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Central America Social Expenditures and Institutional Review : Panama

World Bank Group - 2015

Panama has experienced impressive and significant economic growth, emerging as one of the better performers in Central … America in recent years and one of the fastest growing economies worldwide. From 2003 to 2013, Panama has averaged an annual … grow albeit at a lower rate. This note recommends that Panama prioritize three main aspects: a) improving the effectiveness …

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Central America Community-Based Approaches to IPV : The Case for Community Mobilization Interventions to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence

World Bank - 2016

This review focuses specifically on Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women, as opposed to Violence against women and girls (VAWG) more broadly, for several reasons. Partner violence is the most prevalent form of violence against women globally: a woman is at the greatest risk for...

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Central America Urbanization Review : Making Cities Work for Central America

World Bank Group - 2016

Central America is undergoing an important transition, with urban populations increasingat accelerated speeds, bringing pressing challenges as well as opportunities to boost sustained,inclusive and resilient growth. Today, 59 percent of Central America's population lives in urban areas, but it...

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Towards Equal? : Women in Central America

World Bank Group - 2018

Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) have taken important steps toward increasing the inclusion …

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Central America Urbanization Review : Making Cities Work for Central America

Maria, Augustin - 2017 - Online-Ausg.

, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama- and the actions that central and local governments can take to reap the intended benefits of …

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Toward More Efficient and Effective Public Social Spending in Central America

Acosta, Pablo - 2017 - Online-Ausg.

six countries in the subregion-Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama-this report also takes …

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Nowcasting Prices Using Google Trends : An Application to Central America

Seabold, Skipper - 2015

The objective of this study is to assess the possibility of using Internet search keyword data for forecasting price series in Central America, focusing on Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Honduras. The Internet search data comes from Google Trends. The paper introduces these data and discusses some...

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Weathering Storms : Understanding the Impact of Natural Disasters on the Poor in Central America

Ishizawa, Oscar A. - 2016

In the past decades, natural disasters have caused substantial human and economic losses in Central America, with strong adverse impacts on gross domestic product per capita, income, and poverty reduction. This study provides a regional perspective on the impact of hurricane windstorms on...

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Estimating Local Poverty Measures Using Satellite Images : A Pilot Application to Central America

Klemens, Ben - 2015

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School Dropout in Central America : An Overview of Trends, Causes, Consequences, and Promising Interventions

Adelman, Melissa - 2016

School dropout is a growing concern in Central America, and in Latin America as a whole, because of its consequences for economic productivity, the inclusiveness of growth, social cohesion, and increasing youth risks. This paper utilizes more than two decades of household survey data to...

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