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This study on the implementation efficiency of the HIV/AIDS national response in Colombia seeks to examine how it has …-study analysis to visualize the ways in which people are cared for in practice. The available data suggest that the HIV/AIDS response … budgetary efficiency of the HIV/AIDS response …
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. This paper analyzes the distributional effects of a newly established bus rapid transit system in Barranquilla, Colombia …
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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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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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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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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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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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overlaps not only in a period of high economic growth, but also after the implementation of Plan Colombia. The data set is used …
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applied in Colombia, Sweden, and Turkey. It also discusses how the proposed framework is applied in Indonesia as it develops a …
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, Colombia Mayor, has been to raise the labor force participation of relatively younger male beneficiaries. This increase …
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