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Dealing With the Coffee Crisis in Central America : Impacts and Strategies

Varangis, Panos - 2016

Current coffee prices are at record lows and below the cost of production for many producers in Central America. Moreover, the coffee crisis is structural, and changes in supply and demand do not indicate a quick recovery of prices. So, coffee producers in Central America are facing new...

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Urban Transport Infrastructure and Household Welfare : Evidence from Colombia

Pfutze, Tobias - 2018

. This paper analyzes the distributional effects of a newly established bus rapid transit system in Barranquilla, Colombia …

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The Distributive Impact of Taxes and Expenditures in Colombia

Jairo, Nunez - 2020

Colombia has reduced extreme poverty in the past 16 years by almost half, moderate poverty by 22 percentage points, and … of the distributional impacts of taxes and expenditures in Colombia in 2017. It makes a methodological comparison with … results suggest that the combined effect of taxes and social spending in Colombia contributes to poverty reduction between 0 …

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Is Formal Lifelong Learning a Profitable Investment for All of Life? How Age, Education Level, and Flexibility of Provision Affect Rates of Return to Adult Education in Colombia

Sohnesen, Thomas Pave - 2006

Lifelong learning is increasingly being recognized as a primary factor for knowledge diffusion and productivity growth. However, little economic evidence exists on the economic value of lifelong learning for the individual, especially in developing countries. This paper contributes to remedy...

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Learning from Developing Country Power Market Experiences : The Case of Colombia

Rudnick, Hugh - 2019

successful in providing reliable supply along competitive outcomes. This paper analyzes the experience of Colombia with power … persist regarding market power exercise. The experience of Colombia is important for other developing countries, since it … outcomes, and sustainability. Although key local hydrological conditions were considered in the design of Colombia's capacity …

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Improving Management with Individual and Group-Based Consulting : Results from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia

Iacovone, Leo - 2019

Differences in management quality are an important contributor to productivity differences across countries. A key question is how to best improve poor management in developing countries. This paper tests two different approaches to improving management in Colombian auto parts firms. The first...

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Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers'Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia

Chong, Alberto - 2019

This study reports results from a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month Internet-based sexual education course implemented across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities. Six months after finishing the course, the study finds a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge,...

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