfare growth and examines the extent to which economic growth has been inclusive of the more vulnerable …
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Gender Equality, Poverty and Economic Growth
Sinha, Nistha - 2016
household level. The paper also summarizes evidence from studies examining the relationship between gender equality and poverty …
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Combining Growth and Gender Diagnostics for the Benefit of Both
Ianchovichina, Elena - 2019
Women's economic empowerment is not a new issue; nevertheless, it continues to challenge governments and development assistance agencies. One of the reasons for this hurdle may well be that gender advocates and growth devotees are speaking different languages when there is a huge space for them...
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On Gender and Growth : The Role of Intergenerational Health Externalities and Women's Occupational Constraints
Agenor, Pierre-Richard - 2017
This paper studies the growth effects of externalities associated with intergenerational health transmission, health persistence, and women's occupational constraints-- with particular emphasis on the role of access to infrastructure. The first part provides a review of the evidence on these...
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The water resources of Latin America and the Caribbean : planning, hazards and pollution
1990 - 1. ed
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Transnational banks and the international debt crisis
Mortimore, Michael (agent) - 1991
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000328387